living with the lab
boosting hands-on learning in engineering education


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Living with the Lab is an educational approach that seeks to boost experiential learning through student ownership of inexpensive laboratory equipment. Each freshman student purchases a robotics kit along with a collection of tools, software and supplies to provide a platform for laboratory and design projects. Student ownership of laboratory equipment expands the scope and complexity of projects that can be undertaken with large groups and provides a mechanism for building the knowledge, skills and spirit that lead to innovation.


© 2008 College of Engineering and Science
Louisiana Tech University
Ruston, Louisiana
 

Project supported by the National Science Foundation's Course Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) Program under Award No. 0618288.
Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.