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Lockdown – practical science is virtually (im)possible

Resource Type: 
etf
PID: 
etf:3304
Description: 

An ETF/sunCETT (2019 -20) MA Short Course research report and poster comparing the virtual and real world learner experience.

Taxonomy: 
Practitioner Research and Evidence Hub: 
Yes
Principal focus of the project: 

This study explored how useful BTEC Applied Science students were finding virtual laboratories during the COVID lockdown.

What is this about and what were the main findings: 

To ascertain whether a Virtual Lab (VL) could increase student' skills and understanding in the same way as a Real Lab (RL), VL experiments were chosen to reflect RL experiments, which the students had experienced previously in the year, and their thoughts captured.

Number of learner participants: 
21-50
Number of staff participants: 
1
Number of organisation participants: 
1
Name(s) of authors: 

Neil Peirson, The Sheffield College

Name of associate programmes: 

Practitioner Research Programme

PREP Starred: 
PREP Starred