Extended Classroom for Enhanced Learning
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Name:
Extended Classroom for Enhanced Learning
Location: Iowa
URL(s): http://www.mse.iastate.edu/excel/
Contacts:
Participating institutions: Iowa State
Funding Source(s): NSF
Purpose:
The WebSEM is a scanning electron microscope (SEM) connected to the Internet allowing educators from around the world to log-in and use the microscope live in their classroom. The students can control the magnification, move and focus the specimen, and collect elemental data to determine the composition of the specimen. When desired, images can be saved to the classroom computer for further viewing. This is a free service to all educators and available worldwide.
Policies: not known yet
Procedures: not known yet
Hardware: (WebSem) web-connected scanning electron microscope
Software: Not known yet
Scheduling Solutions: not known yet
Academic level:
Probably high school, but I don’t see why more advanced students couldn’t use it.
Academic area: biology
Lab names: See Hardware
Capacity:
At any given time 1 student can control while up to 7 more can listen. An annual capacity was not given.
Search Terms Used:
This item predates the addition of the search terms field, so none were recorded.
Comments:
- This project targets face-to-face classrooms instead of individual lab groups or distance students, but I see no reason it couldn't be used by a lab group for another course. (not confirmed)
- We received no response from this group when we requested an interview.
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