CALL FOR CHAPTERS
Proposals Submission Deadline: 3/15/2010
Full Chapters Due: 7/15/2010
Internet Accessible Remote Laboratories:
Scalable E-Learning Tools for Engineering and Science Disciplines
A book edited by Dr. Abul K. M. Azad, Northern Illinois University, USA;
Professor Michael E. Auer, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Austria; and
Dr. V. Judson Harward, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Introduction
Limited resources and other factors pose major challenges for engineering, technology, and science educators’ ability to provide adequate laboratory experience for students at a time and place of their convenience. Ironically, too much laboratory equipment lies idle during most of its usable lifetime. This applies to both traditional laboratory courses as well as laboratory courses as part of distance learning programs. An Internet accessible remote laboratory addresses these difficulties and allows more efficient laboratory management. An Internet accessible remote laboratory is an arrangement in which physical (real) laboratory equipment is controlled remotely from a distant location over the Internet. The user manipulates an experiment and views the experimental results from a remote location.
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