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Different Uses for Remote Labs in Electrical Engineering Education: Initial Conclusions of an Ongoing Experience

Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 2018

Laboratories are a fundamental part of engineering education due to the very nature of the engineering profession. This is a characteristic of all engineering courses, though it may vary from one curriculum to the other and even in the same curriculum. This paper is dedicated to the analysis of different applications of a remote lab in an Electrical Engineering curriculum. If the types of experiments it offers are concerned, it is classified as an Electric and Eletronic Circuits lab; one in a set that also has Digital Electronics, Analog Electronics, Electrical Machines, Control Systems, etc. But it is not a traditional labit is a remote lab, with traditional components remotely accessed over the Internet. This work presents the preliminary results of the deployment of VISIRa remote lab for Electric and Electronic Circuits in some courses. It discusses the different course contexts and how the use of VISIR was adapted to each one. Results of students' opinions are presented and discussed.

Design, Implementation and Evaluation of a Remote Laboratory System for Electrical Engineering Courses

2006

This paper describes an Internet-based laboratory, named Remote Monitored and Controlled Laboratory (RMCLab) developed at University of Patras for electrical engineering laboratory education. The key feature of this remote laboratory is the utilization of real experiments, in terms of instrumentation and lab circuits, rather than simulation or virtual reality environment. RMCLab is able to provide affordably and simultaneously its services to many users through the Internet. A wide variety of lab experiments are supported, including not only fixed circuits but also students' custom circuit designs; thus contributing to students' authentic understanding of theory subjects. RMCLab can be accessed via the web through

A remote laboratory for electrical engineering education

This paper presents the remote laboratory “eLab”, realized at the University Bordeaux 1 and dedicated to electrical engineering education. The different lab experiments are usable for both undergraduate and graduate lab courses. The full range of measurement equipment is available on-line, which permits performing DC, AC and transient measurements. Each user (student) has his personal account and a personal user space. He can access to prior measurements, add comments and print out the data or store them in a spreadsheet form. Currently, about 100 different circuits are available for on-line investigation.

An Integrated Reusable Remote Laboratory to Complement Electronics Teaching

… , IEEE Transactions on, 2010

The great majority of the courses on science and technology areas where lab work is a fundamental part of the apprenticeship was not until recently available to be taught at distance. This reality is changing with the dissemination of remote laboratories. Supported by resources based on new information and communication technologies, it is now possible to remotely control a wide variety of real laboratories. However, most of them are designed specifically to this purpose, are inflexible and only on its functionality they resemble the real ones. In this paper, an alternative remote lab infrastructure devoted to the study of electronics is presented. Its main characteristics are, from a teacher's perspective, reusability and simplicity of use, and from a students' point of view, an exact replication of the real lab, enabling them to complement or finish at home the work started at class. The remote laboratory is integrated in the Learning Management System in use at the school, and therefore, may be combined with other web experiments and e-learning strategies, while safeguarding security access issues.

Using an Online Remote Laboratory for Electrical Experiments in Upper Secondary Education

International Journal of Online Engineering (iJOE), 2012

The use of remote laboratories in courses at university level has been reported in literature numerous times since the mid 90's. In this article focus is on activities carried out by teachers and students, at the Upper Secondary School Level, using the remote laboratory VISIR (Virtual Instrument Systems in Reality). The Upper Secondary School, Katedralskolan in Lund, Sweden, cooperate with Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden, in a project that concerns the introduction of remote laboratory environment suitable for Upper Secondary School science courses. A remote laboratory in electronics has been introduced and is used as a complement to the traditional workbench in the hands-on laboratory. Significant results from the project are; 1) the great interest shown by the students for the remote experiments, 2) the students appreciation for the fact that it was not simulations but actual real experiments, 3) the remote laboratory is easy to implement for use by both teachers and students and 4) it can be used simultaneously by many students.

Remote Laboratory Development for the Education in the Field of Electronic Measurement

Continuous development and implementation of information and telecommunication technologies based on multimedia and global networks, causes innovations in the field of measurement and education. The model of a distance measurement laboratory for intelligent measurement module characteristics verification is presented in this paper. This remote laboratory provides students of electronic measurement course, at the Faculty of Electronic Engineering in Nis, to access measuring system via Internet and directly carry out real experiments, without their physical presence.

Remote Laboratory for Supporting e-Studies in Electronics

International Journal of Online Engineering, 2006

E-learning becomes more and more popular today. It gives an opportunity for studying to persons who are not able to attend traditional courses and lectures for some reasons. In areas such as humanities or economical education, E-trainings provide a student with practically the same quality of learning materials. But in case of technical education a student must have traditional laboratory lessons to obtain practical knowledge on the subject. It concerns chemistry, physics, electronics and other technical disciplines. However, modern network technologies allow creating remote laboratories for supporting e-studies. The idea of using the remote lab for support of e-teaching electronics is discussed in the article. The structure and functionality of the remote laboratory are described. The software and hardware parts of the remote lab are considered and presented, as well.