Leveraging Simulators and Virtual Labs for Stem Education: A Digital Approach to Science and Health Education
Author : Leela Glory A and Dr. M Balasubramaniam
Abstract :
In this digital era of constantly evolving education, STEM education has been transformed by integrating digital tools like Virtual Labs and Simulators, particularly in the field of Health and Science. These tools, which are AI-enhanced, provide a practical experience for students, increasing student involvement, promoting a deeper understanding of complex concepts using a digital approach in a safe, cost-effective, and controlled environment. The Practical and Critical skills of students can be improved when they use Simulators and Virtual Labs to carry out experiments without the requirement for physical equipment or space, to understand and explore the phenomenon behind it. In the case of Science and Health education, the use of digital tools is beneficial where real-time experimentation is inaccessible, costly, and hazardous. Students get an opportunity to get hands-on experience using simulators that can replicate intricate and complex processes like Biological medical procedures, Chemical reactions, and Real-time phenomena in Physics. These AI-empowered tools can give real-time, immediate feedback and personalized learning experiences as per each student's needs. Leveraging STEM education by integrating these modern technologies into the curricula for a more advanced, engaging, and active learning for students, making complex topics easily understandable and interesting, is the need of the hour. With the escalation of digital learning, Simulators and Virtual Labs tend to meet the demands, making learning exciting by enhancing the students' learning outcomes in Science and Health education.
Keywords :
Simulators, Virtual Labs, STEM Education, Digital Learning, Science Education, Health Education, AI in Education, Interactive Learning, Personalized Learning.
