Remote experiments using Java: Implementations in the Virtual Electro Lab project

Abstract

This paper treats the e-learning domain from the virtual and remote laboratories point of view. These laboratories have Java applets as client side application. The paper presents the importance of offering to students the possibility to do laboratory tests with real data. Although a remote experiment can not provide the student with the real feedback of the experiment, by using real data and a good representation of the laboratory equipment, we can get closer the the real feedback. The article describes the facilities offered by the Java language in making user interfaces for the remote and virtual laboratories. At the same time, we present three implementations in the pilot project "Virtual Elec-troLab" of the "Leonardo da Vinci" program that have user interfaces based on the Java Applet technology, for accessing the laboratory resources via Internet.1 Introduction