| Sumario: | To stay on pace with technological advances in clinical laboratories, clinical laboratory science programs need to include 21st Century skills in their curriculum. One way of accomplishing this is by integrating cloud technology into the student laboratory. The Virginia Commonwealth University CLS program is utilizing Google Drive as a means of allowing students to record and manage laboratory data. Students access Google Drive using iPads® provided during laboratory sessions. The use of mobile devices allows for electronic bench-side data recording, analysis, and storage. Data management can be performed at bench-side or at a later time from different devices and locations using Google Drive. Instructors are then able to access the student data, provide immediate feedback, and enter laboratory report grades via Google Drive. Since the introduction of Google Drive in laboratory sessions, preliminary findings indicate increased student organization, reduced transcription errors, improved understanding of data findings, and quicker grading turnaround time. In addition, students have expressed their excitement with having access to familiar technology in the CLS student laboratory. This technology demonstration will concentrate on how utilizing cloud technology, specifically Google Drive, can improve the CLS student learning experience. A review of Google Drive features and how they can be applied to CLS programs will be covered.
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