Title :
dotLAB: Integrating remote labs in dotLRN
Author :
Pesquera, Alberto ; Morales, RaÙl ; Pastor, Rafael ; Ros, Salvador ; Hernandez, Roberto ; Sancristobal, Elio ; Castro, Manuel
Author_Institution :
Innovation & Technol. Dev. Centre, UNED - Spanish Univ. for Distance Educ., Madrid, Spain
Abstract :
Nowadays, there are a great number of universities and organizations working in e-learning solutions. One of most well-known is the learning management system or LMS that allow displaying theoretical content in an organized and controlled way. In some jobs and studies it is necessary that the student get a practical knowledge as well as a theoretical knowledge. To obtain this practical knowledge, the universities and organizations are developing virtual labs and Web labs. At these moments the LMS and Web labs are working independently. We are designing and developing a new architecture allowing the integration of the LMS with different Web labs from different universities. This architecture must allow the student, teachers and administrators to use the LMS´s services and virtual labs as if he was working with the same software..
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; educational institutions; virtual reality; Web labs; dotLAB; dotLRN; e-learning solution; learning management system; organization; remote lab; universities; virtual labs; Communities; Electronic learning; Engineering education; Laboratories; Least squares approximation; Portals; Standards; LMS; Laboratories; Web services; dotLRN; e-learning; e-learning standards; remote labs; virtual labs;
Conference_Titel :
Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Amman
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-642-2
DOI :
10.1109/EDUCON.2011.5773123