Breaking Barriers in Home Study Science: Home Labs and Science Distance Education
March 21, 2018
Martin Connors, Athabasca University, Canada
Farook Al-Shamali, Athabasca University, Canada
Farook Al-Shamali, Athabasca University, Canada
Home labs have had fundamental practical impact on science distance education, yet may not well known to distance education researchers as it has mainly been of a practical nature.
This session will examine how the traditional requirement that science freshman courses have an experimental component was met through home labs and other innovations in distance education.
This session will examine how the traditional requirement that science freshman courses have an experimental component was met through home labs and other innovations in distance education.
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