Technology Education Networks – A Possible Way to Augment the Laboratory Experience

6 Lab experience in engineering education From: Surgenor and Firth, The Role of the Laboratory in Design Engineering Education Laboratory experience 7 Laboratories in Engineering Education The role of labs: • to test conceptual knowledge • to work collaboratively • to interact with equipment • to learn by trial and error • to perform analysis on student´s own experimental data • to encourage creat. [...] • The reduction of the manual labor and simultaneous increase of the automation and computer-controlled production should also be reflected in the educational process. [...] 3 Laboratories in Engineering Education The role of REMOTE labs: • a tele-presence in the laboratory • to perform experiments on real equipment • to collaborate • to learn by trial and error • to perform analysis on real experimental data • a flexibility in choosing time and place for performing experiments • are relatively new • development concept but their numbers are exponentially increasing d. [...] of South Australia • Labshare • Labster • MIT iCampus iLabs • Remote Labs, Uni. [...] • Synergy effect : inclusion of industrial partners 26 TEN - Technoloy Education Networks • Interconnect educational institutions and industry • Reflect the increasing automation and computer- controlled production • Reduce the financial and organizational burden • Improve quality of labs through the ability to pool development resources when labs are shared across multiple institutions • Remove t.