Active Learning of DC Circuits: Spreading the Use of The VISIR Remote Lab In Argentina

Improving the use of remote laboratories. The case of VISIR at Universidad Nacional de Rosario

“…In all four institutions courses and workshops involving different aims and addressees with the use of VISIR were fulfilled. Particularly it was about: 1) the implementation of remote experimentation by using VISIR in a Physics subject at high-school level, developed at Instituto Politécnico Superior from UNR [19][20][21]; 2) the incorporation of a remote practice with VISIR in order to round off traditional experimental training in the subject Circuits Theory I of the Electronic Engineering career at UNPSFB [22]; 3) the incorporation of VISIR to carry out experimental practices thus complementing traditional laboratory in a subject of Physics for students of engineering at FRRo from UTN [23]; 4) a teachers' training workshop about the use of remote labs for Physics teaching at university and high-school level developed within the framework of the II Seminario de la Latin American Science Education Research Association (LASERA) in Costa Rica, [24] and a third workshop coordinated collaboratively with another teacher from UNR, during the XX Physics Education Forum (REFXX), in Argentina.…”

Fostering Experimental Competences Using Complementary Resources

“…Most of the works were focused in one or two particular aspects of the didactical implementations as for many teachers it was their first experience with VISIR. Others were more thorough studied, but in none the didactical intervention was detailed described and/or its results fully analysed (Evangelista et al, 2018;García-Zubía et al, 2017;Marchisio, Crepaldo, Del Colle, & Lerro, 2018;Pavani, Lima, Temporão, & Alves, 2017;Rocha Roque et al, 2017;Soria et al, 2017).…”

“…All involved teachers remarked that the VISIR didactical implementation should be carefully planned -bearing in mind students usual interest in working in groups and being defied-and that the experiments students are supposed to perform should be previously thoroughly tested to guarantee everything is working properly and avoid students' frustration and dropouts (Evangelista et al, 2018(Evangelista et al, , 2017.…”

“…During this period, teachers (or technicians) should keep on using VISIR-trying the circuits that were proposed to students -to make sure it is functioning well. In case, a student reports some problem it is advisable to examine its legitimacy and (being true) solve it as soon as possible (Evangelista et al, 2018(Evangelista et al, , 2017Lima et al, 2019a;Marques et al, 2014).…”