Teacher story by: Dr. Annelien Zweemer

“LabBuddy made our work so much easier!”

Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research; Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences; Bioanalysis of Drugs

The challenge

LabBuddy allows visual lab preparation. Preparation for a lab course using a written protocol can be abstract and inefficient, since students don’t understand how certain equipment and procedures look like. Therefore, they are not very confident when they enter the lab and need a lot of help with simple procedures.

The transformation

We integrated videoprotocols of experimental steps within the LabBuddy building blocks. These were linked to questions, such that the students were better engaged and could test their knowledge prior to performing experiments.

The final result

The self-esteem and independence of our students is enhanced. In the lab we spend less time on instructing simple handling procedures, and more time on discussion about the techniques and expected results.