Remote Laboratories: Design of Experiments and Their Web Implementation

This paper discusses the technical considerations and pedagogical issues that influence the design and classification of hardware-based experiments and their implementation in an internet-based remote laboratory environment for technical education. The necessary architecture to maintain academic int...

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Published inEducational technology & society Vol. 16; no. 3; pp. 220 - 233
Main Authors Maiti, Ananda, Tripathy, Balakrushna
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Palmerston North International Forum of Educational Technology & Society 01.07.2013
Subjects
Architecture
CAI
Computer assisted instruction
Design engineering
Design of experiments
Distance learning
Educational aspects
Educational technology
Electrical engineering
Environmental laboratories
Experiment design
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Hardware
Internet
Laboratories
Laboratory schools
Learning laboratories
Management
Multimedia
Network servers
On-line systems
Protocol (computers)
Teachers
Technical education
Technology
Technology application
Web servers
Web services
World Wide Web
United States
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Summary:This paper discusses the technical considerations and pedagogical issues that influence the design and classification of hardware-based experiments and their implementation in an internet-based remote laboratory environment for technical education. The necessary architecture to maintain academic integrity and imparting quality laboratory education via remote laboratories involving the instructor, faculty, and the students has been discussed. Online laboratory teaching and learning may be augmented by adding voice/multimedia protocols for teacher-student interaction. Pedagogical issues conducive for online laboratory instructions incorporating effective remote learning facilities that mimic the face-to-face interaction in conventional laboratory have been discussed. An online remote laboratory management system ensuring quality of service, security, automated laboratory report evaluation, and monitoring of student progress has been proposed. The main contribution of this paper is to develop a reference model which may help the educators and hardware-based laboratory module developers for electrical engineering disciplines.
ISSN:1176-3647
1436-4522
1436-4522