Distance learning applied to control engineering laboratories

Aktan, Burçin; Bohus, Carisa; Crowl, Lawrence A.; Shor, M.H.

doi:10.1109/13.538754

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“…They allow both students and teachers to remotely conduct real experiments through a simple web browser. Aktan et al first described the concept of remote experimentation in 1996 [34]. There is now a consensus that remote laboratories play a significant role in the acquisition of experimental skills if successfully combined with real hands-on laboratories and virtual laboratories [35][36][37][38][39].…”

Section: Remote Labsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Informal learning recognition through a cloud ecosystem

García-Peñalvo

Johnson

Alves

et al. 2014

Future Generation Computer Systems

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Learning and teaching processes, like all human activities, can be mediated through the use of tools. In-formation and communication technologies are now widespread within education. Their use in the daily life of teachers and learners affords engagement with educational activities at any place and time and not necessarily linked to an institution or a certificate. In the absence of formal certification, learning under these circumstances is known as informal learning. Despite the lack of certification, learning with tech-nology in this way presents opportunities to gather information about and present new ways of exploit-ing an individual's learning. Cloud technologies provide ways to achieve this through new architectures, methodologies, and workflows that facilitate semantic tagging, recognition, and acknowledgment of in-formal learning activities. The transparency and accessibility of cloud services mean that institutions and learners can exploit existing knowledge to their mutual benefit. The TRAILER project facilitates this aim by providing a technological framework using cloud services, a workflow, and a methodology. The services facilitate the exchange of information and knowledge associated with informal learning activities ranging from the use of social software through widgets, computer gaming, and remote laboratory experiments. Data from these activities are shared among institutions, learners, and workers. The project demonstrates the possibility of gathering information related to informal learning activities independently of the con-text or tools used to carry them out.

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Section: Remote Labsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Informal learning recognition through a cloud ecosystem

García-Peñalvo

Johnson

Alves

et al. 2014

Future Generation Computer Systems

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“…Many remote online laboratory experiments have been reported in the literature recently (Trevelyan, 2003a). The development of these laboratories seems to be focused in engineering disciplines, particularly electrical, electronic and computer engineering disciplines Ma and Nickerson, 2006;Aktan et al, 1996;Ko et al, 2001;Borisov, 2008).…”

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“…Lindsay et al (2007) claimed that web-based remote access laboratories have been offered by universities in undergraduate engineering courses since 1996. This refers to the work of Aktan et al (1996) for control engineering laboratories in Oregon State University, USA. However, the work by these pioneers in the US might not be the first in the world because Trevelyan (2003a) started his telerobot for RALs with his colleagues in the University of Western Australia (UWA) in 1994 (Taylor and Trevelyan, 1995).…”

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confidence: 99%

Remote access laboratories in Australia and Europe

Ahfock

Yusaf

2011

European Journal of Engineering Education

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Remote access laboratories (RALs) were first developed in 1994 in Australia. The main purposes of developing them are to enable students to do their experiments at their own pace, time and locations, and to enable students and teaching staff to get access to facilities beyond their institutions. Currently, most of the experiments carried out through RALs are heavily biased to electrical, electronic and computer engineering disciplines. RALs in different Australian and European universities were mentioned and their pros and cons were also discussed. It can be argued that RALs will develop further and faster in the future with improving Internet technology; the rising costs of real experimental equipment will also speed up their development because by making the equipment remote accessible, the cost can be shared by more universities or institutions and this will improve their costeffectiveness. Their development would be particularly rapid in large counties with small population like Australia, Canada and Russia.

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“…6,7 Experiments based on DC motors 1,2 and inverted pendulums 6,8 have been identified to meet these goals for controls laboratory experiences.…”

Section: Pedagogical Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%