CCCOnline has an exciting Science update this week: news on our participation in NANSLO and the RWSL! Unfamiliar with those acronyms, but intrigued to find out more about science labs in eLearning? Read on for some questions and answers!Q. What’s the news about remote labs for our Science courses?
A. This semester, CCCOnline’s Science Division unveiled the physics component of the Remote Web-Based Science Laboratory (RWSL) in Physics 111 and 211. The project incorporates online learning using a LabView™ software interface, remote-controlled cameras and equipment, and a robotic interface; this allows students to use their Internet browser to access and control actual lab equipment and perform lab experiments in real time while obtaining real-world data that is every bit as valid as data collected in a traditional laboratory.
Students will analyze the data collected through RWSL in the same way that they would if they had collected it while in a traditional laboratory. The physics student will access an airtrack for studying constant motion, accelerated motion, elastic and inelastic collisions, conservation of momentum, and conservation of energy.
Further, this summer, BIO 111 students will have similar opportunities using a digital microscope and CHE 111 students will participate in spectrophotometry experiments.
Q. May I see images of the physics lab?
A. Yes! To do so, please click here:
https://nanslo.pbworks.com/w/page/50917957/Physics%20-%20RWSL%20at%20Colorado%20Community%20College
Q. What is the RWSL and what is NANSLO?
A. Our project is derived from the Remote Web-Based Science Lab (RWSL) initiative from North Island College in British Columbia, Canada, and is one component of the North American Network of Science Labs Online (NANSLO) project. The NANSLO project combines online learning strategies to support students who are interested in careers in the sciences, but face barriers to persistence and ultimately completion of their degree programs. To learn more about the NANSLO project, please click here: http://www.wiche.edu/nanslo
Finally, CCCOnline’s Science Division would like to thank Dan Branan, CCCS Project/Technical Manager, for his dedication to this project as well as his time and efforts.
A. This semester, CCCOnline’s Science Division unveiled the physics component of the Remote Web-Based Science Laboratory (RWSL) in Physics 111 and 211. The project incorporates online learning using a LabView™ software interface, remote-controlled cameras and equipment, and a robotic interface; this allows students to use their Internet browser to access and control actual lab equipment and perform lab experiments in real time while obtaining real-world data that is every bit as valid as data collected in a traditional laboratory.
Students will analyze the data collected through RWSL in the same way that they would if they had collected it while in a traditional laboratory. The physics student will access an airtrack for studying constant motion, accelerated motion, elastic and inelastic collisions, conservation of momentum, and conservation of energy.
Further, this summer, BIO 111 students will have similar opportunities using a digital microscope and CHE 111 students will participate in spectrophotometry experiments.
Q. May I see images of the physics lab?
A. Yes! To do so, please click here:
https://nanslo.pbworks.com/w/page/50917957/Physics%20-%20RWSL%20at%20Colorado%20Community%20College
Q. What is the RWSL and what is NANSLO?
A. Our project is derived from the Remote Web-Based Science Lab (RWSL) initiative from North Island College in British Columbia, Canada, and is one component of the North American Network of Science Labs Online (NANSLO) project. The NANSLO project combines online learning strategies to support students who are interested in careers in the sciences, but face barriers to persistence and ultimately completion of their degree programs. To learn more about the NANSLO project, please click here: http://www.wiche.edu/nanslo
Finally, CCCOnline’s Science Division would like to thank Dan Branan, CCCS Project/Technical Manager, for his dedication to this project as well as his time and efforts.
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