students Figure 7: Showing count of students who felt expressing RL’s opinion on promoting excluded using RLs. diversityWhile it's true that some students may be interested in purchasing physical technology forvarious purposes, regardless of their socioeconomic status, the expensive DE1-SoC hardwaremay not be affordable for everyone. When asked about their willingness to purchase a lab kit orshare one either for classwork or for personal projects or interview preparation, the responsesshowed a tendency to acquire one (figure 8.1 & 8.2). This is where remote labs can provide anaccessible solution, enabling all students to gain access to industry-grade, expensive hardware atan affordable cost. Figure 8.1
Hands-on Laboratory ExperiencesLaboratory work in engineering typically involves the physical demonstration of scientific prin-ciples through carefully designed experiments or similar educational project activities. Two un-derlying concepts are core to the reason we use experimentation in education: 1) the scientificmethod, and 2) individual knowledge construction.The basis of the scientific method is that of experimentation. Gower [1] traces the foundations ofthe scientific method through Gallileo, Bacon, Newton, the Bernoullis, Bayes, and more. Despiteuncertainty and the probabilistic nature of experimental results, scientific knowledge is based oncertain methods, logic, and experiments. If we are to understand this scientific knowledge
among faculty on the actual purpose oflaboratory [7] [8]. At present, most students have access to laboratory equipment only duringscheduled lab times for 2-3 hours per week and laboratory experiments are one-off procedure“cook-book” modules rather than extended projects [8]. Increases in computing power haveenabled new types of remote-control laboratory equipment accessed from home, smallinexpensive kits that can be shipped to students, and advanced simulation software rather thanhardware experimentation [8] [6].Laboratories have been relatively less studied in the literature than other parts of the engineeringcurriculum and what results exist suggest a potentially negative impact of laboratories on studentepistemology. For example, some
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average Likert scale scores are listed after the genre.As mentioned in the open-ended responses, genre selection depends upon the purpose of thecommunication, the context and, importantly, the audience. Industry representatives respondedthat they interact regularly with different audiences. They have daily or weekly interactions withcolleagues, supervisors, subordinates, clients, and suppliers/vendors while at the monthly level,they interact with colleagues from international branches and the public. The details of what acolleague or subordinate needs to know regarding a project is much different than theinformation a supplier or the public needs, impacting the genre that would be most effective.Therefore, it is important to design communication
undergraduate engineering students and 150 graduate students, while advising on over 500 student and faculty research projects. His academic credentials include an M.S. in Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering from New York University and a B.E in Mechanical Engineering from Anna University.Dr. Curtis Abel, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Curtis Abel, PhD, MBA is the Executive Director of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center (I&E) at WPI. He is responsible for the I&E eco-system, Value Creation Initiative, Maker Space & Rapid Proto- typing Lab, and Massachusetts Digital Games Institute. He joined WPI in 2015 as a Professor of Practice through the support of the Kern Family Foundation to create a vibrant
. Following more data cleaning, 96 respondentsfrom the pre-and post-survey were obtained.Implementation of ECP in ClassesPhase 1: Data Collection1.1 Pre-Test: A survey was administered to students enrolled in a biology course at the universityto measure their current level of motivation and learning prior to the experiment-centric pedagogyintervention. This survey asks students to rate their level of motivation and learning on a 1-7 Likertscale, as well as include open-ended questions about their attitudes towards Biology courses andtheir experiences with Experiment-Centric Pedagogy.1.2 Implementation: A special project (Effect of Exercise on Heart rate) based on Experiment-Centric Pedagogy was implemented in the biology course. This involved the use
concept mapping, and the development of mini projects could beincorporated into the assessment of the learning outcomes. This work is specifically relevant, asone of the major objectives of the educational process is for students to acquire theoretical andconceptual knowledge [32]. However, the educational imperative for engineering education goesbeyond this objective. Developing technical expertise also requires developing practical skillsthrough hands-on experiences. Instructional labs in engineering help translate conceptualknowledge to practical experiences that reflect real-world scenarios, which engineeringgraduates will encounter during their engineering careers. However, gaps often exist betweenthe skill sets that engineering employers
curriculum will beaccessible on GitHub for engineering educators to build this low-cost educational tool withintheir engineering program. In conclusion, this proposed mechatronics actuator education testplatform promises to significantly enhance education accessibility, serving as an invaluablelearning tool for mechatronics students to acquire a hands-on learning experience.IntroductionIncorporating a hands-on laboratory curriculum is a great way to solidify theoretical concepts toreal-world practice in a classroom setting. Having a versatile physical tool to experiment withwill go a long way toward helping students retain information with engineering practice.Students working on a mechatronic project have to make an engineering selection of the
development of effective and engaging laboratory-based learning experiences. Inconclusion, hands-on, human-remote, and remote laboratories each have their own advantagesand limitations, and the choice of laboratory setup will depend on the specific learning goals,resources, and constraints of each educational program.Future studies should expand the analysis to virtual and ultra-concurrent labs so that all fivedifferent types can be accurately compared using the same or similar experimental setups.Another current trend in education stems from the abilities of Augmented Reality devices, whichenable a combination of virtual and hands-on laboratories. By using their own hands to interactwith the projected environment, users can better identify with the
resources available for instruction and assessment of these topics contributes to thechallenges in addressing these outcomes. Safety, teamwork, and communication have becomemore of a focus in the ChE laboratories in recent years, and thus the resources to teach and assessthem have emerged. A similar effort to develop projects and materials that focus on topics thatare harder to assess may be required if they will be prioritized as important learning outcomes forthe ChE laboratory courses.Only 8 of the 73 faculty respondents provided an answer to the last survey question, addressingChE lab course objectives not covered in the list provided. Only two of the answers were unique,addressing outcomes not covered in the list. This indicates that from the