Content‐rich interactive online laboratory systems

Aziz, El-Sayed; Esche, Sven K.; Chassapis, Constantin

doi:10.1002/cae.20210

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“…Once set up, the experiment yields data based on the interactions of the parts. Progress is monitored by the professor and teaching assistants, and learning is assessed with quizzes before and after the laboratory exercise (Aziz, Esche, & Chassapis, 2009;Aziz, Chang, Esche, & Chassapis, 2014). (Aziz et al, 2009;Aziz et al, 2014).…”

Section: Engineering -Non Roboticmentioning

confidence: 99%

Virtual laboratories for education in science, technology, and engineering: A review

Potkonjak

Gardner

Callaghan

et al. 2016

Computers & Education

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Abstract.Within education, concepts such as distance learning, and open universities, are now becoming more widely used for teaching and learning. However, due to the nature of the subject domain, the teaching of Science, Technology, and Engineering are still relatively behind when using new technological approaches (particularly for online distance learning). The reason for this discrepancy lies in the fact that these fields often require laboratory exercises to provide effective skill acquisition and hands-on experience. Often it is difficult to make these laboratories accessible for online access. Either the real lab needs to be enabled for remote access or it needs to be replicated as a fully software-based virtual lab. We argue for the latter concept since it offers some advantages over remotely controlled real labs, which will be elaborated further in this paper.We are now seeing new emerging technologies that can overcome some of the potential difficulties in this area. These include: computer graphics, augmented reality, computational dynamics, and virtual worlds. This paper summarizes the state of the art in virtual laboratories and virtual worlds in the fields of science, technology, and engineering. The main research activity in these fields is discussed but special emphasis is put on the field of robotics due to the maturity of this area within the virtual-education community. This is not a coincidence; starting from its widely multidisciplinary character, robotics is a perfect example where all the other fields of engineering and physics can contribute. Thus, the use of virtual labs for other scientific and non-robotic engineering uses can be seen to share many of the same learning processes. This can include supporting the introduction of new concepts as part of learning about science and technology, and introducing more general engineering knowledge, through to supporting more constructive (and collaborative) education and training activities in a more complex engineering topic such as robotics. The objective of this paper is to outline this problem space in more detail and to create a valuable source of information that can help to define the starting position for future research.Key words: virtual laboratory, dynamics based virtual reality, virtual world, distance learning for engineering/STEM education, immersive education IntroductionRecently we have seen a number of new ideas appearing in the literature concerned with the future of education and in particular for the teaching of Science, Technology, and Engineering (STE 1 ). Some of these notions are novel while others are a re-imagining of existing ideas but in a new context. Technological examples most relevant for this study are: distance learning, elearning, virtual laboratories, virtual reality and virtual worlds, avatars, dynamics-based virtual systems, and the overall new concept of immersive education that integrates many of these ideas together. Many highly reputable institutions 2 have gathered around this challenging concept, withi...

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Section: Engineering -Non Roboticmentioning

confidence: 99%

Virtual laboratories for education in science, technology, and engineering: A review

Potkonjak

Gardner

Callaghan

et al. 2016

Computers & Education

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383

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“…The scripted scenario for a laboratory exercise was recently piloted in “ME 358 Mechanisms and Machine Dynamics,” a junior level course for mechanical engineering majors at Stevens Institute of Technology (SIT) (see Fig. ).…”

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A multi‐user virtual laboratory environment for gear train design

Aziz

Chang

Esche

et al. 2013

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This paper presents the development of a game‐based virtual laboratory environment for gear train design. This virtual laboratory environment goes beyond static demonstrations or conventional computer simulations and provides the students with the flexibility to perform various experiments related to the fundamental law of gearing and the concepts of planetary gear motion. In this virtual laboratory environment, the students, the instructor and the teaching assistant are represented by and interact as virtual characters (avatars). The scripted scenario for the laboratory exercise was first piloted in a junior‐level course for mechanical engineering majors. Assessment tools such as pre‐ and post‐experiment tests are an integral part of the laboratory environment and form the basis for providing different levels of support to the students at every step of the laboratory exercises. Furthermore, the laboratory environment can be equipped with functionality for monitoring the students' progress and learning outcomes, thus enabling skill‐based assessment.© 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Comput Appl Eng Educ 22:788–802, 2014; View this article online at http://wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/cae; DOI

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“…The ubiquitous teaching assistant (u‐TA) system is constructed using agent techniques for assisting students in solving problems, and is often applied in virtual laboratory courses . The u‐TA system applied the Web‐ and IM‐based user interfaces and provided communications to increase the interaction between students and u‐TA.…”

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“… Tour guide LBS systems: Students can obtain knowledge from the tour guide by an LBS system. The LBS system often provides a learning environment for students . Game‐based LBS systems: These systems provide some missions that require students to complete the tasks, or ask students to observe the environment before answering questions . Social group‐based LBS systems: These systems are based on social groups and through cooperation and mutual assistance . …”

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Context‐aware and LBS learning systems using ubiquitous teaching assistant (u‐TA): A case study for service‐learning courses

Dow

Huang

2011

Comp Applic In Engineering

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A ubiquitous teaching assistant (u-TA) system is developed using software agent techniques to facilitate teaching purposes and often used for a virtual classroom or virtual laboratory. In these kinds of virtual learning environments, u-TA is often used to assist learners by using desktop computers or laptops. With the development of u-learning, u-TA should consist of good mobility for guiding students and answering students' questions on mobile handheld devices. Therefore, the mobility of u-TA should be enhanced. This study proposes a system that uses the u-TA framework to construct a context-aware and location-based service (LBS) guiding system to introduce the essence of Service-Learning courses to students and help them browse the content of the course resources on campus. We gave a case study for using our proposed system to promote the Service-Learning courses in Feng Chia University, Taiwan. Experiments were conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed system. The experimental results show that the proposed system can help students enhance understanding on Service-Learning courses in school and encourage students to participate in these curricula.

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Content‐rich interactive online laboratory systems

Cited by 32 publications

References 11 publications

Virtual laboratories for education in science, technology, and engineering: A review

Virtual laboratories for education in science, technology, and engineering: A review

A multi‐user virtual laboratory environment for gear train design

Context‐aware and LBS learning systems using ubiquitous teaching assistant (u‐TA): A case study for service‐learning courses

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