Michael Jonas’s research while affiliated with University of New Hampshire at Manchester and other places

We explore online techniques to augment classroom work in labs. Due to size constraints on lab space and limited faculty resources, the need for running two concurrent labs arose. We chose to video conference into one lab from the other to give each lab section the same experience. By assigning students to a specific lab section, the instructor and the video feed could be alternated weekly to give both sections equal time. The same course, with half the number of students, was also run using a single, live lab. We investigate what, if any, difference in outcomes and student perception resulted between the two course configurations.