@inproceedings{Gustavsson2001,
abstract = {In engineering education, laboratory experiments are indispensable, but they do require instruments and experimental equipment to be performed. Instruments are expensive and mostly located in laboratories. Experiments in circuit theory and other similar courses are easy to control. You use electronic instruments to see what is happening. Instruments are easy to control from a PC and so are switch units used to form test circuits and connect test probes and sources. Anyone can now do experiments over the Internet, from anywhere, using a client PC connected to a lab server at the Blekinge Institute of Technology, BTH, in Sweden. On the client screen you will see virtual front panels of the real instruments located in the lab at BTH. You may use the mouse to set the control knobs. The appearance of the virtual front panel and the real one is almost the same so later it should be easy to use a real instrument. The server supports several clients simultaneously.},
address = {Oslo},
annote = {Session 8B1},
author = {Gustavsson, Ingvar},
booktitle = {International Conference on Engineering Education},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Gustavsson - 2001 - Laboratory Experiments in Distance Learning(2).pdf:pdf},
keywords = {laboratory experiments in distance,learning,sion},
pages = {14--18},
title = {{Laboratory Experiments in Distance Learning}},
url = {http://openlabs.bth.se/static/igu/Publ/Konferensbidrag/PaperICEE01.pdf},
year = {2001}
}
@inproceedings{Gustavsson2002,
abstract = {Many laboratory experiments in electrical engineering courses can be performed remotely using real equipment. Conventional electrical circuit experiments have been conducted over the Internet at BTH (Blekinge Tekniska H{\"{o}}gskola: The Blekinge Institute of Technology) in Sweden from different locations simultaneously using an experimental hardware setup in a closed room at BTH. This is neither a simulation nor a SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) application. The students control the instruments in the same way as they would in the local laboratory. The only difference is that they do not form the circuits and connect the test probes manually. Not only the experiment itself is important but also the measurement procedure and the handling of the instruments.},
author = {Gustavsson, Ingvar},
booktitle = {ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings},
doi = {10.18260/1-2--10624},
file = {:Users/galves/Downloads/a-remote-laboratory-for-electrical-experiments.pdf:pdf},
issn = {01901052},
pages = {11285--11293},
title = {{A Remote Laboratory for Electrical Experiments}},
year = {2002}
}
@inproceedings{Gustavsson2002a,
abstract = {A remote or online laboratory is a laboratory where you can access experiments and instruments or other equipment from outside over the Internet. Laboratories for undergraduate education or vocational training in basic electrical engineering are easy to control remotely. You cannot see the electrical current with your eyes or hear it so there is no need for sound or video transmission. Computer-based instruments do not have any control buttons or displays on the front panel. They have virtual front panels on the host computer only and those panels can be moved to a remote computer screen. However, the manual forming of circuits and connecting of test probes cannot be transferred. These actions have to be performed in another way in a remote laboratory. Remotely controllable switch matrices must be used. {\textcopyright} 2002 IEEE.},
author = {Gustavsson, Ingvar},
booktitle = {ICCDCS 2002 - 4th IEEE International Caracas Conference on Devices, Circuits and Systems},
doi = {10.1109/ICCDCS.2002.1004082},
file = {:Users/galves/Downloads/01004082.pdf:pdf},
title = {{Remote laboratory experiments in electrical engineering education}},
year = {2002}
}
@incollection{Gustavsson2003b,
author = {Gustavsson, I.},
booktitle = {Lab on the Web: Running Real Electronics Experiments via the Internet},
chapter = {5},
doi = {10.1002/0471727709.ch5},
editor = {Fjeldly, Tor A. and Shur, Michael S.},
isbn = {978-0- 471-41375-2},
pages = {175--219},
publisher = {Wiley-IEEE Press},
title = {{Remote Laboratory for Electrical Experiments}},
year = {2003}
}
@inproceedings{Gustavsson2003a,
abstract = {An electronics laboratory with Internet access emulating a traditional university laboratory for undergraduate education has been set up at Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH) in Sweden. People located in different places around the globe can perform experiments simultaneously using client PCs connected to the BTH lab server via the Internet. Only a 56 kbit/s modem and MS Internet Explorer are required. The client software can be downloaded from the laboratory web site. Equipment such as power supply, function generator, digital multi-meter, oscilloscope, and breadboard are provided. A breadboard is used by the students to form the circuits and connect the test probes. This paper describes the laboratory and discusses some implementation issues.},
address = {Granada, Spain},
author = {Gustavsson, I.},
booktitle = {Proc. Int'l Conf. Networked e-Learning for European Univ.},
file = {:Users/galves/Downloads/Papercevu2003.pdf:pdf},
publisher = {EUROPACE},
title = {{A Traditional Electronics Laboratory with Internet Access}},
year = {2003}
}
@inproceedings{Gustavsson2003d,
abstract = {Laboratory exercises in electrical engineering courses can be performed remotely using real equipment. A number of user-defined experiments on electrical circuits have been conducted over the Internet at Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH), Sweden; the experiments have been carried out in different locations simultaneously using the same experimental hardware located in a small closed laboratory at BTH. The laboratory provides a remotely controlled switch matrix, two function generators, a digital multi-meter, and an oscilloscope. The matrix replaces the traditional breadboard and students and other users around the globe use it to form circuits from components mounted in component holders in the matrix. It has five nodes; a jumper lead or up to four components can be connected between each pair of nodes. The laboratory supervisor or a teacher can easily swap components. Users control the instruments using virtual front panels in the same way as they had done earlier in the local laboratory; the only difference is that they no longer form the circuits and connect the test probes manually. Circuits are defined using PSpice compatible net lists. The sources and components available in the laboratory are listed in a library. This library can be added to the libraries in, for example, the evaluation version of PSpice. Students can, within certain limits, modify the circuits shown in the laboratory instruction manuals or even design circuits of their own. A virtual laboratory instructor checks the circuits formed automatically before the voltage is applied to avoid possible damage. Is it possible to establish a reasonable balance between the teachers{\'{i}} needs and the complexity of the hardware? Can the virtual instructor check the circuits formed without making advanced calculations or simulations? This paper addresses these questions and discusses implementation issues.},
address = {Nashville, US},
author = {Gustavsson, Ingvar},
booktitle = {2003 Annual Conference Proceedings},
doi = {10.18260/1-2--12628},
file = {:Users/galves/Downloads/user-defined-electrical-experiments-in-a-remote-laboratory.pdf:pdf},
pages = {8.1233.1--8.1233.10},
publisher = {ASEE Conferences},
title = {{User Defined Electrical Experiments In A Remote Laboratory}},
url = {http://peer.asee.org/12628},
year = {2003}
}
@article{Gustavsson2003,
abstract = {Many laboratory experiments in electrical engineering courses can be performed remotely using real equipment in a laboratory. Traditional circuit theory experiments have been conducted over the Internet at Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH) in Sweden using the same experimental set-up from different locations simultaneously. The circuits are formed using remotely controlled switch matrices. The instruments and switch matrices used are computer-based PXI (PCI extensions for instrumentation) devices which have virtual front panels that can be displayed on a remote PC. This approach is neither a simulation nor a SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) application. The students control the instruments in the same way as they would in a local laboratory. The only difference is that they do not form the circuits and connect the test probes manually. These laboratory experiments have been used successfully in undergraduate engineering education at BTH and at Lule{\aa} University of Technology, Sweden using a lab server at BTH. Two transducer laboratory exercises are also available for more experienced students, who mostly welcome the chance of doing the experiments from home at any convenient time. These exercises contain comparatively slow mechanical movements allowing only one user to be logged on and controlling the experiments at once. Video transmission is provided so other users can follow what is happening and which also performs part of the experiments.},
author = {Gustavsson, Ingvar},
file = {:Users/galves/Downloads/IJEE1399.pdf:pdf},
issn = {0949149X},
journal = {International Journal of Engineering Education},
number = {3},
pages = {409--419},
title = {{A Remote Access Laboratory for Electrical Circuit Experiments}},
volume = {19},
year = {2003}
}
@inproceedings{Gustavsson2003c,
abstract = {Laboratory work is recognized as an efficient method for students to assimilate knowledge and to develop skills for solving real world problems. The Internet provides new opportunities for remote experimentation. Laboratory exercises in electrical engineering courses such as circuit theory and basic electronics can be performed remotely using real equipment. What equipment is required for remote experiments? Is it possible to design and implement a traditional laboratory with Internet access only? A traditional undergraduate electronics laboratory at Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH), Sweden, makes eight identical lab stations available. Each station is equipped with a breadboard, some desk top instruments and a power supply. Experiments on electrical circuits have been conducted over the Internet using experimental hardware located in a small closed room at BTH. This tiny laboratory provides one lab station equipped with computerbased instruments and a remotely controlled switch matrix to replace the traditional breadboard. The matrix makes it possible to make all the necessary connections needed to form a circuit and to connect test probes in a fraction of a second. Is it possible to use time sharing to enable students to perform experiments simultaneously at eight different locations? How can I argue that a remote experiment is not a simulation? This paper addresses these and other similar questions and discusses some implementation issues. The address of the laboratory home page is http://www.its.bth.se/distancelab/english/.},
address = {Valencia, Spain},
author = {Gustavsson, Ingvar},
booktitle = {International Conference on Engineering Education},
file = {:Users/galves/Downloads/PaperICEE03.pdf:pdf},
pages = {1--7},
title = {{Traditional Laboratory Exercises and Remote Experiments in Electrical Engineering Education}},
url = {http://www.its.bth.se/staff/igu/},
year = {2003}
}
@inproceedings{Gustavsson2004,
abstract = {Traditional lab sessions are performed in many local university laboratories. Emulating a local laboratory, a remote laboratory for courses in circuit analysis and electronics has been set up at Blekinge Institute of Technology in Ronneby, Sweden. Students in different places around the globe can participate in lab sessions in which up to eight client PCs can be connected simultaneously to an experiment server via the Internet; students can also perform experiments individually and around the clock whenever the server is not fully occupied. Universities or other teaching organizations which make use of the laboratory for teaching purposes can use learning material in the language of their choice. The laboratory is always open and can be used by guest users outside regular lab sessions. The address of the web site is: http://distanslabserver.its.bth.se/.},
author = {Gustavsson, Ingvar and Zackrisson, J. and Olsson, T.},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 15th Annual Conference on Innovation in Education for Electrical and Information Engineering - EAEEIE 2004},
file = {:Users/galves/Downloads/FybzHG-FULLTEXT01.pdf:pdf},
pages = {1--6},
title = {{Traditional Lab Sessions in a Remote Laboratory for Circuit Analysis}},
year = {2004}
}
@incollection{Gustavsson2004a,
address = {Arlington},
author = {Gustavsson, I.},
booktitle = {INNOVATIONS 2004: World Innovations in Engineering Education and Research},
chapter = {16},
editor = {Aung, W.},
isbn = {0-9741252-1-0},
title = {{Traditional Laboratory Exercises by Remote Experimentations in Electrical Engineering Education}},
year = {2004}
}
@inproceedings{Gustavsson2004b,
abstract = {Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH) and Mid Sweden University offer a flexible circuit analysis course for Initial Professional Development and Continuing Engineering Education. The course material is used on campus. A combination of synchronous and asynchronous distance learning activities is used. Asynchronous video presentations, on-line classes and on-line laboratory sessions are provided. This paper presents the course, its aims and components and discusses relevant implementation details.},
address = {Tokyo, Japan},
author = {Gustavsson, I. and Norlin, B.},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 9th World Conference on Continuing Engineering Education},
file = {:Users/galves/Downloads/10.1.1.132.1760.pdf:pdf},
pages = {289--294},
title = {{A Flexible Circuit Analysis Course}},
year = {2004}
}
@misc{Gustavsson2004c,
address = {Gainesville, USA},
author = {Gustavsson, I. and Åkesson, H},
file = {:Users/galves/Downloads/D__Posters_201_Akesson_Poster_(4).pdf:pdf},
keywords = {Poster},
mendeley-tags = {Poster},
title = {{A Remote Electronics Laboratory providing Student-formed Circuits in Teacher-defined Sessions}},
year = {2004}
}
@inproceedings{Gustavsson2005,
abstract = {In traditional university laboratories students conduct experiments under the supervision of an instructor. A remotely-operated laboratory for undergraduate education in electrical engineering which emulates a traditional laboratory has been set up by Blekinge Institute of Technology (hereafter referred to as BTH), Ronneby, Sweden. The laboratory is a client/server application and the Internet is used as the communication infrastructure. Most remote laboratories elsewhere are used for fixed experiments but in the BTH laboratory students around the world can assemble circuits simultaneously from electronic components in much the same way as they do in a traditional laboratory. The teacher or a member of the laboratory staff mounts the components to be used in the lab sessions in a circuit assembly robot in the experiment server in Ronneby. Students use the mouse to connect some of the corresponding virtual components on a virtual breadboard displayed on the client PC. Students thus control the robot by means of the wiring on the virtual breadboard. Virtual instrument front panels are used to control and read the instruments by means of remote control. To avoid potentially serious student mistakes e.g. overloading a component the teacher can preset limits to the source voltages which are accessible to students. The teacher can also restrict student circuits by, for example, dictating minimum impedance in loops created with aid of the components provided. The number of nodes provided on the virtual breadboard is adequate for experiments in undergraduate education. The laboratory is always open and can be used by registered students and guest users alike. The time-sharing scheme used allows simultaneous access for up to 8 client PCs. A 56 kbit/s modem and MS Internet Explorer are all that are required. The client software can be downloaded from the laboratory web site at http://distanslabserver.its.bth.se/. This paper discusses the remotely operated laboratory at BTH; it focuses on the virtual breadboard.},
