Virtual laboratories in engineering education: the simulation lab and remote lab

Computer Applications in Engineering Education

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 108-118

  Balamuralithara, B ^a   Woods, P C ^a  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Engineering education; Internet; Remote lab; Simulation lab

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; INTERNET; LABORATORIES; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; CURRENT TRENDS; REMOTE LAB; REMOTE LABORATORIES; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SIMULATION ENVIRONMENTS; SIMULATION LAB; STUDENTS LEARNING; VIRTUAL LABORATORIES;

DISTANCE EDUCATION;

EID: 61449090497     PISSN: 10613773     EISSN: 10990542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cae.20186     Document Type: Article

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