Off-campus but hands-on: Mail out practicals with synchronous online activities during COVID-19

被引：9

作者：

Honig, Christopher D. F. ^{[1
]}

Sutton, Catherine C. R. ^{[1
]}

Bacal, Dorota M. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Melbourne, Dept Chem Engn, Melbourne, Australia

来源：

EDUCATION FOR CHEMICAL ENGINEERS | 2022年 / 39卷

关键词：

Active learning; Heuristic learning; Remote practical; At home practical; Engineering education; COVID19; Pedagogy; Hands on practical; Distance education; Mail out; Laboratory; Practical; Online learning; Remote learning; Lab at home; Hybrid; ENGINEERING-EDUCATION; FRIENDSHIP; STUDENTS; SEEKING; HELP; LABS;

D O I：

10.1016/j.ece.2022.03.004

中图分类号：

G40 [教育学];

学科分类号：

040101 ; 120403 ;

摘要：

This paper discusses alternatives to on-campus teaching laboratories, to allow for hands-on learning for remote students. Wholly online practical equivalents have become increasingly popular post-COVID (online simulations or processing experimental data only) which can offer lower overheads and easy scale-up, but often miss handson learning outcomes. This paper reviews opportunities for mail-out practicals, where the equipment is delivered to students' homes, combined with live synchronous learning activities via video streaming or online software. The combination of mail-out experimental kits plus synchronous interactive learning activities creates a host of new opportunities for teaching to remote students. Complimentary online teaching activities could include direct interaction with teaching staff or other students, but it can also be real-time simulations of their experiment. The paper presents a specific case study for a 2nd year undergraduate chemical engineering heat exchanger practical, that facilitated hands-on practical learning with synchronous online activities during COVID-19 campus closure. The paper uses a mixed methods approach in a 2 year study to assess student learning outcomes.

引用

页码：84 / 93

页数：10

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