Understanding Common Student Mistakes in the Remote Laboratory NetLab

摘要

Remote laboratories (RLs) are increasingly used in engineering and technology education as an alternative to real and virtual laboratories. RLs are relatively inexpensive to run, offer access 24/7 from any location with the Internet access, safety of usage and collaboration in a student group. RLs usually do not provide tutorial support available in real laboratories. This can be addressed by designing and implementing an Intelligent Tutoring System (ITS). The paper analyses the nature and scope of student mistakes in over 1600 circuits configured in the remote laboratory NetLab at the University of South Australia (UniSA). This is required to create an important database for ITS. After a review of some ITS solutions, student actions are analysed systematically, leading to linking them to the proposed ITS.