author = {Gustavsson, Ingvar and Olsson, Thomas and {\AA}kesson, Henrik and Zackrisson, Johan and H{\aa}kansson, Lars},
booktitle = {ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings},
doi = {10.18260/1-2--15366},
file = {:Users/galves/Downloads/a-remote-electronics-laboratory-for-physical-experiments-using-virtual-breadboards.pdf:pdf},
pages = {12235--12247},
title = {{A Remote Electronics Laboratory for Physical Experiments Using Virtual Breadboards}},
year = {2005}
}
@inproceedings{Gustavsson2005a,
abstract = {The Internet provides new possibilities for universities and other teaching organizations to share laboratories equipped with expensive instruments. A remotely operated electronics laboratory has been set up by Blekinge Institute of Technology in Sweden. The laboratory is a client/server application and the Internet is used as the communication infrastructure. In the new version presented in this paper security problems are solved and an authentic appearance of instruments and components are provided. Most remote electronics laboratories elsewhere offer fixed experiments but in this one, students can simultaneously assemble circuits and conduct experiments much like they do in a traditional university laboratory. The laboratory is always open and can be used by registered students and guest users around the world.},
address = {Brasov, Romania},
author = {Gustavsson, I. and Zackrisson, J. and {\AA}kesson, H. and H{\aa}kansson, L.},
booktitle = {Proceedings - The 2nd International Conference on Remote Engineerinmg and Virtual Instrumentation 2005},
keywords = {VISIR},
title = {{A Flexible Remote Electronics Laboratory}},
year = {2005}
}
@article{Gustavsson2006a,
abstract = {Physical experiments are indispensable for developing skills to deal with physical processes and instrumentation. The Internet provides new possibilities for universities and other teaching organizations to share laboratories and increase the number of lab sessions without incurring any increase in cost. Blekinge Institute of Technology in Sweden has opened a traditional electronics laboratory for remote operation and control 24/7; it is the first of its kind. The laboratory is equipped with a unique virtual interface enabling students to recognize on their own computer screen the desktop instruments and the breadboard they have already used in the local laboratory. The research is focused on what is perceived to be the greatest challenge, i.e. to give the student laboratory experience that is as genuine as possible despite the lack of direct contact with the actual lab hardware at the same time as it allows the teacher to use existing equipment and teaching material. The goal is to produce an open international standard.},
author = {Gustavsson, I. and Zackrisson, J. and {\AA}kesson, H. and H{\aa}kansson, L. and Claesson, I. and Lag{\"{o}}, T.},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Gustavsson et al. - 2006 - Remote Operation and Control of Traditional Laboratory Equipment.php:php},
journal = {iJOE International Journal of Online Engineering},
number = {1},
pages = {1--8},
title = {{Remote Operation and Control of Traditional Laboratory Equipment}},
url = {https://online-journals.org/index.php/i-joe/article/view/326/0},
volume = {2},
year = {2006}
}
@inproceedings{Gustavsson2006,
abstract = {Blekinge Institute of Technology in Sweden has opened a local instructional laboratory for undergraduate education in electrical and electronic engineering for remote operation and control 24/7 as a complement and a supplement to traditional laboratories. It is equipped with a unique virtual interface enabling students to recognize on their own computer screen the desktop instruments and the breadboard most of them have already used in the local laboratory. The open laboratory is used in regular courses in circuit analysis for distant learning students dispersed all over Sweden and for campus students as well. The research is focused on what is perceived to be the greatest challenge, to give students laboratory experience that is as genuine as possible despite the lack of direct contact with the actual lab hardware. The goal is to produce an open international standard in cooperation with universities and other organizations around the world.},
author = {Gustavsson, Ingvar and Zackrisson, Johan and Bartunek, Josef Str{\"{o}}m and {\AA}kesson, Henrik and H{\aa}kansson, Lars},
booktitle = {International Conference on Engineering Education},
file = {:Users/galves/Downloads/FULLTEXT01.pdf:pdf},
keywords = {an instructional electronics laboratory,and thomas,henrik {\aa}kesson 4,ingvar gustavsson 1,johan zackrisson 2,josef str{\"{o}}m bartunek 3,lars h{\aa}kansson 5,opened for,remote operation and control,sion m4g},
pages = {1--6},
title = {{An Instructional Electronics Laboratory Opened for Remote Operation and Control}},
year = {2006}
}
@incollection{Gustavsson2007a,
address = {Bilbao, Spain},
author = {Gustavsson, I. and Zackrisson, J. and H{\aa}kansson, L.},
booktitle = {Advances on remote laboratories and e-learning experiences},
chapter = {11},
editor = {Gomes, L. and Garcia‐Zubia, J.},
isbn = {978-84-9830-662-0},
pages = {247--267},
publisher = {Deusto Univeristy Press},
title = {{A New Concept for Distributed Laboratories Based on Open Source Technologies}},
year = {2007}
}
@phdthesis{Rosen2007,
abstract = {At Blekinge Institute of Technology a remote electronics laboratory has been developed. This laboratory is mainly build from three different parts, first there is a web server that the user interacts with. The user can build his circuit here on a virtual breadboard and adjust the instruments in a flash application. Secondly there is a measurement server, which translates the circuit from the symbolic representation of the virtual breadboard to real addresses of the circuit wiring robot. Finally there is an equipment server which communicates with the instruments and the circuit wiring robot. This server will set the parameters for the instruments as well as build the actual circuit. The circuit wiring robot is based on a matrix of relays which can be toggled on or off in order to connect a component which is situated on one side of the relay, on the other side of the relays there are a number of nodes. These nodes make up the intersections points in the circuit and it is here the user can connect different measurement instruments. The work done in this thesis has to do with the equipment server which has been upgraded with a new circuit wiring robot and a new voltage source and therefore needed new software. The main change were that the old circuit wiring robot, or matrix, were controlled via a IO card that were cumbersome to use and rather expensive, this was changed to a USB interface which is more generic and relatively easy to use. The resulting software is then an adapted version of the old software. Another thing that hade to be changed was the way to handle sessions to the instruments, in the old version a session were open when communication to a instrument was needed and then closed right after, this would not work any more since the new voltage source made reset when the session was closed. In the new version sessions are opened when the equipment server is started and closed when the equipment server is shutting down. Furthermore all of the code has been reworked to se if it could be more optimized.},
author = {Rosen, A. and Nilsson, K.},
file = {:Users/galves/Downloads/FULLTEXT01_Thesis_2007.pdf:pdf},
pages = {44},
school = {Blekinge Institute of Technology},
title = {{Control System for a Remote Electronics Laboratory}},
url = {http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-3296},
year = {2007}
}
@inproceedings{Zackrisson2007,
abstract = {This paper is intended for people who are interested in creating online laboratories. Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH) in Sweden has started a project known as VISIR (Virtual Instrument Systems in Reality) together with National Instruments in USA and Axiom EduTech in Sweden to disseminate an online laboratory concept created at BTH using open source technologies in collaboration with other universities and organisations. The VISIR open source distribution 2007 includes software for two implemented examples, one laboratory for low frequency electronics and one for signal processing. The distribution is modular and many modules can be used for other online laboratories. The goal is an international standard, enabling teams worldwide to expand and jointly develop this powerful approach into distributed online laboratories. Each laboratory is a client/server application controlled by an administrative system. These three parts are mainly written in Adobe Flash, C++, and PHP respectively. However, the hardware control module of the equipment server is written in LabVIEW. This paper describes the organisation of the software.},
address = {Porto, Portugal},
author = {Zackrisson, J and Gustavsson, Ingvar and H{\aa}kansson, L},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Remote Engineering & Virtual Instrumentation - REV 2007},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Zackrisson, Gustavsson, H{\aa}kansson - 2007 - An Overview of the VISIR Open Source Software Distribution 2007.pdf:pdf},
pages = {1--5},
title = {{An Overview of the VISIR Open Source Software Distribution 2007}},
url = {http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:836912/FULLTEXT01.pdf},
year = {2007}
}
@inproceedings{Gustavsson2007,
abstract = {Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH) in Sweden has started a project known as VISIR (Virtual Instrument Systems in Reality) together with National Instruments in USA and Axiom EduTech in Sweden to disseminate an online laboratory concept created at BTH using open source technologies in collaboration with other universities and organizations. The concept is about adding a remote operation option to traditional instructional laboratories to make them more accessible, irrespective of whether the students are on campus or mainly off campus. The BTH option is equipped with a unique interface enabling students to recognize on their own computer screen the instruments and other equipment most of them have previously used in the local laboratory. The first remote control option implemented is for an electronics laboratory and the second one is for a signal processing laboratory with emphasis on mechanical vibration experiments. The electronics lab option features remote circuit wiring using a virtual breadboard and a relay switching matrix combination. The goal is an international standard, enabling teams worldwide to expand and develop jointly this powerful approach into distributed online laboratories by using standardized software such as IVI (Interchangeable Virtual Instruments) and equipment platforms such as PXI (PCI eXtensions for Instrumentation) and LXI (LAN eXtensions for Instrumentation). Index},
address = {Porto, Portugal},
author = {Gustavsson, Ingvar and Zackrisson, Johan and H{\aa}kansson, Lars and Claesson, Ingvar and Lag{\"{o}}, Thomas},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Remote Engineering & Virtual Instrumentation - REV 2007},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Gustavsson et al. - 2010 - The VISIR™ project - An open source software initiative for distributed online laboratories.pdf:pdf},
isbn = {9781618390134},
keywords = {Electronics,VISIR project,online lab,remote lab,signal processing},
pages = {841--851},
title = {{The VISIR project – an Open Source Software Initiative for Distributed Online Laboratories}},
volume = {2},
year = {2007}
}
@article{Nilsson2008,
abstract = {In this paper, we present a way for students to access and operate laboratory equipment, controlled by a laboratory computer via a remote access program. In this way, the solution is not dependent on the specific laboratory equipment, as long as the equipment can be remotely controlled. The system can easily be altered to be used in another laboratory setup. Students are able to make reservations of experiment sessions through a web interface, which is administrated by the system administrator. The solution proposed in this paper is one way to speed up the development of remote accessible laboratories. Most of the proposed solution is based on open source software and the hardware is built on ordinary consumer parts, which makes the proposed remote laboratory architecture cost effective},
author = {Nilsson, Kristian and Zackrisson, Johan and Pettersson, Mats},
doi = {10.3991/ijoe.v4i4.704},
file = {:Users/galves/Downloads/Remote Access of Computer Controlled Experiments 704-2452-1-PB.pdf:pdf},
issn = {1861-2121},
journal = {International Journal of Online Engineering (iJOE)},
keywords = {Remote handling,Student experiments,Training,e-Learning},
month = {nov},
number = {4},
pages = {52--56},
title = {{Remote Access of Computer Controlled Experiments}},
url = {http://www.online-journals.org/index.php/i-joe/article/view/704},
volume = {4},
year = {2008}
}
@article{Gustavsson2008a,
abstract = {The Signal Processing Department (ASB) at Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH) has created two online lab workbenches; one for electrical experiments and one for mechanical vibration experiments, mimicking and supplementing workbenches in traditional laboratories. For several years now, the workbenches have been used concurrently with on-site ones in regular, supervised lab sessions. The students are encouraged to use them on a 24/7 basis for example, in preparation for supervised sessions. The electronic workbench can be used simultaneously by many students. The aim of a project known as VISIR (Virtual Systems in Reality) founded by ASB at the end of 2006, is to disseminate the online lab workbenches using open source technologies. The goal is to create a template for a grid laboratory where the nodes are workbenches for electrical experiments, located at different universities. This paper focuses on standards, pedagogical aspects, and measurement procedure requirements.},
author = {Gustavsson, I and Zackrisson, J and Nilsson, K and H{\aa}kansson, L and Claesson, I and Lag{\"{o}}, T},
doi = {10.3991/ijoe.v4i2.504},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Gustavsson et al. - 2008 - A Flexible Electronics Laboratory with Local and Remote Workbenches in a Grid.pdf:pdf},
issn = {1861-2121},
journal = {International Journal of Online Engineering (iJOE)},
keywords = {Dissemination,Electronics,Embedded system,Engineering,Engineering drawing,Grid,Mechanical vibration,Workbench},
number = {2},
pages = {12--16},
title = {{A Flexible Electronics Laboratory with Local and Remote Workbenches in a Grid}},
volume = {4},
year = {2008}
}
@inproceedings{Gustavsson2008,
author = {Gustavsson, I and Zackrisson, J and Bartunek, J Str{\"{o}}m and Nilsson, K and H{\aa}kansson, L and Claesson, I and Lag{\"{o}}, T},
booktitle = {REV 2008: Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation},
file = {:Users/galves/Dropbox (Personal)/VISIR SIG/achievements/Documents and papers about VISIR/VISIR EN/Telemanipulator for Remote Wiring of Electrical Circuits.pdf:pdf},
keywords = {elemanipulator for remote wiring,of electrical,of electrical circuits,telemanipulator for remote wiring},
pages = {1--8},
title = {{Telemanipulator for Remote Wiring of Electrical Circuits}},
year = {2008}
}
@inproceedings{Gustavsson2008b,
abstract = {The Signal Processing Department (ASB) at Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH) has created two online lab workbenches, one for electrical experiments and one for mechanical vibration experiments, mimicking and supplementing workbenches in traditional labo- ratories. Since some years, the workbenches are used concurrently with on-site ones in regular supervised lab sessions. The students are also free to use them on their own around the clock e.g. for preparation. The electronic workbench can be used simultane- ously by many students. The aim of a project known as VISIR (Virtual Systems in Reality) founded by ASB at the end of 2006, is disseminating the online lab workbenches using open source technologies. The goal is to create a template for a grid laboratory where the nodes are workbenches for electrical ex- periments, located at different universities. This pa- per focuses on standards, pedagogical aspects, and measurement procedure requirements.},
