with Julia Skolnik, Northwestern University, School of Education and Social Policy, USA
Date: March 19, 2010
2:00 pm to 2:50 pm EDT
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Description:
Remote online laboratories are experimental facilities accessed through the Internet, allowing students to perform experiments from anywhere, any time. Remote labs enrich STEM education by vastly increasing the scope of experiments students can access, and by giving students experience with real equipment and real scientific data. Northwestern University and the MIT have created the iLab Network, an online network that supports the educational use of multiple remote labs for high schools. The iLab Network allows students to conduct experiments using real equipment via their web browsers. In this session, we will describe this new resource for STEM education and how it is transforming science teaching in both online and regular classrooms. We will demonstrate a remote lab using equipment housed in Australia and watch it live on webcam. Finally, we will share results from our classroom pilot test with 950 students and discuss the implications for high school science courses.
About the Presenter:
Julia Skolnik and Ricarose Roque are curriculum and software specialists, respectively, at Northwestern University in the School of Education and Social Policy, in the Office of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Education Partnerships. They work together to develop and implement STEM resources and technological tools for K-12 classrooms.
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Thanks for your clear, organized, practical presentation of a great tool!