Expanding the concept of remote access laboratories
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Paper/Presentation Title | Expanding the concept of remote access laboratories |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Kist, Alexander A. (Author), Maxwell, Andrew Douglas (Author) and Gibbings, Peter D. (Author) |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the 2012 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition (ASEE 2012) |
Number of Pages | 11 |
Year | 2012 |
Place of Publication | United States |
ISBN | 9780878232413 |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | https://peer.asee.org/expanding-the-concept-of-remote-access-laboratories |
Conference/Event | 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition: Spurring Big Ideas in Education (ASEE 2012) |
Event Details | Rank B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B |
Event Details | 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition: Spurring Big Ideas in Education (ASEE 2012) Parent ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition Event Date 10 to end of 13 Jun 2012 Event Location San Antonio, United States of America |
Abstract | The ability of students to participate in laboratory experiences remotely through appropriate technologies has obvious utility for students who are distant from university campuses for whatever reason. This need is experienced in many faculties and this study reports on a project exploring how Remote Access Laboratory (RAL) technologies developed to enhance engineering education can be used to support learning in non technical faculties such as business, arts and education. To take this step, it is necessary to expand the traditional definitions of RAL leading to a range of interpretations of the concept of remote access laboratories; from the traditional, physical and tangible experiment, as is frequently seen in the engineering applications of RAL, to more conceptual experimentation in any form which is conducted remotely. The study focuses on five projects in the Department of Nursing and Midwifery, the Discipline of Surveying and Spatial Science, and the Faculty of Education. Using a program logic framework approach, the project aims to elucidate the pedagogic logic in a range of learning situations and evaluate the usefulness of RAL in each of them. This paper argues that by expanding the concept of remote access laboratories, applications in non technical disciplines are possible and finds that the use of RAL is limited only by the imagination of the teacher and the nature of the learning objectives. It also suggests that the concepts that are currently being applied in engineering RAL applications should be re-evaluated focussing on constructive alignment. On the basis of learning affordances they provide, that these technologies deserve to be, and can be, developed for wider application across all disciplines in order to address the needs of target demographics but also because they offer exciting new ways of providing quality learning to all students. |
Keywords | distance education; laboratory sessions; remote access |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390405. Educational technology and computing |
390113. Science, technology and engineering curriculum and pedagogy | |
460612. Service oriented computing | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering |
Faculty of Engineering and Surveying | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q16q2/expanding-the-concept-of-remote-access-laboratories
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