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An examination of innovative online lab technologies

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Steven A. Brown,

Hilmi A. LahoudAuthors Info & Claims

SIGITE '05: Proceedings of the 6th conference on Information technology education

Pages 65 - 70

https://doi.org/10.1145/1095714.1095731

Published: 20 October 2005 Publication History

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As online education continues to grow, new and innovative ways are needed for these educational institutions to interact with distance learners. Online educational institutions need to compete with traditional brick-and-mortar institutions and training centers to offer distance learners an interactive environment. Distance learning institutions traditionally have had a disadvantage in this area. In this paper we will examine online laboratories, and compare online learners surveyed results to two other interactive technologies. This paper seeks to examine the advantages of online laboratories, and how these technologies try to reduce the competitive gap between distance and traditional educational settings.

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An examination of innovative online lab technologies
1. Applied computing
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    1. Distance learning
    2. E-learning

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