The Sloan Consortium is pleased to announce a new publication, to be released in 2010.

Moving the Lab Online: Situating the Online Laboratory Learning Experience for Future Success

Edited by:
Devon A. Cancilla, Ph.D., Western Washington University
Simon Albon, M.Sc., University of British Columbia

Moving the Lab Online is a collaboration from Sloan-C workshops that examines the current state of science education and explains how online labs are being introduced. It includes an exploratory case study of Western Washington University’s ILN Project, guidelines for the design of and pedagogy in online labs, and concludes with a look at the future of online labs.

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Table of Contents
Section I: Science Education Today: Perspectives From the Field

Section I Overview
Chapter 1. Introduction: Trends in Science Education
Simon Albon, M.Sc. – University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
Chapter 2. Learning Technologies in the 21st Century
Michelle Lamberson, Ph.D. – University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
Chapter 3. Learning to Teach and Learning to Learn: Science Education or Educating Science?
Joanne Nakonechny, Ph.D. – University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
Chapter 4. Attitude Surveys in Earth and Ocean Science
Ben Kennedy, Ph.D. and Tom-Pierre Frappé-Sénéclauze, M.Sc. – University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
Chapter 5. Teaching and Learning in Chemistry: Focus on Conceptual Understanding, Visualization and Reinforcement
Margaret R. Asirvatham, Ph.D – University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
Chapter 6. The Canadian Science Education Landscape: Trends, Challenges and Successes.
Marina Milner-Bolotin, Ph.D. – Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario

Section II: Embracing the Online Environment: Online Laboratory Initiatives

Section II Overview
Chapter 7. The MIT iLab Architecture: Towards Communities of Internet Accessible Laboratories
Phillip D. Long, Ph.D. and Kirky DeLong, M.S. – Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Chapter 8. WebSEM: On-line Microscopy for K-12 Education
Amy Chumbley and Scott Chumbley, Ph.D. – Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
Chapter 9. Web-based Associate of Science Program Development Project
Ron Evans and Albert Balbon – North Island College, Bella Coola, British Columbia

Section III: The ILN Project: A Case Study in Moving Labs Online

Section III Overview
Chapter 10. An Overview of the Integrated Laboratory Network Project
Devon A. Cancilla, Ph.D. – Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington
Chapter 11. Web-based Technologies for Online Labs
Ernie Colantonio – Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
Chapter 12. The Insiders Guide to the ILN: Considerations for a Successful Remote Instrumentation Experience
Erin Macri – Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington
Chapter 13. Testing the Waters: Evaluating the ILN Experience
Pamela Jull and Rebecca Cors – Applied Research Northwest
Chapter 14. A Sustainable Business Model for the ILN
Nancy Seher – Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington

Section IV: Design and Instruction for Online Labs

Section IV Overview
Chapter 15. Designing the Online Lab
Ken Charuk – Empire State College, Saratoga Springs, New York
Chapter 16. The BC-ILN Project: Results
Bruno Cinel, Ph.D. and Sharon E. Brewer, Ph.D. – Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, British Columbia
Chapter 17. Taking the Lab Online in Biochemistry
Daniel Erasmus, Ph.D. - University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, British Columbia
Chapter 18. Remote Instrumentation: Providing New Opportunities for Students and Faculty at the Community College
Paul Frazey, Ph.D. - Whatcom Community College, Bellingham, Washington
Chapter 19. Experience with Internet-Based Undergraduate Laboratories: Cross-Country and Cross-town
M. Paul Chiarelli, Ph.D. - Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois
Chapter 20. The First Online Chemistry Laboratory Experience at the Universidad del Turabo
Guillermo Martinez-Segura - Universidad del Turabo, Caguas, Puerto Rico
Chapter 21. Enhancing Students’ Understanding of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Analysis Using the Integrated Laboratory Network (ILN)
George S. Kriz, Ph.D. and Natalie DeKalb – Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington

Section V: The Future of Online Labs

Section V Overview
Chapter 22. The Future of Online Labs
Devon A. Cancilla, Ph.D. – Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington and Simon Albon, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia