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- Collaborative virtual community to share class plans for STEAM educationPublication . Silva, Isabela; Meister Sommer Bilessimo, Simone; Alves, Gustavo R.; Pereira, Josiel; Silva, Juarez Bento; Alves, Joao Bosco Da MotaThis research presents an international community of practice for teachers using the VISIR remote lab. Throughout the research, it was necessary to study about communities of practice and their potential use in remote laboratories; identify practices with collaborative potential in the institutions and with the participating teachers; develop the necessary technological environment to support the proposed community of practice; validate the proposal with four institutions (four countries - Brazil, Portugal, Spain and Argentina) to evaluate the proposed model. The motivation for developing this research came from the history of the Remote Experimentation Laboratory (REXLAB) with the project VISIR+: Educational Modules for Electric and Electronic Circuits Theory and Practice following an Enquiry based Teaching and Learning Methodology supported by VISIR+”. The VISIR + project is an international cooperation project with the participation of 21 Ibero-American partner institutions between October 2015 and April 2018. The platform, called Labs4STEAM, was developed using Dokuwiki, an open source wiki software that contains a large number of plugins. From the data collection it was possible to receive a mostly positive feedback, but several improvement opportunities were pointed out, which will be performed soon. Thus, from the developed platform one can plan future work, taking into account the results obtained and experience and partnerships with the VISIR + project.
- Resultados e Extensões do Projeto VISIR+ no Brasil: Um olhar internacionalPublication . Alves, Gustavo R.; Pozzo, María Isabel; Beltran Pavani, Ana Maria; Silva, Juarez Bento; Oliveira, Vanderli; Peraça, Mauro Tavares; Nilsson, KristianEste livro foi produzido como parte das atividades que couberam à ABENGE no projeto VISIR+, que foi desenvolvido nos anos de 2016 e 2017 e que tem sua aplicação principal na área de Circuitos Elétricos e Eletrônicos com foco preponderante na Engenharia Elétrica e Eletrônica. Os capítulos seguintes, apresentam uma descrição mais detalhada do Projeto. O objetivo precípuo do projeto foi definir, desenvolver e avaliar um conjunto de módulos educacionais que envolvem experimentos práticos, virtuais e remotos, suportados pelo laboratório remoto denominado VISIR, que é um acrônimo para "Virtual Instrument Systems In Reality". O VISIR+ contou com financiamento da European Commission (DG EAC), Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) e National Erasmus+ Offices National Agencies EU Delegations. O coordenador do projeto foi o professor Gustavo Ribeiro Alves do Instituto Politécnico do Porto (IPP) e a equipe foi constituída por docentes das Instituições participantes do projeto.
- VISIR+ project follow-up after four years: Educational and research impactPublication . Pavani, Ana M.B.; Viegas, Clara; Lima, Natércia; Alves, Gustavo R.; Marques, Arcelina; Fidalgo, André; Jacob, Frederico; Silva, Juarez B.; Marchisio, Susana; Schlichting, Luís; Soria, Fernando; Lerro, Federico; Barbosa, William de S.; Steinbach, Reginaldo; Mafra, PauloThis full paper addresses an innovative practice in the experimental teaching/learning in Engineering courses. Engineering is a practical profession where doing is the key. Experimental work and the immersing in the lab environment (hands-on, simulations, remote labs) helps students to construct and strengthen their knowledge. The VISIR+ Project (ERASMUS+), launched in November 2015 and concluded in Abril 2018, intended to disseminate VISIR – Virtual Instrument Systems in Reality (the most used remote lab in electric and electronics area of expertise) in Latin American countries (Argentina and Brazil) by installing a system in five Higher Educational Institutions. It involved 13 educational institutions, 25 different courses, several of them with successive didactical implementations. It comprised 49 teachers and 1,595 students. During the project about 27 research papers were published disseminating the projects’ results. At the end of the project, the expectations were that the impact could remain in the long-term promoting VISIR remote lab and the dissemination of good practices. The project ended four years ago, and each installed VISIR system continued to promote teaching diversification using different experimental resources (including VISIR) then contributing to student learning. The aim of this work is to understand the impact of these didactical practices while using VISIR in these last years. This study was based on a questionnaire complemented with an interview with each person of contact. The results point to an increase of VISIR’s usage in almost all institutions, particularly during the pandemic period. Overall, the educational impact involved more than 23 different institutions, 45 courses (most of them with several editions), 118 teachers and 4,866 students. The impact in the scientific community implied additional 31 publications with VISIR as its main core. These numbers support the sustainability of the VISIR+ project over the years, positively contributing to a more diversified engineering education of these students and their experimental competences development.