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Experimentation is crucial in science teaching at any education level. Students' motivation and collaborative work are also essential in order to achieve positive learning outcomes. This article portrays the implementation of remote experimentation using VISIR in a Physics subject at high-school level. Qualitative and quantitative data were analyzed for this particular case study in order to shed...
This paper describes how a new Erasmus Plus project, PILAR, (Platform Integration of Laboratories based on the Architecture of visiR), is being developed and how the startup of the partnership and the project is reinforcing the VISIR (Virtual Instrument Systems in Reality) network and the Special Interest Group of VISIR under the Global Online Laboratory Consortium (GOLC) of the International Association...
With the advancement of technology and universities' aspiration to reach more students including students studying in distance mode, remote laboratories are gaining popularity and becoming a common feature of STEM programs. Remote laboratories make laboratory equipment more accessible to both on-campus and off-campus students. However, assistance to students experimenting outside the scheduled supervised...
This paper presents a scalable industrial plant which puts plug and label to bottles. It is controlled by a commercial programmable logic controller (PLC). To do that, the plant has two conveyor belts. The first one goes from the origin to the place where the plug is put to the bottle and the second one goes from that place to where the label is put (the end of the route). The element which puts the...
Teaching in laboratories plays an integral role in education. This includes both proximal as well as remote laboratories. The MOOC for Enhancing Laboratory Learning Outcomes (MELLO) is designed to assist educators at all levels, from school to university, to improve the quality of laboratory experiences in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education. Experienced educators seeking...
This paper presents an experimentation environment to perform automated experiments defined by the users on existing online laboratories. This environment is composed by Blockly, to define the experiments, and Google Charts, to analyze the outputs. The benefits that this tool offers to students, designers and teachers are explained through the paper. It can be used with any existing lab or simulation...
In this paper we show a new remote lab software architecture for Automatic Control Education. This architecture is based on Node.js and Easy Java/JavaScript Simulations, which make it lightweight and accessible from smart devices like smartphones or tablets. It is easily adaptable to different types of controllers and experiments, as the existing labs at the University Complutense of Madrid show.
Remote Access Laboratories (RALs) use computer-based platforms to deliver educational goals for engineering and scientific laboratories. To pursue more effective user interfaces, RAL can now be integrated with Augmented and Virtual Reality features to enhance users' interactions and control features. A Natural User Interface (NUI) is one way to implement advanced input methods to capture data from...
Distributed teaching of engineering subjects requires the accessibility of equipment and devices over the Internet The authors have developed an effective environment for remote renewable engineering laboratories and distance learning. This paper covers the background, methods, evaluation and analysis of remote laboratory model designed and implemented to consolidate data, video and audio feeds gathered...
By creating “an Internet of Laboratory Things” we have built a blend of real and virtual laboratory spaces that enables students to gain practical skills necessary for their professional science and engineering careers. All our students are distance learners. This provides them by default with the proving ground needed to develop their skills in remotely operating equipment, and collaborating with...
The paper contributes to the area of remote laboratories. It describes an implementation of a particular remote laboratory system and reviews its design and key features. The paper discusses several adopted technologies and the motivation behind their use. To emphasize the advantages of a modular remote laboratory application, the paper illustrates the process of adding a new remote experiment by...
In this paper, the main functionalities of a WEB Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) Simulator for programming in Structure Text (ST) language, in the context of industrial automation and control, are presented. The available ST identifiers, expressions and statements are described, and some code examples are given. The simulator provides digital input/output channels, analog input/output channels...
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