Understanding and mitigating students’ difficulties in undertaking complex practical activities on their computers

Wong, Patrick; Donelan, Helen and Hirst, Tony (2020). Understanding and mitigating students’ difficulties in undertaking complex practical activities on their computers. In: 9th eSTEeM Annual Conference, 29-30 Apr 2020, Milton Keynes, England.

Abstract

Practical activities can improve students understanding of technological concepts and their technical skills. Computing activities often require students to install specialised-software. When problems occur, getting immediate support is difficult as they are distance learners. This study investigated students’ experiences of using virtualisation for their practical activities and identified difficulties experienced.

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• Item ORO ID
• 70805
• Item Type
• Conference or Workshop Item
• Keywords
• virtualisation; computing practical activities; virtual labs
• Academic Unit or School
• Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) > Computing and Communications
  Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
• Research Group
• eSTEeM
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• © 2020 The Authors
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• Patrick Wong