{"id":10947,"date":"2010-10-27T14:45:53","date_gmt":"2010-10-27T18:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=10947"},"modified":"2010-10-27T14:46:13","modified_gmt":"2010-10-27T18:46:13","slug":"virtual-labs-augmenting-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2010\/10\/27\/virtual-labs-augmenting-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual labs: Augmenting learning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"ctl00_pContentPlaceHolder_ctl05_MainHeading\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/campustechnology.com\/articles\/2010\/10\/27\/virtual-labs-augmenting-learning.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Virtual Labs: Augmenting Learning<\/a><\/strong> &#8212; from CampusTechnology.com by Dian Schaffhauser<em><br \/>\nColorado  State University&#8217;s engineering department has taken its labs online to  augment classroom activities and help students get their assignments  done while away from campus.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">There was a time when college science labs were limited to the space  between four walls and furnished with thick, black tables, stools, and  the equipment needed to conduct experiments and\/or get assignments  completed. Technology has since infiltrated these spaces, making them  more state-of-the-art in nature, but students typically must be  physically present in class in order to get the lab work done.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Colorado State University in Fort Collins has found a way around that glitch by developing a  number of &#8220;virtual labs&#8221; across campus. Not meant to replace  classroom  instruction,<strong> the labs augment traditional learning by giving remote  students access to the tools and information they need to complete their  labs when they can&#8217;t be on campus.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">To use the virtual labs, students need only a computer and Internet  access. &#8220;They can get all of the software that they need to get the work  done virtually,&#8221; said Ritschard, &#8220;even if they don&#8217;t have the latest  and greatest laptop or computer.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virtual Labs: Augmenting Learning &#8212; from CampusTechnology.com by Dian Schaffhauser Colorado State University&#8217;s engineering department has taken its labs online to augment classroom activities and help students get their assignments done while away from campus. There was a time when college science labs were limited to the space between four walls and furnished with thick, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,82,62,133],"tags":[56,610,601,635],"class_list":["post-10947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education-technology","category-engineering","category-online-learning","category-online-media","tag-educational-technology","tag-engineering","tag-online-learning","tag-online-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10947"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10950,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10947\/revisions\/10950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}