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- Acerca de la eficacia de VISIR como recurso en temas de electrónica circuital en ArgentinaPublication . Marchisio, Susana; Lerro, Federico; Merendino, Claudio; Plano, Miguel; Concari, Sonia B.; Arguedas, Carlos; García-Zubía, Javier; Hernández-Jayo, Unai; Alves, Gustavo R.“Virtual Instruments System in Reality” (VISIR) es una plataforma laboratorio de acceso remoto desarrollada en el Departamento de Ingeniería Electrónica del Instituto de Tecnología de Blekinge (BTH), Suecia. VISIR ha sido empleada y evaluada en varios países e instituciones en el mundo, reportándose en la bibliografía que la misma facilita el logro de resultados de aprendizaje en temas de electrónica analógica. El primer uso intensivo de VISIR por estudiantes en la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Ingeniería y Agrimensura (FCEIA), Universidad Nacional de Rosario (UNR) data de 2016. Dicha experiencia se llevó a cabo en la forma de caso de estudio en una asignatura de Ingeniería Electrónica (IE) que constituye el primer acercamiento a la electrónica de dispositivos y circuitos. El empleo de VISIR en el contexto curricular se propuso en forma complementaria al laboratorio tradicional, para la realización de una actividad de integración cuya solución requería del cálculo matemático y de la experimentación remota. Finalizada la experiencia se recabaron datos cuantitativos y cualitativos con el objetivo de evaluar la misma. En este trabajo se informan resultados que focalizan en la valoración por estudiantes y docentes de la eficacia de VISIR como recurso de aprendizaje en temas introductorios de la electrónica circuital.
- Active learning of DC circuits: spreading the use of the VISIR remote lab in ArgentinaPublication . Evangelista, Ignacio; Cadierno, Matías; Farina, Juan; Roldán, Gabriel; García-Zubía, Javier; Hernández, Unai; Alves, Gustavo R.; Pozzo, María I.; Dobboletta, Elsa; Marchisio, Susana; Concari, Sonia; Nilsson, KristianThe VISIR+ Project was launched in 2015 with the objective of spreading the use of the VISIR remote laboratory in Latin America, promoting an enquiry-based approach to teaching and learning on electric and electronic circuits. Within the scope of this project, several didactical implementations were achieved both in Argentina and in Brazil. This article describes the latest implementation of VISIR in a pre-university technical school in Argentina (associated partner of the VISIR+ team) in three Physics courses with students having different background knowledge and interests. A set of activities comprising simulations, remote and hands-on experiments were designed in order to engage students in the learning process. The implementation was assessed in terms of the learning objectives and outcomes. Results showed that VISIR is an effective tool to promote active learning. Moreover, this experience seems highly valuable to encourage the dissemination of VISIR in Argentina
- Do Students Really Understand the Difference Between Simulation and Remote Labs?Publication . Lima, Natércia; Viegas, Clara; Zannin, Marcelo; Marques, Arcelina; Alves, Gustavo R.; Marchisio, Susana; Lerro, Federico G.; Merendino, Claudio; Felgueiras, Carlos; Costa, Ricardo; Fidalgo, André; Silva, Juarez B. da; Pozzo, Maria; Dobboletta, Elsa; Gustavsson, Ingvar; Garcia-Peñalvo, FranciscoLaboratory experiments play a crucial role in engineering education as they strongly contribute to the development of important skills for the professional practice. This paper addresses a students’ understanding gap between simulations and remote labs. These two resources (and namely the remote laboratory VISIR - Virtual Instrument Systems in Reality) have been commonly used on several didactical implementations, along with other didactical resources in different Engineering degrees at the Federal University of Santa Catarina and Polytechnic of Porto School of Engineering. This work, developed in the scope of the VISIR+ Project, intends to evaluate students’ perceptions considering simulation and remote lab results. Quantitative and qualitative data were analyzed to better understand how deeply students realize the differences between these resources and their type of data. Preliminary results indicate that a considerable number of student’s don´t have a clear idea of these differences, even though sometimes they know their definition. Furthermore, these gap does not seem to differ much with the context (country, course, academic year, course content), students’ final grades, teacher approach or implemented tasks.
- El aprendizaje por indagación del tema circuitos eléctricos en la escuela secundaria utilizando el Laboratorio Remoto VISIRPublication . Arguedas-Matarrita, Carlos; Concari, Sonia Beatriz; Gómez-Jiménez, Adriana; Marchisio, Susana; Alves, Gustavo R.; García-Zubía, Javier; Hernández-Jayo, UnaiEn este trabajo se presenta una propuesta didáctica para facilitar el proceso de enseñanza y aprendizaje del tema circuitos eléctricos en la escuela media bajo la metodología por indagación. Esta metodología será implementada por el Ministerio de Educación Pública de Costa Rica a partir del año 2018. La propuesta se ha diseñado tomado en cuenta los cuatro procesos expuestos en el programa de estudios de física (focalización, exploración, reflexión-contrastación y aplicación). En la aplicación se fomenta el trabajo experimental por medio del laboratorio remoto VISIR.
