IIT Delhi, IIT Kanpur, IIT Bombay, IIT Madras, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Guwahati, IIT Roorkee, IIIT Hyderabad, Amrita University, Dayalbagh University, NITK

Surathkal, COE Pune

Motivation

Physical Distances Limit Doing

Experiments

Sharing of Costly Equipment

Proliferation of Quality Labs

The Basic Idea

Physical Lab(located remotely)

Internet

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Remote User 2

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Objectives of the Virtual Lab Project To provide remote-access to labs in various disciplines of Science and Engineering.

To cater to students at the UG level, PG level as well as to research scholars.

To enable the students to learn at their own pace, and to arouse their curiosity.

To provide a complete Learning Management System that includes web-resources, video-lectures, animated demonstrations and self evaluation.

Types of Virtual Labs

Measurement Based

CLOSER TO R

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SCALABILITY

Intended Users College Students who do not have access to

good lab-facilities.

Researchers in different institutes who can collaborate / share equipment and resources.

High-school students, whose inquisitiveness will be triggered, possibly motivating them to take up higher-studies.

Different engineering colleges, who can benefit from the content and related teaching resources.

IIT Delhi

IIT Bombay

IIT Kanpur

IIT Kharagpur

IIT Madras

IIT Roorkee

Participating Institutes

IIT Guwahati

IIIT Hyderabad

Amrita University

Dayalbagh University

NITK Surthkal

COE Pune

Broad Areas for Virtual Labs Electronics and Communication Engineering Computer Science and Engineering Electrical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Civil Engineering Chemical Engineering Biomedical and Biotechnology Engineering Chemical Sciences Physical Sciences

All areas of Science and Engineering are covered

Website: www.vlab.co.in

One common website to access all Virtual Labs

Value Add in a Nutshell

On-demand Labs[learn at own pace]

Integrated Learning[contents at one place]

Self - Evaluation[pre /post lab quiz]

Animation/Video Tut[better insight]

Freedom to make mistakes[can experiment with experiments]

Virtual Labs - A Complete Learning Management System

S. No. DISCIPLINE No. of Labs

1 Electronics & Communication Engineering 17

2 Civil Engineering 09

3 Electrical Engineering 12

4 Biotech & Biomedical Engineering 23

5 Physical Sciences 09

6 Chemical Engineering 04

7 Chemical Sciences 11

8 Computer Science & Engineering 23

9 Mechanical Engineering 08

Total 116

Virtual Labs ‘Launch’

Virtual Labs have been dedicated to the nation on 23rd Feb, 2012.

Impact of the Project

NATIONAL IMPACT

Field Trials conducted in over 125 Colleges

More than 1500 Faculty Trained

150 Workshops Conducted

More than 200000 Students Trained

Participating Institutes

Field Trials

WORKSHOPS

Training /Field Trials are Underway

Website Hits (Google Analytics)

Success IndicatorsSuccess Indicator Before After

Number of Virtual Labs developed 0 Over 110Number of Students using Virtual Labs 0 Over 2,00,000Number of Teachers trained on Virtual Labs 0 Over 1500Number of Engineering labs 0 Over 100Typical daily usage of Labs 0 Over 800 Usages

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Virtual LabPhase-II

Objectives of Phase-II

o To maintain/upkeep the existing operational virtual labs.

o To port Virtual Labs to a common platform and host it on

a national server.

o To create a ‘single package’ of simulation-based Virtual

Labs to be distributed to users.

Objectives of Phase-II

o To identify the gap areas between the typical syllabi of

technical universities and the existing labs.

o To convert labs not based on free and open source

technologies to open source.

o To port the existing labs to Mobile platform Tablets.

For Effectiveness

Flipping a book will not make you learn

reading it will !

Just clicking through Virtual lab experiments will not make you learn … Doing it will !

Thank You !Virtual Labs: A journey … From concept to reality …

Backup Slides

Nodal Centers in Kerala

C.M.S College, Kottayam D.B Pamba College, Parumala Marthoma College ,Thiruvalla S.B. College, Changanacherry S.D. College,Alappuzha St. Stephen's College,Pathanapuram Farook college , Kozhikode Govt.Victoria College,Palakkad Assumption college,Changanassery St. Joseph's College for Woman, Alappuzha NSS College, Manjeri Sree Narayana College,Kannur Nirmala College, Muvattupuzha BJM Govt. College, Chavara Sree Sankara College,Kalady Mohandas college of Engg. Tech.,TVM Sacred Heart College, Thevara,Kochi St.Joseph's College, Moolamatam Devamatha College,Kuravilangad,Kottayam Mar Athansius college for advanced studies ,Tiruvalla St. Xavier's college for Women,Aluva S.N. College, Cherthala

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Average Session Duration: The average length of a Session.

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