| Title: |
Exploring a cross-disciplinary research initiative with remote access laboratories: robot RAL-ly as a stimulus for consideration of engineering pathway ; 22nd Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE 2011) |
| Authors: |
Maxwell, Andrew; Noble, Karen; Kist, Alexander A.; Fogarty, Roderick; Gibbings, Peter; Midgley, Warren |
| Publication Year: |
2011 |
| Collection: |
University of Southern Queensland: USQ ePrints |
| Subject Terms: |
Remote Access Laboratories; engineering |
| Description: |
A well-established project exists within the Faculty of Engineering and Surveying at the University of Southern Queensland (USQ), where students are provided remote access to video-supported laboratory experimentation so as to actively engage in contextual action-orientated learning. In this paper we describe a project in which Remote Access Laboratory (RAL) technology developed for university engineering academics at USQ was expanded to explore the cross-disciplinary application of the system. A team of academics from USQ’s Faculty of Education joined the existing RAL technology team from the Faculty of Engineering and Surveying to develop a workshop for primary school children. The children were aged between seven and twelve, and included both boys and girls. This project aimed at providing a stimulus for these children to engage in Engineering-inspired activities so as to promote this as a possible pathway for further study. At the end of the workshop, the children participated in a co-constructed focus group discussion. A thematic analysis of this focus group recording indicates that the remote manipulation of real objects provides children in this age-group with opportunities for rich learning experiences. The initial perspectives of academics were also explored through critical reflection on the program’s design and delivery and a thematic analysis was performed. The paper concludes that, regardless of access and mode of study or discipline background, high quality interactions, with peers and academic staff in an informal context, are vital to the building of enhanced capacity for rich learning experiences and motivation for further experimentation. |
| Document Type: |
conference object |
| File Description: |
application/pdf |
| Language: |
unknown |
| Relation: |
https://research.usq.edu.au/download/4a695ee0542a0e829760a07e591663ba2e383f37bf3796dec8136ff9aab19569/213413/Maxwell_Noble_Kist_Fogarty_Gibbings_Midgley_PV.pdf; Maxwell, Andrew, Noble, Karen, Kist, Alexander A., Fogarty, Roderick, Gibbings, Peter and Midgley, Warren. 2011. "Exploring a cross-disciplinary research initiative with remote access laboratories: robot RAL-ly as a stimulus for consideration of engineering pathway." Al-Abdeli, Yasir M. and Lindsay, Euan (ed.) 22nd Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE 2011). Fremantle, Australia 05 - 07 Dec 2011 Barton, ACT, Australia. |
| Availability: |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q115y/exploring-a-cross-disciplinary-research-initiative-with-remote-access-laboratories-robot-ral-ly-as-a-stimulus-for-consideration-of-engineering-pathway; https://research.usq.edu.au/download/4a695ee0542a0e829760a07e591663ba2e383f37bf3796dec8136ff9aab19569/213413/Maxwell_Noble_Kist_Fogarty_Gibbings_Midgley_PV.pdf |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.31F76101 |
| Database: |
BASE |