A multi-user remote academic laboratory system

Barrios, Arquímedes; Panche, Stifen; Duque, Mauricio; Grisales, Victor H.; Prieto, Flavio; Villa, J.L.; Chevrel, Philippe; Canu, Michaël

doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2012.10.011

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“…The identification and strengthening of those factors in the design of practical classes with remote labs, will allow the improvement of acceptation/adoption of this technology by educative community, (Barrios et al 2013), (Gampe et al 2014), (Lowe 2013), (Balamuralithara and Woods 2009), (Ormann et al 2013).…”

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Comparing Remote Laboratories from the Student Perspective

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The objective of this paper is the identification of the variables which affect the acceptation by the students of two kinds of remote laboratories (photovoltaic panels and electric machines) in Higher Education. To achieve it, the Technology Acceptation Model is used and usability and usefulness are the considered factors. Two pilot experiences are carried out over a sample of 86 students which are studying the Energy Engineering Degree. 45 of them (52.3%) carry out the electric machines lab class and 41 (47.7%) the photovoltaic one. After a descriptive analysis, an exploratory and multivariate analysis is carried out. It allows the identification of relations between several variables which affect to the acceptation of both remote labs.

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“…It has allowed underlying dimensions to be identified. Those are dimensions underlying to those other traditionally used in the analysis of usability of remote labs, (Barrios et al 2013), (Gampe et al 2014), (Lowe 2013), (Ormann et al 2013), (Terkowsky et al 2012), (Gadzhanov and Nafalski 2010). They have been denominated comprehension, autonomy and ease of use.…”

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Exploring the usability of a remote laboratory for photovoltaic systems

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Abstract:In engineering, remote laboratories present a triple role: they provide to the students the necessary contact with real devices, introduce them in the use of new technologies and make possible that the students conduct lab classes when and where they want. In this paper we present a remote lab devoted to photovoltaic power. The experimental system consists of two photovoltaic panels connected to a variable load and illuminated by a variable luminary. It allows the students to obtain different characteristic curves. The user interface has been integrated in Moodle. The system access management is carried out by software developed by authors. A didactic valuation process has been carried out to establish the acceptation of the educational experience by the students and to identify underlying factors. The hardware and software developed for this remote lab are not specific, but reusable for other remote lab experiences besides the one presented here.

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“…For example, the remote laboratory system described in Ref. [1], where experiments conducted at control engineering laboratories can be remotely operated through the Internet. On the same trend, a more recent work [2] reports on the remote control of a nonlinear system as a tool for teaching several engineering subjects.…”

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Remote Laboratories for Teaching and Training in Engineering

Garcı́a-Guzmán¹,

Villa-Lopez²,

Vélez-Enríquez³

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Design, Control and Applications of Mechatronic Systems in Engineering

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Typical mechatronic systems are a combination of advanced technologies involving several disciplines. This multidisciplinary approach to the development of industrial applications provides great opportunities for the implementation of e-learning environments and collaborative schemes. Engineering education, in particular, benefits from many of these advances, among which, virtual instrumentation is a useful tool for the development of virtual environments, e-learning spaces and, particularly, remote laboratories. This chapter describes the implementation of web-based laboratories that allow the remote operation of experiments used as training exercises in undergraduate engineering courses. The remote laboratories were developed using LabVIEW ® software, and they enable remote control and monitoring of laboratory equipment, allowing engineering students to perform experiments in real time, at their own pace, from anywhere, and whenever is suitable for them. Besides the experimental training that the web-based laboratories provide to students, the system is also a powerful teaching tool since real-time demonstrations of the experiments can be performed, and they also can be simultaneously monitored by a group of students. This approach is highly beneficial for engineering schools in developing countries, as resources can be shared through the Internet. A description of the system and three proposed experiments is presented, together with the experimental results.

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A multi-user remote academic laboratory system

Cited by 34 publications

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Comparing Remote Laboratories from the Student Perspective

Comparing Remote Laboratories from the Student Perspective

Exploring the usability of a remote laboratory for photovoltaic systems

Remote Laboratories for Teaching and Training in Engineering

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