Make practicals work
dr. ir. Koos van der Kolk
LabBuddy is an e-learning tool which promises better laboratory education
with less teacher effort.
Complex skills have three integrated aspects
What are effective laboratory classes?
Students at top of Bloom’s
create
evaluate
analyze
apply
understand
remember
Teachers spent much time on 'low level' questions
a. Cookbook labs c. Cognitive overloadb. Ill prepared students
Meet the future oflaboratory education
ExperD: Let students designand simulate experiments
WebLM: Let students start prepared and offers support during lab work
33%more studentsone supervisor
can handle
90%of students
prefer LabBuddy over printed
materials
95%of students who
evaluated LabBuddy very
positively
6000questions answered
by LabBuddy in one laboratory
course
For more information:www.labbuddy.net