Title :
A distributed laboratory: supporting practical experience in distance learning
Author :
Giller, D. ; Salzmann, Christophe ; Latchman, Haniph A. ; Crisalle, Oscar D.
Author_Institution :
Swiss Fed. Inst. of Technol., Lausanne, Switzerland
Abstract :
Although the Internet access to multimedia resources is widespread to enable flexible learning, remote access to practical experiences, however, is less common. This paper presents a new paradigm for making laboratory equipment distributed world-wide available to students.
Keywords :
Internet; client-server systems; computer aided instruction; control engineering education; distance learning; laboratories; multimedia systems; student experiments; Internet access; client server architecture; control engineering education; distance learning; distributed laboratory; laboratory equipment; multimedia resources; practical experiences; Automatic control; Computer aided instruction; Computer architecture; Control engineering; Engineering education; Internet; Laboratories; Personal communication networks; Quality of service; Virtual reality;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference, 1999. FIE '99. 29th Annual
Conference_Location :
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5643-8
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.1999.841668
