Educational material publisher McGraw-Hill Higher Education, US, has announced a strategic alliance with Hands-On Labs, Inc. (HOL), a science education company that designs and produces academically aligned collections of laboratory materials for higher education students and institutions worldwide. Under the deal, McGraw-Hill science curricula will be combined with HOL-produced LabPaqs, to create a specialised LabPaq product package which will allow students to perform genuine 'wet lab' science experiments at their convenience - inside or outside the classroom.
For distance learning and campus-based courses, schools will also have the option to include customised lab manuals that align with McGraw-Hill content they may already be using, both in print and online, giving instructors a more streamlined teaching approach. Professors can customise their LabPaq product package to be consistent with their course content, so students are only responsible for the materials individual instructors plan to teach.
LabPaqs are pre-packaged, course-specific science laboratory materials available for all lab science disciplines. Assigned to students much like a textbook, LabPaqs employ green micro-scale science techniques and compact lab equipment. They are primarily used with distance learning and web-based science courses, but are also used on many campuses.
