A Network of Automatic Control Web-Based Laboratories

This article presents an innovative project in the context of remote experimentation applied to control engineering education. Specifically, the authors describe their experience regarding the analysis, design, development, and exploitation of web-based technologies within the scope of automatic con...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on learning technologies 2011-07, Vol.4 (3), p.197-208
Main Authors: Vargas, H., Sanchez Moreno, Jose, Jara, C. A., Candelas, F. A., Torres, F., Dormido, S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Automatic control
Automation
Client Server Architecture
College Instruction
College Students
Computer Simulation
Computer Software Evaluation
Distance Education
distance learning
Distributed system
Educational institutions
Engineering Education
Experimentation
Experiments
Foreign Countries
Graphical user interfaces
Instructional Effectiveness
Integrated Learning Systems
Intercollegiate Cooperation
Internet
Laboratories
Laboratory Experiments
Learning
Learning Management Systems
Management Systems
Perception
process control
Questionnaires
remote laboratory
Robotics
Robots
Scheduling
Science Laboratories
Servers
Spain
Student Attitudes
Universities
Use Studies
Web Based Instruction
World Wide Web
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Summary:This article presents an innovative project in the context of remote experimentation applied to control engineering education. Specifically, the authors describe their experience regarding the analysis, design, development, and exploitation of web-based technologies within the scope of automatic control. This work is part of an inter-university project known as AutomatL@bs, in which seven Spanish universities joined efforts to share their experimentation resources across the Internet. The paper begins by providing a background of how the development of virtual and remote control labs with pedagogical perspectives should be addressed. In particular, we present examples of remote labs developed by two of the university groups taking part in AutomatL@bs. We then present the automatic booking system that manages the access of users to each laboratory's didactical setup. Next, we show the integration process of every component into a Learning Management System (LMS). Finally, an overall system assessment of the students' perception of the quality of the experimental environment as a learning tool is analyzed.
ISSN:1939-1382
1939-1382
2372-0050
DOI:10.1109/TLT.2010.35