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<p>The aim of this article is to familiarise the reader with the issue of virtual laboratories and to demonstrate their possible use on a concrete example. This example deals with the use of virtual laboratories in the teaching of mechanical engineering in high schools and universities. The Covid-19 pandemic has led to significant changes in the teaching process and its organisation. In this period, teaching usually took place online, which was implemented using resources such as Google Classroom or MS Teams. This article presents a sample task -a project on which students of the second and third year of study at a secondary technical school are working. The project has an interdisciplinary character, because during its implementation students apply and further develop skills and knowledge from several subjects, namely physics, mechanics, chemistry and CAD design. The project is dedicated to the design of a pulley casting for a steel rope.</p>
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The aim of this article is to familiarise the reader with the issue of virtual laboratories and to demonstrate their possible use on a concrete example. This example deals with the use of virtual laboratories in the teaching of mechanical engineering in high schools and universities. The Covid-19 pandemic has led to significant changes in the teaching process and its organisation. In this period, teaching usually took place online, which was implemented using resources such as Google Classroom or MS Teams. This article presents a sample task -a project on which students of the second and third year of study at a secondary technical school are working. The project has an interdisciplinary character, because during its implementation students apply and further develop skills and knowledge from several subjects, namely physics, mechanics, chemistry and CAD design. The project is dedicated to the design of a pulley casting for a steel rope.

Virtual Laboratories in the Teaching of Mechanical Technology

Department of Technics, Faculty of Education

Chemistry-Didactics-Ecology-Metrology

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The aim of this article is to familiarise the reader with the issue of virtual laboratories and to demonstrate their possible use on a concrete example. This...

Virtual Laboratories in the Teaching of Mechanical Technology

Published Online: Jan 25, 2024

Page range: 135 - 155

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cdem-2023-0008

Keywords
STEM education, virtual laboratories, mechanical technology, case study

© 2023 Štěpán Major et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Virtual Laboratories in the Teaching of Mechanical Technology

Published Online: Jan 25, 2024

Page range: 135 - 155

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cdem-2023-0008

KeywordsSTEM education, virtual laboratories, mechanical technology, case study

© 2023 Štěpán Major et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
STEM education, virtual laboratories, mechanical technology, case study