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Extended Classroom for Enhanced Learning

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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:

Amy Chumbley: achumbley@yahoo.com.

Scott Chumbley: chumbley@iastate.edu.

 

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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