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Visual Lab - A Multimedia Virtual Experiment Environment on WWW

Wang, C.C., Chang, M., Hsu, C.K. & Heh, J.S. (2000). Visual Lab - A Multimedia Virtual Experiment Environment on WWW. In J. Bourdeau & R. Heller (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2000 (pp. 1544-1545). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
Retrieved from http://www.editlib.org/p/16376.

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EDMEDIA

World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) 2000
2000
ISBN 1-880094-40-1
  Jacqueline Bourdeau & Rachelle Heller
AACE

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Authors

Chao-Chiu Wang, Maiga Chang, Chang-Kai Hsu, Jia-Sheng Heh, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan,

Abstract

This paper proposes an open architecture of Visual Lab on WWW and focuses on scientific experiment for the asynchronous mode of distance learning. Visual Lab is a virtual experiment environment by using video-media. A complete scientific experiment in Visual Lab includes four essential stages: phenomenon observation, experiment process observation, data measurement and experiment recording. In Visual Lab, students can carry out experiments remotely with the toolbox designed on Internet. A system architecture built on World-Wide Web demonstrates the feasibility and flexibility of our idea.