Virtual Laboratories - an Innovative Concept in Teaching of Electrical Engineering

Abstract

Lack of equipment or financials for founding the laboratories often hinders the proper execution of laboratory exercises that are mandatory part in every curriculum of electrical engineering. Therefore the virtual laboratories are used as a supplement or replacement of physical laboratories providing the necessary experimental skills for students of electrical engineering. Paper presents two virtual laboratories aimed for analysis of electrical circuits and testing of electrical machines via web platforms. Both laboratories allow students to become familiar with instrumentation, setting of the laboratory measurement circuit and analysis of the obtained results. The advantages and the drawbacks of the both laboratories are described.