Are your biology students bored and unengaged? You may want to incorporate gamification into your lessons. In gamification, game-like elements are added to non-game tasks. Students need to remember a lot of terms and processes to ace their biology ...
High school forensic science classes are a great way for students to explore an interdisciplinary field while developing communication and teamwork ...
Online classes are a popular option for students who want the flexibility they provide, and Visible Body is here to support instructors and students ...
Prokaryotic versus eukaryotic? Plant versus animal? Learning the distinctions between cell types is an important step in learning about function and ...
If your institution already has a site license for Human Anatomy Atlas, you may be asking yourself, “Why upgrade to Visible Body Suite?” The answer ...
Courseware is Visible Body’s teaching and learning platform that comes loaded with VB Suite, a robust library of visual and interactive content for ...
Over two million Americans encounter rotator cuff problems every year—future allied health professionals need to understand the anatomy and mechanics ...
There are about 600 muscles in the human body—that’s a lot to memorize! When students understand the naming conventions behind muscles, it makes them ...
Visible Body is committed to student and instructor success, so we are constantly working on improvements and new features for our products. Expert ...
Visible Body is dedicated to helping users teach and learn anatomy, physiology, and biology in engaging 3D. Over the years, we’ve expanded access to ...
Accessibility features make it easier for more users—including disabled users—to learn and teach with Visible Body Suite. By increasing the number of ...
Instructor Case Studies, Biology, Technology in Education
I recently sat down with biology teacher Kristin Cowell, who shared some of the insights and roadblocks she’s encountered in the classroom. Kristin ...
Here at Visible Body, our goal is to provide apps to students that allow them to better understand human anatomy and physiology with stunning visuals ...
Visible Body Suite contains thousands of 3D models just waiting to be made into virtual Flashcards! In this blog post, we’ll go through ten different ...
Many people believe there are five senses, but it turns out that it’s a little more complicated than that. After all, our skin can also sense things ...
Instructors rejoice—Visible Body Suite now features an interactive beating heart model! Today, we’re going to talk you through a free lesson plan for ...
Through learning about the differences and similarities between animals, biology students think critically about anatomical structures and what makes ...
Visible Body, producer of worldwide best-selling iOS and Android human anatomy apps, has released Visible Biology, a mobile app that makes learning ...
Alcohol is one of the world’s most popular drugs—over 60% of American adults reported drinking alcohol in 2022. Alcoholic beverages are pervasive in ...
Are you an instructor who’s excited about Visible Body’s products and looking to get your colleagues and administrators on board? Generating interest ...
It’s been estimated that a whopping 73.8 million people worldwide use learning management systems (LMS) to teach and learn, and for many instructors, ...
Here in the northern hemisphere, the weather is warming up and summer is right around the corner. Kids on school vacation are frolicking outside with ...
Studying anatomy can seem overwhelming, but luckily, Visible Body Suite has a ton of tools to navigate the human body and find exactly what you need. ...
Not only does the ear convert sound waves into nerve impulses, but it’s also responsible for our sense of equilibrium and movement. In fact, the ear ...
With Visible Biology’s 3D interactive frog model, students can learn about frog anatomy without any prep, cleanup, squeamishness, or clumsy scissor ...
When it comes to their careers, students in health sciences CTE programs want to hit the ground running. Likewise, schools want to produce students ...
Visible Body is excited to release a new, fully dissectible 3D pig model as part of Visible Biology. With this release, students and instructors will ...
Asthma is a big deal: it’s a long-term condition that affects about 262 million people worldwide. It affects both children and adults, and it’s the ...
One of the biggest challenges in teaching biology is getting students excited about things they can’t see. It’s hard to visualize abstract concepts ...
Technology in Anatomy Education, Technology in Education
What can instructors do about the several, well-documented achievement gaps in life sciences classrooms? Traditional instructional methods clearly do ...
Technology in Anatomy Education, Technology in Education
If you used Visible Body Courseware last semester and customized a premade course or made your own from scratch, you might be wondering, “Will I have ...
This holiday season, we’re giving you the opportunity to correct your well-meaning loved ones! In this blog post, we’ll tackle five health myths that ...
It’s the most wonderful time of the year: time to get your flu vaccine! Let’s explore the Spanish flu epidemic, the development of the flu vaccine, ...
Diabetes is a disease that’s becoming more and more common. It’s been estimated that by 2045, there will be 700 million people aged 20-75 with known ...
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The Visible Body Blog · Make Life Sciences Classrooms More Inclusive By "Shaking Up" Assessment Click the play button to listen to an audio version ...
Technology in Anatomy Education, Technology in Education
What happens when you combine OpenStax’s free textbooks with Visible Body’s interactive 3D models? A lot of learning. OpenStax partnered with Visible ...
DNA replication, transcription, and translation basics are an important part of any introductory biology course. Here’s a lesson plan instructors can ...
Visible Body, the provider of best-selling 3D visual and interactive learning software for human anatomy and general biology, is pleased to announce ...
Technology in Anatomy Education, Technology in Education
To celebrate the new models released in Visible Biology this week, let’s look at invertebrate anatomy. Studying invertebrates is a great way to get ...
Technology in Anatomy Education, Technology in Education
One of the reasons human biology is so interesting is because it’s so complex; rarely are there neat answers. We’re often taught that when it comes ...
Technology in Anatomy Education, Technology in Education
Did you know that right now, inside your body, some of your cells are making copies of themselves? Don’t worry—that’s normal. Your cells need to make ...
Technology in Anatomy Education, Lesson Plans, Technology in Education
Differentiated instruction is the concept that every student is different, so a one-size-fits-all approach to instruction won’t fit. In a traditional ...
Did you know that a 2022 survey revealed that many of today’s high school students want to be tomorrow’s healthcare professionals? When asked to list ...
