Online and Blended Labs for Practical Mechanical Engineering
Paper in proceeding, 2023

Lab training is a key element in most engineering education programs in preparation for engineering profession tasks. Universities worldwide are exploring new possibilities and different forms to arrange online and blended labs as an alternative to pure campus training. This study compares online and blended lab setups in four cases of engineering education at European technical universities. The results show that online and blended labs can achieve similar learning outcomes, with blended labs being particularly effective in combining online learning with hands-on elements. Students reported high levels of satisfaction and teachers noted the benefits of online learning environments, but common challenges included ensuring student engagement, increased self-regulation requirements, and the high effort needed to design online or blended environments. The study provides course design guidelines and discusses implications for future research and implementation in universities worldwide.

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Online labs

Hybrid labs

Standards 5

Blended learning

Remote labs

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Hybrid teaching

Online learning

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Published in

Proceedings of the 19th International CDIO Conference

p. 805-819
978-82-303-6186-3 (ISBN)

Conference

19th International CDIO Conference
Trondheim, , 2023-06-25 - 2023-06-28

Research Project(s)

Prameco - Practicing Mechanical Engineering Online

European Commission (EC) (2020-1-DE01-KA226-HE-005760), 2021-06-01 -- 2023-01-31.

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Subject Categories (SSIF 2011)

Educational Sciences

Materials Engineering

Energy Engineering

Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering

Learning and teaching

Pedagogical work

Areas of Advance

Materials Science

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