ISBN
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978-602-97249-0-5
International Seminar on Vocational Education and Training
216
VIRTUAL LABORATORY TO SUPPORT THE STUDENT’S PRACTICE AND EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
Hendra Jaya Department of Electronic Engineering Education
Faculty of Engineering Makassar State University
Email : hendramisiyahoo.com ,robotika04yahoo.com
ABSTRACT
Active learning is usually used as a method for improving the effectiveness of lerning by employing different mode of learning, including multi media. The advance of
ICT enable the online enrichment of learning materials through the availability of tutorial, modules, solved problem and even online virtual laboratory. Virtual laboratory
usually combined visual and audio mode, and threrefore need the active participation of the students to enhance the understanding of the learning materials.
The software for building virtual laboratory is written by using Macromedia Flash MX, 3-D Max, PHP, MySQL and HTML where animation was used to raise the users’
interest. The development of virtual laboratory was involved in development of instructional designing model ID model. The development of the virtual laboratory
will used the theory of constructive, cognitive and contextual for Student in Vocational Education by the cognitive domain in Bloom Taxonomy to strengthen cognitive skill.
The V-lab focus on: 1 Contents to achieve the objective, 2 Result to be achieved and measured, 3 Delivery content strategy, 4 The ability of student vocational
Education to evaluate performance, 5 Student of vocational education ability to refer and apply knowledge through the virtual laboratory. The effectiveness in virtual
laboratory will be study after the student used the lab itself :1 Ability to access in various form of question regarding to the topics, 2 Ability to used the topics itself to
execute practical work in Engineering learning.
A. Introduction
Information Technology IT one of the branch of science in the field of contemporary give many alternative solution to development manegement process and
outomation of data traffic in the various field of work. One of the implementation on information technology needs by students, teachers, laboratory, and employess of
educational institution use virtual laboratory for manage the vocational students labs and practicum.
ISBN
:
978-602-97249-0-5
International Seminar on Vocational Education and Training
217
Research in virtual laboratory is more than virtual learning approach. Virtual practicum environment used the animation and simulation in the form of 2D and 3D.
Student can explore the virtual Engineering laboratory, do their experiment and get the output from that experiment. Students also need to keep their experiment information
such as inference and observation in the electronic experiment report and worksheet as soon as the information recorded, student are allowed to edit and print the report.
Operation Research Virtual Laboratory V-Lab is a virtual laboratory specially designed for supporting the practice of operations research laborarory for the
student that take the course of operations research. The aims of this virtual laboratory is to provide an assistance for the students to improve their skill in laboratory practice
without direct help from assistants and can be carried out without concerning time and place contraints. OR Virtual Lab has following featutes: pre test, post test, tutotial,
simulation and practice materials.
B. Electronic Learning
According to Brown 2000, Feasey 2001, electronic learning can be defined as learning activities using electronic networks for delivering, interaction and
facilitating that supported by many types of learning services. The electronic learning may have at least one of the following functions, as supllementoptional to the delivered
teaching materials, complement and substitution Siahaan, 2002.
Many research reveals that the use of active instructional strategy could improve the capability of the students in understanding the learning materials. Active
learning is usually used as a method for improving the effectiveness of lerning by employing different mode of learning, including multi media. The advance of ICT
enable the online enrichment of learning materials through the availability of tutorial, modules, solved problem and even online virtual laboratory. Virtual laboratory usually
combined visual and audio mode, and threrefore need the active participation of the students to enhance the understanding of the learning materials.
1. On-line Practicum
