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

作为在线实验教学资源的海洋研究仪器合作实验室(科里奥利斯)这个项目正在建设和测试一个在线仪器协作实验室，用于大学级别的海洋学课程。其目标是测试在线进行实验室练习相对于传统的动手获取仪器设备的教育价值。可以通过互联网访问的仪器系统位于教学实验室，学生可以从这些系统远程控制仪器，监测数据和样本收集，共享和分析他们的数据，并使用到在线信息源的链接。在连续两个学期中，同一海洋学课程的实验室部分将作为试验组(在线实验室用户)和对照组(内部实验室)。该项目将从技术成功(建造一个正常运作的合作实验室)和学生成果两个方面进行评估。该合作实验室还提供概念验证，以便通过互联网共享昂贵的科学仪器(用于教育或研究)。共享可以将昂贵的资源集中在集中的在线设施上，消除了在数千家教育机构购买和维护仪器设备的高昂成本。

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.