Development of a Virtual Lab in Assistance of a Fluid Mechanics Laboratory Instruction

Zhao, Yitong; Flanagan, Elbon; Abbasi, Hamza; Black, Kayla; Wang, Xin

doi:10.1115/imece2019-10540

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“…A pilot study carried out in the USA in developing a VL relating to fluid mechanics reveal that the virtual tours served as a pre-lab instruction tool and students felt this approach to be very informative and useful. The students also mentioned that the VL pump experiment is intuitive and consumes less time (Zhao et al, 2019). The work carried out at Texas A&M University, USA, shows that the female students spent more time in the VL tutorial (Srinivasa et al, 2020).…”

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Virtual Laboratory: A Boon to the Mechanical Engineering Education During Covid-19 Pandemic

Kapilan¹,

Vidhya²,

Xiao

2020

Higher Education for the Future

137

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The engineering students understand the engineering concepts effectively when they conduct the experiments in the laboratory. Hence, laboratory is as important as theory; however, the ill-equipped laboratory facilities affect the students’ learnability. The virtual laboratories may help the students overcome the problems faced by them in the conventional laboratory. In India, educational activities during the middle of the semester were affected due to lockdown related to COVID-19. However, the theory classes were conducted online, and educational institutions are finding it difficult to complete the laboratory experiments due to closure of colleges for the students due to COVID-19 pandemic. Hence, we have conducted a faculty development programme for the engineering college faculty members on mechanical engineering virtual laboratories. Similarly, we have trained the mechanical engineering students on fluid mechanics virtual laboratory. We have taken feedback from the participants of these virtual laboratory training programme and analysed it. From the analysis we have observed that more than 90 per cent of the participants were happy about the virtual laboratory and they expressed that their learning process improved with virtual laboratory experiments. Also, they felt that the virtual laboratories can be used till the COVID-19 pandemic issues are solved. Since the vaccine for COVID-19 is not available yet, the virtual laboratories will help the mechanical engineering students to conduct the laboratory experiments for the academic year 2020–2021.

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Virtual Laboratory: A Boon to the Mechanical Engineering Education During Covid-19 Pandemic

Kapilan¹,

Vidhya²,

Xiao

2020

Higher Education for the Future

137

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“…This is because learners now tend to prefer things related to computers [67]. In Zhao et al's study [68], a virtual laboratory was designed to support and enrich the undergraduate learners' laboratory experience in addition to the existing physical laboratory; the learners considered that the virtual laboratory was very informative and useful. Studies [69,70] revealed that the use of virtual laboratory media could improve the learners' conceptual understanding, as well as their problem-solving ability [71], and it enhances their creativity [72].…”

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Design and Implementation of a Virtual Laboratory for Physics Subjects in Moroccan Universities

2021

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Laboratory experimentation has a vital role in science education. With the potential offered by information and communication technologies for the educational domain, virtual laboratories have emerged as a valuable alternative to face-to-face, hands-on laboratories. Moreover, the possibility of virtual laboratories opens new perspectives for higher education sustainability. They are a perfect approach for training learners to understand scientific principles in many fields of science by offering them the possibility to illustrate the scientific phenomena through automated and virtual practical activities that employ computer simulation. In this work, we present the use of computer simulation combined with the JavaScript programming language for the development of a low-cost virtual laboratory integrated into an interactive learning environment based on the Moodle platform. The methodology was based on the instructional design model ADDIE (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation), which structures the development planning of online teaching resources in different stages (analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation). The virtual laboratory was developed by Moroccan universities, with the help of European partners, and it was implemented in the 12 science faculties in Morocco. It presents a great choice for supporting laboratory activities for learners in the first year of their bachelor’s degree program. This virtual laboratory includes 12 virtual practical activities mapped to the physics curriculum, and they can be operated via the Internet on computers. The proposed virtual learning environment was evaluated by teachers and learners from the science faculties. The obtained results, together with similar findings from other studies, indicate the positive impact of the use of a virtual laboratory on learning outcomes, and support the adoption of the proposed learning environment in laboratory educational procedures as an alternative to physical laboratories.

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“…The findings give educators and teachers a thorough grasp of improved learning by state-of-the-art technology to design student-centered learning activities. Zhao et al (2019) stated that students found the virtual tour very informative and useful, whereas the VR pump lab was intuitive and time-saving. This proves that with realistic lab simulations, virtual labs have great potential to give students more flexibility to carry out handson experiments and to develop technical acumen beyond the physical classroom.…”

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Development of an Android-based virtual laboratory as a database learning media for vocational school

Umami,

Leksono,

Rohman

2023

JINOTEP

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Tujuan pengembangan dan penelitian ini adalah menghasilkan produk laboratorium virtual berbasis android sebagai media pembelajaran basis data kelas XI SMK dilengkapi buku petunjuk penggunaan “Vlab base” dan meningkatkan pemahaman serta hasil belajar siswa pada topik pengelolaan tabel pada basis data menggunakan Bahasa SQL. Prosedur pengembangannyamenggunakan metode Research and Development (R&D) dan pendekatan pengembangan aplikasi model waterfall. Hasil validasi dari ahli media mencapai prosentase 92 (sangat layak), ahli desain 93 (sangat layak), dan ahli materi 94 (sangat layak). Uji kepraktisan mencapai prosentase 95 (sangat layak), kelompok kecil 90,67 (sangat layak), dan uji coba kelompok besar 93 (sangat layak) yang mempermudah siswa belajar dan praktikum mandiri memahami pengelolaan database berkategori sangat layak dan dapat digunakan guru dalam pembelajaran. Hasil pre dan post test siswa meningkatkan nilai hasil belajar siswa sebesar 100% berdasarkan kriteria efektivitas ketika digunakan dalam pembelajaran. Abstract: The goal of this research and development is to create an Android-based virtual laboratory product as a database learning medium for class XI Vocational School equipped with a manual for using "Vlab base" and to improve understanding and results of student learning in the topic of managing tables in databases using SQL language. The development procedure employed the research and development (R&D) method to create Android-based learning materials and the waterfall model application development approach. The validation results are 92% (very feasible) from the media experts, 93% (very decent) from the design experts, and 94% (very decent) from the material experts. The practicality test reaches 95% (very feasible), the small group reaches 90.67% (very feasible), and the large group trial obtains 93% (very feasible), making individual practice and learning simpler for pupils to understand database management that is categorized as very feasible and can be used by teachers in learning. Based on the criteria of effectiveness for learning, the results of the students' pre-test and post-test showed a 100% improvement in the value of student learning outcomes.

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Development of a Virtual Lab in Assistance of a Fluid Mechanics Laboratory Instruction

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Virtual Laboratory: A Boon to the Mechanical Engineering Education During Covid-19 Pandemic

Virtual Laboratory: A Boon to the Mechanical Engineering Education During Covid-19 Pandemic

Design and Implementation of a Virtual Laboratory for Physics Subjects in Moroccan Universities

Development of an Android-based virtual laboratory as a database learning media for vocational school

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