Student experiences with a molecular biotechnology course containing an interactive 3D immersive simulation and its impact on motivational beliefs

• Dan Spencer,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Digital Education and Learning Technology Applications, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8162-6974

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• Caitlin McKeown,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Digital Education and Learning Technology Applications, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6862-2680

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• David Tredwell,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Software, Visualization

  Affiliation Digital Education and Learning Technology Applications, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Benjamin Huckaby,

  Roles Software, Visualization

  Affiliation Digital Education and Learning Technology Applications, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Andrew Wiedner,

  Roles Software, Visualization

  Affiliation Digital Education and Learning Technology Applications, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Jacob T. Dums,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation

  Affiliation Biotechnology Program, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6314-4779

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• Emily L. Cartwright,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biotechnology Program, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6778-989X

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• Colin M. Potts,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Software, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Computer Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Nathan Sudduth,

  Roles Software

  Affiliation Department of Computer Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Evan Brown,

  Roles Software

  Affiliation Department of Computer Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Phillips Albright,

  Roles Software

  Affiliation Department of Computer Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8367-6764

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• Arnav Jhala,

  Roles Conceptualization, Software, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Computer Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Melissa C. Srougi

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mcsrougi@ncsu.edu

  Affiliations Biotechnology Program, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2183-0233

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