Track 7. Laboratories in STEM Education

This track aims to attract and discuss relevant contributions to the role of all types of laboratories in STEM Education. Potential contributions should place the laboratory, or any experimental-based activities, as the “scenario” where students acquire / improve experimental skills, effectively supported by evidence. In other words, any claim(s) should be ‘verifiable by an appeal to facts determined by experiment’.

Topics

  • Experimental Skills
  • AI in instructional laboratories
  • The role of the laboratory in STEM Education
  • Hands-on, virtual and remote laboratories
  • Lab-based teaching strategies
  • Non-traditional laboratories
  • Visualized experiments
  • AR, VR, and XR in STEAM

Track Scientific Committee

Alexander Kist, University of Southern Queensland, Australia
Carlos Arguedas Matarrita, Universidad Estatal a Distancia, Costa Rica
Claudius Terkowsky, TU Dortmund, Germany
Dominik May, University of Georgia, GA
Doru Ursutiu, University “Transylvania” of Brasov, Romania
Euan Lindsay, Aalborg University, Denmark
Felix García-Loro, National University of Distance Education, Spain
Jaildo Tavares Pequeno, Instituto Federal da Paraíba, Brazil
Javier García-Zubía, University of Deusto, Spain
José Martins Ferreira, University of Porto, Portugal
Marcello Ferreira, Universidade de Brasília, Brasil
Raina Hussein, University of Washington, USA
Raul Cordeiro Correia, Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, Portugal
Simone M. Biléssimo, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil
Sónia Pizarro, Polytechnic of Porto – School of Engineering, Portugal
Tobias Ortelt, TU Dortmund, Germany

CHAIRS:

Gustavo Ribeiro Alves
Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal

Juarez Bento da Silva
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil

Maria Arcelina Marques
Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal