The VCL's open infrastructure leaves all variables to students' experimental design¶

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q2 i? The Virtual Chemistry Laboratory is described as distinct from other virtual laboratories in having a very open infrastructure in which all variables are left to the students' experimental design. → Donnelly 2011

Evidence¶

Donnelly 2011¶

Donnelly, D., McGarr, O. and O'Reilly, J. (2011). A Framework for Teachers' Integration of ICT Into Their Classroom Practice. Computers and Education;57(2), 1469-1483. https://hdl.handle.net/10344/2340

q2 · i? · qualitative · r2

Descriptive account of the VCL resource from the methods section. The article states the VCL "has a very open infrastructure in which all variables are left to the students' experimental design", with a stockroom of solutions, a workbench, and an extensive homework repository covering topics including molarity, stoichiometry and titrations.

"The Virtual Chemistry Laboratory (VCL) is very distinct and different from other Virtual Laboratories in that it has a very open infrastructure in which all variables are left to the students' experimental design."

Discussion¶

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