Presentation of the Mascil project, the 5th SPNE London 24 April 2015

1. © Go-Lab Project - Global Online Science Labs for Inquiry Learning at School
Co-funded by EU (7th Framework Programme)
Online labs for science education
Ton de Jong
University of Twente, NL
SCIENTIX, London, April 2015

2. We need engaging
science and engineering instruction

3. We need engaging
science and engineering instruction

4. What can we do?
o Constructive (inquiry)
learning
o Collaborative learning
o Situated learning
o Computer simulations/ games
o Modeling (design)
environments
o Shared objects
o Chats, video conferencing
o Simulators, videos

5. Example online laboratories

6. Example online laboratories

8. Are online laboratories effective?
de Jong, T., Linn, M.C., & Zacharia, Z.C. (2013). Physical and virtual
laboratories in science and engineering education. Science, 340, 305-308
Students in online labs gain the same
level of knowledge or a more advanced
level of knowledge than students who
learn in a real laboratory

9. Are online laboratories effective?
If well designed, scaffolds included,
inquiry-based learning with online labs and
simulations shows an advantage over
expository instruction
de Jong, T. (2006). Computer simulations - Technological advances in inquiry
learning. Science, 312, 532-533.

10. Are online laboratories effective?
If well designed, scaffolds included,
inquiry-based learning with online labs and
simulations shows an advantage over
expository instruction
de Jong, T. (2006). Computer simulations - Technological advances in inquiry
learning. Science, 312, 532-533.

11. Example scaffold:
Hypothesis scratchpad

12. Scaffolds in Go-Lab
o Concept map
o Hypothesis scratchpad
o Question scratchpad
o Experiment design tool
o Observation tool
o Data viewer
o Error measurement
tool
o Conclusion tool
o Reflection tool
o Quiz tool
o Reporting tool (under
development)

13. Go-Lab repository
www.golabz.eu

14. The Go-Lab authoring process

15. o Co-design: practice reflection workshops and core group
o Design your own Inquiry Learning Space, use these ILSs
created by yourself or other teachers with your students
o Participate in tutoring sessions
o Take part in the Go-Lab summerschool
o Recommend labs you like to see included in the portal
Teacher involvement in Go-Lab

16. www.golabz.eu

17. Go-Lab in one slide
Federation of online labs ….
…. embedding them into
educational resources and
guidance ….
.. to share with the
community of users

19. o Virtual laboratories
 Mimic physical equipment in software
o Remote laboratories
 Physical equipment that can be operated on a distance
o Data sets and their analysis tools
 Data gathered in real experiments
Go-Lab online laboratories

20. Example Go-Lab ILS
Heuristics
The Go-Lab inquiry cycle
displayed as tabs
Scaffold for this phase Heuristics
Prompts/assignments
Generic tools