address = {Potsdam, Germany},
author = {Gustavsson, I. and Zackrisson, J. and Nilsson, K. and Garcia-Zubia, J. and H{\aa}kansson, L. and Claesson, I. and Lag{\"{o}}, T. L.},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on e-learning and Virtual and Remote Laboratories.},
file = {:Users/galves/Downloads/XK3Vkc-FULLTEXT01.pdf:pdf},
title = {{A Flexible Instructional Electronics Laboratory with Local and Remote Lab Workbenches in a Grid}},
url = {http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-8606},
year = {2008}
}
@inproceedings{Gustavsson2009,
abstract = {It is obvious that our society needs more engineers. It is also true that mankind must live in symbiosis with nature and focus on sustainability and understanding. Thus, engineers must be able to design products and services which are in line with the principles of nature and the only way to become familiar with these principles is to perform many physical experiments. A way to use instructional laboratories more effectively and offer more hours in the laboratories for students without significant increased cost per student is opening them for remote access. Hands-on experiments are indispensable but remote mouse-cursor-on ones can supplement them. The VISIR (Virtual Instrument Systems in Reality) Open Laboratory Platform offers an open standard for online workbenches enabling students not only to perform physical experiments 24/7 but also to practice laboratory work. Learning objectives of laboratory work, free access to laboratory resources, and individual assessment of such work should be important key elements in an education delivering engineers with a solid documented laboratory experience. Copyright 2009 ACM.},
author = {Gustavsson, Ingvar and Nilsson, Kristian and Lag{\"{o}}, Thomas},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on Management of Emergent Digital EcoSystems, MEDES '09},
doi = {10.1145/1643823.1643926},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Gustavsson, Nilsson, Lag{\"{o}} - 2009 - On physical experiments and individual assessment of laboratory work in engineering education.pdf:pdf},
isbn = {9781605588292},
keywords = {Assessment,Laboratories,Learning objectives,Remote laboratories},
pages = {506--509},
title = {{On Physical Experiments and Individual Assessment of Laboratory Work in Engineering Education}},
year = {2009}
}
@inproceedings{Gustavsson2009b,
abstract = {A local instructional laboratory for electrical experiments can be opened for remote access using the VISIR Open Laboratory Platform. A VISIR Open Laboratory is a server/client application enabling students to perform physical electrical experiments within limits set by the teacher over the internet using a web browser 24/7. Virtual front panels and a virtual breadboard displayed on the client PCs are used to control the physical equipment connected to the server. The server is an online workbench giving the students the impression that they are working in a real laboratory. Such a workbench supplements a local laboratory equipped with workbenches comprising oscilloscope, function generator, multi-meter, triple power supply, and a solderless breadboard. Apart from Blekinge Institute of Technology in Sweden, where the platform has been created two universities, University of Deusto in Spain and FH Campus Wien in Aus-tria, have already implemented replicas of the online workbench at BTH and use them in their regular education. Other universities are ready to start. It is easy for teachers to introduce their own existing laboratory exercises. A modem connection and a web browser with Flash player are sufficient for the student. The software required to set up such a workbench has been published under a GNU GPL licence. Apart from a standard PC the hardware required to join the VISIR Com-munity and implement an online workbench is a PXI chassis containing instruments and a switching matrix for circuit wiring. The components to be used by the students are to be provided by the teachers and are installed in the matrix. Universities, schools and other teaching organizations are invited to participate and open their local laboratories for remote access in order to be able to produce engineers with a solid and documented laboratory experience but without significantly increased cost per student. This tutorial is divided into four parts: • a general overview of the platform and its performance from the perspectives of the student and the teacher and a presentation of how University of Deusto in Spain uses their VISIR workbench • a mouse-cursor-on session, where the participants are invited to perform ex-periments using their laptops. Only WLAN and Flash Player are required. • course administration • how to provide components for remote users and how to avoid damage of ex-perimental equipment},
address = {Bridgeport, USA},
author = {Gustavsson, I. and Nilsson, K. and Zackrisson, J.},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Remote Engineering & Virtual Instrumentation},
file = {:Users/galves/Dropbox (Personal)/VISIR SIG/achievements/Documents and papers about VISIR/VISIR EN/How to open a local electronics laboratory for remote access/How to open a local electronics laboratory for remote access.pdf:pdf},
title = {{A tutorial on the VISIR Open Laboratory Platform and an invitation to join the VISIR Community}},
url = {http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-8006},
year = {2009}
}
@article{Gustavsson2009a,
abstract = {Three key issues should be addressed to enable universities to deliver engineers who have a solid documented laboratory experience enabling them to design goods and services complying with the requirements of a sustainable society. First, introduce learning objectives of engineering instructional laboratories in courses including laboratory components. Second, implement individual student assessment. Third, introduce free access to online experimental resources as a supplement to the equipment in traditional laboratories. Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH) in Sweden and the University of South Australia (UniSA) have created online laboratory workbenches for electrical experiments that mimic traditional ones by combining virtual and physical reality. Online workbenches not only supplement traditional ones, but they can also be used for low-cost individual assessment. BTH has started a project disseminating the BTH workbench concept, The Virtual Instrument Systems in Reality (VISIR) Open Laboratory Platform, and invites other universities to set up replicas and participate in further development and standardization. Further, online workbenches offer additional learning possibilities. UniSA has started a project where students located in different countries can perform experiments together as a way to enhance the participants' intercultural competence. This paper discusses online laboratory workbenches and their role in an engineering education appropriate for a sustainable society.},
author = {Gustavsson, Ingvar and Nilsson, Kristian and Zackrisson, Johan and Garcia-Zubia, Javier and Hernandez-Jayo, Unai and Nafalski, Andrew and Nedic, Zorica and G{\"{o}}l, {\"{O}}zdemir and MacHotka, Jan and Pettersson, Mats I. and Lag{\"{o}}, Thomas and H{\aa}kansson, Lars},
doi = {10.1109/TLT.2009.42},
file = {:Users/galves/Downloads/05291686.pdf:pdf},
isbn = {1939-1382},
issn = {19391382},
journal = {IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies},
keywords = {Assessment.,Engineering education,Laboratories,Learning objectives,Online learning,Remote laboratories},
number = {4},
pages = {263--274},
title = {{On Objectives of Instructional Laboratories, Individual Assessment, and Use of Collaborative Remote Laboratories}},
volume = {2},
year = {2009}
}
@inproceedings{Nafalski2009,
abstract = {This paper reports on practices in national and international on-line cooperation in engineering remote laboratories (RLs) to support student collaborative activities. A structured aid enables them, in addition to acquiring technical skills and knowledge, to develop intercultural communication skills and the global perspectives sought by their profession. The concept of a Community of Practice (CoP) is a central pedagogical consideration for collaborative learning and is discussed in the paper. After reviewing practices of others, an emphasis will be placed on a team-based laboratory environment of NetLab a remote laboratory framework created at the University of South Australia (UniSA).},
address = {Bridgeport, USA},
author = {Nafalski, Andrew and Machotka, Jan and Nedic, Zorica and G{\"{o}}l, {\"{O}}zdemir and Scarino, A. and Crichton, J. and Gustavsson, Ingvar and Ferreira, Jos{\'{e}} M. M. and Murray, S. and Lowe, D.},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Remote Engineering & Virtual Instrumentation},
file = {:Users/galves/Downloads/66772.pdf:pdf},
title = {{Collaborative Learning in Engineering Remote Laboratories}},
url = {https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/handle/10216/84646},
year = {2009}
}
@inproceedings{Garcia-Zubia2009c,
abstract = {Remote Laboratories have traditionally been focused on specific solutions for specific problems. We can find a wide range of Remote Laboratories in the literature, assisting different types of subjects but commonly bound to a restricted set of requirements. Due to this, little attention has been paid on working on a maintainable, scalable, secure architecture that addresses the requirements of a wider set of experiments, and that could be open enough to support or adopt new experiments, developed using different technologies in both client and server side. In this paper, we describe several aspects that might be taken into account when designing Remote Laboratories, describing the XWL Architecture and comparing it with other existing architectures. {\textcopyright} 2009 IEEE.},
author = {Garc{\'{i}}a-Zubia, J. and Ordu{\~{n}}a, P. and Irurzun, J. and Hern{\'{a}}ndez, U. and Sancristobal, E. and Martin, S. and Castro, M. and L{\'{o}}pez-De-Ipi{\~{n}}a, D. and Angulo, I.},
booktitle = {Proceedings - ICELIE 2009, 3rd IEEE International Conference on e-Learning in Industrial Electronics},
doi = {10.1109/ICELIE.2009.5413199},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Garc{\'{i}}a-Zubia et al. - 2009 - Towards an extensible WebLab architecture.pdf:pdf},
isbn = {9781424446544},
keywords = {Guidelines connect VISIR to WebLab-Deusto},
mendeley-tags = {Guidelines connect VISIR to WebLab-Deusto},
pages = {115--120},
title = {{Towards an extensible WebLab architecture}},
year = {2009}
}
@misc{Gustavsson2010,
address = {Stockholm},
author = {Gustavsson, Ingvar},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Gustavsson - 2010 - Engineering educations challenges and VISIR.pdf:pdf},
keywords = {VISIR},
title = {{Engineering Educations Challenges and VISIR}},
year = {2010}
}
@inproceedings{Fischer2010,
address = {Stockholm, Sweden},
author = {Fischer, T. and Halter, C.},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV)},
pages = {124--125},
publisher = {IEEE},
title = {{Launching Remote Labs as a Regular Part of the University Curriculum}},
volume = {REV},
year = {2010}
}
@inproceedings{Claesson2010,
abstract = {This paper is intended for people who are interested in using online remote laboratories in education. Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH) have started a cooperation together with the Upper Secondary School, Katedralskolan, in Lund, Sweden. The purpose of the cooperation is to introduce remote laboratory environment for students at Katedralskolan. A remote laboratory (RL) in electronic is used as a complement to the traditional workbench. It is open 24/7 and the students can carry out laboratory assignments without any risks of damaging any equipment. When a student is familiar with the instruments and components in a laboratory assignment, and carried out parts of the experiments in the hands-on laboratory in school she/he may use the RL to finish the laboratory assignment. The students may also carry out additional experiments remote laboratory or use it to prepare for an exam.},
address = {Stockholm, Sweden},
author = {Claesson, L and Nilsson, K and Zackrisson, J and Gustavsson, I and H{\aa}kansson, L},
booktitle = {REV 2010: 7th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Claesson et al. - 2010 - Remote laboratory experiments at the Upper Secondary School Katedralskolan in LUND(2).pdf:pdf},
keywords = {education,electronics,remote laboratory},
pages = {346--350},
publisher = {IEEE},
title = {{Remote Laboratory Experiments at the Upper Secondary School Katedralskolan in LUND}},
year = {2010}
}
@inproceedings{Bjelica2018,
abstract = {The paper reports on experiences of academics and students involved in using remote engineering laboratories both when students work individually or collaboratively with others on the experiments. Positives and negatives are highlighted and are contrasted with expectations of what the remote laboratories can bring into pedagogical environments. Recommendations and conclusions follow on how to better use the remote laboratories in teaching.},
author = {Nafalski, A and G{\"{o}}l, {\"{O}}zdemir and Nedic, Z. and Machotka, J. and Ferreira, J.M. and Gustavsson, I.},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV)},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Bjelica, Simi - 2018 - Experiences with remote laboratories.pdf:pdf},
keywords = {engineering education,remote equipment access,remote laboratories,telecommuni-},
pages = {264--269},
title = {{Experiences with Remote Laboratories}},
year = {2010}
}
@inproceedings{Gustavsson2001a,
abstract = {El laboratorio remoto VISIR permite al alumno y al profesor promocionar la experimentaci{\'{o}}n real con circuitos electr{\'{o}}nicos anal{\'{o}}gicos b{\'{a}}sicos. El entorno VISIR permite al alumno montar un circuito en todas sus partes, conectar los dispositivos de medida y alimentaci{\'{o}}n y ajustar todo el conjunto para completar el experimento. El trabajo describe el potencial del VISIR, muestra alg{\'{u}}n ejemplo y estudia las opiniones de los alumnos despu{\'{e}}s de su uso.},
address = {Madrid, Spain},
author = {Garc{\'{i}}a-Zub{\'{i}}a, Javier and Gustavsson, I and Hern{\'{a}}ndez-Jayo, Unai and Ordu{\~{n}}a, P. and Angulo, I and Ruiz-de-Garibay, J.},
booktitle = {Atas del IX Congreso TAEE},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Garc{\'{i}}a-Zub{\'{i}}a et al. - 2010 - El proyecto VISIR en la Universidad de Deusto laboratorio remoto para electr{\'{o}}nica b{\'{a}}sica.pdf:pdf},
keywords = {electr{\'{o}}nica anal{\'{o}}gica,laboratorio remoto},
publisher = {Asociaci{\'{o}}n TAEE},
title = {{El Proyecto VISIR en la Universidad de Deusto: Laboratorio Remoto Para Electr{\'{o}}nica B{\'{a}}sica}},
year = {2010}
}
@article{Boehringer2011,
abstract = {CUAS, in partnership with BTH, Sweden have started an initiative to integrate VISIR into the iLab Shared Architecture developed at MIT.},
author = {Zutin, Danilo G.},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Boehringer - 2011 - Deploying VISIR experiments in iLabs.pdf:pdf},
journal = {IAOE Newsletter, Issue #6},
number = {January 2010},
pages = {4--7},
title = {{Deploying VISIR experiments in iLabs}},
year = {2010}
}
@inproceedings{Gustavsson2010a,
abstract = {Physical experiments are indispensable because they offer the only possibility of seeing differences between mathematical models of nature and nature itself. It is possible to increase the capacity of instructional laboratories without raising the cost per student significantly by opening them for remote access and lab work 24/7. In this paper an on-line workbench mimicking a hands-on workbench in a laboratory for electrical experiments is presented. Here mimicking means that students on their computer screen are able to recognise the instruments and other equipment that most of them previously have used in a hands-on laboratory. In the on-line workbench, mouse-cursor-on procedures supplements hands-on ones. At the end of 2006, the Department of Electrical Engineering (AET) at Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH) in Sweden started a project known as Virtual Instrument Systems in Reality (VISIR) to disseminate the lab concept now denoted the VISIR Open Lab Platform. The software representing 20 person-years of work is published as open source. So far, three other universities have implemented replicas of the on-line workbench at BTH.},
