The online future of Science and Engineering education: The essential elements of laboratory-based learning for remote-access implementation

实验室课程是科学和工程学位课程的重要组成部分，但很少有人研究其中实际发生的事情。远程实验室，学生通过互联网控制设备，是一个潜在的解决方案，以适应越来越多的学生，但接口必须开发，以有效地支持学生的学习。该项目将调查学生如何与设备，彼此，并与实验室演示，以确定有效的实验室学习经验的关键组成部分互动。它将识别和验证学生在实验室课堂上的互动，并开发远程支持这些互动的机制。

Laboratory classes are a critical part of science and engineering degree programs, but there has been little research into what actually takes place within them. Remote laboratories, in which students control equipment via the internet, are one potential solution for accommodating rising numbers of students, but the interfaces must be developed to effectively support student learning. This project will investigate how students interact with equipment, each other, and with laboratory demonstrators in order to determine the crucial components of effective laboratory learning experiences. It will identify and characterise the interactions of students in laboratory classes, and develop mechanisms to support these interactions remotely.