Abstract
Based on a grid concept of an interactive hybrid online laboratory we will describe different fields of applications in different learning scenarios. The infrastructure is based on a universal grid concept which guaranties a reliable, flexible as well as robust usage of this online lab. By using the online lab, students are able to design control algorithms with different specification techniques to control electro-mechanical models in the online lab. Additionally, the reconfigurable rapid prototyping platform of the REAL system can be used to test all the taught topics of a given lectures in the field of digital system design. Finally, a special demonstration platform (a ball in a labyrinth on a balance plate) can be used to give the students a better feeling about the possibilities and limitations of remote control and observation via Internet and to evaluate these technologies critically. The implemented online lab infrastructure is based on the iLab architecture of the MIT, which allows to interconnect online labs and to exchange remote lab experiments among different universities worldwide.
Highlights
Our Integrated Communication Systems Group at the Ilmenau University of Technology has many years of experience in integrated hard- and software systems and over 10 years of experience in dealing with Internetsupported teaching in the field of digital system design ([1] and [2])
At our university we offer an online laboratory, which gives the students the possibility to work on real physical systems without the need to stand in line at a lab or the need to take care of opening hours
Besides the possibility to work in the lab remotely, the following two operation modes explain the usage of the REAL system for on-site experiments or demonstrations
Summary
Our Integrated Communication Systems Group at the Ilmenau University of Technology has many years of experience in integrated hard- and software systems and over 10 years of experience in dealing with Internetsupported teaching in the field of digital system design ([1] and [2]). At our university we offer an online laboratory, which gives the students the possibility to work on real physical systems without the need to stand in line at a lab or the need to take care of opening hours. There are no common standards for the architecture of remote labs This is the reason why universities develop their own remote lab solutions – suitable for their specific requirements, for example [4], [5], [6] and [7]. This handicaps a networking of different online labs among each other and a usage by different institutions. Missing uniform interfaces prevent the programming of universal plug-ins and other software modules
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