Dirac32 and I were talking outside of class yesterday about last week's virtual labs. We agreed that actually programming a virtual lab, especially one that was "outstanding" would likely be far outside the scope of the class. Dirac suggested that laying out an idea for the design of one without actually programming it could be just as informative. Dr. P mentioned an "unfortunate disconnects between scientists, educators and the technology specialists when it comes to building (virtual labs) when she responded to Karst's post. Maybe somewhere down the line this class could work with a programming class at tech to take our designs as educators and have them built by students with a better knowledge of programming. Just thought I'd share.
I think that laying out the design of a virtual lab would be a great idea for the future classes! I actually think that would be better than locating a good virtual lab because it would allow us to use our own creativity. Actually programming or designing a virtual lab may be a good idea for one the education technology courses (EDIT...or something like that).
ReplyDeleteThat is an excellent idea! I also know that some of you are in positions at VT where you will be here for a few more years and might have an opportunity to engage in activities like this outside of a formal class setting (outreach or for a grant...)
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