The TriLab, a novel ICT based triple access mode laboratory education model

Computers and Education

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 262-274

  Abdulwahed, Mahmoud ^a   Nagy, Zoltan K ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laboratory education; The TriLab; Virtual and remote labs

Indexed keywords

ACCESS MODE; COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY; EMPIRICAL FINDINGS; HYBRID APPROACH; HYBRID STRUCTURE; LABORATORY EDUCATION; LABORATORY EXPERIENCES; POSTGRADUATE COURSE; REMOTE COMPONENTS; REMOTE LABS; STUDENTS LEARNING; THE TRILAB; THREE COMPONENT; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS; VIRTUAL COMPONENTS;

EDUCATION COMPUTING; LABORATORIES; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

DISTANCE EDUCATION;

EID: 77958021392     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2010.07.023     Document Type: Article

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