Kist, A. A., & Maxwell, A. D., & Gibbings, P. D. (2012, June), Expanding the Concept of Remote Access Laboratories  Paper presented at 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, Texas. 10.18260/1-2--21362

\bibitem{asee_peer_21362}
  Kist, A. A., \& Maxwell, A. D., \& Gibbings, P. D. (2012, June), \emph{Expanding the Concept of Remote Access Laboratories}
  Paper presented at 2012 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, San Antonio, Texas.
  10.18260/1-2--21362

Alexander A. Kist, Andrew Douglas Maxwell, and Peter D. Gibbings.  "Expanding the Concept of Remote Access Laboratories".  2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, Texas, 2012, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2012.  https://peer.asee.org/21362 Internet.  03 Dec, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_21362}
  Alexander A. Kist, Andrew Douglas Maxwell, and Peter D. Gibbings.
  "Expanding the Concept of Remote Access Laboratories".
  \emph{2012 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, San Antonio, Texas, 2012, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2012.
  https://peer.asee.org/21362 Internet.  03 Dec, 2024

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AB  -             Expanding the Concept of Remote Access LaboratoriesThe ability of students to partake in laboratory experiences remotely through appropriatetechnologies has obvious utility for students who are remote from university campuses forwhatever reason. This need is experienced in many disciplines and this study reports on aproject that is exploring how Remote Access Laboratory (RAL) technologies developed inengineering can be used to support learning in other disciplines such as business, health, artsand education. The definition of RAL includes hardware as well as software experimentswith the understanding that remote access laboratories are also tools for offering moreequitable opportunities for distance learning across the higher education sector.We have taken a participatory evaluation approach using a program logic framework toelucidate the pedagogic logic in a range of learning situations and evaluate the usefulness ofRAL in each of them. To take this step it is necessary to expand the traditional definitions ofRAL leading to a range of interpretations of the concept of remote access laboratories; fromthe traditional, physical and tangible experiment, as is frequently seen in the Engineeringapplications of RAL, to more conceptual experimentation in any form which is conductedremotely. We began with an expanded concept of laboratory to include learning experiencesand environments that are linked to propositions about facts, concepts and ideas (White1996). Relevant activities may involve manipulation of physical equipment, but may alsoinclude modelling with data, collaborating with other students to complete a task, thedevelopment of clinical reasoning, exploring scenarios, or experimenting with variables.The study focuses on five projects in the Department of Nursing and Midwifery, theDiscipline of Surveying and Spatial Science, and the Faculty of Education. We find that theapplication of RAL is limited only by the imagination of the teacher and the nature of thelearning objectives. We argue, on the basis of the learning affordances they provide, thatthese technologies deserve to be, and can be, developed for wider application across alldisciplines in order to address the needs of the target demographics but also because theyoffer exciting new ways of providing quality learning to all students.                                      Key ReferencesBarak, M. (2006). Instructional principles for fostering learning with ICT: teachers'       perspectives as learners and instructors. Education and Information Technologies,       11(2), 121-135. doi: 10.1007/s11134-006-7362-9Jonassen, D., Carr, C., & Yueh, H.-P. (1998). Computers as mindtools for engaging learners       in critical thinking. TechTrends, 43(2), 24-32. doi: 10.1007/bf02818172Jonassen, D. H. (2000). Computers as mindtools for schools: engaging critical thinking:       Merrill.White, R. T. (1996). The link between the laboratory and learning. International Journal of       Science Education, 18(7), 761 - 774.
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