Collaboratory for Oceanographic Research Instrumentation as On-line Laboratory Instruction Sources - CORIOLIS

摘要海洋研究仪器作为在线实验室教学资源的合作实验室（CORIOLIS）本项目正在建设和测试一个用于大学水平海洋学课程的在线仪器合作实验室。目标是测试在线进行实验练习的教育价值，相对于传统的动手使用仪器。可以通过互联网访问的仪器系统，学生将能够远程控制仪器，监测数据和样本收集，共享和分析数据，并使用在线信息源的链接，这些系统位于教学实验室。连续两个学期，同一门海洋学课程的实验部分将作为测试组（在线实验室用户）和对照组（室内实验室）。该项目将评估技术上的成功（一个功能协作实验室的建设）和学生的成果。该合作实验室还为通过互联网（用于教育或研究）共享访问昂贵的科学仪器提供了概念验证。共享允许将昂贵的资源集中在集中的在线设施中，从而消除了在数千个教育机构中购买和维护仪器的高昂成本。

ABSTRACTCollaboratory for Oceanographic Research Instrumentation as On-line Laboratory Instruction Sources (CORIOLIS)This project is building and testing an on-line instrumented collaboratory for use in college-level oceanography courses. The goal is to test the educational merits of conducting laboratory exercises online, relative to traditional hands-on access to instrumentation. Instrumented systems that can be accessed via the Internet, and from which students will be able to remotely control instruments, monitor data and sample collection, share and analyze their data, and use links to on-line information sources are located at teaching laboratories. For two consecutive semesters, laboratory sections of the same oceanography course will be used as test groups (on-line laboratory users) and as control groups (in-house labs). The project will be assessed for both technical success (construction of a functioning collaboratory) and student outcomes. The collaboratory also provides a proof-of-concept for sharing access to expensive scientific instrumentation via the Internet (for education or research). Sharing allows concentration of expensive resources at centralized on-line facilities eliminates the prohibitive costs of purchasing and maintaining instrumentation at thousands of educational institutions.