Adrienne Cambell
Design and Technical Development Group, Deakin University
Multimedia designer and developer of V-Lab

CONTACT
David Owies: daveo@deakin.edu.au

David Owies
Design and Technical Development Group, Deakin University
V-Lab content expert

Mary Rice
TLSU (Teaching and Learning Support Unit), Deakin University
Evaluator – lecturer who evaluated the implementation of the learning design

V-lab (online virtual laboratory for fitness testing) can be viewed at:

http://139.132.19.11/hmvt/v-lab/vr.htm

Rice, M. (1998). An evaluation of V-Lab: A virtual laboratory for Human Movement students. Deakin Centre for Academic Development, Deakin University, Geelong.

This internal evaluation report focused on aspects of the development and initial implementation of V-Lab. It illuminated issues relating to access and use, factors affecting implementation, students’ impressions of the educational value of V-Lab and their beliefs about what they learnt from using it.

Rice, M., Owies, D., Campbell, A., Snow, R., Owen, N. and Holt, D (1999). V-Lab: A virtual laboratory for teaching introductory concepts and methods of physical fitness and function. Australian Journal of Educational Technology, 15(2), 188-206. http://cleo.murdoch.edu.au/ajet/ajet15/rice.html

This journal article was based on the internal evaluation report. It situated the evaluation findings in the broader context of using interactive multimedia in university courses, then presented findings relating to access and use, factors affecting implementation, students’ impressions of the educational value of V-Lab and their beliefs about what they learnt from using it.