Title :
The Virtual Laboratory for the Disabled
Author :
Duarte, Michael ; Butz, Brian P.
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Temple Univ., Philadelphia, PA, USA
Abstract :
The objective of the Virtual Laboratory for the Disabled is to create a realistic, real-time, electrical engineering virtual laboratory. This project targets individuals who do not have adequate mobility of their upper bodies to perform laboratory experiments. To provide a more realistic and enhanced learning experience, the users of the virtual laboratory are allowed the freedom to build and test a wide variety of realistic electrical circuits, and be able to perform curriculum-based experiments. The main goal is to create an environment similar to a real electrical engineering laboratory, and to offer the user a way to learn the different aspects of instrumentation and circuitry
Keywords :
distance learning; electrical engineering education; graphical user interfaces; interactive systems; real-time systems; student experiments; virtual reality; Interactive software; Virtual Laboratory for the Disabled; circuitry; communications channel architecture; curriculum-based experiments; electrical circuits; enhanced learning experience; instrumentation; laboratory experiments; multimedia; real-time electrical engineering virtual laboratory; Circuit simulation; Circuit testing; Computational modeling; Electrical engineering; Graphical user interfaces; Instruments; Laboratories; Performance evaluation; User interfaces; Wire;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference, 2001. 31st Annual
Conference_Location :
Reno, NV
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6669-7
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.2001.963989
