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Authors:
María Pilar Martinez Jimenez
José Miguel Martínez Valle
Teresa Balcaza Bautista
Gerardo Pedros Perez
Jose Miguel Martinez Jimenez
Keywords: Education; Technology; Simulation Software; Multimedia; Oscillations; Virtual Laboratory.
Abstract:
—The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the effectiveness of using virtual laboratory as a complementary tool for mechanic teaching. The use of Virtual Oscilloscope Web and Virtual Damped Oscillations Laboratories, together with the study of the vibration of beams Experiment in a real Laboratory in the university teaching system, are explained. The computer programmes can be used from the online and download areas of the Applied Physics and Mechanics Departments internet server, in order to be executed via web. These computer applications permit one to simulate practice behavior, and the users can work step by step in the same way as they do in the real laboratory, obtaining the corresponding calculations and plots. The Virtual Laboratory Web has been developed by our research team and the main objective is to familiarize the student with the oscilloscope and the Damped Oscillations experiment for its later handling in a real laboratory. The aim of these tools is to help students to learn, to study, and to investigate on their own. Furthermore, students can prepare their experiment lessons before going into the laboratory and revise them whenever, and as many times as they want to. Consequently, in using the computer as a complementary educational tool, the quality of university teaching is greatly improved.
Pages: 227 to 230
Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2012
Publication date: May 27, 2012
Published in: conference
ISSN: 2308-3972
ISBN: 978-1-61208-200-4
Location: Stuttgart, Germany
Dates: from May 27, 2012 to June 1, 2012