Showing papers by "Elio Sancristobal published in 2016"

Collaborative robotic educational tool based on programmable logic and Arduino

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to review the current existing development platforms in order to present one alternative for students as part as an Educational environment. Furthermore, the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education is an emerging trend which needs modular, adaptable and easy to use tools, these attention during the educational session. Additionally, this paper covers several applications based on different development platforms used currently.

Remote laboratories for electronics and new steps in learning process integration

Abstract: Universities and educational organizations or institutions, when designing any electronics course, trust in experimentation through laboratory practices in order to build successful cross-curricular capabilities and capacities. In electronics courses there is a need to have practical experiences, the benefits of electronics laboratory practices are widely known for professionals and necessary for any person who seeks for a broad comprehension of the real-time performance beyond the ideal modelling. Therefore, when designing any electronics course, the laboratory practices are one of the pillars on which the learning is established. Distance education has become widespread in the last decade and has fostered lifelong learning and continuing education patterns, allowing access to learning resources at any time and from everywhere. It has been possible thanks to the internet development and technologies associated with learning tools for a new teaching pedagogy. To support life-long learning and students' autonomous learning activities, remote experimentation has become a challenge in electronics courses; rather, the way the universities and educational organizations or institutions deliver remote experimentation to students in distance learning environments, has become a challenge. Nowadays, there is an extensive variety for providing theoretical contents in distance learning (videos, documents, tutorials, scaffolding activities, peer-to-peer reviews, forums, etc.) to students. These tools, by an efficiently and appropriate selection from professors and use from students, can complement or replace successfully in-person education, even they can reach some aspects that in-person education cannot achieve. Unfortunately, practical issues are not as developed as theoretical ones are. A first approach to this problem is clearly the use of simulators and virtual labs. Although, they are still a bit far from providing to student the real performance and features of equipment under real-life operation conditions. The major challenge is the provision of laboratory working online along with the theoretical contents in a massive context.

Re-design of a MOOC RLMS based in Moodle

Abstract: In 2013, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department (DIEEC) of the Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED) launched the first Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) that, besides the usual features of these courses, includes the extensive use of a real remote laboratory dedicated to practices in electronic circuits. The MOOC was named: "Circuits Fundamentals and Applied Electronics" (BCEP; in Spanish "Bases de Circuitos y Electronica Practica") and has been re- edited every year since then. Although the nature of this MOOC is completely open, this course targets especially people with at least basic circuits knowledge. The main objective of the course is to acquire practical competences in basic electronic circuits and provide to students a work philosophy when facing up real experimentation. The core of the MOOC is the remote laboratory VISIR, which has been given the leading role in the course: evaluation and activities spin around the remote laboratory and the objectives and evaluation are focused on handling the instruments and the interpretation of the measurements obtained from the remote laboratory, knowledge on electronics are on no account evaluated despite being necessary to understand the behavior. This paper describes the design, development and first results and impressions of a novel Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) on industrial electronics practices. This was possible by implementing a state-of- the-art remote laboratory within the MOOC to allow online delivery of such practices—which makes this MOOC a first of its kind. Thus, the core of the MOOC is the remote laboratory Virtual Instrument Systems in Reality (VISIR) and the experimentation carried out on it. This paper presents the framework and structure of a new family of MOOCs and remote lab VISIR integration obtaining Remote Learning Management System (RLMS) evolved from BCEP MOOC. The structure make the most of BCEP MOOC learning analytics and the logs stored by VISIR. The students' profile interested in this kind of MOOCs and their needs for getting advantage out of the remote laboratory have been also considered. Keywords—MOOC; RLMS; Remote Laboratory; VISIR; electronics competences.

eMadrid project: Authoring, reuse and remote labs

Abstract: This article describes in detail the main achievements in authoring and reuse of educational materials within the eMadrid project.