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Web-Based Experimentation for Students with Learning Disabilities

Web-Based Experimentation for Students with Learning Disabilities
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Author(s): Venkata Chivukula (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA)and Michael Shur (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA)
Copyright: 2012
Pages: 17
Source title: Developments in Engineering Education Standards: Advanced Curriculum Innovations
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Mohammad Rasul (CQUniversity, Australia)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-0951-8.ch012

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Abstract

Assistive technologies can go a long way in helping learning disabled students to keep-up with their classmates. The ubiquity of internet as an active social networking, communication, and education platform has opened up a wide range of new possibilities for web-based lectures and experimentation that can be used to assist learning disabled students. To this end, the authors developed and applied Automated Internet Modeling (AIM) Lab dedicated to semiconductor device modeling and characterization. Their lab has been extensively used for teaching courses on semiconductor devices at senior and graduate levels. Recently, AIM-lab incorporated additional functionality such as You-Tube compatible on-line video feeds, audio and visual collaboration with peers via web-messaging in order to meet the needs of learning disabled students and make their learning process more effective. In this chapter, the authors focus on recent advances in the development of remote experimentation labs in the context of engineering education with an emphasis on general technological issues and specific experiments offered. Systematic evaluation of educational benefits derived from using these labs will also be presented.

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