Our project aims to develop a virtual Oxidative Phosphorylation (OxPhos) Lab to enhance student learning through interactive experimentation not currently available in teaching labs at UWA. This virtual OxPhos lab will be co-developed with award winning virtual lab simulation company Labster (www.Labster.com). It is intended that the virtual lab will eventually be ported to a virtual reality environment. The project builds on a historic and revolutionary teaching tool, called OxPhos, with proven value in UWA teaching. The original OxPhos was developed in the 1990’s, but became outdated and was removed from current teaching.

In this context, a virtual environment provides two distinct advantages; reducing the use of animals in teaching, and providing students with the opportunity to work on “financially restrictive equipment”, in order to enhance individual learning outcomes. Additionally, virtual OxPhos will provide UWA with early experience in developing virtual teaching labs for the sciences and will provide a template for further adoption of this technology.

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The Team:

Nic Taylor                                   Karina Price