address = {Pattaya, Thailand},
author = {Gustavsson, I and Nilsson, K and Zackrisson, J and Hakansson, Lars},
booktitle = {Proccedings of the 1st WIETE Annual Conference on Engineering and Technology Education},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Gustavsson et al. - 2010 - Open your laboratories for remote access to offer experimenting for students on-campus or off-campus.pdf:pdf},
number = {2},
pages = {52--57},
title = {{Open your Laboratories for Remote Access to offer Experimenting for Students on-campus or off-campus}},
volume = {8},
year = {2010}
}
@inproceedings{Nafalski2010,
abstract = {Remote laboratories increasingly have been used in engineering and science education as a complementary tool to traditional proximal laboratories. In some cases, they replace real laboratories to enable students' access to otherwise unavailable or unique equipment and facilities, or to expose students to a unique educational experience. Such a unique experience is an opportunity to collaborate over the Internet with other students either in the same city, the same country or internationally. The latter case adds an extra dimension to the development of communication and collaboration skills required to conduct technical experiments on real components, instruments and systems. Challenges may arise due to different culture, language and learning habits. This paper reports on the authors' and their students' experiences with international collaboration in the remote laboratory NetLab. These experiences are compared with feedback provided by domestic students and observation of their performance by supervising academics. Preliminary recommendations are formulated for effective international collaboration in remote laboratories.},
address = {Pattaya, Thailand},
author = {Nafalski, A and Nedi, Z and Machotka, J and G{\"{o}}l, {\"{O}} and Ferreira, J M M and Gustavsson, I},
booktitle = {1st WIETE Annual Conference on Engineering and Technology Education},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Nafalski et al. - 2010 - Student and staff experiences with international collaboration in the remote laboratory NetLab.pdf:pdf},
number = {February},
pages = {40 -- 45},
title = {{Student and staff experiences with international collaboration in the remote laboratory NetLab}},
year = {2010}
}
@article{Hernandez-Jayo2010,
abstract = {Several remote labs to support analog circuits are presented in this work. They are analyzed from the software and the hardware point of view. VISIR remote lab is one of these labs. After this analysis, a new VISIR remote lab approach is presented. This extension of the VISIR project is based on LXI technologies with the aim of becoming it in a remote lab easily interchangeable with other instruments. The addition of new components and experiments is also easier and cheaper.},
author = {Hernandez-Jayo, Unai and Garc{\'{i}}a-Zubia, Javier and Angulo, Ignacio and Lopez-de-Ipi{\~{n}}a, Diego and Ordu{\~{n}}a, Pablo and Irurzun, Jaime and Dziabenko, Olga},
doi = {10.3991/ijoe.v6s1.1385},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Hernandez-Jayo et al. - 2010 - LXI Technologies for Remote Labs An Extension of the VISIR Project.pdf:pdf},
issn = {2626-8493},
journal = {International Journal of Online and Biomedical Engineering (iJOE)},
number = {5},
pages = {25--35},
title = {{LXI Technologies for Remote Labs: An Extension of the VISIR Project}},
volume = {6},
year = {2010}
}
@inproceedings{Garcia-Zubia2010b,
abstract = {El laboratorio remoto VISIR permite al alumno y al profesor promocionar la experimentaci{\'{o}}n real con circuitos electr{\'{o}}nicos anal{\'{o}}gicos b{\'{a}}sicos. El entorno VISIR permite al alumno montar un circuito en todas sus partes, conectar los dispositivos de medida y alimentaci{\'{o}}n y ajustar todo el conjunto para completar el experimento. El trabajo describe el potencial del VISIR, muestra alg{\'{u}}n ejemplo y estudia las opiniones de los alumnos despu{\'{e}}s de su uso. Palabras},
address = {Madrid, Sapin},
author = {Garc{\'{i}}a-Zub{\'{i}}a, J. and Gustavsson, I. and Hern{\'{a}}ndez-Jayo, U. and Ordu{\~{n}}a, P. and Angulo, I.},
booktitle = {IX Congreso de Tecnolog{\'{i}}as Aplicadas a la Ense{\~{n}}anza de la Electr{\'{o}}nica (TAEE)},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Garc{\'{i}}a-Zub{\'{i}}a et al. - 2010 - El proyecto VISIR en la Universidad de Deusto laboratorio remoto para electr{\'{o}}nica b{\'{a}}sica.pdf:pdf},
keywords = {electr{\'{o}}nica anal{\'{o}}gica,laboratorio remoto},
pages = {1--11},
title = {{El proyecto VISIR en la Universidad de Deusto: laboratorio remoto para electr{\'{o}}nica b{\'{a}}sica}},
year = {2010}
}
@inproceedings{Garcia-Zubia2011b,
abstract = {The effectiveness of VISIR is compared to other experimentation activities under the point of view presented by the professor Soysal in 2000. Advantages and limitations are discussed in terms of equipment availability, infrastructure cost, and contribution to various elements of experimental learning.},
author = {Garc{\'{i}}a-Zub{\'{i}}a, J. and Hern{\'{a}}ndez, Unai and Gustavsson, Ingvar and Alves, Gustavo R.},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 1st Experiment@ Internacional Conference: Online Experimentation (exp.at'11)},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Garc{\'{i}}a-Zub{\'{i}}a et al. - 2011 - Academic effectiveness of VISIR remote lab in analog electronics(2).pdf:pdf},
keywords = {-component,engineering education,experiments,labs in australia,possibilities of the remote,remote laboratories,students,survey is to describe,the goal of this,the report,the situation and},
title = {{Academic effectiveness of VISIR remote lab in analog electronics}},
year = {2011}
}
@inproceedings{Alves2011,
abstract = {The use of remote labs in undergraduate courses has been reported in literature several times since the mid 90's. Nevertheless, very few articles present results about the learning gains obtained by students using them, especially with a large number of students, thus suggesting a lack of data concerning their pedagogical effectiveness. This paper addresses such a gap by presenting some preliminary results concerning the use of a remote laboratory, known as VISIR, in a large undergraduate course on Applied Physics, with over 500 students enrolled.},
address = {Amman, Jordan, 4-6 April, 2011},
author = {Alves, Gustavo R. and Marques, M. A. and Viegas, Clara and {Costa Lobo}, M. C. and Barral, R. G. and Couto, R. J. and Jacob, F. L. and Ramos, C. a. and Vil{\~{a}}o, G. M. and Covita, D. S. and Alves, Joaquim and Guimar{\~{a}}es, P. S. and Gustavsson, Ingvar},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference - EDUCON 2011},
doi = {10.1109/EDUCON.2011.5773288},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Alves et al. - 2011 - Using VISIR in a large undergraduate course Preliminary assessment results(2).pdf:pdf},
isbn = {9781612846439},
issn = {15394565},
keywords = {engineering education,learning assessment,remote laboratories,weblabs},
pages = {1125--1132. IEEE},
publisher = {IEEE},
title = {{Using VISIR in a large undergraduate course: Preliminary assessment results}},
year = {2011}
}
@inproceedings{Lobo2011a,
abstract = {The use of remote labs in undergraduate courses has been reported in literature several times since the mid 90's. Nevertheless, very few articles present results about the correspondent learning gains obtained by students, and in what conditions those systems can be more efficient, thus suggesting a lack of data concerning their pedagogical effectiveness. This paper addresses such a gap by presenting some initial findings concerning the use of a remote lab (VISIR), in a large undergraduate course on Physics, with over 550 students enrolled. {\textcopyright} 2011 IEEE.},
author = {Lobo, M. C.Costa and Alves, Gustavo R. and Marques, M. A. and Viegas, C. and Barral, R. G. and Couto, R. J. and Jacob, F. L. and Ramos, C. A. and Vil{\~{a}}o, G. M. and Covita, D. S. and Alves, Joaquim and Guimar{\~{a}}es, P. S. and Gustavsson, Ingvar},
booktitle = {Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE},
doi = {10.1109/FIE.2011.6142913},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Lobo et al. - 2011 - Using remote experimentation in a large undergraduate course Initial findings(2).pdf:pdf},
isbn = {9781612844671},
issn = {15394565},
keywords = {Remote laboratories,engineering education,learning assessment,weblabs},
pages = {1--7},
title = {{Using remote experimentation in a large undergraduate course: Initial findings}},
year = {2011}
}
@inproceedings{Gustavsson2011,
abstract = {This paper outlines a new laboratory learning infrastructure based on the VISIR (Virtual Instrument Systems in Reality) Open Lab Platform, which is an architecture for opening hands-on instructional laboratories for remote access 24/7 with preserved context. The aim is to embrace such laboratories in which telemanipulators can be used to remotely set up and/or start experiments and where the outcome can be observed remotely using instruments, video and/or audio transmission. As hands-on laboratories, VISIR ones can be used for exploring nature and for training laboratory workmanship. The current release (4.1) of the VISIR Open Lab platform can be used for opening electronics laboratories and laboratories for mechanical vibration experiments for remote access. Other subject fields will follow. So far, seven VISIR laboratories are online globally. The coming VISIR Open Lab Platform 5.0 will offer new functionality and will support a federation of VISIR laboratories.},
address = {Brasov, Romania},
author = {Gustavsson, Ingvar and Alves, Gustavo R. and Nilsson, K. and Zackrisson, J. and Hernandez-Jayo, U. and Garc{\'{i}}a-Zub{\'{i}}a, J.},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Remote Engineering & Virtual Instrumenntation - REV2011},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Gustavsson et al. - 2011 - The VISIR Open Lab Platform 5.0 - an architecture for a federation of remote laboratories.pdf:pdf},
keywords = {Lab infrastructure.,Laboratory,Remote labs},
pages = {284--288},
title = {{The VISIR Open Lab Platform 5.0 - an architecture for a federation of remote laboratories}},
year = {2011}
}
@inproceedings{Tawfik2011,
abstract = {Practical sessions are the backbone of qualification in engineering education. It leads to a better understanding and allows mastering scientific concepts and theories. The lack of the availability of practical sessions at many universities and institutions owing to the cost and the unavailability of instructors the most of the time caused a significant decline in experimentation in engineering education over the last decades. Recently, with the progress of computer-based learning, remote laboratories have been proven to be the best alternative to the traditional ones, regarding to its low cost and ubiquity. Some universities have already started to deploy remote labs in their practical sessions. This contribution compiles diverse experiences based on the deployment of the remote laboratory, Virtual Instrument Systems in Reality (VISIR), on the practices of undergraduate engineering grades at various universities within the VISIR community. It aims to show the impact of its usage on engineering education concerning the assessments of students and teachers as well.},
address = {Rapide City, SD},
author = {Tawfik, Mohamed and Sancristobal, Elio and Mart{\'{i}}n, Sergio and Gil, Charo and Pesquera, Alberto and Losada, Pablo and D{\'{i}}az, Gabriel and Peire, Juan and Castro, Manuel and Garc{\'{i}}a-Zub{\'{i}}a, J. and Hern{\'{a}}ndez, Unai and Ordu{\~{n}}a, Pablo and Angulo, Ignacio and Lobo, M. C Costa and Marques, M. A. and Viegas, Clara and Alves, Gustavo R.},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2011 Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE)},
doi = {10.1109/FIE.2011.6143133},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Tawfik et al. - 2011 - VISIR deployment in undergraduate engineering practices.pdf:pdf},
isbn = {9781612844671},
issn = {15394565},
keywords = {Engineering Education,Remote Labs,VISIR},
pages = {T1A--1--T1A--7},
title = {{VISIR deployment in undergraduate engineering practices}},
year = {2011}
}
@article{Alves2011a,
abstract = {The use of remote labs in undergraduate courses has been reported in literature several times since the mid 90's. Nevertheless, very few articles present results about the learning gains obtained by students using them, espe- cially with a large number of students, thus suggesting a lack of data concerning their pedagogical effectiveness. This paper addresses such a gap by presenting some preliminary results concerning the use of a remote laboratory, known as VISIR, in a large undergraduate course on Applied Physics, with over 500 students enrolled.},
author = {Alves, Gustavo R. and Marques, Maria A. and Viegas, Maria C and Costa-Lobo, Maria C. and Barral, R.G. and Couto, R.J. and Jacob, F. L. and Ramos, C.A. and Vil{\~{a}}o, G.M. and Covita, D.S. and Alves, Joaquim and Guimar{\~{a}}es, P. S. and Gustavsson, I.},
doi = {doi:10.3991/ijep.v1i1.1589},
file = {:Users/galves/Downloads/1589-5592-1-PB.pdf:pdf},
journal = {International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy (iJEP)},
keywords = {VISIR,engineering education.,learning as- sessment,remote laboratories,weblabs},
number = {1},
pages = {12--19},
title = {{Using VISIR in a Large Undergraduate Course - Preliminary Assessment Results}},
volume = {1},
year = {2011}
}
@techreport{Tawkif2011,
abstract = {In December 2010, the Electric, Electronic and Control Engineering department of the Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED) [1], installed a Virtual Instrument Systems in Reality (VISIR) [2]. VISIR is a remote laboratory for undergraduate electric and electronic circuits practice. It allows a student to wire a real circuit remotely and get results from real instruments on their PC screen. The purpose of UNED is to apply it, the second semester of this academic year 2010-2011, on the practice of the undergraduate engineering grades. On the other hand, to work on its development and integration with other outstanding learning technologies and research areas in which the department is currently researching to improve and enrich distance education. For instance, learning management system (LMS), fingerprints, mobiles, remote laboratories, web services, etc. UNED aims to be an active member in the VISIR community by sharing its lab resources and experiments with the rest of the community to enhance the experimentation skills in the electric and electronic engineering fields. Furthermore, it aims to bring out satisfactory results with respect to the practice as well as the research areas directed to the enhancement of the distance education quality level. This work reflects the acquired experience during the set up and the installation process of VISIR at UNED. The guide contains all the stages of the installation and the necessary configurations required for the VISIR start-up, correct usage and administration. This work aims to be a reference for any university interested in setting up a VISIR and to be a one more contribution from UNED to its community.},
address = {Madrid},
author = {Tawkif, Mohamed and Mart{\'{i}}n, Sergio and Gil, Charo and Losada, Pablo and Pesquera, Alberto and Sancristobal, Elio and D{\'{i}}az-Orueta, Gabriel and Peire, Juan and Castro-Gil, Manuel},
file = {:Users/galves/Dropbox (Personal)/VISIR SIG/achievements/Documents and papers about VISIR/VISIR EN/VISIR_Installation_Guide.pdf:pdf},
institution = {Universidad Nacional Educaci{\'{o}}n a Distancia},
keywords = {VISIR,installation guide},
pages = {43},
title = {{VISIR Installation and Start-up Guide v1}},
