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- Institutional factors governing the deployment of remote experiments: lessons from the rexnet projectPublication . Hine, Nick; Alves, Gustavo R.; Erbe, Heinz-H; Muller, Dieter; Alves, J. B. M.; Pereira, C.; Ferreira, José M.; Sucar, Enrique; Herrera, Oriel; Chiang, Luciano; Garcia-Zúbia, JavierRemote labs offer many unique advantages to students as they provide opportunities to access experiments and learning scenarios that would be otherwise unavailable. At the same time, however, these opportunities introduce real challenges to the institutions hosting the remote labs. This paper draws on the experiences of the REXNET project consortium to expose a number of these issues as a means of furthering the debate on the value of remote labs and the best practices in deploying them. The paper presents a brief outline of the various types of remote lab scenarios that might be deployed. It then describes the key human and technological actors that have an interest in or are intrinsic to a remote lab instance, with a description of the role of each actor and their interest. Some relationships between these various actors are then discussed with some factors that might influence those relationships. Finally some general issues are briefly described.
- Remote experimentation network - yielding an inter-university peer-to-peer e-servicePublication . Alves, Gustavo R.; Ferreira, José M.; Muller, Dieter; Erbe, Heinz-H; Hine, Nick; Alves, J. B. M.; Pereira, Carlos E.; Chiang, Luciano; Herrera, Oriel; Sucar, EnriqueThe goal of this paper is to discuss the benefits and challenges of yielding an inter-continental network of remote laboratories supported and used by both European and Latin American Institutions of Higher Education. Since remote experimentation, understood as the ability to carry out real-world experiments through a simple Web browser, is already a proven solution for the educational community as a supplement to on-site practical lab work (and in some cases, namely for distance learning courses, a replacement to that work), the purpose is not to discuss its technical, pedagogical, or economical strengths, but rather to raise and try to answer some questions about the underlying benefits and challenges of establishing a peer-to-peer network of remote labs. Ultimately, we regard such a network as a constructive mechanism to help students gain the working and social skills often valued by multinational/global companies, while also providing awareness of local cultural aspects.
- Remote lab experiments: opening possibilities for distance learning in engineering fieldsPublication . Herrera, Oriel; Alves, Gustavo R.; Fuller, David; Aldunate, Roberto G.Remote experimentation laboratories are systems based on real equipment, allowing students to perform practical work through a computer connected to the internet. In engineering fields lab activities play a fundamental role. Distance learning has not demonstrated good results in engineering fields because traditional lab activities cannot be covered by this paradigm. These activities can be set for one or for a group of students who work from different locations. All these configurations lead to considering a flexible model that covers all possibilities (for an individual or a group). An inter-continental network of remote laboratories supported by both European and Latin American institutions of higher education has been formed. In this network context, a learning collaborative model for students working from different locations has been defined. The first considerations are presented.