Web-based Associate of Science (WASc)
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Name:
Web-based Associate of Science (WASc)
(This project originated the Remote Web-based Science Laboratory (RWSL) concept and built the first prototype.)
Location: British Columbia, Canada
URL(s):
http://rwsl.nic.bc.ca
http://rwsl.nic.bc.ca/Docs/Review_of_Literature_on_Remote_and_Web-based_Science_Labs.pdf
Contacts:
Ron Evans, ron.evans@nic.bc.ca
Albert Balbon, albert.balbon@nic.bc.ca
Gina Bennett, BENNETT@cotr.bc.ca
Participating institutions:
North Island College, College of the Rockies, Kwantlen Polytecnic University in association with Thompson Rivers University,
Funding Source(s):
Inukshuk Fund
BCcampus
Purpose:
To provide the entire Associate of Science degree on-line including the labs.
Policies:
These are under development.
Procedures:
These are under development.
Hardware:
See http://rwsl.nic.bc.ca/
Software:
LabView
Scheduling Solutions:
Currently scheduling is being done manually as needed by contacting Albert Balbon ( albert.balbon@nic.bc.ca ), but we are looking at automated options in conjunction with the NANSLO project. There are a number of commercial options we may or may not use.
Academic level:
First and Second Year (2nd year work has not begun.)
Academic area:
Geology, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Astronomy (The Web-based space science and astronomy course was the fore runner of the WASc project.)
Lab names:
See web-site: http://rwsl.nic.bc.ca/
Capacity:
The WASc RWSL contains 1 Standard sub-module and so can handle students at a rate of approximately 1 student/hour. However to date the WASc RWSL has been primarily used for development work and only a few students have used it to date. This number will begin to grow over the coming months and year.
Search Terms Used:
This is our project so no search terms were required
Comments:
This project is approaching the half way point in that all first year sciences are on-line and ready to beta test except for second semester chemistry.
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