url = {https://vdocuments.site/visir-installation-start-up-guide-v1.html},
year = {2011}
}
@article{Garcia-Zubia2011d,
abstract = {The paper presents the results of applying the VISIR (Virtual Instrument Systems in Reality) system at the course of analog electronics for various degrees of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Deusto (Spain). The efficiency of the VISIR had been monitored during past three years. Students' feedback was collected and analyzed. The research shows: 1) VISIR system is functional and useful learning instrument; 2) teacher experience at VISIR plays crucial role in its integration into student experimentation activities; 3) students get best knowledge and skills in the analog electronics from combination of experiments at traditional laboratory and remote lab/ VISIR.},
author = {Garcia-Zubia, J. and Gustavsson, Ingvar and Hernandez-Jayo, U. and Orduna, P. and Angulo, I. and Dziabenko, O. and Rodriguez, L. and Lopez-de-Ipina, D.},
doi = {10.3991/ijoe.v7iS2.1769},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Garcia-Zubia et al. - 2011 - Using VISIR experiments, subjects and students.pdf:pdf},
issn = {18612121},
journal = {International Journal of Online Engineering},
keywords = {Analog electronics,Remote labs,VISIR consortium},
number = {Specialissue2},
pages = {11--14},
title = {{Using VISIR experiments, subjects and students}},
volume = {7},
year = {2011}
}
@inproceedings{Tawfik2011b,
abstract = {This paper discusses a new technology for making electric and electronic circuit experiments remotely. Virtual Instrument System in Reality (VISIR) has been implemented at the Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED) for new engineering grade's distance laboratories. It gives a brief update of the project and its implementation, on the other hand, discusses its role at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at UNED. {\textcopyright} 2011 IEEE.},
author = {Tawfik, Mohamed and Sancristobal, Elio and Mart{\'{i}}n, Sergio and Gil, Charo and Losada, Pablo and D{\'{i}}az, Gabriel and Castro, Manuel},
booktitle = {2011 Promotion and Innovation with New Technologies in Engineering Education, FINTDI 2011, Conference Proceedings},
doi = {10.1109/FINTDI.2011.5936416},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Tawfik et al. - 2011 - Remote laboratories for electrical & electronic subjects in new engineering grades.pdf:pdf},
isbn = {9781457705601},
keywords = {Distance Education,Electronics,Remote Lab,VISIR},
pages = {2--7},
title = {{Remote laboratories for electrical & electronic subjects in new engineering grades}},
year = {2011}
}
@inproceedings{Tawfik2011a,
abstract = {This paper introduces our university, Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED), to the VISIR (Virtual Systems in Reality) community. The paper discusses the role of VISIR in the new engineering grades of the Spanish education system at UNED. It also shares the experience acquired during its installation describing the main faced issues and offering a suitable solution. It tries to be an update and an extension of the efforts done and published by other universities within the community.},
author = {Tawfik, Mohamed and Sancristobal, Elio and Martin, Sergio and Gil, Charo and Pesquera, Alberto and Losada, Pablo and Diaz, Gabriel and Peire, Juan and Castro, Manuel},
booktitle = {REV 2011: 8th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Tawfik et al. - 2011 - A New Node in the VISIR Community.pdf:pdf},
pages = {16--22},
title = {{A New Node in the VISIR Community}},
year = {2011}
}
@inproceedings{Viegas2011,
abstract = {This paper addresses different course integrations of VISIR. The didactic approaches are summarized and the analysis done provides explanations to some of the problems encountered, plus some guidelines for future implementations. A number of strengths and weaknesses are highlighted, leading to suggestions on how to enhance some strategic approaches to motivate teachers and students to the potential of using VISIR in teaching and learning processes. Proper references to previously published work also help to understand the research background and the lessons derived from a more intensive usage of VISIR.},
address = {Lisbon, Portugal},
author = {Viegas, M C and Marques, M A and Alves, G R and Alberto, A S and Dias, C P and Alves, M J and Guimar{\~{a}}es, P S},
booktitle = {exp.at 2011 - 1st Experiment International Conference: Online Experimentation2011},
file = {:Users/galves/Downloads/10.1.1.1091.2378.pdf:pdf},
keywords = {assessment,learning gain,motivation for learning,remote labs},
title = {{On the use of VISIR under different course implementations}},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/9155},
year = {2011}
}
@inproceedings{M.TawfikE.SancristobalS.MartinR.GilP.LosadaA.PesqueraA.Robles-GomezA.C.CamineroS.RosR.PastorR.HernandezG.DiazJ.Peire2011,
abstract = {Practical sessions form an intrinsic part in engineering curricula. Recently, with the explosion of E-Learning technologies, remote laboratories have been adopted at many universities in order to optimize equipment utilization and eliminate time and location constraints. In addition, many values have been added to remote laboratories by integrating them with an educational framework to extend their features and to provide more services such as: assessment, administration, security, friendly user interface, as well as synchronous and asynchronous communication tools. Virtual Instrument Systems in Reality (VISIR) is a state-of-art remote laboratory that allows wiring and measurement electric and electronic circuits on a breadboard by means of a relay switching matrix that handles instruments and components terminal connections with regard to the on-line received commands from the user. The user interface assembles the real workbench by means of simulation; the control is simply carried out by a PC-mouse which increases student engagement. Even though, the student is working on real equipment. Moreover, VISIR comes with a seamless framework that provides administration, profiles, scheduling, and other services, which facilitate its deployment in education. This paper reports on the VISIR deployment in the electronic engineering field at Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED) addressing the benefits, the drawbacks and the students' perceptions.},
author = {{M. Tawfik, E. Sancristobal, S. Mart{\'{i}}n, R. Gil, P. Losada, A. Pesquera, A. Robles-G{\'{o}}mez, A. C. Caminero, S. Ros, R. Pastor, R. Hernandez, G. D{\'{i}}az, J. Peire}, and M. Castro},
booktitle = {VII International Conference on Engineering and Computer Education - ICECE '2011},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/M. Tawfik, E. Sancristobal, S. Mart{\'{i}}n, R. Gil, P. Losada, A. Pesquera, A. Robles-G{\'{o}}mez, A. C. Caminero, S. Ros, R. Pastor, R. Hernand.pdf:pdf},
keywords = {E-Learning,VISIR,engineering education,laboratories,remote},
pages = {39--47},
title = {{Remote Experimentation in the Electronic Engineering Field: VISIR@UNED}},
url = {http://romeo.det.uvigo.es/guimaraes2011/},
year = {2011}
}
@article{Zutin2011,
abstract = {This paper describes the work done at the Carinthia University of Applied Sciences towards integrating VISIR-based labs on the iLab architecture. The Virtual Systems in Reality (VISIR) project is carried out by the Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden and features a platform for performing experiments in different domains.},
author = {Zutin, Danilo Garbi and Auer, Michael E. and Gustavsson, Ingvar},
doi = {10.3991/ijoe.v7iS1.1754},
file = {:Users/galves/Downloads/ijoe.v7is1.1754.pdf:pdf},
isbn = {9781612846439},
issn = {18681646},
journal = {International Journal of Online Engineering},
keywords = {Ilab shared architecture,Online laboratories,Visir,Web services},
number = {SUPPL.},
pages = {14--17},
title = {{A VISIR lab server for the iLab shared architecture}},
volume = {7},
year = {2011}
}
@incollection{Gustavsson2011a,
abstract = {Electrical experiments are common at schools and universities world- wide. Today several remote laboratories for such experiments supplement hands-on ones in science and engineering education. Some of the remote laboratories, where online students can perform physical experiments and get the same results as in a hands-on laboratory, are more or less replicas of hands-on ones [1], [2], [3]. Thus, online students compose circuits us- ing real components and make real measurements on the circuits created. In this chapter, a workbench for remote electrical experiments based on the VISIR Open Lab Platform (Virtual Instrument Systems in Reality) designed at Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH) is compared with hands-on ones. Since some years, such VISIR workbenches are used in regular university courses and at least one VISIR workbench is being tested in courses at lower levels [4], [5]. Some further development of the online workbench desirable to better adapt it to school level is discussed as well. The chapter may also serve as an introduction to online electrical experiments for teachers.},
address = {Bilbao, Spain},
author = {Gustavsson, I.},
booktitle = {Using Remote Labs in Education},
chapter = {7},
editor = {Garc{\'{i}}a-Zub{\'{i}}a, Javier and Alves, Gustavo R.},
file = {:Users/galves/Downloads/Using Remote Labs in Education - book - chapter 7.pdf:pdf},
isbn = {978-84-9830-398-8},
keywords = {Remote labs,VISIR},
pages = {157--176},
publisher = {Deusto University Press},
title = {{On Remote Electronics Experiments}},
url = {https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236667779_Using_Remote_labs_in_Education_two_little_ducks_in_remote_experimentation},
year = {2011}
}
@inproceedings{Zutin2011a,
abstract = {This work in progress focuses describing the work being carried out at the Carinthia University of Applied Sciences (CUAS) as a collaborative work around online electronics laboratories together with BHT, Sweden and MIT, USA to integrate two different and well known online lab architectures so that users are not limited to the availability of one or the other. These platforms are VISIR (Virtual Systems in Reality) and the iLab Shared Architecture (ISA). While VISIR delivers, among others, electronics experiments in a highly flexible online workbench where circuits can be built and tested in a similar way as in traditional hands on laboratories, ISA focuses in providing mechanisms for sharing online laboratories in a distributed Web services based architecture by managing lab session scheduling and maintenance while a experiment is executed. Opening VISIR based labs to use the standard online lab support services provided by the ISA brings several advantages to both sides. {\textcopyright} 2011 IEEE.},
author = {Zutin, Danilo Garbi and Auer, Michael E.},
booktitle = {Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE},
doi = {10.1109/FIE.2011.6142780},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Zutin, Auer - 2011 - Work in progress - Integrating educational online lab platforms around the iLab shared architecture(2).pdf:pdf},
isbn = {9781612844671},
issn = {15394565},
keywords = {E-Learning,Online Engineering,Online Lab Grids,Online Laboratories},
pages = {11--13},
title = {{Work in progress - Integrating educational online lab platforms around the iLab shared architecture}},
year = {2011}
}
@article{Orduna2011a,
abstract = {During the last decade, efforts have been made in the development and publishing of remote experiments for educational purposes. In order to reduce the duplicity of work and to improve the common requirements that are shared by different remote laboratories, remote experiment management platforms have been developed, such as MIT iLabs, LabShare Sahara or WebLab-Deusto. In this paper, we describe how the development of experiments is handled in WebLab-Deusto, supporting both managed (developed used the APIs provided by WebLab-Deusto) and unmanaged experiments (using Virtual Machines or LabVIEW), and comparing both approaches. It also shows the results of integrating remote experiments under this system, with the use case of VISIR, the electronics remote laboratory developed in BTH.},
author = {Ordu{\~{n}}a, P. and Irurzun, J. and Rodriguez-Gil, L. and Garc{\'{i}}a-Zubia, J. and Gazzola, F. and L{\'{o}}pez-de-Ipi{\~{n}}a, D.},
doi = {10.3991/ijoe.v7iS2.1774},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Ordu{\~{n}}a et al. - 2011 - Adding new features to new and existing remote experiments through their integration in weblab-deusto.pdf:pdf},
issn = {18612121},
journal = {International Journal of Online Engineering},
keywords = {Architecture,Distributed,Remote-labs},
number = {Specialissue2},
pages = {33--39},
title = {{Adding new features to new and existing Remote Experiments through their Integration in Weblab-Deusto}},
volume = {7},
year = {2011}
}
@inproceedings{Hernandez-Jayo2011,
abstract = {In this paper we present a new model to control the instruments and experiments in a remote laboratory. This model is based on LAN networks and a control methodology through reusable drivers. The objective is to obtain a software control architecture independent of the hardware of the laboratory, so each institution can use its own equipments and experiments based on its needs and with minimal restrictions regarding to the hardware of the lab.},
address = {Brasov, Rumania},
author = {Hern{\'{a}}ndez-Jayo, Unai and Garc{\'{i}}a-Zub{\'{i}}a, J.},
booktitle = {Proceedings of Remote Engineering & Virtual Instrumentation Conference (REV)},
file = {:Users/galves/Documents/Artigos/REV11/REV11_Proceedings/Program/contributions/Contribution124_a.pdf:pdf},
keywords = {remote instrument and measurement control,remote laboratories},
pages = {71--77},
publisher = {IEEE},
title = {{A Remote and Reconfigurable Analog Electronics Laboratory based on IVI an LXI Technologies}},
year = {2011}
}
@inproceedings{Swartling2012,
abstract = {This paper presents a queue simulation of a remote laboratory based on the VISIR Open Lab Platform designed at Blekinge Institute of Technology. A model of this VISIR laboratory and statistical distributions of how users interact with the system based on real log files are presented. The system is then simulated in order to determine how many concurrent students that can be allowed to use the laboratory while at the same time keeping a low response time to ensure the quality of the service. The results show, in a worst case setup with approximately 300 ms response time per experiment, that roughly 100 concurrent users is an upper limit to ensure an average response time below 2 s. The results also show that raising the limit of the desired experiment response time does not necessarily increase the number allowed concurrent users significantly once the system is saturated. However, improving the experiment response time can significantly increase the number of users that can simultaneously be connected.},
author = {Swartling, Mikael and Bartůn{\v{e}}k, Josef Str{\"{o}}m and Nilsson, Kristian and Gustavsson, Ingvar and Fiedler, Markus},
booktitle = {2012 9th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation, REV 2012},
doi = {10.1109/REV.2012.6293108},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Swartling et al. - 2012 - Simulations of the VISIR Open Lab Platform.pdf:pdf},
isbn = {9781467325424},
keywords = {Quality of Experience,Simulation,VISIR},
pages = {1--5},
title = {{Simulations of the VISIR Open Lab Platform}},
year = {2012}
}
@article{Claesson2012,
abstract = {The use of remote laboratories in courses at university level has been reported in literature numerous times since the mid 90's. In this article focus is on activities carried out by teachers and students, at the Upper Secondary School Level, using the remote laboratory VISIR (Virtual Instrument Systems in Reality). The Upper Secondary School, Katedralskolan in Lund, Sweden, cooperate with Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden, in a project that concerns the introduction of remote laboratory environment suitable for Upper Secondary School science courses. A remote laboratory in electronics has been introduced and is used as a complement to the traditional workbench in the hands-on laboratory. Significant results from the project are; 1) the great interest shown by the students for the remote experiments, 2) the students appreciation for the fact that it was not simulations but actual real experiments, 3) the remote laboratory is easy to implement for use by both teachers and students and 4) it can be used simultaneously by many students.},
