VIRTUAL LAB WORKSHOP

Shivangi Maheshwari, Assistant Professor, Department of  Mechanical Engineering , Dronacharya Group of Institutions, Greater Noida attended the Virtual Labs Workshop conducted by Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi on 6th September 2014. The workshop was conducted at Bharti School of Telecom, IIT Delhi. The resource person, Prof. Ranjan Bose, Electrical Department, IIT Delhi highlighted the concept of Virtual labs and its national impact.

Virtual Labs are an initiative of Ministry of Human Resource Development under the National Mission on Education through ICT. It is a powerful tool for distance learning and experimentation that allows learner to share knowledge through data, voice, video, tools, and many other internet resources. It provides a suitable environment to extend, improve, integrate, refine, and assist the learning and experimentation process of many engineering subjects in particulars, thus contributing to an increase of the effectiveness of scientific research and widening the use of rare and costly equipments.

The demonstration on how to work with virtual labs helped participants to understand the promising aspect for students’ future. The Virtual labs can provide a complete education to students through animations, video lectures and all other internet resources. With this kind of innovative learning environment students would feel encouraged to learn more effectively. Virtual labs could therefore provide a good complement to traditional lab resources.