NANSLO: PUTTING SCIENCE LABS ONLINE Moderator & Principal Investigator: Pat Shea, WICHE Co-PI: Paul Stacey, BCcampus (British Columbia) Co-PI: Rhonda Epper, Colorado Community College System NANSLO Project Coordinator: Catherine Weldon, WICHE NANSLO Project Manager: Dan Branan, Colorado Community College System Aug 30, 2012 You can always click the speaker icon to repeat the narration if you need to.

What is NANSLO? North American Network of Science Labs Online Funded by Next Generation Learning Challenge Grant 15 months (April 2011-June 2012) - $750,000 Replication and Scale Up 48 months (Jan 2013 – Jan 2017) - $14,000,000 Part of larger project to bring more students into Allied Health fields. NANSLO Internet Lab-kits Remote Web-based Science Labs Biology, Chemistry, Physics Courses Open Educational Resources Online Pedagogy North American Network of Science Labs Online

NANSLO Mission Statement  NANSLO provides a consortium approach to the development and deployment of high-quality, modular, openly licensed courseware integrating learner-centered and immersive web-based labs using software, video and robotics for the online delivery of science courses

History and Origin Online Program Development Fund (OPDF) Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Geology

Remote Scientific Instrumentation

Remote Scientific Instrumentation?

2 meters Or 2000 meters What’s the difference?

Remote Web-Based Science Lab (RWSL)— How it works 8 Lab Equipment Lab Equipment Internet (Students) RWSL Observation Data Manipulation Communications Data Acquisition Video Observation Physical Manipulation

9 Lab Equipment Lab Equipment RWSL Observation Data Manipulation Communications Data Acquisition Video Observation Physical Manipulation Mumble LabView Plugin Internet (Students) Remote Web-Based Science Lab (RWSL)— How it works

 Students install and configure the LabView Plugin and Mumble from:  Help Desk agents will make contact with as many students as possible before the semester begins.  The agents will assist in setting up the software.  They will also help the student test Mumble by having a brief conversation with the student using the Mumble software. RWSL—Student Access

LabView Server Check  Step 4 of the installation process.  What appears on the video panel depends on what equipment is connected to the LabView server. Equipment control panel Camera Control panel Video Panel

 Student requests control by right-clicking  Only one student at a time can be in control of the interface, although up to 4 students can be viewing it. LabView Server Check

 Student should check equipment function by clicking the button.  This just shows that student can communicate with Server. LabView Server Check

 Student should test camera controls.  Click Picture-in- Picture if necessary and use pan/tilt/zoom buttons to control camera. LabView Server Check

Mumble  When you connect to the NANSLO Denver server (per the instruction document), you see this screen Your Name Type here if you need to

Mumble  There are several “Rooms” available.  Double-clicking on any room puts you into it.  You can only talk with people in your room. I am outside all the rooms (in the “common area”)

Mumble  If you click on a person’s name and type a message to them, they will see it even if you are not in the same room.  When testing, it doesn’t matter what room you are in. Now I’m in Biology Lab Room 1

RWSL – Lab Activities  There is a 1-hour “Lab Familiarization” activity available for each subject area that allows students to connect to the lab and talk with the Lab Technicians over Mumble.  Lab Activities are scheduled for Monday – Saturday from 4:00 PM through Midnight in 2-hour blocks.  Depending on the Lab Activity, there will be one, two or three “Lab Rooms” available during each 2-hour block.  Each “Lab Room” (LabView Server) can accommodate up to 4 students.  Students schedule time in the lab using the RWSL Lab Scheduler.

RWSL Lab Scheduler Click Link to Scheduler is in course websites (Desire2Learn) Students only see the activities available for their course. They can click on any day that has a scheduled activity.

RWSL Lab Scheduler Clicking on a day displays available seats for each block of time. Clicking on “Sign-up for Lab Room” brings up a dialog: Once they are signed up, they are committed To alter their schedule, they must contact Lab Staff at:

RWSL Lab Scheduler  When their scheduled time arrives, they can access the Lab by opening the RWSL Lab Scheduler and clicking on the link that will appear there. Links to Scheduled Activities Appear Here

What Students do When it is Lab Time At the beginning of their scheduled block of time: 1. Connect to Mumble: This is a very important first step because it allows them to talk with the Lab Technicians, who will help them troubleshoot if they have problems. 2. Open the RWSL Lab Scheduler and click on the link for their scheduled activity. 3. Complete the lab following the procedure that they have previously read (right!). ONLY If Mumble is non-functional for some reason, students can call the Lab Techs at

RWSL Interface Here’s what’s in the Lab Room Here is what the student sees: Equipment control panel Camera Control panel

NANSLO: PUTTING SCIENCE LABS ONLINE Moderator & Principal Investigator: Pat Shea, WICHE Co-PI: Paul Stacey, BCcampus (British Columbia) Co-PI: Rhonda Epper, Colorado Community College System NANSLO Project Coordinator: Catherine Weldon, WICHE NANSLO Project Manager: Dan Branan, Colorado Community College System Aug 30, 2012