Abstract
In science education laboratory experimentation has a vital role for students’ learning enhancement. Keeping in view the importance of modern day technologies in teaching learning process, various interactive laboratories (ISLs) have been developed to assist students in hands-on experiments in science education. In this paper we describe the potential contributions of existing interactive science laboratories (ISLs) in the major subjects of science, i.e., chemistry, biology and physics. The existing ISLs include virtual labs and simulation software where users performed their experiments. Important problems and challenges in the existing ISLs are highlighted. The systematic literature review (SLR) methodology is used for article searching, selection, and quality assessments. For this study, 86 articles after final selection using SLR are selected and classified into different categories. Each article is selected after briefly studying its different information, including category of the article, key idea, evaluation criterion, and its strengths and weaknesses. A subjective study with field experts was also conducted to investigate one of our existing virtual lab about the practical implementation and to find out the key issues in its implementation and use. Then, considering the suggestions of the subjective study, some guidelines are proposed for the improvement of future ISLs.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 85 |
Journal | Multimodal Technologies and Interaction |
Volume | 6 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 2022 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:There was no funding to support this research.
Publisher Copyright:
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Keywords
- adaptive aids
- cognitive load
- computer simulation-based experiments
- interactive learning
- virtual science laboratories
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Neuroscience (miscellaneous)
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Computer Science Applications
- Computer Networks and Communications