A Methodology to Obtain Learning Effective Laboratories with Learning Management System Integration

Online laboratories are useful and valuable resources in high education, especially in engineering studies. This work presents a methodology to create effective laboratories for learning that interact with a Learning Management System (LMS) to achieve advanced integration. It is based on pedagogical...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on learning technologies 2016-10, Vol.9 (4), p.391-399
Main Authors: Ruano, Ildefonso, Gamez, Javier, Dormido, Sebastian, Gomez, Juan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Case Studies
College Students
Colleges & universities
Computer Assisted Instruction
Computer Simulation
Computer Software
control engineering education
Course Evaluation
education technology
Electronic learning
Engineering Education
Foreign Countries
Graphical user interfaces
Laboratories
Learning
Learning Management Systems
Lesson Plans
Management Systems
Methodology
On-line systems
Online services
Resource management
Shared Resources and Services
Software development
Student Attitudes
Student Evaluation
students experiments
Teaching Methods
Web Based Instruction
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Summary:Online laboratories are useful and valuable resources in high education, especially in engineering studies. This work presents a methodology to create effective laboratories for learning that interact with a Learning Management System (LMS) to achieve advanced integration. It is based on pedagogical aspects and considers not only the laboratory application itself but also related resources that complement it. The methodology is flexible, covers all possible cases, and it is structured in stages that can be used with any system architecture, standards, or type of online laboratory (virtual, remote, or hybrid) because it abstracts technical aspects at a high level. This methodology facilitates the creation of new online labs so that any teacher, even those without specialized knowledge, can clarify many of the questions that may arise and gain understanding of how to implement an effective online laboratory with LMS integration to assist learning. As an example and validation of the methodology, this work describes a laboratory developed as a Shared Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) package which is hosted in the institutional LMS at the University of Jaen. The laboratory was presented to 338 students taking an Industrial Automation class, and student evaluations were quite positive.
ISSN:1939-1382
1939-1382
2372-0050
DOI:10.1109/TLT.2016.2594771