J. M. Neto, R. Marcelino, C. Pereira, V. Gruber, J. B. Silva, S. Paladini
{"title":"Remote educational experiment applied to electrical engineering","authors":"J. M. Neto, R. Marcelino, C. Pereira, V. Gruber, J. B. Silva, S. Paladini","doi":"10.3991/ijoe.v9i1.2298","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3991/ijoe.v9i1.2298","url":null,"abstract":"This article presents the development of an architecture for a remote educational experiment concerning the speed control applied to a direct current motor. The proposed architecture is based on the use of an Arduino Uno and Ethernet Shield, whose function is to interface between the experiment and the Internet. The user can access the control experiment through an application developed in Java, which allows the students to choose the model of the controller (P, PI and PID) they want to study, change its parameters and the system response visualization through graphics and webcam. Results show the potential of the application of such architecture to remote experimentation context concerning engineering, mainly to the specific area of control systems.","PeriodicalId":166546,"journal":{"name":"2012 9th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV)","volume":"54 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132948548","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"OpenModelica based remote control of thermo-optical plant","authors":"L. Szolik, K. Žáková","doi":"10.1109/REV.2012.6293167","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/REV.2012.6293167","url":null,"abstract":"The paper deals with the web-based implementation of the thermo-optical plant control. The control of the plant is based on the open-source Modelica-based modeling and simulation environment OpenModelica which originally is not designed for web-based applications. The paper shows one possible way how to circumvent this limitation.","PeriodicalId":166546,"journal":{"name":"2012 9th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV)","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133546116","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Laboratory lesson plans: Opportunities created by remote laboratories","authors":"D. Lowe, G. Bharathy, B. Stumpers, H. Yeung","doi":"10.1109/REV.2012.6293111","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/REV.2012.6293111","url":null,"abstract":"Over the last decade remote laboratories have emerged as valuable educational resources, providing the potential for improved educational outcomes, student flexibility, richer laboratory experiences, and cross-institutional resource sharing. While there has been increasing attention given to the pedagogy that underpins the use of remote labs, the focus on the design of the lessons that take advantage of remote laboratories has been much more limited. In this paper it is argued that remote laboratories provide an exciting opportunity to provide system-supported adaptation. In particular, because the interactions with the equipment are now mediated through software, it becomes possible to monitor these interactions, as well as the state of the apparatus, and use this to provide guidance to the student. The paper discusses the opportunities that are created, the requirements this places on the design of remote laboratory systems, and preliminary work on implementing such a system that has highlighted potential challenges.","PeriodicalId":166546,"journal":{"name":"2012 9th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129357441","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
F. Lerro, S. Marchisio, S. Martini, H. Massacesi, E. Perretta, A. Giménez, N. Aimetti, J. I. Oshiro
{"title":"Integration of an e-learning platform and a remote laboratory for the experimental training at distance in engineering education","authors":"F. Lerro, S. Marchisio, S. Martini, H. Massacesi, E. Perretta, A. Giménez, N. Aimetti, J. I. Oshiro","doi":"10.1109/REV.2012.6293119","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/REV.2012.6293119","url":null,"abstract":"Nowadays, it is more common to use both systems, a Learning Management System (LMS) and a remote laboratory, independently. However, we understand it is highly convenient for the students to have access and perform real experimental practices in remote laboratories from a LMS. This integration of both educational resources constitutes one objective of a project developed by a joint venture company-university: a technology company (“educativa”) and a public university (UNR). The project is based on the addition to the “Virtual Campus LMS”, developed by “e-ducativa”, of a function that allows the access and control, via Internet, to the “Remote Laboratory of Electronic Physics” located in the university headquarters. Technology is basically a self-communication protocol that allows exchanging data in a standardized way between the LMS software and the device control connected to the remote equipment. The project includes the implementation of an interface that allows the users of the e-learning platform to have access to it and to future developments of remote laboratories. In this paper the authors describe the technical implementation of the project and provide educational criteria in order to integrate the new development into the electronic engineering curriculum.","PeriodicalId":166546,"journal":{"name":"2012 9th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV)","volume":"72 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127359193","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Using E-Portfolios to support experiential learning and open the use of tele-operated laboratories for mobile devices","authors":"D. May, C. Terkowsky, T. Haertel, C. Pleul","doi":"10.1109/REV.2012.6293126","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/REV.2012.6293126","url":null,"abstract":"The use of laboratories in Engineering Education at universities is an adequate opportunity to implement experiential and research based learning - e.g. in material sciences. Within these laboratories the students have the chance to do own experiments and by that gain own experiences in their learning processes. Recently finished research projects - e.g. like the PeTEX project done by universities in Dortmund (Germany), Palermo (Italy) and Stockholm (Sweden) - implemented an opportunity to do experiential learning by using real laboratory equipment without being physically in the laboratory but having access via the internet. For a couple of reasons this makes sense, for example because limited equipment resources or the high costs of this equipment. Trying to implement experiential learning by the use of these remote laboratories gives the opportunity to the students to do some kind of own research. The question in this context - and for this question we will give a first answer in this paper - is how students could document their own learning process on the one hand and how the teacher can guide the student through this process on the other hand. One possible solution can be seen in the use of e-portfolios. With this e-portfolios the student can document and show to others, what he has been doing. The next step is making the e-portfolio software available for mobile devices so that the student has access from virtually everywhere and every time. With this work in progress paper we show what kind of role e-portfolios can play in the learning process and which kind of scenarios are possible using the software on mobile devices. Furthermore, we show that the combination of experiential learning and the use of e-portfolios offer a great potential to promote the learners' creativity.","PeriodicalId":166546,"journal":{"name":"2012 9th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129289923","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T. Andrade, M. Quintas, C. M. Silva, M. T. Restivo, M. F. Chouzal, T. M. Amaral
