Biology Instruments Learning Lab

The first version of Biology Instruments Learning Lab (BILL), a project-based learning application in the field of biology is now in production mode. Developed by the CRAFT, BILL will be used by freshmen cellular theory students of the EPFL and UNIL. The goals of BILL are to:

- solidify and expend theoretical knowledge (via online content or book references) of instruments used in cellular biology
- familiarize the learner to strategically solve problems by using the appropriate combinations of instruments (outputs of each instruments are simulated)

BILL is based on a community portal which can allow learners to communicate and collaborate. Courses (series of questions with their instruments, resources and outputs) are formalized in XML for easy editing and to improve reusability.

A demo login is available at http://craftsrv1.epfl.ch/bill/