Open AccessUsing VISIR in a Large Undergraduate Course: Preliminary Assessment Results
Author(s) -
Gustavo R. Alves,
Arcelina Marques,
Clara Viegas,
Maria C. Costa-Lobo,
R. G. Barral,
R. J. Couto,
Frederico L. Jacob,
Carlos Ramos,
G. M. Vilao,
D. S. Covita,
Joaquim Alves,
Pedro Guimarães,
Ingvar Gustavsson
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
international journal of engineering pedadogy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 7
ISSN - 2192-4880
DOI - 10.3991/ijep.v1i1.1589
Subject(s) - course (navigation) , remote laboratory , mathematics education , medical education , undergraduate education , psychology , engineering , computer science , the internet , medicine , world wide web , aerospace engineering
The use of remote labs in undergraduate courses has been reported in literature several times since the mid 90’s. Nevertheless, very few articles present results about the learning gains obtained by students using them, especially with a large number of students, thus suggesting a lack of data concerning their pedagogical effectiveness. This paper addresses such a gap by presenting some preliminary results concerning the use of a remote laboratory, known as VISIR, in a large undergraduate course on Applied Physics, with over 500 students enrolled