Commonly, the undergraduate science experience is limited to 'cookbook' laboratory investigations. Experimental outcomes are usually known prior to performing the actual experiment or are able to be derived from the laboratory readings.
Most undergraduate students function with a mindset of compartmentalization.
Educational experiences are kept separated from one another- especially when it comes to lab and lecture. That is to say, that while enrolled in a course, students are learning topic-specific ideas, concepts, theory, and methods, yet, they seem to struggle when it comes to connecting what is being learned to other areas of their education. DVC is synchronous, two-way audio, video communication over the internet. DVC is inexpensive and easy to set up. The goal of this project was to integrate DVC technology into the laboratory experience and to provide students with the experience of working together in a group, rather than working independently.