Abstract—An approach and system for remote teaching and
assessment of a range of science laboratory skills including use
of pipettes, micropipettes, dispensing solids by mass and aseptic
manipulations is described. This approach assures that students
have a range of job-ready practical skills before undertaking a
training placement in a commercial laboratory. The system
allows two-way audio and video between the student and the
educator, allows the educator to remotely know the reading on
a digital laboratory balance and allows student and educator to
view each other’s inputs in real time on a mock Laboratory
Information Management System (simulating those used in
professional laboratories).
Index Terms—Science laboratory skills, pipetting, weighing,
distance learning, distance assessment.
The authors are with New Zealand Laboratory Education (Real World
Education Ltd), Palmerston North, New Zealand (e-mail:
pdemchick@real.ac.nz).
Cite: Sashi Jeffries, Wiremu S. Demchick, Magdalena Bereza, and Paul H. Demchick, "Remote Teaching and Assessment of Professional Science Laboratory Skills," International Journal of Information and Education Technology vol. 12, no. 5, pp. 400-405, 2022.
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