VISIR deployment in undergraduate engineering practices

Tawfik, Mohamed; Sancristobal, Elio; Martín, Sergio; Gil, Charo; Pesquera, Alberto; Losada, Pablo; Díaz, Gabriel; Peire, J.; Castro, Manuel; García-Zubía, Javier; Hernández, Unai; Orduña, Pablo; Angulo, Ignacio; Costa-Lobo, Cristina; Marques, Arcelina; Viegas, Clara; Alves, Gustavo R.

doi:10.1109/golc.2011.6086786

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“…These studies, and other previous work in the area [21]- [23], indicate that student satisfaction improves when teachers are experienced with VISIR, the documentation and support materials (e.g., help files, videos) are adequate, and/or the tools are properly explained. Usability issues vary with time and local conditions.…”

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How Remote Labs Impact on Course Outcomes: Various Practices Using VISIR

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As technology is increasingly being seen as a facilitator to learning, open remote laboratories are increasingly available and in widespread use around the world. They provide some advantages over traditional hands-on labs or simulations. This paper presents the results of integrating the open remote laboratory VISIR into several courses, in various contexts and using various methodologies. These integrations, all related to higher education engineering, were designed by teachers with different perspectives to achieve a range of learning outcomes. The degree to which these VISIR-related outcomes were accomplished is discussed. The results reflect the levels of student engagement and learning and of teacher involvement. From the analysis, a connection between these two aspects was traced, although only related to the user profiles. VISIR is shown to be always of benefit for more motivated students, but this benefit can be maximized under particular conditions and characteristics.

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“…and the instrument front panels (on the PC screen), which enables the user to connect the desired circuit and analyze its behavior with several instruments. Tawfik, et al, 2011 but also for other secondary/professional/higher education institutions, under the initial guidance of an European partner. The fact each LA HEI possess a VISIR system is expected to contribute to an increased sense of ownership, both by students and teachers, promoting its adoption.…”

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“…By now, thousands of students have already used VISIR, with learning gains (Tawfik, et al, 2011;, but in most cases, this resource was not used simultaneously with other resources, such as, simulation and hands-on lab, or calculus, except for one small scale didactical experiment (Viegas, Lima, Alves, & Gustavsson, 2014;Lima, Alves, Viegas, & Gustavsson, 2015;Alves, Viegas, Lima, & Gustavsson, 2016). In this case, it was used an enquiry based teaching and learning methodology and the course curriculum as well as the didactical implementation design indication were described.…”

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Learning from complementary ways of developing experimental competences

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García-Peñalvo

2017

Education in the Knowledge Society

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Engineering education has solid needs of experimental competences development. Nowadays these competences can be worked not only in traditional laboratories (hands on) but also through the use of computer simulations and remote labs. The use of diversified methods in education and the exploration of new resources and techniques in classroom may allow teachers to motivate more students, and capture their attention due to their different learning styles.The main objective of this project is to better understand the effects on students' learning outcomes in different contexts (country, type of institution, background, etc.). Students are subjected to similar design approaches that all use an enquiry-based teaching and learning methodology. The methodology of the didactical implementation is based on the simultaneous use of experimental resources (hands on, simulation and remote labs) together with calculus, in class and assessment. To accomplish this research, several insights must be taken into consideration, including the teachers' mediation in class, in each case, and the didactical implementations adaptations, but also external factors, such as socio-cultural and/ or political factors. ResumenLa educación en ingeniería tiene sólidas necesidades de desarrollo de competencias experimentales. Hoy en día estas competencias pueden desarrollarse no solo en los laboratorios tradicionales (hands-on), sino también a través de simulaciones y laboratorios remotos. El uso de métodos diversificados en la educación y la exploración de nuevos recursos y técnicas en el aula puede permitir que los maestros motiven a más estudiantes y capten su atención.El objetivo principal de este diseño es comprender mejor los efectos sobre los resultados de aprendizaje de los estudiantes en diferentes contextos (país, tipo de institución, etc.), cuando están sujetos a enfoques de diseño similares utilizando una metodología de enseñanza y aprendizaje basada en la investigación. Esta metodología emplea el uso simultáneo de recursos experimentales (handson, simulaciones y laboratorios remotos) junto con cálculo, en clase y en evaluación. Para lograr este objetivo, hay que tener en cuenta varios puntos de vista, como la mediación de los profesores en cada caso y las adaptaciones didácticas, además de factores externos, como por ejemplo los factores socioculturales y/o políticos.

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“…1 A brief description about the VISIR project was earlier presented by "IEEE Transaction on Learning Technologies" in [3]. Owing to the remarkable results achieved in its implementation and deployment in undergraduate engineering education at many universities [4][5][6][7], as well as the widespread interest and the demands by the researchers for a further information and description of the project, this paper was released to accommodate these demands and to be an extension that updates the previously published one [3]. The paper compares the system with other emerging approaches and details thoroughly all the stages of the project development shedding light on its hardware and software aspects, operation cycle, provided services, installation, deployment experiences, drawbacks, and ongoing and future works.…”

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Virtual Instrument Systems in Reality (VISIR) for Remote Wiring and Measurement of Electronic Circuits on Breadboard

Tawfik

Sancristobal

Martín

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IEEE Trans. Learning Technol.

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This Paper reports on a state of the art remote laboratory project, so-called Virtual Instrument Systems in Reality (VISIR), VISIR allows wiring and measuring of electronic circuits remotely on a virtual workbench that replicates a physical circuit breadboard. The wiring mechanism is developed by means of a relay switching matrix connected to a PXI (PCI eXtensions for Instrumentation) instrumentation platform. The entire equipment is controlled by a LabVIEW server software, in addition to a measurement server software that protects the equipment by verifying input circuit designs, sent by students, before being executed. The paper addresses other approaches such as remote labs based on Data Acquisition Cards (DAQs), NetLab and RemotElectLab, comparing them with VISIR in order to emphasize its singularity. The technical description, software, operation cycle, features and provided services are discussed, in addition to the feedbacks received by students at several universities, and the encountered drawbacks along with proposed solutions. The paper finally addresses the ongoing and future challenges within the VISIR community including its integration with Learning Management Systems (LMS) and iLab Shared Architecture (ISA), its new hardware version release that is based on LAN eXtensions for Instrumentation (LXI), and its new open platform version that supports federated access.

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VISIR deployment in undergraduate engineering practices

Cited by 9 publications

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How Remote Labs Impact on Course Outcomes: Various Practices Using VISIR

How Remote Labs Impact on Course Outcomes: Various Practices Using VISIR

Learning from complementary ways of developing experimental competences

Virtual Instrument Systems in Reality (VISIR) for Remote Wiring and Measurement of Electronic Circuits on Breadboard

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