Universal Environment for Delivering Remote-Laboratories within the STEM Disciplines

（99）本项目探讨了一种激进的方法，在利用新兴的计算机和网络技术（软件和硬件）在教育中的好处的同时，提供实验课程。这项工作将一名工程师、一名教育心理学家和一名教学设计专家聚集在一起，设计和开发一个通用的基于互联网的远程实验室环境，学生可以按照自己的节奏进行，更灵活。可定制的环境将嵌入式评估和监控设施（学生和班级的整体进展）整合到一系列实验课程中，因此来自STEM学科的教师/辅导员可以毫不费力地整合他们的实验课程。学生们体验到有吸引力的实验室和一种培养自我监控和反思技能的方法，同时从每个学生已有的知识中学习。这个概念融合了新兴的互联网技术、软件、计算机接口、尖端的图形用户界面、有效的教学设计、评估和评估方案。发达的环境有五个重要特点：a)远程实验室学习；b)易于与一系列STEM课程整合；C)实时视频、音频与实验联动；D)频繁的学生反馈；e)教师/辅导员监督学生的进步和活动。远程实验室需要远程控制的物理（真实）实验室设备。开发的环境通过两个本科实验课程（高级数字设计实验室和控制系统实验室）进行验证。跨学科整合的进步和对不可预测的人类学习领域所带来的独特挑战的探究与新兴技术相结合，以实现最高的学习性能。这些活动建立在以前的NSF资助期间开发的知识基础上，并通过使其在STEM学科领域范围内的灵活和更有效的利用，将这个远程实验室提升到一个新的水平。该项目具有潜在的变革性，因为它将传统的生产线式实验室交付系统转变为个性化和个性化的学习方法。

Interdisciplinary(99) This project investigates a radical approach for delivering laboratory courses while utilizing the benefits of emerging computer and web technology (software and hardware) in education. The work brings together an engineer, an educational psychologist and a pedagogical design expert in the design and development a universal Internet-based remote laboratory environment where students can proceed at their own pace with more flexibility. The customizable environment brings together an embedded assessment and monitoring facility (progress of a student and the class as a whole) to a range of laboratory courses, so that faculty/facilitator from STEM disciplines can integrate their laboratory courses with very little effort. Students experience engaging laboratories and a means for developing skills of self-monitoring and reflection, while working from pre-existing knowledge of each student. The concept blends emerging Internet technology, software, computer interfacing, cutting edge graphical user interface, effective pedagogical designs, assessment and evaluation schemes. The developed environment has five important features: a) learning through remote laboratory; b) ease of integration with a range of STEM courses; c) real-time video and audio link with experiments; d) frequent student feedback; and e) faculty/facilitator monitoring of student progress and activities. The remote laboratory entails physical (real) laboratory equipment that is controlledremotely. The developed environment is validated by using two undergraduatelevel laboratory courses (advanced digital design laboratory and control systems laboratory). Advances in cross discipline integration and inquiry into unique challenges posed by an unpredictable arena of human learning are combined with emerging technologies to achieve the highest possible performance in learning. The activities build on knowledge developed during a previous NSF grant and advance this remote laboratory to the next level by making it flexible and more effective for utilization in range of STEM subject areas. The project is potentially transformative because it is converting traditional production-line style laboratory delivery systems to a personalized and individualized approach to learning.