Instructors around the world can now use Visible Biology, a 3D visual guide to biological processes and concepts. Visible Biology is offered within ...
Technology in Anatomy Education, Technology in Education
Today on the Visible Body Blog, we’re talking about osteons! As the functional and structural unit of compact bone, the osteon is responsible for the ...
Anatomy & Physiology, Technology in Anatomy Education, Lesson Plans, Technology in Education
The human body doesn’t always look like it does in textbook illustrations. The term anatomical variant refers to deviations from the norm that don’t ...
Technology in Anatomy Education, Technology in Education
The last few updates to Human Anatomy Atlas for Courseware have included numerous ways for students and instructors to build collections of custom 3D ...
It’s difficult to imagine undergoing surgery without anesthesia, and it would have been impossible to develop modern surgical techniques without it. ...
Technology in Anatomy Education, Technology in Education
Visible Body works hard to form a community of educators who support one another and strive for pedagogical excellence, so we were thrilled to have ...
Technology in Anatomy Education, Technology in Education
DNA can be hard to understand because it’s difficult to visualize, but it’s important for students to understand the structure of DNA so they have a ...
Technology in Anatomy Education, Instructor Case Studies, Technology in Education
With all the speculation about how education will or won’t be permanently altered by the pandemic, here at Visible Body, we’ve found that we’ve been ...
Walking is something that many of us take for granted, but it’s more complex than you might think. Today on the Visible Body blog, we’ll look at the ...
FRAMINGHAM, MA — January 11, 2022 — Visible Biology, a web-based teaching and learning platform, is now available. Many teachers find cellular-level ...
Technology in Anatomy Education, Technology in Education
If the past two years have taught us anything, it’s that the future is unpredictable. The pandemic has added confusion and uncertainty and has forced ...
Technology in Anatomy Education, Biology, Technology in Education
2021 was a huge year for health news here in the United States as COVID vaccines were rolled out and we had to learn several fraternities’ worth of ...
Technology in Anatomy Education, Technology in Education
The fall semester is coming to a close, and students around the world are getting ready to do battle with their most formidable foe: finals. Visible ...
Technology in Anatomy Education, Technology in Education
Though pancreatic cancer is considered rare, it is the fourth leading cause of cancer death and has the highest mortality rate of major cancers. For ...
Technology in Anatomy Education, Technology in Education
In any introductory biology class, photosynthesis is a big topic—that’s hardly surprising, given just how important photosynthesis is to all life on ...
Technology in Anatomy Education, Technology in Education
The Visible Body team has been working hard all summer to bring you some wonderful new features and improvements in Web Suite and Courseware. We’re ...
Technology in Anatomy Education, Technology in Education
Whether you’re considering purchasing Visible Body Courseware or you just want a few new teaching ideas for the upcoming school year, we’ve got some ...
Since the spring of 2020, many instructors have been using Visible Body to help maintain a high quality of instruction when shifting to an online or ...
Technology in Anatomy Education, Technology in Education
It may seem hard to believe, but it’s been more than a year since the COVID-19 pandemic forced schools to close and prompted a huge shift to online ...
Instructors come to Courseware with varying degrees of comfort using web and mobile apps, and the customer support team at Visible Body are experts ...
Human Anatomy Atlas 2023＋ is now available in Courseware, Web Suite, and for Site Licenses/Group Subscriptions! This means that our customers using ...
Valentine’s Day may have come and gone, but seeing as February is National Heart Month we’ve got another circulatory system blog post for you! In the ...
Curious about what quizzing updates were included in the newest Courseware release? Robin Schectman, a Product Owner and member of the Courseware and ...
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If you’re a regular reader of the VB Blog, or if you’ve been keeping an eye on recent tech in education trends, you’ll know that lots of instructors ...
The results are in! In early December 2020, we sent out a survey to students who had used Visible Body Courseware during the fall semester, and 798 ...
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It probably won’t surprise you that much of this year’s medical news has concerned COVID-19—more than 59 million people have been infected and over ...
It’s almost Thanksgiving here in the US. While our family gatherings and friendsgiving celebrations may be virtual this year, there’s still a lot to ...
Technology in Anatomy Education, Technology in Education
If you’re interested in learning how to use Human Anatomy Atlas in your lectures but aren’t sure where to start, we have just the webinar for you! As ...
Technology in Anatomy Education, Technology in Education
When you think about plants, what is the first thing that pops into your head? Is it flowers? That wouldn’t be too surprising, considering that the ...
Over the last few weeks, instructors and students have been adjusting to a fall semester that looks different from any they have experienced before. ...
Today, we’ll be discussing the basics of asynchronous learning and go over three tips for how to implement asynchronous learning using Visible Body ...
Vaccines have been in the news a great deal lately, as research and clinical trials for a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine continue at an impressive pace. August ...
Technology in Anatomy Education, Biology, Technology in Education
Biology instructors, we have new 3D models for you and your students! Teach about plant structure, cells, DNA, and blood in 3D and augmented reality. ...
Technology in Anatomy Education, Technology in Education
In the latest release of Human Anatomy Atlas, we’ve added an awesome new feature that will make it easier than ever to save and share Views, Tours, ...
Instructors are constantly innovating as they seek to provide the most engaging and effective education possible to their students. We’ve spoken to ...
Technology in Anatomy Education, Technology in Education
When bringing courses online, instructors are always looking for ways they can keep students engaged. In a recent Visible Body Office Hours session, ...
With many instructors switching to online forms of assessment, we’ve recently received a number of questions about how to ensure academic integrity ...
Technology in Anatomy Education, Instructor Case Studies, Technology in Education
Did you know that in addition to being Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month, June is Aphasia Awareness Month as well? Aphasia is a language disorder ...
