Abstract

Robust online courses in the sciences must be based on: (1) sound, research–based pedagogy, (2) rich laboratory environments with skills and operational knowledge transferable to the wet lab, (3) a paradigm that is economically scalable. LAAPhysics courseware meets these challenges in the distance-learning field, using server/client technologies to develop and build a complete online physics laboratory learning environment comprised of equipment and instrument objects and interactive curriculum modules. Client/server data includes dialog (guide agent/tutor and student), white board discussions with virtual peers, assessment and capstone investigations. Complete portfolios of student performance are generated, permitting individual and aggregate analyses not only of conceptual understanding but also of peer to peer interactions and student understanding of various representations of experimental data.

Citation

Meisner, G. (2002). A New Paradigm For OnLine Science Laboratory Learning Environments. In M. Driscoll & T. Reeves (Eds.), Proceedings of E-Learn 2002--World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (pp. 1915-1920). Montreal, Canada: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved October 4, 2023 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/9429/.

© 2002 Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)

Keywords

• Interaction
• Learning Objects
• Physical Environments
• Students
• Virtual Environments