Integration of remote and virtual laboratories in the educational process

This paper describes a new holistic approach to integrate remote and virtual laboratories in the educational process. Aim of the integration is to test students´ knowledge not only on lower levels as usual multiple choice tests and the like are doing, but also on higher-order thinking skills. Based on these tests the students should get a detailed feedback about their strengths, weaknesses or mis-conceptions. Therefore Learning Analytics methods are applied to a database, storing learning activities of the students during their online work- phase in the educational process. The paper discusses the actual approach as well as the architecture of a prototype implementation.