Constructing reality: A study of remote, hands-on, and simulated laboratories

ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Corter, James E ^a   Nickerson, Jeffrey V ^b   Esche, Sven K ^b   Chassapis, Constantin ^b   Im, Seongah ^a   Ma, Jing ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*

^b STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coordination; Distance learning; Experimentation; Remote laboratories; Simulation; Tele operation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTANCE EDUCATION; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; ENGINEERS; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING;

EXPERIMENTATION; REMOTE LABORATORIES; TELE-OPERATION;

LABORATORIES;

EID: 34548393100     PISSN: 10730516     EISSN: 15577325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1275511.1275513     Document Type: Article

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