Remote laboratories for electronics and new steps in learning process integration

Wearable Technology in Education to Enhance Technical MOOCs

“…Moreover, in technical courses, the attendance of students in laboratories is necessary, and the theory must be practiced and conveyed through hands-on training [30]. In reflection with the online learning, where in this case we are referring to the development of technical MOOCs, few researchers suggested that the inclusion of the elements of virtual laboratories, remote laboratories, inperson laboratories or simulators can be considered as one of the options in implementing the theory-to-practice element in online courses [5], [13], [29]- [31].…”

“…A study conducted by Loro, et al [5] introduced the use of a remote laboratory in the MOOC platform. The authors explained that the remote laboratories are designed with a pedagogical purpose that holds an advantage compared to inperson laboratories, and most importantly is highly available for the users [5]. The study also integrated the use of a remote lab with UNED-COMA platform into MOOCs and measured the students' dropout rate at the end of the course.…”

“…The results of the study revealed that the use of the UNED-COME platform is not suitable to be integrated with remote laboratories in MOOC platform. This causes the students to have less access to the learning materials, which resulted in a high dropout rate [5].…”

“…As reported by MoocLab, up until the end of December 2017 there were more than 17,000 courses offered with more than 100,000,000 students enrolment from more than 800 universities, through 57 MOOC platforms and were adopted by more than 23 countries all over the world [4]. In addition, the learning environment offered by MOOC platform can support lifelong learning environment as it allows access to learning materials at any time and from anywhere [5]. The courses offered cover all education fields which can be categorized into technical courses particularly the science, technology, engineering, and Mathematics (the STEM fields); and non-technical courses particularly the humanities and social science fields.…”

“…However, for technical MOOCs, it involved significant challenges because technical MOOCs must able to offer practice-oriented learning in order for the MOOCs to be effective and engaging [5], [13], [22], [23]. In this context, few researchers suggested the inclusion of remote laboratory [5], [13] and wearable technology [24], [25] as an alternative to engaging the students more with the MOOCs. Given the exciting developments offered by wearable technology, researchers believed that wearable technology has enormous potential implication and benefits especially for augmentation reality environments in supporting education by some potential advantages.…”