Research on the Experimental Education of Technical Courses in the Information Age

The advanced technologies in the information age have instilled new energy to the experimental education. A new experimental education scheme for technical courses has been proposed, including education of experiment principles, Web-based presentation of experiment resources, preparation of experiments and its examination, virtual experiments and their examination, administration of open real experiments, real experiments and their examination, and creative experiments. The proposed scheme concentrates several advanced techniques of the information age, by making full use of their advantages and bypassing their disadvantages. By applying the scheme, the experiments in technical courses can be carried out with high efficiency, high quality, good safety and individualization. Practice has demonstrated that the scheme is applicable. Considering its a synchronism, the scheme is especially applicable to distance education, lifelong education, self-study and individualized education.