Using VISIR in a large undergraduate course: Preliminary assessment results

Author

Alves, Gustavo R. ; Marques, M.A. ; Viegas, C. ; Lobo, M. C Costa ; Barral, R.G. ; Couto, R.J. ; Jacob, F.L. ; Ramos, C.A. ; Vilão, G.M. ; Covita, D.S. ; Alves, Joaquim ; Guimarães, P.S. ; Gustavsson, Ingvar

Author_Institution

Sch. of Eng. of Porto, IPP - Polytech. Inst. of Porto, Porto, Portugal

fYear

2011

fDate

4-6 April 2011

Firstpage

1125

Lastpage

1132

Abstract

The use of remote labs in undergraduate courses has been reported in literature several times since the mid 90´s. Nevertheless, very few articles present results about the learning gains obtained by students using them, especially with a large number of students, thus suggesting a lack of data concerning their pedagogical effectiveness. This paper addresses such a gap by presenting some preliminary results concerning the use of a remote laboratory, known as VISIR, in a large undergraduate course on Applied Physics, with over 500 students enrolled.

Keywords

computer aided instruction; educational courses; engineering education; physics computing; virtual instrumentation; VISIR; applied physics; preliminary assessment result; remote laboratory; remote labs; undergraduate course; Conferences; Electricity; Engineering education; Informatics; Laboratories; Physics; engineering education; learning assessment; remote laboratories; weblabs;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), 2011 IEEE

Conference_Location

Amman

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-642-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EDUCON.2011.5773288

Filename

5773288