For many students in 2018, taking an education means having a strong focus on making yourself employable in a competitive job market. For Teresa Artho, a student at Gewerbliches Berufs- und Weiterbildungszentrum (GBS) St. Gallen in Switzerland, this focus has been realized by taking an apprenticeship as a laboratory assistant, where half of the education takes place in a practical setting—the laboratory.
由她的课程教练JürgPfeiffer在2018年夏天被引入了Labster，她和她的同学从那以后将虚拟实验室用作课堂培训的一部分。
Read on to learn how Teresa has used Labster to practice her lab skills and prepare for lab work, and how she thinks virtual labs and educational technology play a pivotal role in a modern student’s education.
Practical Vocational Training
GBS St. Gallen is a college that offers education with a focus on practical vocational training. This is based on the demands of the Swiss job market, where (like many other job markets) requirements for training and practical education is becoming increasingly important.
Teresa’s apprenticeship as a textile laboratory assistant involves taking classes at the school for half of the week, and spending the other half on practical training and work in a lab.
Teresa的教授JürgPfeiffer在他的课程中介绍了Labster，帮助学生练习他们的技能，并让他们有机会与先进的实验室设备合作，并非所有学生都可以在物理实验室访问。学生在计算机以及VR中尝试了实验室安全仿真，后来的分子克隆模拟以练习实验的实验以后在实验室中进行。
“I think the simulations helped us prepare for the lab,” Teresa explained, “It was helpful to practice in a virtual lab before entering a real lab because we then knew what it would be like, how the things work, what they are for, and so on.” Teresa said.
Compared to a real lab, Teresa found thatvirtual labsoffer something that a physical lab doesn’t: “There are a few things that you can do in a virtual lab that you can’t do in a real lab. For example, using the machines and equipment that we don’t have access to in our own labs,” Teresa explained. “Compared to a real lab, I also think the virtual one is a lot less messy, but that’s how it should be! It’s like a real lab.”
特蕾莎修华体会赞助ac米兰女所使用的模拟和她的同学ssmates were useful for understanding some of the experiments that they performed. The professor let them do the simulations in class before going to the lab, which proved to be beneficial for their understanding of the experiments: “What I like most about the simulations is that you can see what is going on at the molecular level. You can’t see this when you’re performing a real experiment in a physical lab.” Teresa said. “I also like the descriptions that tell you what is going on. Even if you don’t read all of them, they help you if you don’t understand something. In a real lab, you typically have a list of things to do, but you don’t always fully understand why you’re doing those things. Often it’s like a recipe you have to follow. It doesn’t say or show what is happening at the molecular level. But in the virtual labs, it shows you that every step of the way, and it’s really well explained with Labster.”
Working in a virtual lab was new to Teresa and her classmates when they tried Labster, but the virtual world intrigued them: “The first time I saw the 3D animations I was impressed. I didn’t know it was possible to do something like that with VR!”
尝试在VR护目镜上首次被证明是成功的努力，花费习惯于装备：“我第一次使用VR护目镜，我以为这很容易，因为一切都解释说。我们刚刚尝试了没有预先阅读的东西，它走得还可以！“
When asked what technology has to offer students like herself, Teresa explained how she thought it not only could help engage and intrigue students, but also help close the knowledge gap that often exists amongst students in the classroom: “I think education as it is is good for people like me who find it easy to understand the subject and follow the teaching, but for those who find it a bit harder, technology can make a huge difference because it makes it possible to adapt the teaching to the level that people are. So if a person is doing an exercise that they find easy, they can move on to the next one, and if another person finds that exercise hard, they can keep practising that until they get it.”
Teresa appreciated what the virtual labs had to offer, but also believed in a balanced use of it in education in general: “I think it’s good to have a mix of technology and other learning materials. I think you have to go through the theory first, but then it’s also great to have the opportunity to practice what you learn with the use of technology, and to perform things that aren’t possible without technology. I don’t think one should replace the other. I think a mix of both is what makes a great education,” Teresa said. “And I would definitely recommend Labster as a part of the mix.”
特蕾莎在今年早些时候对GBS St. Gallen的科技日共享她的欣赏，在那里她向与会者展示并进行了展示。华体会赞助ac米兰“每个人对Labster都有积极的，”她说。hth官网下载app
This blog post was originally published in 2018.
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Labster提供互动，3D虚拟科学实验室，帮助学生可视化理论，访问最先进的实验室环境，并从课堂上从课堂上到达火星的表面。扩大您的课程，目标学习需求，并培养内容掌握以准备下一代科学家。
