Towards a Web-Based Study Support Environment to Improve Study Effectiveness in Teaching Automatic Control Courses

Control Learning: Present and Future

“…Technology alone can never be a solution, but in the hands of a knowledgeable teacher, appropriately designed technology can become a useful tool. The World Wide Web and other information technology cannot be a solution to educational needs unless the creative component is included (Copinga et al, 2000;Poindexter, et al, 1999).…”

“…Control education is typically a domain where WBS is successfully showing its potential and how current technology can support information sharing among large dispersed groups . The great flexibility and functionality in the dissemination of information and the efficient mechanism that it offers for integrating tools into a unique interface are the main reasons for using the Web concept with educational aims (Copinga et al, 2000).…”

Virtual and remote control labs using Java: a qualitative approach

“…The MATLAB Web Server software is similar to that of ActiveX [28]. Both solutions are suitable for environments with pseudo-online or batch simulations: the user reads an exercise in an HTML page, fills in a form with the parameters, sends it to the server, and the results are returned as data or graphics [29]; and if the student wants to carry out another experiment with new parameters, these actions must be repeated. Because the Web-based environment is based on dynamic and online simulations, the PERL-and CGI-based approaches have been rejected because of their slowness and static character.…”

Student‐configurable, Web‐accessible virtual systems for system dynamics and controls courses

“…Textbooks and chalkboards are not sufficient means for demonstrating the response of a dynamic system. Effective tools are necessary to ''demystify'' the application of abstract mathematical concepts through visualization of realistic examples [4].…”