Abstract
Lab sessions in engineering education are designed to reinforce theoretical concepts. However, usually there are not enough time to reinforce all of them. Remote and virtual lab give students more time for reinforce those concepts. In particular, with remote labs, this can be done interacting with real lab equipment and specific configurations. This work proposes a flexible configuration for Remote Lab Sessions, based on some of 2019 most popular programming languages (Python and JavaScript). This configuration needed minimal network privileges, it is easily to scale and reconfigure. Its structure is based on a unique Reception-Server (which hosts User database, and Time Shift Manager, it is accessible from The Internet, and connect Users with Instruments-Servers) and some Instrument-Servers (which manage hardware connection and host experiences). Users always connect to Reception-Server, and book a shift for an experience. During the time range associate to that shift, User is internally forwarded to Instrument-Server associated with selected experience, so User is still connected to Reception-Serer. In this way, Reception-Server acts as a firewall, protecting Instrument-Servers, which never are open to The Internet. A triple evaluation system is implemented, User session logging and auto-evaluation (objectives accomplished) a knowledge test and an interaction survey. An experience is implemented, controlling a DC source using Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments.
Highlights
In Engineering learning, Lab sessions act as a reinforcement of theoretical concepts, taking a really important role in student education
There is usually not enough time to put in practice all theoretical concepts, due to time limitations to access to physical lab
Conclusions of that work pustule that the increase of the cost of Remote Lab is compensated by the improvement in the learning process, due to students are more implicated when they feel that they are interacting with real equipment
Summary
In Engineering learning, Lab sessions act as a reinforcement of theoretical concepts, taking a really important role in student education. There is usually not enough time to put in practice all theoretical concepts, due to time limitations to access to physical lab. In this line, more experiences can be offered, expanding lab access time to 24/7, this is Remote Labs. Remote Lab concept is put together with Virtual Lab (a simulated lab) When these two options want to be compared, few concepts should be considered, as iJOE ‒ Vol 16, No 14, 2020. Conclusions of that work pustule that the increase of the cost of Remote Lab is compensated by the improvement in the learning process, due to students are more implicated when they feel that they are interacting with real equipment
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