This review presents the first attempt to synthesize recent (post-2005) empirical studies that
focus on directly comparing learning outcome achievement using traditional lab (TL; hands …

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 …

Laboratory experimentation plays an essential role in engineering and scientific education.
Virtual and remote labs reduce the costs associated with conventional hands-on labs due to …

Virtual and remote labs have been around for almost twenty years and while they have been
constantly gaining popularity since their appearance, there are still many people in the …

This literature review on remote labs in higher education examined the empirical research
on learning benefits of such labs. The aim of this study was to investigate what kinds of …

The use of virtual environments as pedagogical tools within the domain of education has
become an increasingly popular phenomenon over the last few decades especially …

Economic pressures on universities and the emergence of new technologies have spurred
the creation of new systems for delivering engineering laboratories in education, in …

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 …

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 …

Remote laboratories give students the opportunity of experimenting in STEM by using the
Internet to control and measure an experimental setting. Remote laboratories are …