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