Internet-based tools and videos are making it easier to perfect lab techniques and tasks. But they augment, rather than replace, conventional guidance in person.
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Sanderson, K. Learning tools: Visual aids. Nature 477, 621–622 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nj7366-621a
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