Web-Operable Remote Experimentation in Lecture Courses

我们的主要工作重点是探索和评估将网络操作的远程实验作为讲课课程的教育工具的方法。作为我们想法的测试工具，我们创建了一个远程实验，提供了对燃烧的介绍，以及质量和能量守恒的概念。该实验作为绝热火焰温度的教学手段，应用于化工导论课程。我们还介绍了广泛的报告写作和更高级的工程主题与这个实验相结合。有了万维网，远程实验在技术上变得更加直接，在经济上也更加可行。然而，它们的教育价值不仅取决于设计精良的技术，更重要的是取决于实验的内容。我们正在美国化学工程师学会和美国工程教育学会的年度会议上传播我们的研究结果。一篇论文正在化学工程教育杂志上发表。

Engineering - Chemical (53)The major focus of our work is to explore and evaluate means of incorporating web-operable remote experiments as an educational tool in lecture courses. As a test vehicle for our ideas, we have created a remote experiment that provides an introduction to combustion, and the concepts of conservation of mass and energy. The experiment is used in an introductory chemical engineering course as a means of teaching adiabatic flame temperature. We have also introduced extensive report writing and more advanced engineering topics in conjunction with this experiment. Remote experiments have become more technologically straightforward and economically viable with the worldwide web. However, their educational value depends not only on a well-designed technology but more importantly on the content of the experiment. We are disseminating our results at the annual meetings of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and the American Society for Engineering Education. A paper is being presented to Chemical Engineering Education journal.