The role of IT in teaching experimental science: from the multimedia perspective

Abstract

Many motivations might bring one to examine the role of computers in the laboratory class: concern over the expense of real labs; concern over the encroachment of computers into these labs; a feel of excitement that computers might be able to add something to lab work that is currently missing. For whatever reason, it is maybe appropriate to begin by thinking about our motivations for doing real lab work in the first place.