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Student Survey Results: Using Courseware for Spring 2020 Courses

When universities abruptly pivoted to distance learning starting in mid-March due to the pandemic, the team at Visible Body offered any instructor and their students access to Visible Body Courseware free of charge through the end of June. More than ...
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Anatomy & Physiology, Pathology

5 Facts About Alzheimer's Disease

Alzheimer’s Disease is a neurodegenerative condition that impairs memory and cognitive functioning. It affects around 5.5 million Americans, most of ...
Anatomy & Physiology

A Visual Guide to Muscle Terminology with VB Suite

When you’re studying the muscular system, there’s a lot of terminology to learn beyond the names of the muscles themselves. Part of becoming familiar ...
Pathology

5 Deadly Pandemics of the Past and What We Can Learn From Them

Whether caused by bacteria, viruses, or other malicious microorganisms, disease has been a part of human life since there has been human life. That’s ...
Pathology

3 Ways Technology is Helping in the Fight Against COVID-19

Here at VB, we’ve been reading about COVID-19 in the news almost nonstop as the pandemic continues. Given that we keep a close eye on advancements in ...
Technology in Anatomy Education, Instructor Case Studies, Technology in Education

Using Visible Body and zSpace to Enhance High School Career Education

Today we have the pleasure of introducing you to Sheena Shoemaker, a former A&P instructor for the Maize Career Academy, a career and technical ...
Technology in Anatomy Education, Technology in Education

A Look at the Future of Online and Traditional Higher Education

In the world of college instruction, online education is on everyone’s minds these days—and rightfully so. Professors and students have had to make a ...
Technology in Anatomy Education, Technology in Education

5 Tips for Moving Your Lab Online with Visible Body

As society tries to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, we find ourselves in strange and uncertain times. There are a lot of things we’ve been forced to ...
Instructor Case Studies, Technology in Education

Using 3D Anatomy Models to Teach in the Lab and Online: An Interview with Prof. Jay Gump

Prof. Jay Gump, a senior lecturer in the Kinesiology program at the University of Massachusetts, has a few years experience using 3D models in lab, ...
Anatomy & Physiology, Pathology

Research Roundup: Could Light Help Treat Brain Disorders and Chronic Pain?

Whether it comes from the sun, a lightbulb, or a campfire, light is an important component of our world. We rely on it for our sense of vision, for ...