Remote laboratories in engineering education - an overview of implementation and feasability

Published in: Engineering Innovations for Global Sustainability: Proceedings of the 14th Latin American and Caribbean Conference for Engineering and Technology
Date of Conference: July 20-22, 2016
Location of Conference: San Jose, Costa Rica
Authors: Dag A. H. Samuelsen
Olaf H. Graven
Refereed Paper: #50

Abstract:

Remote laboratories has become a mature technology in many aspects, and is used extensively at universities around the world. This paper describes remote laboratories in general, and shows an example of how remote laboratories can be utilized as an integral part of an engineering education. Specifically, the paper demonstrates a low-cost, simple, yet advanced remote laboratory setup for use in an analogue electronics module. These remote laboratories can easily be implemented into an engineering curriculum, without an overwhelming effort from the staff, and for the benefit for the students, in terms of pedagogy.