A Two-Stage Assessment of the Remote Engineering Lab VISIR at Al-Quds University in Palestine

Odeh, Salaheddin; Alves, Joaquim; Alves, Gustavo R.; Gustavsson, Ingvar; Anabtawi, Mahasen; Arafeh, Labib; Jazi, Mahran; Arekat, Mahmoud

doi:10.1109/rita.2015.2452752

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“…Odeh discusses a remote lab system named the Virtual Instrument Systems In Reality (VISIR) used in the Engineering Faculty at Al-Quds University in Jerusalem, Palestine [13]. VISIR is a remote lab for designing, wiring, and measuring electronic circuits.…”

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Online Delivery of Teaching and Laboratory Practices: Continuity of University Programmes during COVID-19 Pandemic

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A great number of universities worldwide are having their education interrupted, partially or fully, by the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Consequently, an increasing number of universities have taken the steps necessary to transform their teaching, including laboratory workshops into an online or blended mode of delivery. Irrespective of the measures taken, universities must continue to maintain their high academic standards and provide a high-quality student experience as required for delivery of learning outcomes associated with each degree programme. This has created a challenge across the higher education landscape, where academics had to switch to remote teaching and different approaches to achieving laboratory delivery. As a result, students have not been receiving face-to-face teaching, and access to laboratory facilities has been limited or nearly impossible. This paper reviews numerous approaches taken by universities to deliver teaching and laboratory practices remotely, in consideration of the COVID-19 pandemic, whilst also considering the potential impacts on the student learning experience. This review is primarily focused on the fields of engineering, science and technology, based on published literature including books, reviewing web-based provision of selected universities, institutional and national policy documents.

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“…Overall, considering the twenty two identified cases, each reported in one or more papers ( [7], [14], [16], [19], [20], [21], [23], [24] [52], [53], [54], [55] [56], [57], [58], [59], [60], [61], [62], [63], [64], [65], [66], [67], [68], [69]). They represent substantial differences in student contexts: different educational backgrounds, knowledge and level of competence development.…”

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VISIR's usage as an educational resource

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Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality

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Laboratory experiments are one of the backbones of engineering teaching, as they help students learning in a unique way, providing better understanding of scientific theories, clarifying concepts and principles as well as improving their technical skills. Nevertheless, with the Bologna Process reforms and the economic constraints most Higher Education Institutions face nowadays, caused a significant decline in the amount of time devoted to hands-on lab. Researchers are seeking complementary ways to teach these practical skills and recently, with the explosive popularity of computer-based learning, remote labs are being used as an option. This review paper presents a first attempt to compile empirical studies that directly report the use of the remote laboratory VISIR (Virtual Instrument Systems in Reality). These practices of engineering classes/courses, used VISIR individually or as a complement to traditional hands on laboratory. Concerning these different approaches of how VISIR is used, the authors draw several conclusions -findings suggest that VISIR is a useful learning instrument, having been used, so far, by more than 4400 students. It contributes to improve students' competences and knowledge, their confidence in lab and their enthusiasm and motivation. Some factors, such as teacher's supervision and attention to the VISIR component play a crucial role in students' engagement. Finally, the results achieved through this review raise several important and still non-studied issues to be addressed by future research.

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“…• How VISIR was used in a collaborative activity, involving students and teachers form Palestine, using the VISIR node installed at the Polytechnic of Porto -School of Engineering, in Portugal [6] [7]. The instructional design and the students' evaluation are also described.…”

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Lab sessions in VISIR laboratories

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2016 13th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV)

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Experimental activities with real components are an essential part of all courses including or devoted to electrical and electronic circuits theory and practice. The knowledge triangle composed of hand-written exercises, simulations and traditional lab experiments has been enriched with the possibility for students to conduct real experiments over the Internet, using remote labs. This tutorial is devoted to one such remote lab named Virtual Instrument Systems in Reality (VISIR). The Global Online Laboratory Consortium (GOLC) elected VISIR as the best remote controlled laboratory in the world, at the first time this distinction was awarded. At the end of this tutorial, attendees are expected to know what is VISIR, what can (not) be done with it, who is currently using it, and how can one integrate it in a given course curriculum.

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A Two-Stage Assessment of the Remote Engineering Lab VISIR at Al-Quds University in Palestine

Cited by 11 publications

References 16 publications

Online Delivery of Teaching and Laboratory Practices: Continuity of University Programmes during COVID-19 Pandemic

Online Delivery of Teaching and Laboratory Practices: Continuity of University Programmes during COVID-19 Pandemic

VISIR's usage as an educational resource

Lab sessions in VISIR laboratories

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