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- Experimenting in PILAR Federation: a Common Path for the FuturePublication . Garcia-Loro, Felix; Macho, Alejandro; San Cristobal, Elio; Diaz, Gabriel; Castro, Manuel; Kulesza, Wlodek; Gustavsson, Ingvar; Nilsson, Kristian; Fidalgo, André; Alves, Gustavo R.; Marques, Maria Arcelina; Hernandez-Jayo, Unai; Garcia-Zubia, Javier; Kreiter, Christian; Oros, Ramona; Pester, Andreas; Garbi-Zutin, Danilo; Auer, Michael; Garcia- Hernandez, Carla; Tavio, Ricardo; Valtonen, Kati; Lehtikangas, ElinaThe PILAR (Platform Integration of Laboratories based on the Architecture of visiR) Erasmus Plus project started in September 2016 and will last three years. The core of the PILAR project is the VISIR remote laboratory —Virtual Instruments System In Reality—. The project aims for a federation of five of the existing VISIR nodes, sharing experiments, capacity and resources among partners, and to provide access to VISIR remote lab, through PILAR consortium, to students from other educational institutions. PILAR will be the framework from which management tasks will be performed and laboratories/experiments will be shared. PILAR will also foster the Special Interest Group of VISIR under the Global Online Laboratory Consortium (GOLC) of the International Association of Online Engineering (IAOE).
- New Scenarios and Trends in Nontraditional Laboratories From 2000 to 2020Publication . Fernandez, Ricardo Martins; Garcia-Loro, Felix; López-Rey, Africa; Meier, Russ; Castro, Manuel; Alves, GustavoFor educational institutions in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) areas, the provision of practical learning scenarios is, traditionally, a major concern. In the 21st century, the explosion of information and communication technology (ICTs), as well as the universalization of low-cost hardware, has allowed the proliferation of technical solutions for any field, in the case of experimentation, encouraging the emergence and proliferation of nontraditional experimentation platforms. This movement has resulted in enriched practical environments, with wider adaptability for both students and teachers. In this article, the evolution of scholar production has been analyzed at the global level from 2000 to 2020. Current and emerging experimentation scenarios have been identified, specifying the scope and boundaries between them.
- PILAR: a Federation of VISIR Remote Laboratory Systems for Educational Open ActivitiesPublication . Garcia-Loro, Felix; Cristobal, Elio San; Diaz, Gabriel; Macho, Alejandro; Baizan, Pablo; Blazquez, Manuel; Castro, Manuel; Plaza, Pedro; Orduna, Pablo; Auer, Michael; Kulesza, Wlodek; Gustavsson, Ingvar; Nilsson, Krostian; Fidalgo, André; Alves, Gustavo R.; Marques, Maria Arcelina; Hernandez-Jayo, Unai; Garcia-Zubia, Javier; Kreiter, Christian; Pester, Andreas; Garcia-Hernandez, Carla; Tavio, Ricardo; Valtonen, Kati; Lehtikangas, ElinaSocial demands have promoted an educational approach based on an “anywhere and anytime” premise. Remote laboratories have emerged as the answer to the demands of technical educational areas for adapting themselves to this scenario. The result has not only benefit distance learning students but has provided new learning scenarios both for teachers and students as well as allowing a flexible approach to experimental topics. However, as any other solution for providing practical scenarios (hands-on labs, virtual labs or simulators), remote labs face several constraints inherited from the subsystems of its deployment hardware (real instruments, equipment and scenario) and software (analog/digital conversions, communications, workbenches, etc.). This paper describes the Erasmus+ project Platform Integration of Laboratories based on the Architecture of visiR (PILAR) which deals with several units of the federation installed in different educational institutions and devoted to analog electronics and electrical circuits. Based on the limitations of remote labs, the need for the federation will be justified and its benefits will be described by taking advantage of its strengths. The challenges that have come up during the different stages and the different approaches to design are also going to be described and analyzed
- PILAR: Sharing VISIR Remote Labs Through a FederationPublication . Garcia-Loro, Felix; Cristobal, Elio San; Diaz, Gabriel; Castro, Manuel; Orduna, Pablo; Kulesza, Wlodek; Nilsson, Kristian; Fidalgo, André; Alves, Gustavo R.; Hernandez-Jayo, Unai; Garcia-Zubia, Javier; Kreiter, Christian; Pester, Andreas; Auer, Michael; Garcia, Carla; Tavio, Ricardo; Valtonen, Kati; Lehtikangas, ElinaSocial demands have promoted an educational approach based on an “anywhere and anytime” premise. Remote laboratories have emerged as the answer to the demands of technical educational areas for adapting themselves to this scenario. The result has not only benefit distance learning students but has provided new learning scenarios both for teachers and students as well as allowing a flexible approach to experimental topics. However, as any other solution for providing practical scenarios (hands-on labs, virtual labs or simulators), remote labs face several constraints inherited from the subsystems of its deployment -hardware (real instruments, equipment and scenario) and software (analog/digital conversions, communications, workbenches, etc.)-. This paper describes the Erasmus+ project Platform Integration of Laboratories based on the Architecture of visiR (PILAR) which deals with several units of the federation installed in different educational institutions and devoted to analog electronics and electrical circuits. Based on the limitations of remote labs, the need for the federation will be justified and its benefits will be described.
