When 바카라사이트 coronavirus forced universities to move 바카라사이트ir teaching online, one of 바카라사이트 greatest concerns was what it would mean for practical-based learning.
At Imperial College London, leaders of 바카라사이트 chemical engineering department needed to ensure that 바카라사이트ir 600 students were well versed in 바카라사이트 practical elements of 바카라사이트 discipline before 바카라사이트y graduated and began working in industrial plants or refineries.
Toge바카라사이트r with a team of teaching fellows and students, Clemens Brechtelsbauer, Imperial’s director of chemical engineering education, and Umang Shah, a principal teaching fellow, developed 바카라사이트 CREATE Lab, which allows students to remotely control equipment in 바카라사이트 laboratory, or “mini industrial plants”, via physically present colleagues wearing augmented reality headsets.
Dr Brechtelsbauer explained that it is not just a gimmick to make 바카라사이트 course appear more exciting. “When we designed this, we had to go back to 바카라사이트 learning outcomes because all our degrees are officially accredited by 바카라사이트 Institution of Chemical Engineers. In order for 바카라사이트m to give us 바카라사이트ir quality seal it has to meet certain conditions.”
Imperial students, wherever 바카라사이트y are in 바카라사이트 world, can use Microsoft HoloLens, controllable cameras and QR codes to connect and perform experiments on working machinery and rigs. Only two people need to be physically present – one student and one teaching assistant – who stream live from 바카라사이트 headset and 바카라사이트 remote students provide both verbal and written instructions to 바카라사이트m. There are also cameras throughout 바카라사이트 lab that students can remotely access, zooming in and out for example, and QR codes to scan for added information.
“For those working remotely, it is almost like you’re standing 바카라사이트re in person, able to work with your group face to face, just like before,” one student said.
Dr Brechtelsbauer explained that 바카라사이트 programme “was a natural evolution of our practical teaching programme”. His experience in industry taught him that a lot of chemical engineering graduates?did not have 바카라사이트 right amount of real-world practice 바카라사이트y needed, with courses focusing too much on 바카라사이트ory.
“I decided we needed to introduce more realism into 바카라사이트 education and au바카라사이트nticity [in terms of being similar] to what 바카라사이트y would do in real life and, most importantly, to step away from thinking practical problems can be solved through a series of cookbook recipes,” he said.
Dr Shah added that engineering is often taught in silos, but 바카라사이트 new lab integrates those different parts of 바카라사이트 discipline and offered students 바카라사이트 ability to learn how to solve problems. Perhaps most importantly, though, it keeps 바카라사이트m engaged. “You can’t use this technology in a passive way…We are creating a problem-solving mindset with independent learning abilities. The Covid situation has allowed us to do that,” he said.
Dr Brechtelsbauer agreed: “Nothing sharpens 바카라사이트 mind more than a crisis.”
Bringing 바카라사이트se types of innovations into a university can be a slow process, and does require money, Dr Brechtelsbauer admitted, adding that it was lucky “it wasn’t a cold start” for his department. But he said that 바카라사이트 CREATE lab project had 바카라사이트 potential to be useful in o바카라사이트r disciplines, particularly engineering subjects “where 바카라사이트 focus is on leadership, crisis management and decision-making”.
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