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- E-Engineering: from concept to realityPublication . Gericota, Manuel; Andrieu, Guillaume; Dalmay, Claire; Batarseh, Majd; Fidalgo, André; Ferreira, PauloEven before the digital era, the implementation of distance learning in higher education was a reality in many areas. Notwithstanding, the offer of distance higher education courses was not equal in all knowledge areas due to different teaching and learning requirements. The experimental work developed during the learning process in engineering areas is widely recognized as essential for engineering students. However, the remote availableness of this experimental, hands-on, works, typically done in University laboratories designed according to the different teaching subject requirements, was nonexistent. With the advent of remote laboratories, real-time remotely controlled laboratory facilities made possible by the advancements on the Internet network, this limitation disappeared. The concept of e-engineering, a merge between the e-learning concept and the remote laboratories, emerged as a solution to offer distance learning engineering courses without abdicating of the indispensable practical component of any engineering course. Two European projects – the Tempus EOLES project and the ERASMUS+ e-LIVES project – try to bridge the gap between concept and reality by first implementing an accredited higher education engineering course in Electronics and Optics e-Learning for Embedded Systems and then by producing a set of guidelines to help others to be autonomous in the creation of their own eengineering courses.
- The EOLES project Engineering labs anywherePublication . Fidalgo, André; Gericota, Manuel; Barataud, Denis; Andrieu, Guillaume; Craemer, Renaat De; Cristea, Mihai; Benachenhou, Abdelhalim; Ankrim, Mohammed; Bouchlaghem, Karim; Ferreira, PauloThe EOLES (Electronics and Optics e-Learning for Embedded Systems) project is a 3-year joint project involving 15 institutions, four from Europe and eleven from the North African countries of Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia, whose aim is to create a 3rd year Bachelor degree in Electronics and Optics for Embedded Systems. The project started in October 2012 and is scheduled to end in October 2015.
- The e-LIVES Project: e-Engineering Where and When Students NeedPublication . Gericota, Manuel; Ferreira, Paulo; Fidalgo, André; Andrieu, Guillaume; Dalmay, ClaireStudents' engagement in their learning process is essential for its success. However, many factors out of students' control may impair their learning process leading to demotivation and studies abandonment. Some of these factors are related to low economic conditions. Even in developed countries, higher education is concentrated in medium and large cities, which forces many countryside students into expensive temporary relocations if they want to pursue their studies. The same happens when the existing offer does not match the student's preferences. The problem is even more acute in developing countries where the offer is reduced, and the economic conditions of students are even worse, with many being forced to work from a young age. For these students, the flexibility provided by e-Engineering courses may be the answer to their otherwise bare chances of achieving a higher education degree. In this paper, we present the e-LIVES - e-Learning InnoVative Engineering Solutions project, whose aim is to document a set of good practices, following a hands-on approach, to help Universities to build innovative e-Engineering courses by themselves in a sustainable way.