- Remote laboratory VISIR: recent advances, initiatives, federation, limitations and futurePublication . Garcia-Loro, Felix; Macho, Alejandro; Castro, Manuel; Alves, Gustavo R.; Marques, Maria Arcelina; Lima, Natércia; Rodriguez-Gil, Luis; Najimaldeen, Razwan; Fernandez, Ricardo MartinThis document reflects the contribution of a group of experts in the VISIR (Virtual Instrument Systems in Reality) remote lab, regarding recent advances, initiatives, federation, limitations and future. The methodology for gathering their opinion consisted of a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) analysis on VISIR, following three categories: Technical, Pedagogical and Educational. Major conclusions point to: (1) a need for new technical developments taking advantage of collaborative work; (2) a window of opportunity for expanding VISIR to other institutions, namely in developing countries; and (3) improving the interface for a better pedagogical experience, namely with better error feedback or the inclusion of a virtual tutor.
- Sharing educational experiences from in-person classroom to collaborative lab environmentsPublication . Pozzo, Maria Isabel; Dobboletta, Elsa; Fidalgo, André; Alves, Gustavo R.; Garcia-Loro, Felix; Sancristoba, Elio; Diaz, Gabriel; Castro, ManuelThis paper describes how the Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED) is currently sharing its educational experience on collaborative labs environments with an Argentinean University: the Santiago del Estero National University. This experience takes place within a wider framework provided by the VISIR+ project, which aims to define, implement and evaluate a set of educational modules following an Enquiry-based Teaching and Learning Methodology supported by the VISIR remote lab.
- Spreading remote lab usage: A system — A community — A FederationPublication . Alves, Gustavo R.; Fidalgo, André Vaz; Marques, Arcelina; Viegas, Clara; Felgueiras, Carlos; Costa, Ricardo; Lima, Natercia; Castro, Manuel; Diaz-Orueta, Gabriel; Ruiz, Elio San Cristobal; Garcia-Loro, Felix; Garcia-Zubia, Javier; Hernandez-Jayo, Unai; Kulesza, Wlodek; Gustavsson, Ingvar; Pester, Andreas; Zutin, Danilo; Schlichting, Luis; Ferreira, Golberi; Bona, Daniel Dezan de; Silva, Juarez B. da; Alves, Joao B.; Bilessimo, Simone; Pavani, Ana; Lima, Delberis; Temporao, Guilherme; Marchisio, Susana; Concari, Sonia; Lerro, Federico; Fernandez, Ruben; Paz, Hector; Soria, Fernando; Almeida, Nival; Oliveira, Vanderli de; Pozzo, Maria I.; Dobboletta, ElsaExperiments have been at the heart of scientific development and education for centuries. From the outburst of Information and Communication Technologies, virtual and remote labs have added to hands-on labs a new conception of practical experience, especially in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics education. This paper aims at describing the features of a remote lab named Virtual Instruments System in Reality, embedded in a community of practice and forming the spearhead of a federation of remote labs. More particularly, it discusses the advantages and disadvantages of remote labs over virtual labs as regards to scalability constraints and development and maintenance costs. Finally, it describes an actual implementation in an international community of practice of engineering schools forming the embryo of a first world wide federation of Virtual Instruments System in Reality nodes, under the framework of a project funded by the Erasmus+ Program.