CYBERLAB, REMOTE VIRTUAL EDUCATIONAL LABORATORY

Online learning is in its infancy, but is developing rapidly on a global scale. The shift from the classroom to online can be described as a shift from “efficiency to quality”. [10] High quality online teaching is not just a matter of transferring class notes or a videotaped lecture to the internet; new paradigms of online learning which include both the process and content are needed. In this paper, we discuss the design and development of interactive online learning materials that enables the virtual replication of the learning of both the process and content of electronic laboratory - CyberLAB, Remote Virtual Educational Laboratory. CyberLAB refers to a representation of the laboratory that is distributed on the network and provides access to and control of the real laboratory instrumentation and experiences. The CyberLAB not only provides interactive animation but adopted the high level simulation technique in designing the virtual instrument. The design refined to every details behavior of the instrument to achieve the real experiences and authentic learning environment. To avoid moving the experimental setup to the classroom or to overcome the difficulties of accessing laboratories facilities at any time, CyberLAB allows students to explore and conduct real-time experiments over the internet. This online facilities helps developed our students to be an independent learner, allowing them to take charge of their own learning. CyberLAB allows students to immerse themselves into the virtual laboratory experience allowing the chance to practice, reflect, and implement new approaches based on feedback and learned content.