The role of e-labs in promoting conceptual understanding of science students (reflection in ICT for IST project resource pack)

Author

Lustigova, Zdena ; Novotna, Veronika ; Kedzierska, Ewa ; Kawecka, Elzbieta

Author_Institution

Lab. of Online Learning, Charles Univ. in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

fYear

2011

fDate

27-30 June 2011

Firstpage

307

Lastpage

312

Abstract

The presented study is focused on the evaluation of the efficiency of different types of e-labs, using four dimensional models of educational goals. We try to clearly specify the differences, advantages and disadvantages of all 3 kinds of e-labs (1/computer mediated hands on labs, 2/virtual labs and 3/remote labs), according to educational goals to be reached. The specific attention is devoted to their efficiency in promoting conceptual understanding. Activities and hands-on experience presented in the paper, are closely connected to the teacher training materials developed within the ICT for IST Project by scientific team at Charles University in Prague (CZ).

Keywords

computer aided instruction; laboratories; student experiments; virtual reality; Charles University; Prague; computer mediated hands on labs; e-labs; educational goals; remote labs; science students; virtual labs; Computers; Data processing; Electronic learning; Physics; Remote laboratories; Information and communication technologies; computer mediated hands on laboratories; conceptual understanding; remote laboratories; research; science education; virtual laboratories;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Technology Interfaces (ITI), Proceedings of the ITI 2011 33rd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Dubrovnik

ISSN

1330-1012

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-897-6

Electronic_ISBN

1330-1012

Type

conf

Filename

5974040