Virtual understanding from virtual laboratory

Virtual understanding from virtual laboratory

International conference on computers in education 2003: A conference of the Asia-Pacific Chapter of the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), 2-5 December, 2003, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre: The second wave…

• Chan, C. W. Dept of Physics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

• Lee, Kar Tin Queensland University of Technology, Australia
• Mitchell, Koren

Hong Kong

International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE 2003)

2003

• G Curriculum, Teaching & Learning: Specific Disciplines
  • GD Science & Technology
    • GDC Teaching Methods & Their Outcomes
• F Learning & Teaching
  • FD Application of Communicative Media, IT in Learning & Teaching

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Post-Secondary Education

The cookbook-style implementation of practical experiments in schools and colleges has prompted a critical re-evaluation of their values and needs. Various studies have revealed that the use of new technologies, e.g., computer simulation, in practical experiments does not necessarily result in learning enhancements. In fact, in some cases, the opposite happened. In the present article, I will describe and discuss a case where a computer simulation was used to help students learn practical skills in a pre-lab. The result of this investigation indicates that the use of virtual lab actually gives rise to virtual, rather than real, understanding.

CD-ROM includes all proceeding papers in PDF format

• English

Conference Papers

• 9629491443

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/bibs/020bac30

2011-05-27