Communications of the ACM
Virtual Laboratories to Reach 500,000 Students
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Aiming to provide state-of-art laboratory facilities to all science and engineering institutions, India has introduced its first virtual science and engineering laboratory. The virtual lab will enable students, even in smaller institutions with dismal infrastructure, to perform experiments online.
The Virtual Labs Project, which was launched February 23, can facilitate experiments in 97 fields across nine science and engineering disciplines, including electronics and communications, civil engineering, computer science, engineering, biotechnology, and biomedical engineering.
The virtual labs are based on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology iLabs. Proponents have said that virtual labs are a way to deal with the faculty shortage at engineering colleges in India.
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