Deconstructing remote laboratories to create Laboratories as a Service (LaaS)

Author

Caminero, A.C. ; Robles-Gomez, A. ; Ros, S. ; Tobarra, Ll ; Hernandez, R. ; Pastor, R. ; Castro, M.

Author_Institution

Dipt. de Sist. de Comun. y Control, Univ. Nac. de Educ. a Distancia, Madrid, Spain

fYear

2014

fDate

3-5 April 2014

Firstpage

623

Lastpage

629

Abstract

The creation and publication of utilities as services (the most widely known being Infrastructure as a Service, IaaS, Platform as a Service, PaaS, and Software as a Service, SaaS) has been a hot topic of research and development for the recent years. They allow easy creation and deployment of infrastructures and applications which increase the versatility and usefulness of the Information Technology (IT) budgets of institutions that implement them. Therefore, this paper proposes the development of Laboratories as a Service (LaaS), which allow users of remote laboratories create versatile experiments adapted to their needs. These will be based on the deconstruction of remote laboratories, creation of clients, and selection of a container. An aeolian laboratory based on the Lego Mindstorms robotic kit is used as an example.

Keywords

cloud computing; distance learning; information technology; laboratories; research and development; IaaS; LaaS; Lego Mindstorms robotic kit; PaaS; SaaS; aeolian laboratory; information technology; infrastructure as a service; laboratories as a service; platform as a service; remote laboratories; research and development; software as a service; Containers; Cultural differences; Educational institutions; Electronic mail; Remote laboratories; Customization; Distance education; Laboratories as a Service (LaaS); Remote laboratories;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), 2014 IEEE

Conference_Location

Istanbul

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EDUCON.2014.6826158

Filename

6826158