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Chapter 12
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-5332-8.ch012
ABSTRACT
Habits in note-taking and media usage of the current generation of undergraduate college students
are very diferent from prior generations. Current students are attracted to multi-dimensional teaching
approaches which utilize visual learning aids and increased social interactions beyond the traditional
lecture. Moreover, the diversity with respect to frst generation college student/immigrant and returning
learners is growing. This learning situation becomes further complicated in teaching interdisciplinary
biopsychology courses, where students may not possess a complete set of foundational concepts. Thus,
Addressing Diverse College
Students and Interdisciplinary
Learning Experiences
Through Online Virtual
Laboratory Instruction:
A Theoretical Approach to Error-
Based Learning in Biopsychology
Lorenz S. Neuwirth
SUNY Old Westbury, USA
Alireza Ebrahimi
SUNY Old Westbury, USA
B. Runi Mukherji
SUNY Old Westbury, USA
Lillian Park
SUNY Old Westbury, USA