NETWORKED LEARNING PHYSICS OF SEMICONDUCTORS THROUGH A VIRTUAL LABORATORY ENVIRONMENT

K. Ninos, I. Stavrakas, G. Hloupis, C. Anastasiadis, D. Triantis

2010

Abstract

Virtual laboratory tools have been introduced long ago. Such tools have been used by students to improve their performance and stimulate their interest. When the high cost of hardware replacement and maintenance is contrasted to the flexibility of adding new subjects in a laboratory course, the virtual laboratory tools render a power tool for educational purposes. Since students statistically do not spend adequate time preparing for laboratory modules, new methodologies and software have been sought to help students increase their laboratory skills and understanding. In this work a virtual laboratory environment dealing with Semiconductor Physics assignments is described, discussed and evaluated. Semiconductor Physics was chosen since it is a first year module not connected to any background knowledge familiar to the students. The evaluation was made by providing the software to some of the students and comparing their performance to that of students having no access to the software. It is concluded that the software tool provided to the students before taking the laboratory helped to increase their performance. It was also observed that this tool mainly serves weaker students since, according to the evaluation tests, they are mainly helped to achieve a pass score.

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Ninos K., Stavrakas I., Hloupis G., Anastasiadis C. and Triantis D. (2010). NETWORKED LEARNING PHYSICS OF SEMICONDUCTORS THROUGH A VIRTUAL LABORATORY ENVIRONMENT . In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-674-023-8, pages 257-261. DOI: 10.5220/0002790802570261


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@conference{csedu10,
author={K. Ninos and I. Stavrakas and G. Hloupis and C. Anastasiadis and D. Triantis},
title={NETWORKED LEARNING PHYSICS OF SEMICONDUCTORS THROUGH A VIRTUAL LABORATORY ENVIRONMENT},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,},
year={2010},
pages={257-261},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002790802570261},
isbn={978-989-674-023-8},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,
TI - NETWORKED LEARNING PHYSICS OF SEMICONDUCTORS THROUGH A VIRTUAL LABORATORY ENVIRONMENT
SN - 978-989-674-023-8
AU - Ninos K.
AU - Stavrakas I.
AU - Hloupis G.
AU - Anastasiadis C.
AU - Triantis D.
PY - 2010
SP - 257
EP - 261
DO - 10.5220/0002790802570261