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Mobile Instructional Laboratory Environments And Their Use In Computing Sciences, Stefan Robila, Bert Wachsmuth, Christelle Scharff, Jeffrey Popyack

Bert Wachsmuth

The term 'mobile instructional laboratory' refers to using mobile computing devices such as notebooks for transforming a classroom into a lab setting with the goal of enhancing the practical experience, interaction and understanding. A major goal in all the computing disciplines is to provide students with hands on activities that will enhance their learning of concepts and their professional experience. As such, CS and IT programs require investments in dedicated laboratories that will support applied activities for most of the courses. Unfortunately, space and other resource limitations usually do not allow for permanent creation of such labs. In parallel, current …