Inquiry-Learning with WebLab: Undergraduate Attitudes and Experiences |
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| Authors: | Judith Fischer Rudolph Mitchell and Jesus del Alamo |
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| Institution: | (1) Teaching and Learning Laboratory, MIT, Building 5-122, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA;(2) Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA |
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| Abstract: | The Microelectronics WebLab at MIT allows students to do actual (not simulated) laboratory research on state-of-the art equipment
through the Internet. This study assesses the use of WebLab in a junior-level course on microelectronic devices and circuits
in 2004–05 and 2005–06. In quantitative surveys and qualitative interviews, students and faculty reported that WebLab was
effective as an instrument of learning, and grew more so with refinements of the program. WebLab allowed undergraduates to
learn at their own pace and on their own schedules. It enabled them to use different processes of learning (intuitive, visual,
abstract), and it gave them an opportunity to link individual and collaborative effort in creative combinations. Online laboratories
on this model have broad applications in the experimental sciences and in other research-oriented disciplines. |
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| Keywords: | WebLab microelectronics engineering education online laboratories inquiry learning assessment |
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