{"title":"Virtual instrumentation for a new health care device","authors":"T. Andrade, M. Quintas, C. M. Silva, M. T. Restivo, M. F. Chouzal, T. M. Amaral","doi":"10.1109/REV.2012.6293181","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/REV.2012.6293181","url":null,"abstract":"Nowadays, the assessment of body composition by estimating the percentage of body fat has a great impact in many fields such as nutrition, health, sports, chronic diseases and others. The main purpose for this work is to demonstrate the development of a Virtual Instrument that permits more effective assessment of body fat, automatic data processing, recording results and storage in a database, with high potential to conduct new studies.","PeriodicalId":166546,"journal":{"name":"2012 9th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV)","volume":"87 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121564224","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ontology: A support structure for a v-labs network, the euronet - lab","authors":"R. C. Correia, J. Fonseca, A. Donnellan","doi":"10.1109/REV.2012.6293141","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/REV.2012.6293141","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents work on the establishment of a virtual laboratories network, based on the concept of Virtual Closet that will contain all the elements and parts required to build the different experiences available in a v-labs network (that we call Euronet-Lab).","PeriodicalId":166546,"journal":{"name":"2012 9th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV)","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126301588","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. Orduña, L. Rodríguez-Gil, I. Angulo, O. Dziabenko, D. López-de-Ipiña, J. García-Zubía
{"title":"Exploring students collaboration in remote laboratory infrastructures","authors":"P. Orduña, L. Rodríguez-Gil, I. Angulo, O. Dziabenko, D. López-de-Ipiña, J. García-Zubía","doi":"10.1109/REV.2012.6293159","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/REV.2012.6293159","url":null,"abstract":"Educational remote laboratories are a software and hardware tool that allows students to remotely access real equipment located in the university as if they were in a hands-on-lab session. Since the equipment used by students is real, it has associated costs: laboratory development, hardware used and maintenance costs. Given the remote nature of the remote laboratories, institutions can share these costs by sharing the access to the laboratories. In order to reduce the associated development and maintenance costs, as well as to reduce the overall costs by managing the sharing of laboratories in different institutions, software infrastructures and toolkits have arisen, such as the MIT iLab project, the Labshare Sahara project, or WebLab-Deusto. However, a particular feature seamlessly present on hands-on-lab sessions but not often present in remote laboratories sessions is direct collaboration among students. While collaboration at a particular laboratory level is generally supported -or can easily be implemented-, some features of remote laboratory management systems such as load balancing or federation might enter in conflict with collaboration. This paper is focused on discussing levels of adoption of collaboration in these remote laboratory management systems.","PeriodicalId":166546,"journal":{"name":"2012 9th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV)","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116769632","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Samoilă, D. Ursuțiu, P. Cotfas, D. Cotfas, A. Stefan
{"title":"Quantitative approaches in remote experiment design","authors":"C. Samoilă, D. Ursuțiu, P. Cotfas, D. Cotfas, A. Stefan","doi":"10.1109/REV.2012.6293183","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/REV.2012.6293183","url":null,"abstract":"The paper presents the Keppel method allowing investigators to interact with design and analysis of new remote experiments using quantitative criteria. In fact it is a presentation of analysis of variance procedures to appreciate the knowledge contained in one remote laboratory work and if this content will determine treatment effects in learner behavior.","PeriodicalId":166546,"journal":{"name":"2012 9th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV)","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114563406","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
F. Schauer, Ž. Gerhátová, M. Ozvoldova, P. Čerňanský, L. Tkác
{"title":"Electrochemistry remote experiment - galvanic cell - II","authors":"F. Schauer, Ž. Gerhátová, M. Ozvoldova, P. Čerňanský, L. Tkác","doi":"10.1109/REV.2012.6293184","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/REV.2012.6293184","url":null,"abstract":"The paper is a free continuation of the paper presented at the REV 2009 conference, where we reported about remote experiment “Electrochemical cell characterization - is it a start of remote experiments in chemistry education?”. As a matter of fact it was meant as a small spur to the chemistry instructors to inspire them to build remote experiments, which are scarce in literature even now after three years. We want to present the continuation to the 2009 talk, showing what may be gained from a chemical remote experiment data, which wealth of information it may bring if properly used. We show how the experiment Electrochemical cell with controlled change of the electrolyte concentration and simultaneous measurement of electromotive force and electrolyte conductivity provides the possibility for the elucidation of the electrolyte conductivity, decision about strong/weak electrolytes, ions mobility and the study of Fermi level of various metals and reaction constant (http://remotelab2.truni.sk ). In the paper we want to use the experience gained in the meantime with the experiment Electrochemical cell and show all the possibility it offers. Paper may serve for inspiration to build, using ISES system, similar experiments for chemistry education.","PeriodicalId":166546,"journal":{"name":"2012 9th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV)","volume":"141 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124472522","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}