Application and user perceptions of using the WebLab-Deusto-PLD in technical education

Author

Garcia-Zubia, Javier ; Orduña, Pablo ; Angulo, Ignacio ; Hernandez, Unai ; Dziabenko, Olga ; Lopez-Ipiña, Diego ; Rodriguez-Gil, Luis

Author_Institution

Deusto Inst. of Technol., Univ. of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain

fYear

2011

fDate

12-15 Oct. 2011

Abstract

The paper shows the results of an integration of the remote laboratory WebLab-Deusto-PLD at the "Programmable Logic" course of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Deusto (Spain). Presented herein is a technical overview of the laboratory, a description of access to it, and an analysis of the user experience derived from conducted surveys since 2004. The surveys\´ analysis shows a correlation between two advantages of the remote experimentation: efficiency/usefulness and immersion/control. The prospective work includes an improving the WebLab-Deusto usability, an extension of the capabilities of the overall system and further its implementation in curricula.

Keywords

Internet; computer aided instruction; programmable logic devices; Faculty of Engineering; University of Deusto; efficiency-usefulness; immersion-control; programmable logic course; remote experimentation; remote laboratory WebLab-Deusto-PLD; technical education; user experience; user perceptions; Programmable Logic; remote laboratories; students´ evaluation; survey;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2011

Conference_Location

Rapid City, SD

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-468-8

Electronic_ISBN

0190-5848

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.2011.6143127

Filename

6143127