Using remote labs to serve different teacher's needs A case study with VISIR and RemotElectLab

Fidalgo, André; Alves, Gustavo R.; Marques, Arcelina; Viegas, Clara; Costa-Lobo, Cristina; Hernández, Unai; García-Zubía, Javier; Gustavsson, Ingvar

doi:10.1109/rev.2012.6293149

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“…These studies, and other previous work in the area [21]- [23], indicate that student satisfaction improves when teachers are experienced with VISIR, the documentation and support materials (e.g., help files, videos) are adequate, and/or the tools are properly explained. Usability issues vary with time and local conditions.…”

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How Remote Labs Impact on Course Outcomes: Various Practices Using VISIR

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As technology is increasingly being seen as a facilitator to learning, open remote laboratories are increasingly available and in widespread use around the world. They provide some advantages over traditional hands-on labs or simulations. This paper presents the results of integrating the open remote laboratory VISIR into several courses, in various contexts and using various methodologies. These integrations, all related to higher education engineering, were designed by teachers with different perspectives to achieve a range of learning outcomes. The degree to which these VISIR-related outcomes were accomplished is discussed. The results reflect the levels of student engagement and learning and of teacher involvement. From the analysis, a connection between these two aspects was traced, although only related to the user profiles. VISIR is shown to be always of benefit for more motivated students, but this benefit can be maximized under particular conditions and characteristics.

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How Remote Labs Impact on Course Outcomes: Various Practices Using VISIR

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“…In general, VISIR has proved to be an effective educational tool, regularly serving thousands of university students around the world [35] [36]. In addition, it is also used by students from secondary schools [34], helping them to complete their experiments remotely [37].…”

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Using UML Models to Describe the VISIR System

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Abstract-Analysis and design are important phases in the system development lifecycle. In these phases, developers record information necessary for properly understanding the nature of the systems under consideration.We consider a particular type of system, named Remote Lab that allows both teachers and students to perform real experiments over the internet and we focus on Virtual Instrument Systems in Reality (VISIR).We describe a summarized web interface of VISIR using the Unified Modeling Language (UML). Our case study aims at identifying the requirements of VISIR and at creating a set of UML diagrams that succinctly provide enough information to both developers and users so that they acquire enough information for building a general understanding of it.Additionally, we provide elements for extending UML to better support further user interface development in VISIR.

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“…Several of these institutions have presented technical and pedagogical conclusions concerning the operational use of VISIR laboratories [11] [12] [13]. The VISIR pedagogical aspects were thoughtfully analyzed from the students' point of view and the available results [14] show that VISIR is a useful tool which students consider to enhance their learning process. Student surveys give consistently good marks on all evaluation criteria but, like any computer tool, its acceptance is better when properly supported.…”

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Remote experimentation using mobile devices

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2013 1st International Conference of the Portuguese Society for Engineering Education (CISPEE)

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In this paper we discuss the access to remote laboratorial experiments using tablet and smartphones in education at several levels of education, focusing on physics and electronics courses. The didactic experiments integration should provide the students a new way to interact with the experimental equipment using a simple and dynamic interface, through their own mobile devices. This feature is well suited to the concept of remote experimentation, which precisely seeks to provide access to real experiments by alternative means, with users being able to access them anywhere and at anytime. We discuss the mobile learning (m-learning) concept and present proposals to be applied in high school education, benefiting from ongoing development and practical experience of two remote lab systems, namely the RExMobile application and the VISIR weblab. Both environments are presently being made available using HTML5, and CSS3 in order to support educational activities, while being compatible with different mobile devices and operating systems, such as Android, iOS, Windows Phone and others. As mobile devices are being increasingly used both in Brazil and Europe, its use in educational activities becomes a natural consequence that can provide considerable advantages. This paper discusses the problems and opportunities in this area and shares some insights from the common experience with two somewhat different teaching systems.

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Using remote labs to serve different teacher's needs A case study with VISIR and RemotElectLab

Cited by 18 publications

References 5 publications

How Remote Labs Impact on Course Outcomes: Various Practices Using VISIR

How Remote Labs Impact on Course Outcomes: Various Practices Using VISIR

Using UML Models to Describe the VISIR System

Remote experimentation using mobile devices

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