• DocumentCode
    943600
  • Title

    An Intelligent Universal Virtual Laboratory (UVL)

  • Author

    Duarte, Michael ; Butz, Brian P. ; Miller, Susan M. ; Mahalingam, Annapoorna

  • Author_Institution
    Temple Univ., Philadelphia
  • Volume
    51
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    2
  • Lastpage
    9
  • Abstract
    The Universal Virtual Laboratory (UVL) is a realistic, real-time, electrical engineering virtual laboratory. The software developed 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. Typically, this laboratory would accompany an introductory electrical circuits course sequence. The virtual laboratory also contains an intelligent lab assistant that can guide the student and answer student queries.
  • Keywords
    distance learning; educational courses; electrical engineering education; student experiments; curriculum-based experiments; electrical engineering virtual laboratory; intelligent universal virtual laboratory; introductory electrical circuits course sequence; realistic electrical circuits; Circuit analysis; Circuit simulation; Circuit testing; Computational modeling; Electrical engineering; Graphical user interfaces; Instruments; Intelligent systems; Laboratories; User interfaces; Adaptive technology; circuit topology; intelligent tutoring systems; interactive software; natural language interfaces; virtual laboratory;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Education, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9359
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TE.2006.888902
  • Filename
    4358718