Using VISIR in a Large Undergraduate Course: Preliminary Assessment Results

Alves, Gustavo R.; Marques, Arcelina; Viegas, Clara; Costa-Lobo, Maria C.; Barral, R. G.; Couto, R. J.; Jacob, Frederico L.; Ramos, Carlos; Vilao, G. M.; Covita, D. S.; Alves, Joaquim; Guimarães, Pedro; Gustavsson, Ingvar

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“…Hopefully, this procedure will allow the students to gain more efficient experimentation skills during their first electronics practices. On the other hand, the department is working on the expansion of VISIR deployment on the practices of engineering grades subjects to include more number of student and more complex circuits [7]- [8].…”

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VISIR: Experiences and Challenges

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Abstract-It is of crucial importance the integration of practical sessions in engineering curricula owing to their significant role in understanding engineering concepts and scientific phenomena. However, the lack of practical sessions due to the high costs of the equipment and the unavailability of instructors has caused a significant declination in experimentation in engineering education. Remote laboratories have tackled this issues providing online reusable and shared workbenches unconstrained by neither geographical nor time considerations. Thereby, they have extremely proliferated among universities and integrated into engineering curricula over the last decade. This contribution compiles diverse experiences based on the deployment of the remote laboratory, Virtual Instrument Systems in Reality (VISIR), on the practices of undergraduate engineering grades at various universities within the VISIR community. It aims to show the impact of its usage on engineering education concerning the assessments of students and teachers as well. In addition, the paper address the next challenges and future works carried out at several universities within the VISIR community.

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“…students' experimental competences development through remote labs [9,10]. By having the possibility to access remote labs, through this platform (i.e.…”

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Engaging students by Moodleing a Course? Case studies at the Polytechnic of Porto â?? School of Engineering

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Abstract-This work presents a comparative study covering four different courses lectured at the Polytechnic of PortoSchool of Engineering, regarding the usage of a particular Learning Management System, i.e. Moodle, and its impact on students' results. This study addresses teachers who used this platform as a complement to their courses (b-learning) and identifies some particular issues in order to potentiate students' engagement and learning.Even though positive correlation factors exist, e.g. between the number of Moodle accesses versus the final exam grade obtained by each student, the explanation behind it may not be straightforward.Mapping this particular factor to course numbers reveals that the quality of the resources might be preponderant and not only their quantity. These results point to the fact that some dynamic resources might enlarge students' engagement.

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“…In the past, traditional laboratories classes were based in lab rooms oriented by a teacher. In the last years the Remote Labs rising in importance by several reasons and are now seen as one unavoidable alternative in practical teaching [3]. Some of the most present-day subject in engineering schools are the ones related with the electronic arena.…”

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How to Use Remote Labs for Enhancing E-Learning on PSoCs

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Abstract-Electronic teaching is a task that intents to also prepare the student to understand and design analog and digital circuits. However the design flow in those two arenas are quite opposite as result of very different development state and also are the design methodologies, being challenging for both teachers and students. In fact, the electronic design in the digital field is centered in the use of components based in two kind of circuits (microprocessor and FPGA) using a relatively high level programing/configuring languages. In an opposite way, the analog design is traditionally founded in the use of elementary components (e.g. resistors and capacitors) associated with macroblocks (e.g. operational amplifiers) in order to built-up the wanted mission circuit. However they have just a few analog programmable components, as the PSoC that is analogically configurable in a similar manner that the one already used in the digital domain. The use of this kind of components, however, is not straightforward being necessary to get some concepts traditionally not taught in the analog electronic classes. The training using PSoC are then indispensable to verify if the programed analog circuit corresponds to the intended one.The current work present an innovative remote lab to support teaching of the PSoC.Index Terms-Remote labs, PSoC, analog electronic design.

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Using VISIR in a Large Undergraduate Course: Preliminary Assessment Results

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VISIR: Experiences and Challenges

VISIR: Experiences and Challenges

Engaging students by Moodleing a Course? Case studies at the Polytechnic of Porto â?? School of Engineering

How to Use Remote Labs for Enhancing E-Learning on PSoCs

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