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- 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.
- 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.
- Educational Scenarios Using Remote Laboratory VISIR for Electrical/Electronic ExperimentationPublication . Castro, Manuel; Díaz-Orueta, Gabriel; Alves, Gustavo R.; Fidalgo, André Vaz; García-Zubía, Javier; Hernández-Jayo, Unai; Pester, Andreas; Zutin, Danilo; Kulesza, Wlodek; Gustavsson, Ingvar; Pozzo, María I.; Dobboletta, ElsaIn 2015, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department (DIEEC) of the Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED) in Spain started to- gether with the Santiago del Rosario National University (UNSE, Argentina) and with the support of the Research Institute of Education Sciences of Ro- sario (IRICE-CONICET, Argentina) under the Coordination of the Polytechnic Institute of Porto (IPP, Portugal) the new development and deployment of the VISIR system inside the UNSE University as part of the VISIR+ Project. The main objective of the VISIR+ Project is to extend the current VISIR net- work in South America, mainly in Argentina and Brazil, with the support and patronage of the European Union Erasmus Plus program inside the Capacity Building program and as part of an excellence network future development in- tegration framework. This extension of VISIR nodes reconfigure in 2016 a new project, PILAR, that as part of the Erasmus Plus projects will allow the Strategic Partnership to develop a new federation umbrella over the existing nodes and network.