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Can an online student in California take a Whiting School of Engineering<\/a> lab class from home\u2014just as he or she would take a traditional lab class? The chair of one online master\u2019s program<\/a> seems to think so.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have two methods of bringing a hardware laboratory experience to our online students,\u201d says Brian Jennison, chair of the part-time Electrical and Computer Engineering program<\/a>. In one, hardware development boards, like the one pictured, are mailed directly to students\u2019 homes. In the other, students control state-of-the-art instrumentation located on campus via a web browser, which allows them to measure data and perform analysis remotely.<\/p>\n

Either way, gone are the days when online students stared longingly at their computer screens. Now, they\u2019re tinkering right along with us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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