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- A 360º overview of the VISIR remote laboratory in a handbookPublication . García-Zubía, Javier; Hernandez-Jayo, Unai; Alves, GustavoThe Virtual Instrument Systems In Reality (VISIR) remote laboratory was considered the best remote laboratory in the world, by the Global Online Laboratory Consortium (GOLC), in 2015. The first operational version of the VISIR remote laboratory was deployed in 2001. It was designed by Ingvar Gus tavsson, with the collaboration of Kristian Nilsson and Johan Zackrisson. Since then, VISIR has been deployed 21 times, in 19 universities, in 14 countries, on five continents. Because of it, there is a very powerful user community that serves thousands of students and is articulated around the VISIR Special Interest Group (SIG) and the VISIR Federation. However, this community of users does not have a unique document that integrates all the knowledge created and needed by the group. This paper describes the first handbook fully dedicated to the VISIR re mote laboratory, aimed at closing that gap.
- Dashboard for the VISIR remote labPublication . Garcia-Zubia, Javier; Cuadros, Jordi; Serrano, Vanessa; Hernandez-Jayo, Unai; Angulo-Martinez, Ignacio; Villar, Aitor; Orduna, Pablo; Alves, Gustavo R.The VISIR dashboard (VISIR-DB) is a learning analytics tool connected with the VISIR remote lab. In VISIR, every action performed by a student from the interface over the remote laboratory and back is logged and recorded. VISIR-DB helps visualizing, in a fast and deep way, the recorded logs from this communication. Using this tool, a teacher can analyze and understand better how the students are using the remote lab during their learning process on analog electronics. With this information, the VISIR platform can be improved and the use of remote labs can be better understood.
- 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).
- A Federation of VISIR remote laboratories through the PILAR ProjectPublication . Kulesza, W.; Gustavsson, I.; Marques, A.; Fidalgo, André; Alves, Gustavo R.; Hernandez-Jayo, Unai; Garcia-Zubia, J.; Kreiter, C.; Oros, R.G.; Pester, A.; Garbi-Zutin, D.; Auer, M.; Garcia-Hernandez, C.; Tavio, R.; Valtonen, K.; Garcia-Loro, F.; Macho, A.; Sancristobal, E.; Diaz, G.; Castro, M.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 of Online Engineering (IAOE). The Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED) coordinates the project that aims to federate the existing (or new) VISIR systems in order to use the resources more effectively and in a more efficient way, making transparent to the final user the election of the shared resources.
- A framework for interpreting experimental errors in VISIRPublication . Garcia-Zubia, Javier; Alves, Gustavo R.; Hernandez-Jayo, Unai; Cuadros, Jordi; Serrano, Vanessa; Fidalgo, AndréStudents usually do errors while performing experiments. In traditional, hands-on labs, instructors are able to help students surpass those errors. In non-traditional labs, like virtual labs or simulations, the support is usually provided by built-in mechanisms that prevent erroneous actions or that provide some sort of online assistance. In remote labs, like the Virtual Instruments Systems in Reality (VISIR) remote lab, the same principle applies. This paper describes the very initial stage of a framework for interpreting experimental errors done in VISIR. It considers the course syllabus of electrical circuits and situates the work done till the moment, in relation to that syllabus. Future work is also addressed.
- Improving the use of remote laboratories. The case of VISIR at Universidad Nacional de RosarioPublication . Lerro, Federico; Marchisio, Susana Teresa; Beatriz Concari, Sonia; Plano, Miguel Angel; Merendino, Claudio; de Arregui, Gaston Saez; Garcia-Zubia, Javier; Hernandez-Jayo, Unai; Alves, Gustavo R.The present work originates in the Project "Educational Modules for Electric and Electronic Circuits Theory and Practice following an Inquiry-based Teaching and Learning Methodology supported by VISIR", carried out with the support of the Erasmus+ Programme. Remote labs can provide a framework where physical experiments can be developed for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education. Although remote labs have been in use for over a decade now in several countries and levels of education, their use is not yet being generalized in Latin America. Through the VISIR+ International Cooperation Project from the Erasmus+ Programme, five higher education institutions from Latin America have incorporated de VISIR remote lab in order to carry out experiments with electric and electronic circuits. In the present work, the results of the study developed at Universidad Nacional de Rosario within the framework of the aforementioned project are shown.
- 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: Plataforma de federación de laboratorios remotos VISIR de electrónica analógicaPublication . Hernandez-Jayo, Unai; Garcia-Zubia, Javier; Castro, Manuel; Garcia Loro, Felix; Valtonen, Kati; San Cristobal, Elio; Díaz Orueta, Gabriel; Macho, Alejandro; Alves, Gustavo R.; Fidalgo, André; Marques, Maria Arcelina; Pester, Andreas; Kreiter, Christian; Ursutiu, Doru; Garcia, CarlaResumen—Los laboratorios remotos son ya una herramienta de enseñanza/aprendizaje en diferentes campos de la ingeniería y de la ciencia. El laboratorio remoto VISIR es un ejemplo paradigmático de esta nueva metodología en el campo de la electrónica analógica ya que el alumno puede montar y medir circuitos reales de un modo satisfactorio. En la actualidad en Europa hay cinco instancias desplegadas y activas de VISIR y en Sudamérica hay 5 más, cada una de ellas ofrece distintos circuitos eléctricos y electrónicos de manera que el usuario debe saber dónde está desplegado el circuito que él quiere montar y desplegar para poder acceder a él, lo que es una clara limitación. La solución al problema pasa por federar dicho grupo de laboratorios remotos
- 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.
- 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.