Remote Laboratory eLab3D: A Complementary Resource in Engineering Education

Author

Lopez, Sergio ; Carpeno, Antonio ; Arriaga, Jesus

Author_Institution

Dept. of Telematics & Electron. Eng., Univ. Politec. de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Volume

10

Issue

3

fYear

2015

Firstpage

160

Lastpage

167

Abstract

Experimental training is essential in developing the whole set of skills that an engineer must acquire. Therefore, any resource that involves an improvement in their practical training is an issue of interest to the academia. eLab3D is an electronics remote laboratory based on a configurable hardware and 3-D virtual world, that allows students to carry out real experiments with analog electronic circuits. This paper provides a Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities Threats analysis of remote laboratories compiled from recent publications and presents some relevant results of the use of eLab3D in real educational contexts, the teachers´ assessment of its potential and the students´ perceived satisfaction.

Keywords

computer aided instruction; electronic engineering computing; electronic engineering education; teaching; virtual instrumentation; virtual reality; 3D virtual world; analog electronic circuit; complementary resource; configurable hardware; eLab3D; electronics remote laboratory; engineering education; experimental training; student perceived satisfaction; teacher assessment; Instruments; Remote laboratories; Software; Three-dimensional displays; Training; Remote laboratory; Remote laboratory,; eLearning; electronic experiments; engineering education; virtual worlds;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Tecnologias del Aprendizaje, IEEE Revista Iberoamericana de

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1932-8540

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/RITA.2015.2452711

Filename

7219409