The Virtual Cell Animations application.

The Virtual Cell Animation app is available for iOS devices as a mobile learning tool (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/virtual-cell-animations/id427893931?mt=8). (A) The app contains the Virtual Cell multimedia collection assembled into seven different modules. These modules contain at least two related MCB topics to encourage students to think about the relationships between topics. (B) Here the Protein Expression module is shown below as an example. Five MCB processes related to protein expression, transport, modification, and activity are grouped together to help students understand how these topics are related to each other. The topics are organized in a chronological order of events; however, the student may view them in any order. (C) Once a topic within a module has been selected, the learner may choose to watch the animation, view still images, read the text associated with the animation, or take a short quiz to review the key concepts. The quiz provides feedback on selected responses and directs a user to animation clips or still images to reinforce topics. Image credit: NDSU VCell Animation Project.