author = {Claesson, Lena and H{\aa}kansson, Lars},
doi = {10.3991/ijoe.v8is2.1941},
file = {:Users/galves/Dropbox (Personal)/VISIR SIG/achievements/Documents and papers about VISIR/VISIR EN/Using an Online Remote Laboratory for Electrical Experiments in Upper Secondary Education 1941-7157-1-PB.pdf:pdf},
issn = {1861-2121},
journal = {International Journal of Online and Biomedical Engineering (iJOE)},
number = {S2},
pages = {24},
title = {{Using an Online Remote Laboratory for Electrical Experiments in Upper Secondary Education}},
volume = {8},
year = {2012}
}
@inproceedings{Rodriguez-Gil2012,
abstract = {During the last years, VISIR (Virtual Instrument Systems in Reality) has proved itself a useful tool for electronics remote experimentation, having been deployed in several different universities. As a domain-specific remote laboratory, VISIR offers those features which are required for its stand-alone usage, such as authentication, scheduling, user management, etc. Though for certain purposes this may be adequate, often it is more appropriate to offer VISIR as one kind of experiment among many, under a generic remote laboratories framework, such as WebLab-Deusto, MIT iLabs or Labshare Sahara. These frameworks provide integrated access to several different kinds of experiments, such as electronics, robotics, etc. Through this integration, a smooth experience can be provided to the user, and VISIR can benefit from all the functionality that the generic framework provides (common authentication, load-balancing, scheduling, etc). Efforts are currently being made to integrate VISIR with various laboratories. In this paper, we describe what the integration of VISIR with Weblab-Deusto involves; how certain VISIR-specific functionalities that depended on its original framework were handled, and how through Weblab-Deusto VISIR can easily gain certain new features. Some of those are the integration with different environments such as Facebook, or with Learning Management Systems such as Moodle. Another feature is collaboration among VISIR users, which makes it possible to share a VISIR circuit in real time. Furthermore, through this association VISIR gains new possibilities, such as federation.},
address = {Bilbao, Spain},
author = {Rodriguez-Gil, Luis and Ordu{\~{n}}a, Pablo and Garc{\'{i}}a-Zub{\'{i}}a, J. and L{\'{o}}pez-de-Ipi{\~{n}}a, Diego},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Remote Engineering & Virtual Instrumentation - REV 2012},
doi = {10.1109/REV.2012.6293150},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Rodriguez-Gil et al. - 2012 - Advanced integration of OpenLabs VISIR (Virtual Instrument Systems in Reality) with Weblab-Deusto(2).pdf:pdf},
isbn = {9781467325424},
keywords = {VISIR,integration,remote-labs},
pages = {1--7},
title = {{Advanced integration of OpenLabs VISIR (Virtual Instrument Systems in Reality) with Weblab-Deusto}},
year = {2012}
}
@article{Tawfik2012,
abstract = {It is of crucial importance the integration of practical sessions in engineering curricula owing to their significant role in understanding engineering concepts and scientific phenomena. However, the lack of practical sessions due to the high costs of the equipment and the unavailability of instructors has caused a significant declination in experimentation in engineering education. Remote laboratories have tackled this issues providing online reusable and shared workbenches unconstrained by neither geographical nor time considerations. Thereby, they have extremely proliferated among universities and integrated into engineering curricula over the last decade. This contribution compiles diverse experiences based on the deployment of the remote laboratory, Virtual Instrument Systems in Reality (VISIR), on the practices of undergraduate engineering grades at various universities within the VISIR community. It aims to show the impact of its usage on engineering education concerning the assessments of students and teachers as well. In addition, the paper address the next challenges and future works carried out at several universities within the VISIR community.},
author = {Tawfik, Mohamed and Sancristobal, Elio and Mart{\'{i}}n, Sergio and Gil, Charo and Pesquera, Alberto and Losada, Pablo and D{\'{i}}az, Gabriel and Peire, Juan and Castro, Manuel and Garc{\'{i}}a-Zub{\'{i}}a, J. and Hern{\'{a}}ndez, Unai and Ordu{\~{n}}a, Pablo and Angulo, Ignacio and {Costa Lobo}, M. C. and Marques, M. A. and Viegas, Clara and Alves, Gustavo R.},
doi = {10.3991/ijoe.v8i1.1879},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Tawfik et al. - 2012 - VISIR Experiences and challenges(2).pdf:pdf},
issn = {18681646},
journal = {International Journal of Online Engineering},
keywords = {Engineering education,Remote labs,VISIR},
number = {1},
pages = {25--32},
title = {{VISIR: Experiences and challenges}},
volume = {8},
year = {2012}
}
@phdthesis{Hernandez-Jayo2012,
abstract = {Current remote laboratories, especially those devoted to Analog Electronics, present high quality features, are easy to use and reliable. However, this satisfactory performance level has been attained by means of developments that use proprietary solutions that hinder the deployment of remote laboratories in other institutions and countries, and thereby degrade their main characteristic; namely resource sharing and sustainability. While maintaining the quality standards of existing implementations, the solution presented herein, adopts a standardization perspective that facilitates the deployment of remote labs outside the context they were built in. scope in which it was created.
The current research work developed within this context, and specifically related to the teaching of Analog Electronics, proposes a control method that facilitates the deployment and maintenance of remote laboratories by making their instruments and experiments independent from the software applications that control them
This new methodology is the result of the analysis of previous solutions tested and validated in distinguished remote laboratories. The study led to a set of innovative developments combining and integrating different technologies and applications and specifically implemented as part of this doctoral thesis, giving as an end result a unique method never deployed before in the field of remote experimentation.
The improvements provided by the proposed method have been corroborated by validation of a prototype developed for, and tested on, real operating scenarios with real users.
The results of our research are an important contribution to the design and deployment of remote labs for Analog Electronics allowing users to build and characterize electronic circuits with the same performance as if the tasks of connection and measurement were carried out in a traditional hands- on lab.},
author = {Hern{\'{a}}ndez-Jayo, Unai},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Hern{\'{a}}ndez-Jayo - 2012 - Metodolog{\'{i}}a de Control Independiente de Instrumentos y Experimentos para su Despliegue en Laboratorios Remo(2).pdf:pdf},
pages = {347},
school = {UNIVERSIDAD DE DEUSTO},
title = {{Metodolog{\'{i}}a de Control Independiente de Instrumentos y Experimentos para su Despliegue en Laboratorios Remotos}},
url = {https://dkh.deusto.es/comunidad/thesis/recurso/metodologia-de-control-independiente-de/d9872dca-b743-4e3b-9791-2aae0cc31bbf},
year = {2012}
}
@article{Fidalgo2012,
abstract = {Remote Laboratories are an emergent technological and pedagogical tool at all education levels, and their widespread use is an important part of their own improvement and evolution. This paper describes several issues encountered on laboratorial classes, on higher education courses, when using remote laboratories based on PXI systems, either using the VISIR system or an alternate inhouse solution. Three main issues are presented and explained, all reported by teachers that gave support to students use of remote laboratories. The first issue deals with the need to allow students to select the actual place where an ammeter is to be inserted on electric circuits, even incorrectly, therefore emulating real world difficulties. The second one deals with problems with timing when several measurements are required at short intervals, as in the discharge cycle of a capacitor. And the last issue deals with the use of a multimeter in DC mode when reading AC values, a use that collides with the lab settings. All scenarios are presented and discussed including the solution found for each case. The conclusion derived from the described work is that the remote laboratories area is an expanding field, where practical use leads to improvement and evolution of the available solutions, requiring a strict cooperation and information sharing between all actors, i.e. developers, teachers and students.},
author = {Fidalgo, Andr{\'{e}} and Alves, Gustavo R. and Marques, M. A. and Viegas, Clara and Costa-Lobo, Maria C. and Hernandez, Unai and Garc{\'{i}}a-Zub{\'{i}}a, J. and Gustavsson, Ingvar},
doi = {10.3991/ijoe.v8iS3.2259},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Fidalgo et al. - 2012 - Using remote labs to serve different teacher's needs - A case study with VISIR and remotelectlab.pdf:pdf},
isbn = {9781467325424},
issn = {18681646},
journal = {International Journal of Online Engineering},
keywords = {Learning goals,Real-world scenarios,Remote labs},
number = {Special Issue 3},
pages = {36--41},
title = {{Using remote labs to serve different teacher's needs - A case study with VISIR and remotelectlab}},
volume = {8},
year = {2012}
}
@inproceedings{Fidalgo2012a,
abstract = {Remote Laboratories are an emergent technological and pedagogical tool at all education levels, and their widespread use is an important part of their own improvement and evolution. This paper describes several issues encountered on laboratorial classes, on higher education courses, when using remote laboratories based on PXI systems, either using the VISIR system or an alternate in-house solution. Three main issues are presented and explained, all reported by teachers that gave support to students use of remote laboratories. The first issue deals with the need to allow students to select the actual place where an ammeter is to be inserted on electric circuits, even incorrectly, therefore emulating real world difficulties. The second one deals with problems with timing when several measurements are required at short intervals, as in the discharge cycle of a capacitor. And the last issue deals with the use of a multimeter in DC mode when reading AC values, a use that collides with the lab settings. All scenarios are presented and discussed including the solution found for each case. The conclusion derived from the described work is that the remote laboratories area is an expanding field, where practical use leads to improvement and evolution of the available solutions, requiring a strict cooperation and information sharing between all actors, i.e. developers, teachers and students.},
address = {Bilbao, Spain},
author = {Fidalgo, A.V. and Costa-Lobo, M.C. and Marques, M. A. and Viegas, M.C. and Alves, G. R. and Garc{\'{i}}a-Zub{\'{i}}a, J and Hern{\'{a}}ndez-Jayo, U. and Gustavsson, I.},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV'12)},
file = {:Users/galves/Documents/ISEP/Carreira academica - concursos - ISEP/Concurso Prof Coord CBE 09 v13Ago09/CD_anexo_CV/2_Act_Cientifica/2_1_Publ_Cientificas/Conf_Int/P_CI_091.pdf:pdf},
keywords = {Learning Goals,Real-World Scenarios,Remote Labs,VISIR},
pages = {285--290},
publisher = {IEEE},
title = {{Using Remote Labs to serve different teacher's needs: A case study with VISIR and RemotElectLab}},
year = {2012}
}
@techreport{Gustavsson2013,
abstract = {A super administrator is in charge of each VISIR online laboratory and authorizes depu- ty administrators who are allowed to initiate courses, i.e. to set the start date, the end date, and the maximum number of students permitted to enroll in the course. Further- more, the administrators authorize at least one teacher to be in charge of each course. The next section introduces the VISIR Open Lab Platform and the organization of a VISIR laboratory. The VISIR software is published under a GPL license and the distri- bution is described in section two. Presently, a VISIR laboratory workbench is equipped with a triple DC power supply, a function generator, a dual channel oscilloscope, a multi-meter and a switching matrix for circuit creation. The matrix serves as an online component store as well. The work- bench is described in section three. The administrators i.e. the laboratory staff install components and configure the matrix. Configuring is closely related to creation of rules of a Virtual Instructor that is a soft- ware module, which prevents students from creating harmful circuits. These rules de- scribe all circuits that are permitted to be activated and are created in collaboration with the teachers who use the laboratory. Rule creation and matrix configuration are de- scribed in section four.},
address = {Karlskrona},
author = {Gustavsson, Ingvar},
file = {:Users/galves/Dropbox (Personal)/VISIR SIG/achievements/Documents and papers about VISIR/VISIR EN/VISIR Administrator manual 1.pdf:pdf},
institution = {Blekinge Institute of Technology},
keywords = {Administrator manual v1,VISIR},
mendeley-tags = {Administrator manual v1},
pages = {7},
title = {{Administrator's Guide to the VISIR Online Laboratory for Electrical Experiments}},
year = {2013}
}
@inproceedings{Tawfik2013a,
abstract = {This paper reports on a new designed electronics practices with the remote laboratory Virtual Instrument Systems in Reality (VISIR). The proposed practices encompasses many common electronic circuits for electronic circuits related subjects within the undergraduate engineering education as well as for the postgraduate degrees and the vocational training courses. A new range of components and black boxed circuits have been added to VISIR such as inductors and converter circuits. This paper shows the configuration of the VISIR's switching matrix and provides a case study with results. The proposed practices are aimed to be conducted online as en essential task of the subject “Power Supplies for ICT Equipment”; a subject delivered by the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department (DIEEC) of the Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED) within a new European online master degree program in Information and Communication Systems (ICS) in which UNED is a partners along with other four European university partners from different European countries. Remote laboratories forms an integral part of all master's subject in order to foster experimentation and to prepare qualified and skilled graduates. The proposed practices covers most of the subject's content and are totally administrated and delivered online in accordance with the master's objectives.},
author = {Tawfik, Mohamed and Monteso, Santiago and Loro, Felix Garcia and Sancristobal, Elio and Mur, Francisco and Diaz, Gabriel and Castro, Manuel},
booktitle = {IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON},
doi = {10.1109/EduCon.2013.6530262},
file = {:Users/galves/Dropbox (Personal)/VISIR SIG/achievements/Documents and papers about VISIR/VISIR EN/Design of Electronics Circuits Practices for an Online Master Degree Program Using VISIR 06530262.pdf:pdf},
isbn = {9781467361101},
issn = {21659559},
keywords = {RIPLECS,VISIR,distance education,electronics circuits,remote laboratories},
pages = {1222--1227},
title = {{Design of electronics circuits practices for an online master degree program using VISIR}},
year = {2013}
}
@phdthesis{Tawfik2013b,
