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"It Is Not Just the Shape, There Is More": Students' Learning of Enzyme-Substrate Interactions with Immersive Virtual Reality
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Henry Matovu; Mihye Won; Roy Tasker; Mauro Mocerino; David Franklin Treagust; Dewi Ayu Kencana Ungu; Chin-Chung Tsai – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2025
Immersive Virtual Reality (iVR) can help students visualise and explore complex chemical concepts, such as protein enzyme structures and interactions. We designed a set of collaborative iVR-based learning tasks on the interaction between a protein enzyme and its substrate. We investigated how 18 pairs (36 students) in undergraduate chemistry…
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Science Education, Computer Simulation, Technology Uses in Education
Using Simulations to Meld Didactic and Constructivist Teaching Methods in Complex Second Year STEM Courses
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Maurizio Costabile; David Birbeck; Claire Aitchison – International Journal of Science Education, 2025
This paper explores the effective development and use of interactive simulations as a learning tool, integrating didactic and active approaches with complex laboratory and lecture content in undergraduate biochemistry and immunology courses. University science courses require students to master vast quantities of foundational knowledge that is…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Biochemistry, STEM Education, Computer Simulation
An Idea to Explore: Use of the Virtual Reality App Nanome for Teaching Three-Dimensional Biomolecular Structures
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Melanie B. Berkmen; Melisa Balla; Mikayla T. Cavanaugh; Isabel N. Smith; Misael Eduardo Flores-Artica; Abby M. Thornhill; Julia C. Lockart; Celeste N. Peterson – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2025
Biochemistry and molecular biology students are asked to understand and analyze the structures of small molecules and complex three-dimensional (3D) macromolecules. However, most tools to help students learn molecular visualization skills are limited to two-dimensional (2D) images on screens and in textbooks. The virtual reality (VR) App Nanome,…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Computer Simulation, Computer Oriented Programs, Science Instruction