Using remote experimentation in a large undergraduate course: initial findings

• Author(s): Costa-Lobo, Cristina ; Alves, Gustavo R. ; Marques, Maria A. ; Viegas, C. ; 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
• Date: 2011
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/4263
• Origin: Repositório Científico do Instituto Politécnico do Porto
• Subject(s): Remote laboratories; Weblabs; Learning assessment; Engineering education
• Document Type: Conference Object
• Language: English

Description

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 correspondent learning gains obtained by students, and in what conditions those systems can be more efficient, thus suggesting a lack of data concerning their pedagogical effectiveness. This paper addresses such a gap by presenting some initial findings concerning the use of a remote lab (VISIR), in a large undergraduate course on Physics, with over 550 students enrolled.