Laboratory-based courses play a critical role in scientific education. Automation is changing
the nature of these laboratories, and there is a long-running debate about the value of hands …

Laboratories play a crucial role in the education of future scientists and engineers, yet there
is disagreement among science and engineering educators about whether and which types …

The effectiveness of traditional face to face labs versus non-traditional online, remote, or
distance labs is difficult to assess due to the lack of continuity in the literature between …

Laboratory experimentation is generally considered central to science-based education.
Allowing students to “experience” science through various forms of carefully designed …

Many studies have shown that laboratory activities increase students' achievements and
interest in the subject matters and further help their learning, especially in disciplines such …

Although hands-on laboratory experiments are traditionally used in schools, virtual
laboratories have entered today's classrooms, due to their specific affordances. In this study …

Teachers use remote labs and simulations to augment or even replace hands-on science
learning. We compared undergraduate students' experiences with a remote lab and a …

Three key issues should be addressed to enable universities to deliver engineers who have
a solid documented laboratory experience enabling them to design goods and services …

This paper draws on research, development, and deployment of remote laboratories
undertaken by the authors since 2000. They jointly worked on the PEARL project (http://iet …

A large-scale, multi-year, randomized study compared learning activities and outcomes for
hands-on, remotely-operated, and simulation-based educational laboratories in an …