e-learning Now » Remote Instrumentation http://drandyoliver.edublogs.org Andrew Oliver's blog on social web tools in education Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:58:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Remote Instrumentation http://drandyoliver.edublogs.org/2007/04/09/remote-instrumentation/ http://drandyoliver.edublogs.org/2007/04/09/remote-instrumentation/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2007 06:43:24 +0000 drandyoliver http://drandyoliver.edublogs.org/2007/04/09/remote-instrumentation/ Another one of Educauses’ excellent concise guide. This guide looks ta how universities might make instruments available remotely to external institutions and their students. In a nutshell students will be able to log and manipulate technology to preform experiments which previously would have only been reported to them as part of a lecture.

As Educause defines it “Remote instrumentation is the practice of providing control of scientific instruments from remote locations. Devices for which a college or university might arrange remote access include astronomical instruments, spectrometers, or electronics equipment.”.

And among the benefits: “Exposing students to such equipment, allowing them to engage in authentic learning
experiences rather than just simulations or canned exercises using archival data, creates more compelling learning opportunities.”.

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