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- Acquisition of higher-order experimental skills through remote and virtual laboratoriesPublication . Restivo, Maria Teresa; Alves, Gustavo R.Remote laboratories are physical spaces with real apparatus and real instruments connected to the Internet. They allow both students and teachers to remotely conduct real experiments through a simple web browser.
- Proceedings of the IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON 2020Publication . Cardoso, Alberto; Alves, Gustavo R.; Restivo, Maria TeresaFocused on "Engineering Education for the future in a multicultural and smart world", the EDUCON2020 Online edition was based on a comprehensible program that included: • a pre-conference day with 9 workshops, which attracted approx. 300 remote participants; • 3 plenary sessions, including: • a unique opening interview with interveners physically located in two different time zones, with a span of 16 hours, in particular Keith Willey (interviewed), from Sydney, Australia, and Susan Zvacek (interviewer), from Denver, US. Henrique Santos, Vice President for Conferences and Workshops of the IEEE Education Society, located in Portugal, served as moderator. • a keynote by Annette Kolmos, about “Complex Problem Solving and PBL in Engineering Education”, moderated by José Carlos Quadrado. • and, a closing debate with Maria Graça Carvalho (a member of the European Parliament), Sebastião Feyo de Azevedo (Rector of Universidade Portucalense Infante D. Henrique), and João Gabriel Silva (Rector of the University of Coimbra from 2011 to 2019), who discussed about “The University and the Digital Transformation of Society”, in a debate moderated by Russ Meier, president of the IEEE Education Society. • and 44 technical sessions; 4 round tables, and 7 special sessions The technical program included 314 papers that underwent a double-blind review process with at least 3 independent reviewers. Considering a total number of 654 submissions, this results into a 50% acceptance rate. Finally, the EDUCON2020 online conference edition gathered more than 300 participants from 51 countries on 5 continents.