Remote laboratories: new technology and standard based architecture

E-Laboratories development appears to be more complex than other e-learning contexts such as online courses, virtual classrooms, e-projects, role-playing, etc. However, this kind of training is essential for scientific and technical disciplines and fits a real need. Recently we initiated a project [A. Leleve et al., (2003)] whose main goal is to build a complete remote laboratory system with an open, extensible and reusable architecture. This paper gives a global context of electronic, remote and virtual laboratories. Concerning e-lab scenario structure, our works are currently focusing on IMS learning design appropriateness.