abstract = {This thesis introduces a novel paradigm, Laboratory as a Service (LaaS), for developing modular remote laboratories—based on independent component modules—and implementing them as a set of loosely-coupled services to be consumed with a high level of abstraction and virtualization. The main goals are to: (1) define an organized manner for sharing remote laboratories globally among institutions; (2) allow wrapping remote laboratories in any heterogeneous application container, as well as, their coupling and mashing up with heterogeneous services across the Web; (3) facilitate maintenance, reusability, and leveraging legacy equipment; and (4) allow interchangeability of components between provider and consumer—seamlessly and programmatically—insofar as consumer could contribute with one or more components instead of full-reliance on the provider's equipment and facilities. Beyond the academic context, LaaS will facilitate the incorporation of remote laboratories in the ecosystem of the ubiquitous smart things surrounding us, which increases everyday with the approaching Web of Things (WoT) and artificial intelligence era. This, in turn, will create a breeding ground for online control, experimentation, and discovery—in either formal or informal context and with neither temporal nor geographical constraints. Last but not least, LaaS aims to set principles for a global standardized design pattern to be adopted by remote laboratories developers, providers and consumers.},
author = {Tawfik, M.},
file = {:Users/galves/Documents/Varios/To_Razwan/Doctoral Thesis Mohamed Tawfik.pdf:pdf},
keywords = {Web of Things (WoT).,automation,cloud computing,computer-aided engineering,eLearning,grid computing,interoperability,mashup,remote laboratories},
pages = {326},
school = {Escuela T{\'{e}}cnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales (ETSII), Universidad Nacional de Educaci{\'{o}}n a Distancia (UNED)},
title = {{Laboratory as a Service (LaaS): a Paradigm for Developing and Implementing Modular Remote Laboratories}},
year = {2013}
}
@incollection{Igelbbock2013,
abstract = {VISIR in school environments aims to reveal the experience relating to remote control labs in education. More precisely, it shows how necessary it is to conduct and observe electricity experiments in physics at school. Including VISIR is a valuable experience, bearing in mind that in the Austrian school curriculum several weeks are allocated to the chapter on electricity, including everything from components to circuits. It makes a difference whether a teacher is merely demonstrating an experiment, or students or a group of students are receiving a task to conduct the experiments on their own. Under these circumstances, comparing VISIR with “traditional” students' experiments, hands-on labs based on specified learning material provide valuable insights. The assets and drawbacks occurring in practical and daily work with VISIR will be shown, as well as the pros and cons concerning educational adaptability. The conclusion focuses on the most important insights after working with VISIR, and the feedback received from the students.},
address = {Bilbao, Spain},
author = {Igelbbock, Barbara and May, Arnulf and Oros, Ramon Georgina and Pester, Andreas},
booktitle = {IT Innovative Practices in Secondary Schools: Remote Experiments},
chapter = {8},
edition = {Desuto Uni},
editor = {Garc{\'{i}}a-Zub{\'{i}}a, J. and Dziabenko, Olga},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Igelbbock et al. - 2013 - Virtual System in Reality (VISIR) in school environments.pdf:pdf},
pages = {177--2014},
title = {{Virtual System in Reality (VISIR) in school environments}},
url = {http://www.deusto-publicaciones.es/deusto/pdfs/otraspub/otraspub04.pdf},
year = {2013}
}
@incollection{Claesson2013,
abstract = {In science education students' understanding of theory seems to a great extent dependent on laboratory experiments proving and/or explaining the theory taught in class. Moreover, the experiments provide students with training and experience of experimenting, as well as enabling them to develop competences that concern: the handling of instruments and components, the evaluation and determination of physical parameters of objects, the design and use of tables, calculations, planning and implementing experiments.},
address = {Bilbao, Spain},
author = {Claesson, Lena and Khan, I. and Zackrisson, J. and Nilsson, K. and Gustavsson, Ingvar and H{\aa}kansson, L.},
booktitle = {IT Innovative Practices in Secondary Schools: Remote Experiments},
chapter = {7},
editor = {Dziabenko, O. and Garcia-Zubia, J.},
file = {:Users/galves/Desktop/Igelbbock et al. - 2013 - Virtual System in Reality (VISIR) in school environments.pdf:pdf},
isbn = {978-84-15759-16-4},
pages = {141--176},
publisher = {Deusto Univeristy Press},
title = {{Using a VISIR laboratory to supplement teaching and learning processes in physics courses in a Swedish Upper Secondary School}},
year = {2013}
}
@article{Tawfik2013,
abstract = {This paper reports on a state-of-the-art remote laboratory project called Virtual Instrument Systems in Reality (VISIR). VISIR allows wiring and measuring of electronic circuits remotely on a virtual workbench that replicates physical circuit breadboards. The wiring mechanism is developed by means of a relay switching matrix connected to a PCI eXtensions for Instrumentation (PXI) instrumentation platform. The entire equipment is controlled by LabVIEW server software, in addition to a measurement server software that protects the equipment from hazard connections by verifying input circuit designs, sent by students, before being executed. This paper addresses other approaches such as remote labs based on Data Acquisition Cards (DAQs), NetLab, and RemotElectLab, comparing them with VISIR in order to emphasize its singularity. Topics discussed are as follows: the technical description, software, operation cycle, features, and provided services. In addition, the feedback received by students at several universities and the encountered drawbacks along with the proposed solutions are highlighted. The paper finally addresses the ongoing and future challenges within the VISIR community including its integration with Learning Management Systems (LMSs) and iLab Shared Architecture (ISA), its new hardware version release that is based on LAN eXtensions for Instrumentation (LXI), and its new open platform version that supports federated access.},
author = {Tawfik, Mohamed and Sancristobal, Elio and Mart{\'{i}}n, Sergio and Gil, Rosario and Diaz, Gabriel and Colmenar, Ant{\'{o}}nio and Peire, Juan and Castro, Manuel and Nilsson, Kristian and Zackrisson, Johan and Hakansson, Lars and Gustavsson, Ingvar},
doi = {10.1109/TLT.2012.20},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Tawfik et al. - 2013 - Virtual instrument systems in reality (VISIR) for remote wiring and measurement of electronic circuits on breadbo.pdf:pdf},
isbn = {1939-1382 VO - 6},
issn = {19391382},
journal = {IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies},
keywords = {Computer uses in education,Computer-aided engineering,Electronics,Emerging technologies},
number = {1},
pages = {60--72},
title = {{Virtual instrument systems in reality (VISIR) for remote wiring and measurement of electronic circuits on breadboard}},
volume = {6},
year = {2013}
}
@inproceedings{Odeh2014,
abstract = {Engineering and science labs play a central role in illustrating concepts and principles as well as improving technical skills. Through introducing of remote labs, it will be possible to share devices, equipment and instrumentations with lots of universities. Moreover, they relax time and space constraints and are capable to be adapted to pace of each student if there was insufficient time in lab; this contribution reports the experiences at Al-Quds University in Jerusalem in Palestine with deploying VISIR, and represents the results of an evaluation for its appropriateness as a complementary asset to traditional labs. The questionnaire for the interaction between students and VISIR includes survey questions with the goal to measure the evaluation criteria: usefulness and satisfaction, sense of reality/immersion and usability.},
author = {Odeh, Salaheddin and Alves, Gustavo R. and Anabtawi, Mahasen and Jazi, Mahran and Arekat, Mahmoud},
booktitle = {Proccedings of the 2014 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON)},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Odeh et al. - 2014 - Experiences with Deploying VISIR at Al-Quds University in Jerusalem.pdf:pdf},
isbn = {9781479931903},
keywords = {-visir,deployment,design,evaluation,remote labs},
number = {April},
pages = {273--279},
publisher = {IEEE},
title = {{Experiences with Deploying VISIR at Al-Quds University in Jerusalem}},
year = {2014}
}
@inproceedings{SalaheddinOdeh2014,
abstract = {Os laborat{\'{o}}rios de ci{\^{e}}ncia e engenharia desempenham um papel fundamental na demostra{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o de conceitos e princ{\'{i}}pios, bem como na melhoria das compet{\^{e}}ncias t{\'{e}}cnicas. Com a introdu{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o de laborat{\'{o}}rios remotos ser{\'{a}} poss{\'{i}}vel partilhar dispositivos, equipamento e instrumenta{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o entre universidades. Mais, eles evitam restri{\c{c}}{\~{o}}es de tempo e espa{\c{c}}o, sendo capazes de se adaptar ao ritmo pr{\'{o}}prio de cada estudante, no caso do tempo passado no laborat{\'{o}}rio n{\~{a}}o ter sido suficiente. Neste artigo s{\~{a}}o relatadas as experi{\^{e}}ncias com a aplica{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o de VISIR na Universidade de Al-Quds. S{\~{a}}o tamb{\'{e}}m mostrados os resultados da avalia{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o efetuada {\`{a}} sua adequabilidade como elemento complementar aos laborat{\'{o}}rios tradicionais. O question{\'{a}}rio para a intera{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o com os estudantes inclui perguntas de pesquisa, com o objetivo de medir os crit{\'{e}}rios de avalia{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o: utilidade e satisfa{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o, sensa{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o de realidade/imers{\~{a}}o e usabilidade.},
author = {{Salaheddin Odeh} and {Alves Joaquim} and {Ribeiro Alves Gustavo} and {Mahasen Anabtawi} and {Mahran Jazi} and {Mahmoud Arekat} and {Ingvar Gustavsson}},
booktitle = {11th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation, REV 2014},
doi = {10.1109/REV.2014.6784186},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Salaheddin Odeh et al. - 2014 - Experi{\^{e}}ncias da Aplica{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o de VISIR na Universidade de Al-Quds.pdf:pdf},
isbn = {9781479920242},
keywords = {Aplica{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o,Avalia{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o,Crit{\'{e}}rios de projecto,Laborat{\'{o}}rio-remoto,VISIR},
number = {February},
pages = {346--352},
title = {{Experi{\^{e}}ncias da Aplica{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o de VISIR na Universidade de Al-Quds}},
year = {2014}
}
@article{Marques2014,
abstract = {As technology is increasingly being seen as a facilitator to learning, open remote laboratories are increasingly available and in widespread use around the world. They provide some advantages over traditional hands-on labs or simulations. This paper presents the results of integrating the open remote laboratory VISIR into several courses, in various contexts and using various methodologies. These integrations, all related to higher education engineering, were designed by teachers with different perspectives to achieve a range of learning outcomes. The degree to which these VISIR-related outcomes were accomplished is discussed. The results reflect the levels of student engagement and learning and of teacher involvement. From the analysis, a connection between these two aspects was traced, although only related to the user profiles. VISIR is shown to be always of benefit for more motivated students, but this benefit can be maximized under particular conditions and characteristics. {\textcopyright} 1963-2012 IEEE.},
author = {Marques, Maria A. and Viegas, Maria Clara and Costa-Lobo, Maria Cristina and Fidalgo, Andr{\'{e}} V. and Alves, Gustavo R. and Rocha, Jo{\~{a}}o S. and Gustavsson, Ingvar},
doi = {10.1109/TE.2013.2284156},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Marques et al. - 2014 - How remote labs impact on course outcomes Various practices using VISIR.pdf:pdf},
isbn = {00189359 (ISSN)},
issn = {00189359},
journal = {IEEE Transactions on Education},
keywords = {Curriculum integration,VISIR,learning outcomes,remote laboratories},
number = {3},
pages = {151--159},
title = {{How remote labs impact on course outcomes: Various practices using VISIR}},
volume = {57},
year = {2014}
}
@phdthesis{Nilsson2014,
abstract = {For centuries scientists have performed physical experiments in order to un- derstand the phenomena of nature and to create theories and mathematical models. This work covers some of the remotely controlled laboratories, with real physical instruments, experimental objects, etc., created within the VISIR (Virtual Instruments Systems In Reality) Open Lab Platform. This is a plat- form for opening hands-on laboratories for remote access 24/7 with preserved context. The aim is to create laboratories, where telemanipulators can be used to remotely set up real physical experiments. The students use virtual repre- sentations of the hands-on laboratory instruments to collect and measure real physical data. As hands-on laboratories, the VISIRcan be used for exploring nature and for training engineering workmanship. Part I and II of this thesis constitute a theoretical and practical approach on how to open up a laboratory for remote access and enabling students to have access to the equipment 24/7. Part I covers a more general solution for en- abling remote access to equipment; the suggested solution can be applied to all types of instruments that can be controlled from a PC based system. Part III and IV of this thesis present an encouragement to collaborate within in the ?eld of remote engineering to utilize the recourses more e?ciently. The idea is that universities around the world can share their experiments in a grid laboratory; every university contributes with a small part, but gets access to a wide range of experiments in this grid. Part V of this thesis concerns the modelling and simulation of the remote elec- tronics laboratory with the purpose of estimating the maximum number of simultaneous users without losing the experience of working with a real instru- ment. The results indicate that one single remote electronics laboratory can handle up to 120 users simultaneously and with 120 users the dealy for each user is approximately 2 seconds.},
author = {Nilsson, Kristian},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Nilsson - 2014 - Development and Evaluation of Openlabs and The Visir Open Electronics and Radio Signal Laboratory for Education Purpose.pdf:pdf},
isbn = {9789172952836},
issn = {1650-2140},
keywords = {VISIR},
mendeley-tags = {VISIR},
pages = {73},
school = {Blekinge Institute of Technology},
title = {{Development and Evaluation of Openlabs and the Visir Open Electronics and Radio Signal Laboratory for Education Purpose}},
year = {2014}
}
@MSc Thesis{Claesson834145,
