AmritaCREATE and CBSE jointly organized a one-day workshop on OLabs at Sree Narayana Public School, Kollam on 16 July, 2016. One hundred and thirty two science teachers from thirty three schools attended the workshop.
Dr. G. Manulal, Director, Kochi-CBSE Centre of Excellence, inaugurated the programme by lighting the lamp. Sindhu Saju and Megha S Gopi led the sessions. During the demo session, the team explained how to perform an experiment in OLabs virtually. Later on, the participants got the opportunity to explore OLabs in computer labs. Two computer labs with hundred internet enabled systems were provided for the purpose. Therefore each participant got an opportunity to discover the virtual platform and learned to use the simulator to perform the experiments.
The participants showed great enthusiasm while experiencing the experiments showcased in OLabs. They highly appreciated the content of OLabs and the training programme organized. After the training session, certificate of participation and free OLabs CDs were given to the participants.