<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2020/virtual-labs.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>03/23/2020</pubDate><title>Biology Professor Experienced at Creating Online Laboratory Learning for Students</title><description>At the beginning of the semester, Christina Zito, Ph.D. piloted the use of Labster, a virtual lab simulation. That experience has been valuable as she and her colleagues across the University are implementing innovative learning solutions that are enabling students, in light of the global coronavirus pandemic, to successfully continue their coursework remotely.</description><hide-description/><author>Renee Chmiel, Office of Marketing and Communications</author><author-details/><hide-author/><date>March 23, 2020</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/news/non-college-specific/blog/2020/virtual-labs-zito-takacs.png" alt="Image of Tina Zito, Ph.D., and Carter Takacs, Ph.D."/></image><image-caption>Tina Zito, Ph.D., and Carter Takacs, Ph.D. (Photo by Anna Downs '21)</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>year-2020</tag></tags></item>