scientix 5th spne london 24 april 2015: go-lab
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© Go-Lab Project - Global Online Science Labs for Inquiry Learning at School Co-funded by EU (7th Framework Programme)
Online labs for science education
Ton de Jong University of Twente, NL
SCIENTIX, London, April 2015
We need engaging science and engineering instruction
We need engaging science and engineering instruction
What can we do?
o Constructive (inquiry) learning
o Collaborative learning
o Situated learning
o Computer simulations/ games o Modeling (design)
environments
o Shared objects o Chats, video conferencing
o Simulators, videos
Example online laboratories
Are online laboratories effective?
de Jong, T., Linn, M.C., & Zacharia, Z.C. (2013). Physical and virtual laboratories in science and engineering education. Science, 340, 305-308
Students in online labs gain the same level of knowledge or a more advanced level of knowledge than students who
learn in a real laboratory
Are online laboratories effective?
If well designed, scaffolds included, inquiry-based learning with online labs and
simulations shows an advantage over expository instruction
de Jong, T. (2006). Computer simulations - Technological advances in inquiry learning. Science, 312, 532-533.
Are online laboratories effective?
If well designed, scaffolds included, inquiry-based learning with online labs and
simulations shows an advantage over expository instruction
de Jong, T. (2006). Computer simulations - Technological advances in inquiry learning. Science, 312, 532-533.
Example scaffold: Hypothesis scratchpad
Scaffolds in Go-Lab
o Concept map
o Hypothesis scratchpad
o Question scratchpad
o Experiment design tool
o Observation tool
o Data viewer
o Error measurement tool
o Conclusion tool
o Reflection tool
o Quiz tool
o Reporting tool (under development)
o Co-design: practice reflection workshops and core group
o Design your own Inquiry Learning Space, use these ILSs created by yourself or other teachers with your students
o Participate in tutoring sessions
o Take part in the Go-Lab summerschool
o Recommend labs you like to see included in the portal
Teacher involvement in Go-Lab
Go-Lab in one slide
Federation of online labs ….
…. embedding them into educational resources and guidance ….
.. to share with the community of users
o Virtual laboratories Mimic physical equipment in software
o Remote laboratories Physical equipment that can be operated on a distance
o Data sets and their analysis tools Data gathered in real experiments
Go-Lab online laboratories
Example Go-Lab ILS
Heuristics
The Go-Lab inquiry cycle displayed as tabs
Scaffold for this phase Heuristics
Prompts/assignments
Generic tools