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D.  \nEducational Researcher and Publishing Coordinator, Online Learning Consortium  \nShannon McGurk, M.S., M. Ed.  \nDirector of Distance Learning, Carolina Biological Supply Company  \nAbby McGuire, Ed.D.  \nDirector of Research, Online Learning Consortium  \nRecommended citation:  \nSwindell, A., McGurk, S., and McGuire, A. (2022) . At-Home STEM Lab Kitsin Higher Education: Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic and Recommendations for Future Success. The Online Learning Consortium.  \n[https://onlinelearningconsortium.org/read/at-home-stem-lab-kits/](https://onlinelearningconsortium.org/read/at-home-stem-lab-kits/)  \nThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons, Creative Commons—AttributionNonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International—CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.   \nAt-Home STEM Lab Kits in Higher Education 2  \nTABLE OF CONTENTS  \nABOUT OUR ORGANIZATIONS4  \nTHE CAROLINA-OLC PARTNERSHIP 4  \nINTRODUCTION  5  \nKEY FINDINGS  7  \nQuality 7  \nOpportunities for Innovation  7  \nLearning Outcomes and Accreditation 8  \nAcademic Feedback and Integrity 9  \nAccess  10  \nIncreased Access to Higher Education  10  \nCost as Prohibitive  10  \nThe Digital Divide was a Barrier  11  \nInstitutional Support and Challenges  12  \nSupport is Critical but Varied Widely  12  \nAdministrative and Legal Barriers  13  \nRECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE SUCCESS  15  \nHyFlex—offering both to increase access  15  \nAbsorbing costs like in-person lab  16  \nEmergency online vs. planned  16  \nMore flexible state boards for accreditation  16  \nLIMITATIONS AND FUTURE STUDY  16  \nABOUT OUR ORGANIZATIONS  \nThe Online Learning Consortium (OLC) is a collaborative community of education leaders and innovators dedicated to advancing quality digital teaching and learning experiences designed to reach and engage the modern learner—anyone, anywhere, anytime. OLC inspires innovation and quality through an extensive set of resources, including best-practice publications, quality benchmarking, leading-edge instruction, community-driven conferences, practitioner-based and empirical research, and expert guidance. The growing OLC community includes faculty, administrators, trainers, instructional designers, and other learning professionals as well as educational institutions, professional societies, and corporate enterprises. Learn more [at](at onlinelearningconsortium.org)[ ](at onlinelearningconsortium.org)[onlinelearningconsortium.org](at onlinelearningconsortium.org).  \nCarolina Distance Learning® offers campus-quality science lab kits for online students that provide the same rigor, relevance, and results that traditional labs provide. It has leveraged 90+ years of expertise tobe able to offer hands-on labs in nine subject areas that can be completed at home safely. Carolina also provides free course design, the flexibility to customize, and shipping schedules to match your timeline so you can plan and facilitate labs with ease and confidence (and without aggravation and stress) . In addition to serving schools, Carolina’s products have also been used by the scientific and health communities. It has a 24-hour order hotline for a special program to supply medicinal leeches to doctors and hospitalsand has also supplied NASA scientists with various products for their important work. Learn more at [carolinadistancelearning.com](carolinadistancelearning.com) or take a look at this video.  \nThe Carolina-OLC Partnership  \nWith Carolina Distance Learning’s dedication to providing quality at-home lab programs for college-level distance education and the Online Learning Consortium’s (OLC’s) dedication to creating community and knowledge around quality online, blended, and digital learning while driving innovation, a mutually beneficial opportunity has arisen to explore the evolving needs of science educators in higher education as they create qual","cbCaisXTEF6wtIlr","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaisXTEF6wtIlr","pdf",5911432,17,"English","# Table of Contents\n## About Our Organizations\n## The Carolina-OLC Partnership\n## Introduction\n## Key Findings\n## Quality\n## Opportunities for Innovation\n## Learning Outcomes and Accreditation\n## Academic Feedback and Integrity\n## Access\n## Increased Access to Higher Education\n## Cost as Prohibitive\n## The Digital Divide was a Barrier\n## Institutional Support and Challenges\n## Support is Critical but Varied Widely\n## Administrative and Legal Barriers\n## Recommendations for Future Success\n## HyFlex—offering both to increase access\n## Absorbing costs like in-person lab\n## Emergency online vs. planned\n## More flexible state boards for accreditation\n## Limitations and Future Study","[{\"question\":\"What is the report’s main focus on at-home STEM labs in higher education?\",\"answer\":\"It focuses on lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic and provides recommendations for improving future success with at-home STEM lab kits in higher education, including their role in quality digital and blended learning.\"},{\"question\":\"What key access barriers are identified for adopting at-home lab resources?\",\"answer\":\"The report highlights prohibitive costs, the digital divide, and challenges in institutional support, including administrative and legal barriers that affect adoption.\"},{\"question\":\"Which recommendations are proposed to improve future implementation?\",\"answer\":\"Recommendations include using HyFlex to increase access, planning versus relying on emergency online transitions, absorbing costs similarly to in-person labs, and enabling more flexible accreditation approaches.\"}]","At-Home STEM Lab Kits in Higher Education - Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic and Recommendations for Future Success | PDF",1792059407,43]