- International Cooperation for Remote Laboratory UsePublication . Alves, Gustavo R.; Fidalgo, André; Marques, Maria Arcelina; Viegas, Clara; Felgueiras, Carlos; Costa, Ricardo J.; Lima, Natércia; Castro, Manuel; Díaz-Orueta, Gabriel; SanCristóbal-Ruiz, Elio; García-Loro, Felix; García-Zubía, Javier; Hernández-Jayo, Unai; Kulesza, Wlodek J.; Gustavsson, Ingvar; Nilsson, Kristian; Zackrisson, Johan; Pester, Andreas; Zutin, Danilo G.; Schlichting, Luis C.; Ferreira, Golberi; de Bona, Daniel D.; Pacheco, Fernando S.; da Silva, Juarez B.; Alves, João B.; Biléssimo, Simone; Pavani, Ana M.; Lima, Delberis A.; Temporão, Guilherme; Marchisio, Susana; Concari, Sonia B.; Lerro, Federico; de Arregui, Gaston S.; Merendino, Claudio; Plano, Miguel; Fernández, Rubén A.; Paz, Héctor R.; Soria, Mario F.; Gómez, Mario J.; de Almeida, Nival N.; de Oliveira, Vanderli F.; Pozzo, María I.; Dobboletta, Elsa; Bertramo, BrendaExperimenting is fundamental to the training process of all scientists and engineers. While experiments have been traditionally done inside laboratories, the emergence of Information and Communication Technologies added two alter-natives accessible anytime, anywhere. These two alternatives are known as virtual and remote labs, and are sometimes indistinguishably referred as online labs. Sim-ilarly to other instructional technologies, virtual and remote labs require some ef-fort from teachers in integrating them into curricula, taking into consideration sev-eral factors that affect their adoption (i.e. cost) and their educational effectiveness (i.e. benefit). This chapter analyses these two dimensions and sustains the case where only through international cooperation it is possible to serve the large num-ber of teachers and students involved in engineering education. It presents an ex-ample in the area of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, based on a remote lab named Virtual Instruments System in Reality, and it then describes how a number of European and Latin-American institutions have been cooperating under the scope of an Erasmus+ project2, for spreading its use in Brazil and Argentina.
- Science Education at High School: a VISIR Remote Lab ImplementationPublication . Evangelista, Ignacio; Farina, Juan; Dobboletta, Elsa; Pozzo, María I.; García-Zubía, Javier; Hernández, Unai; Marchisio, Susana; Concari, Sonia; Alves, Gustavo R.; Gustavsson, IngvarExperimentation is crucial in science teaching at any education level. Students’ motivation and collaborative work are also essential in order to achieve positive learning outcomes. This article portrays the implementation of remote experimentation using VISIR in a Physics subject at high-school level. Qualitative and quantitative data were analyzed for this particular case study in order to shed light on the influence of VISIR on students’ motivation. Results showed that VISIR remote lab is a powerful tool to arouse interest in electronic circuit topics.
- 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.
- Spreading the VISIR remote lab along Argentina. The experience in PatagoniaPublication . Hernández-Jayo, Unai; García-Zubía, Javier; Colombo, Alejandro F.; Marchisio, Susana; Concari, Sonia B.; Lerro, Federico; Pozzo, María I.; Dobboletta, Elsa; Alves, Gustavo R.The learning of technical and science disciplines requires experimental and practical training. Hands-on labs are the natural scenarios where practical skills can be developed but, thanks to Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), virtual and remote labs can provide a framework where Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines can also be developed. One of these remote labs is the Virtual Instruments System in Reality (VISIR), specially designed to practice in the area of analog electronics. This paper aims at describing how this remote lab is being used in the Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco (UNPSJB - Argentina), in the framework of the VISIR+ project funded by the Erasmus+ Program, one institution without previous experiences with remote labs.
- Starting the Study of Electronic Circuits with VISIRPublication . Marchisio, Susana; Lerro, Federico; Merendino, Claudio; Plano, Miguel; Concari, Sonia B.; Arregui, Gastón Saez de; García-Zubía, Javier; Hernández-Jayo, Unai; Alves, Gustavo R.; Gustavsson, IngvarThis paper aims at introducing the first intensive use of a remote lab named as VISIR by lecturers and students from Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Ingeniería y Agrimensura, Universidad Nacional de Rosario. The research was carried under the VISIR + project. It is a pilot test in which 17 students from the third year of an Electronic Engineering degree took part. The pilot test was developed in order to bring forward possible difficulties, assess successes and failures and eventually suggest other possible ways of curricular incorporation of VISIR in the teaching of the Physics of Electronic Devices subject. VISIR was used as a complement to hands-on lab, after the last experimental design activity of basic circuits with bipolar transistor. The students carried out an individual lab work. Then, they were asked to answer an opinion poll made up of 20 items, 1-4 Likert scale. Descriptive statistical analysis and summary of cases were carried out in order to conclude about four dimensions of analysis linked to the students’ viewpoint. They are: perceived learnings, VISIR acceptance, perceived teachers’ guidance and time and technical restrictions.
- Starting the Study of Electronic Circuits with VISIR. College students’ viewpoints in a Pilot Test in ArgentinaPublication . Marchisio, Susana; Lerro, Federico; Merendino, Claudio; Plano, Miguel; Concari, Sonia; García-Zubia, Javier; Hernández, Unai; Alves, Gustavo R.; Gustavsson, IngvarThis paper aims at introducing the first intensive use of a remote lab named as VISIR by lecturers and students from Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Ingeniería y Agrimensura, Universidad Nacional de Rosario. The research was carried under the VISIR + project. It is a pilot test in which 17 students from the third year of an Electronic Engineering degree took part. The pilot test was developed in order to bring forward possible difficulties, assess successes and failures and eventually suggest other possible ways of curricular incorporation of VISIR in the teaching of the Physics of Electronic Devices subject. VISIR was used as a complement to hands-on lab, after the last experimental design activity of basic circuits with bipolar transistor. The students carried out an individual lab work. Then, they were asked to answer an opinion poll made up of 20 items, 1-4 Likert scale. Descriptive statistical analysis and summary of cases were carried out in order to conclude about four dimensions of analysis linked to the students’ viewpoint. They are: perceived learnings, VISIR acceptance, perceived teachers’ guidance and time and technical restrictions.