Abstract
Industry and academic research labs increasingly use Electronic Laboratory Notebooks (ELN). In engineering education, the ELN affords new laboratory technologies and pedagogies requiring embedding rich data and supporting virtual labs. We present a student-led design of a prototype ELN based on Microsoft OneNote software for our undergraduate engineering programmes. The solution addresses the requirements for lab redesign aspirations around new laboratory pedagogies requiring entirely digital workflows. To enhance the solution's ecological validity, students themselves developed it while undertaking their existing undergraduate labs. The result is an ELN based on the digital notetaking software Microsoft OneNote. We make available a requirements and design tool that includes a set of 21 use cases, 102 requirements, and 32 failure modes. Staff and student feedback is reported. The work will assist engineering and science faculty looking to introduce an ELN solution into their curricula.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 45th SEFI Annual Conference 2017 - Education Excellence for Sustainability |
| Subtitle of host publication | SEFI 2017 Proceedings |
| Publisher | European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI) |
| Pages | 551-558 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9789899887572 |
| Publication status | Published - Sept 2017 |
| Event | 45th Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education, SEFI 2017 - Angra do Heroismo, Terceira Island, Azores, Portugal Duration: 18 Sept 2017 → 21 Sept 2017 |
Conference
| Conference | 45th Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education, SEFI 2017 |
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| Country/Territory | Portugal |
| City | Angra do Heroismo, Terceira Island, Azores |
| Period | 18/09/17 → 21/09/17 |
Keywords
- Educational technologies
- Electronic laboratory notebook
- Microsoft OneNote
- User acceptance
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Engineering
- Education