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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).
- 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.
- A roadmap for the VISIR remote labPublication . Alves, Gustavo R.; Marques, Maria Arcelina; Fidalgo, André; García-Zubía, Javier; Castro, Manuel; Hernández-Jayo, Unai; García-Loro, Felix; Kreiter, ChristianThis article proposes a roadmap for the VISIR remote laboratory based on a SWOT analysis performed by fifteen experts, with large experience on VISIR deployment, and their perceptions in three categories: Technical, Pedagogical and Educational. The resulting VISIR roadmap was obtained considering an underlying strategy based on a RAKID model. The major resulting insights address the user interface as the most evident strength in the Pedagogical category, while the major weakness is matrix limitations in the Technical category. At the same time, this weakness is somewhat related to major opportunities identified as ‘new developments’ also, in the Pedagogical category. The major Educational category aspects arise as threats and are related to ICT availability, an issue not directly controlled by the VISIR community, but by institutional practices and policies. The proposed roadmap and its guidelines establish a sustainable strategy and framework to support the future of VISIR and enlarging its community.
- The VISIR+ Project – Preliminary results of the training actionsPublication . Viegas, Clara; Alves, Gustavo R.; Marques, Maria A.; Lima, Natercia; Felgueiras, Carlos; Costa, Ricardo J.; Fidalgo, André Vaz; Pozzo, María I.; Dobboletta, Elsa; García-Zubía, Javier; Hernández-Jayo, Unai; Castro, Manuel; Loro, Felix G.; Zutin, Danilo; Kreiter, ChristianExperimental competences allow engineering students to consolidate knowledge and skills. Remote labs are a powerful tool to aid students in those developments. The VISIR remote lab was considered the best remote lab in the world in 2015. The VISIR+ project main goal is to spread VISIR usage in Brazil and Argentina, providing technical and didactical sup- port. This paper presents an analysis of the already prosecuted actions regarding this project and an assessment of their impact in terms of conditioning factors. The overall outcomes are highly positive since, in each Latin American Higher Education Institution, all training actions were successful, the first didactical implementations were designed and ongoing in the current semester. In some cases, instead of one foreseen implementation, there are several. The most statistically conditioning factors which affected the outcomes were the pre-experience with re- mote labs, the pre-experience with VISIR and the training actions duration. The teachers’ per- ceptions that most conditioned their enrollment in implementing VISIR in their courses were related to their consciousness of the VISIR effectiveness to teach and learn. The lack of time to practice and discuss their doubts and the fulfillment of their expectations in the training actions, also affected how comfortable in modifying their course curricula teachers were.
- Una Federación de Laboratorios Remotos VISIR a través del Proyecto PILARPublication . Kulesza, Wlodek J.; Gustavsson, Ingvar; Marques, M. Arcelina; Alves, Gustavo R.; Fidalgo, André V.; Hernandéz-Jayo, Unai; García-Zubía, Javier; Kreiter, Christian; Oros, Ramona; Pester, Andreas; Zutin, Danilo G.; Auer, Michael E.; García-Hernandéz, Carla; Tavío-Gallo, Ricardo; Savela, Marjo; García-Loro, Felix; Aroca, Alejandro M.; Cristobal-Ruiz, Elio San; Díaz, GabrielEste documento describe cómo un nuevo proyecto Erasmus+, PILAR (Plataform Integration of Laboratories base don the Architecture of visiR), está siendo desarrollado y cómo la puesta en marcha del partenariado y del proyecto está reforzando la red VISIR (Virtual Instrument Systems in Reality) y el Grupo de Interés Especial de VISIR bajo el Consorcio de Laboratorios online (GOLC - Global Online Laboratory Consortium) de la Asociación Internacional de Ingeniería Online (IAOE - International Association of Online Engineering. La Universidad Española para la Educación a Distancia (UNED) coordina este proyecto que tiene como objetivo federar los sistemas existentes (o nuevos) con el fin de utilizar los recursos de manera más efectiva y eficiente, haciendo transparente para el usuario final la elección de los recursos compartidos.
- VISIR federation: Initial building steps (PILAR experience – work in progress)Publication . Oros, Ramona; Pester, Andreas; Kreiter, Christian; Castro, Manuel; Fidalgo, André; Alves, Gustavo R.; Gustavsson, IngvarCollaborative working as well as sharing resources and knowledge represent key points in today's development in all fields, including education. Know-how transfer and collaboration in learning and teaching are aspects promoted and sustained by institutional management as well as the European initiatives. Thus, leading to the idea of a federation which will facilitate engineering education. A consortium formed by five European universities decided to join efforts to provide to the community a federation, which could be used by different stakeholders interest in teaching, learning or developing new skills in the field of electronics. The proposed remote system, Virtual Instruments System in Reality, or VISIR in short, offers the possibility of working with real equipment and obtain the real-world/ real-time measurements. By developing such a VISIR federation some of the constraints of using remote labs, the ones associated with development and maintenance costs, and scalability, will be minimized.