Abstract
This article presents the use of a remote network lab as an aid to support teaching computernetworks. The purpose is to enable students complement their theoretical learning withpractical experimentation in networking devices which can be carried out synchronously totheoretical classes and from any room with internet access. Unlike the current solutions basedon mainly software emulation and simulation, the students interact remotely with commercialnetwork devices, such as cutting-edge and widely used switches, routers and firewalls at theworkplace.This proposal reduces the expenses or installing new laboratories in all thecampuses where lectures are held and also moving the students to laboratories that are notlocated near their classrooms. The use of the remote laboratory has been compared with the useof traditional network labs with senior students majoring information technology engineering.The preliminary results show a great similarity in both uses demonstrating that a remotenetwork lab is an effective aid for teaching computer networks..
Highlights
The Computing Engineering Curriculum consists of a group of areas that develop basic skills to be used when the graduated engineer works
In the case of the checklist (Table 5), time is taken into account only if the students complete it 100%, since all the students can answer it completely It can be clearly seen that learning results are better in the remote lab on the time taken to do the activity and regarding tests results
The trend showed by the results points out that the remote tool described in this paper is an effective tool for leaning computer network through the configuration of network equipment and a support equivalent to a face to face laboratory. It is described a new methodology for a remote network lab as a tool to support teaching of computer network
Summary
The Computing Engineering Curriculum consists of a group of areas that develop basic skills to be used when the graduated engineer works. These topics are divided into 5 specialized disciplines: Computing Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technologies and Software Engineering. The study program of an engineer should comprise all these disciplines. The ACM IEEE in [1] shows each of the topics that should be taught in each discipline along the years of study. The importance of the network and connectivity teaching can be appreciated for each of them in the study plan of a computer science engineer. The arising questions are: ¿what are the most relevant topics that should be taught? ¿Is it necessary to do lab practices or is it enough with the theoretical approaches?
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