Title :
iLabRS: A remote laboratory for science & technology in secondary education
Author :
Garófano, F. ; Gallardo, J. ; Guasch, A. ; Sánchez, B. ; Bragós, R.
Abstract :
This communication describes the second wave of improvements of the remote laboratory for secondary education iLabRS. The laboratory is intended to provide experimental activities to high school students using the University facilities. A secondary goal is to promote the interaction between both education levels. The new features include the control software which dynamically manages the LabView virtual instruments and remote panels and which assigns resources to up to 20 simultaneous users of the same experiment. Also new experiments have been added, including the measurement of light sources efficiency and spectrum, a robotic arm or the control of DC motors. An evaluation campaign has been carried out with students from 15 high schools. Also a training course, followed by 35 high school and professional training teachers has been performed.
Keywords :
DC motors; control engineering education; educational courses; educational institutions; light sources; machine control; robots; student experiments; telecontrol; training; virtual instrumentation; DC motors control; LabView virtual instruments; control software; education levels; high school students; iLabRS; light sources measurement; professional training teachers; remote laboratory; remote panels; robotic arm; science & technology; secondary education; training course; university facilities; Computers; Educational institutions; Laboratories; Latches; Remote laboratory; outreach; secondary education;
Conference_Titel :
Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV), 2012 9th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Bilbao
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2540-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2541-7
DOI :
10.1109/REV.2012.6293162
