Grid Supported Learning Environment in Control Education

Abstract

In this paper, Grid technologies are introduced to build e-learning environments for virtual control laboratories. Service-oriented Grids open new fields of applications, the Learning Grids. The learning services concept and their deployment through Grid technologies are excellent means to integrate virtual control laboratories into e-learning environments for control education. An example application from a virtual laboratory demonstrates the advantages of a Grid over classical solutions. At the high end of this approach collaborative experimenting in a virtual scene is possible.