abstract = {During a substantial part of their time young people of today actually live in a virtual world. The medial evolution has also influenced education and today much research work basically concerns the transfer of the physical world into the virtual one. One example is laboratories in physical science that are available in virtual rooms. They enable studentsto sit at home in front of a computer and on screen watch and operate the physical equipment in the laboratory at school. It is a general agreement that laboratory lessons are necessary in subjects such as physics, chemistry and biology. Physical experiments provide a great way for students to learn more about nature and its possibilities as well as limitations. Experimental work can be provided bylaboratories in three different categories; 1) hands-on, 2) remote and 3) simulated. This thesis concerns the usage of remotely controlled laboratories in physics education at an upper secondary school. It is based on work carried out in a joint project between Katedralskolan (upper secondary school), Lund, Sweden, and Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH). The object with this project is to investigate feasibility of using the VISIR (Virtual Instruments System in Reality) technology for remotely controlled laboratories, developed at BTH, in upper secondary schools. This thesis consists of an introduction, followed by three parts where the first part concerns the introduction of the remote lab to students and the usage of the remote lab by students at the upper secondary school, Katedralskolan. Both first year students and third year students carried out experiments using the remote lab. The second part concerns activities carried out by 2 teachers and 94 students using the remote laboratory VISIR. An integration of VISIR with the learning management system used at school is described. Teaching activities carried out by teachers at Katedralskolan involving the VISIR lab are discussed, e.g., an exam including problems of experimental work using the VISIR lab and an example of a student report. Survey results on student satisfaction with the VISIR lab at BTH and the perception of it are presented, indicating that VISIR is a good learning tool. Furthermore, the survey resulted in a proposal of improvements in the VISIR lab user interface. Finally, the third part focuses on enhancements of the VISIR lab at BTH. An improved version in the VISIR user interface is presented. New iPad and smart phone availability of the VISIR lab is presented. Electronic experiments for upper secondary school students are described in detail and examples of suitable configurations are given. A new VISIR acoustic lab has beenimplemented and initial experimentation by upper secondary school students have been carried out. The outcomes from these experiments are discussed.},
author = {Claesson, Lena},
file = {:Users/galves/Google Drive/VISIR SIG/Documents and papers about VISIR/VISIR EN/MsC_Thesis_Lena_Claesson_LICver20140505.pdf:pdf},
institution = {Blekinge Institute of Technology,},
isbn = {978-91-7295-284-3},
issn = {1650-2140},
pages = {98 p.},
publisher = {Blekinge Institute of Technology},
series = {Blekinge Institute of Technology Licentiate Dissertation Series},
title = {{Remote Electronic and Acoustic Laboratories in Upper Secondary Schools}},
year = {2014}
}
@article{Fidalgo2014,
abstract = {Remote laboratories are an emergent technological and pedagogical tool at all education levels, and their widespread use is an important part of their own improvement and evolution. This paper describes several issues encountered on laboratorial classes, on higher education courses, when using remote laboratories based on PXI systems, either using the VISIR system or an alternate in-house solution. Three main issues are presented and explained, all reported by teachers, that gave support to students' use of remote laboratories. The first issue deals with the need to allow students to select the actual place where an ammeter is to be inserted on electric circuits, even incorrectly, therefore emulating real-world difficulties. The second one deals with problems with timing when several measurements are required at short intervals, as in the discharge cycle of a capacitor. In addition, the last issue deals with the use of a multimeter in dc mode when reading ac values, a use that collides with the lab settings. All scenarios are presented and discussed, including the solution found for each case. The conclusion derived from the described work is that the remote laboratories area is an expanding field, where practical use leads to improvement and evolution of the available solutions, requiring a strict cooperation and information-sharing between all actors, i.e., developers, teachers, and students. {\textcopyright} 2014 IEEE.},
author = {Fidalgo, Andr{\'{e}} and Alves, Gustavo R. and Marques, M. A. and Viegas, Clara and Costa-Lobo, Maria C. and Henandez-Jayo, Unai and Garc{\'{i}}a-Zub{\'{i}}a, J. and Gustavsson, Ingvar},
doi = {10.1109/RITA.2014.2302071},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Fidalgo et al. - 2014 - Adapting remote labs to learning scenarios Case studies using VISIR and remotElectLab.pdf:pdf},
issn = {19328540},
journal = {IEEE Revista Iberoamericana de Tecnologias del Aprendizaje (IEEE RITA)},
keywords = {Learning goals,Real-world scenarios,Remote labs},
number = {1},
pages = {33--39},
title = {{Adapting remote labs to learning scenarios: Case studies using VISIR and remotElectLab}},
volume = {9},
year = {2014}
}
@inproceedings{Garcia-Zubia2014,
abstract = {El laboratorio remoto VISIR es una realidad educativa en muchos centros educativos, tanto universitarios como escolares, pero m{\'{a}}s all{\'{a}} de la satisfacci{\'{o}}n propria de los profesores y alumnos, el sistema carece de una validaci{\'{o}}n sist{\'{e}}mica en el aprendizaje del alumno. Este trabaljo describe una experiencia Pre y Post Test con alumnos universitarios.},
address = {Porto},
author = {Garc{\'{i}}a-Zub{\'{i}}a, J. and Velasco, J. M. S{\'{a}}enz Ruiz},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV)},
editor = {IEEE},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Garc{\'{i}}a-Zub{\'{i}}a, Velesco - 2014 - Usando VISIR en el Aula Experiencia con Pre y Post Tests.pdf:pdf},
isbn = {9781479920242},
keywords = {VISIR,remote labs},
month = {feb},
number = {February},
pages = {177--179},
title = {{Usando VISIR en el Aula: Experiencia con Pre y Post Tests}},
year = {2014}
}
@inproceedings{Gustavsson2014,
abstract = {The VISIR (Virtual Instrument Systems in Reality) Open Lab Platform is an architecture that enable universities, secondary schools, and other organizations to open instructional laboratories for remote access with preserved context. VISIR emanates from a feasibility study made in 1999 at BTH (Blekinge Institute of Technology) in Sweden. Today, VISIR laboratories are online at seven universities globally where thousands of students can work and conduct most experiments that can be performed on a solderless breadboard remotely without any risk of being harmed. IAOE (International Association of Online Engineering has organized SIG VISIR a Special Interest Group for VISIR. Further development of the platform is carried out in this Community. This paper is about work in progress especially at BTH.},
address = {Istambul, Turkey},
author = {Gustavsson, Ingvar and Zackrisson, Johan and Lundberg, Jenny},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 5th IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference - EDUCON 2014},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Gustavsson, Zackrisson, Lundberg - 2014 - VISIR work in progress.pdf:pdf},
isbn = {9781479931903},
keywords = {electronics,experiments I.,laboratory,remote},
pages = {1139--1148},
publisher = {IEEE},
title = {{VISIR work in progress}},
year = {2014}
}
@techreport{Gustavsson2014a,
address = {Karlskrona},
author = {Gustavsson, Ingvar},
file = {:Users/galves/Dropbox (Personal)/VISIR SIG/achievements/Documents and papers about VISIR/VISIR EN/VISIR Student manual 16.pdf:pdf},
institution = {Bleking Institute of Technology},
keywords = {Student manual v16,VISIR},
mendeley-tags = {Student manual v16},
pages = {23},
title = {{Student's Guide to the VISIR Remote Laboratory for Electrical Experiments}},
url = {http://openlabs.bth.se/static/VISIR_Student_manual_16.pdf},
year = {2014}
}
@inproceedings{Salah2015a,
abstract = {Practical study is considered a backbone of qualification in engineering and sciences education. It helps to understand the theoretical concepts for university students. Over the last decades, limitation of available lab has become one of encumbrances to some universities and institutions owing to the cost and unavailability of instructors. It led to decline the students' qualifications in experimentation in engineering and sciences fields. Today, several ideas have implemented to get over the limitation of lab, for example online labs technology, which is refers to “Remote and Virtual Labs”. This technology is become available over Internet, for instance Virtual Instrument Systems in Reality (VISIR). In addition, online labs are proven that they can assist hands-on laboratories and may become the best technology for supporting hands- on ones, regarding to its low cost and ubiquity. This paper presents the number of students (access and users access) who are involved to use VISIR nodes that located at BTH, Deusto, ISEP, and UNED institutions. The filtration that used in this study is to categorize yearly and monthly access of students from those VISIR nodes.},
address = {Seville, Spain},
author = {Salah, R.M. and Alves, G.R. and Datkiewicz, B. and Guerreiro, P. and Gustavsson, I.},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 8th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation},
file = {:Users/galves/Documents/ISEP/Carreira academica - concursos - ISEP/Concurso Prof Coord CBE 09 v13Ago09/CD_anexo_CV/2_Act_Cientifica/2_1_Publ_Cientificas/Conf_Int/P_CI_123.pdf:pdf},
keywords = {BTH,Data Filtering,Deusto,Engineering and Sciences Education,ISEP,Online labs,UNED,VISIR System},
title = {{VISIR System @ BTH, DEUSTO, ISEP, and UNED Institutes: Assisting and Supporting Hands-on Laboratories to Serve Higher Education Students}},
year = {2015}
}
@inproceedings{Fischer2015,
abstract = {The university of applied sciences FH Campus Wien is running a remote lab based on the VISIR open source distribution since 2007. At the moment we are developing new code extensions to be able to use the VISIR-server to enable our students to run experiments with microcontrollers. The main goal of our current work is to find a way how to program a microcontroller that is connected to our remote lab using a web based interface.},
address = {Bangkok, Thailand},
author = {Fischer, Thomas and Scheidinger, Julia},
booktitle = {Proceedings of 2015 12th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation, REV 2015},
doi = {10.1109/REV.2015.7087287},
file = {:Users/galves/Downloads/VISIR - Microcontroller extensions - 07087287.pdf:pdf},
isbn = {9781479978397},
keywords = {LabView,UART,VISIR,bootloader,microcontroller},
month = {feb},
pages = {177--179},
publisher = {IEEE},
title = {{VISIR-Microcontroller extensions}},
url = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7087287/},
year = {2015}
}
@article{Tawfik2015,
abstract = {{\textcopyright} 2013 IEEE. This paper shows the development of two new experimental exercises that are at the top of the state-of-the-art platforms for setting up, wiring, and measuring electronic circuits online, virtual instrument systems in reality (VISIR), allowing: 1) non-isolated linear regulated dc/dc converter and 2) non-isolated switching-regulated dc/dc converter. Those experiments are part of a new setup in the VISIR oriented to master as well as experienced students and users that would like to increase their experience in industrial electronics and power components management. The development of the two experiments is explained along with the necessary configuration to the core-platform VISIR. This is preceded by a brief overview of VISIR, including its hardware and software components. Finally, the remote experimental results obtained are presented.},
author = {Tawfik, Mohamed and Monteso, Santiago and Garc{\'{i}}a-Loro, Felix and Losada, Pablo and Antonio-Barba, Juan and Ruiz, Elena and Sancristobal, Elio and Diaz, Gabriel and Peire, Juan and Castro, Manuel},
doi = {10.1109/RITA.2015.2486459},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Tawfik et al. - 2015 - Online Experiments with DCDC Converters Using the VISIR Remote Laboratory.pdf:pdf},
issn = {19328540},
journal = {IEEE Revista Iberoamericana de Tecnologias del Aprendizaje (IEEE RITA)},
keywords = {DC/DC converter,VISIR,industrial electronics,remote experimentation,remote laboratory},
number = {4},
pages = {310--318},
title = {{Online Experiments with DC/DC Converters Using the VISIR Remote Laboratory}},
volume = {10},
year = {2015}
}
@inproceedings{Gourmaj2015,
abstract = {Engineering is a hands-on practicing; it is the application of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) for solving problems and creating benefits for human kinds. Therefore practical works is one of the cornerstones of engineering. The thing that urges engineers to seek for knowledge that goes beyond the traditional proficiency gained in traditional laboratories. Albeit, the quality of these laboratories has evolved over years. This contribution presents our recent work to develop our online laboratory, the Khouribga OnlineLab at Hassan the 1st university in Morocco. It will focus, in particular, on our first experience to develop an analog online laboratory based on VISIR. VISIR remote laboratory is a platform that provides electronic experiments in a highly flexible online workbench. The platform allows learners to build and test circuits in a similar way as in traditional hands on laboratories. This online analogue laboratory was deployed on the interactive version of iLab Shared architecture (ISA), students will have a complete access to manage and control the system in real time.},
address = {Florence},
author = {Gourmaj, Mourad and Naddami, Ahmed and Fahli, Ahmed and Moussetad, Mohammed},
booktitle = {Proceedings of 2015 International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning, ICL 2015},
doi = {10.1109/ICL.2015.7318129},
file = {:Users/galves/Documents/Artigos/Laboratorios Remotos e Ensino Laboratorial/Integration of VISIR OpenLabs with Khouribga OnlineLab 07318129.pdf:pdf},
keywords = {VISIR},
pages = {793--797},
publisher = {IEEE},
title = {{Integration of virtual instrument systems in reality (VISIR) OpenLabs with Khouribga OnlineLab}},
year = {2015}
}
@techreport{Ingvar2015,
abstract = {The VISIR online laboratory for electrical experiments is more or less a replica of a hands-on laboratory at BTH (Blekinge Institute of Technology) in Sweden and is adapted to its procedures. Appendix A presents traditional hands-on laboratory instruc- tion from a Swedish perspective. If you are not familiar with a VISIR laboratory, refer to the student's guide for an introduction. In a hands-on laboratory, the instructor verifies that each circuit wired by the students is safe before they are allowed to activate it. In a VISIR laboratory there is a virtual in- structor doing this job guided by rules created by you as a teacher in collaboration with the laboratory staff. When a new VISIR laboratory is started for the first time, the labor- atory staff fills the online component store with the components of the component sets of the sessions of the courses to be supported i.e. inserts the components into the relay switching matrix. It is described in Appendix B. The staff and teachers of these courses create rules for the virtual instructor. The rules should allow all safe circuits possible to create using components of the online component store. The virtual instructor rules are described in Appendix C. If you want to introduce experiment sessions of a course of yours into a VISIR online laboratory and to authorize students enrolled in your course, you have to do the adminis- trative work described in the next section. Restrictions and known errors are listed in the last section.},
address = {Karlskrona},
author = {Ingvar, Gustavsson},
file = {:Users/galves/Dropbox (Personal)/VISIR SIG/achievements/Documents and papers about VISIR/VISIR EN/VISIR Teacher manual 11.pdf:pdf},
institution = {Blekinge Institute of Technology},
keywords = {VISIR},
pages = {13},
title = {{Teacher's Guide to the VISIR Online Laboratory for Electrical Experiments on a Breadboard}},
url = {http://openlabs.bth.se/static/Teacher_manual_6.pdf},
year = {2015}
}
@inproceedings{Salah2015,
abstract = {Online laboratories have been increasingly deployed in several universities and institutions around the world. Besides helping to leverage a number of educational developments, they enable teachers and researchers to share their knowledge across institutional boundaries. It has been observed that online laboratories have a positive effect on students' skills acquisition because they promote collaborative work and allow students to perform physical experiments remotely usually 24/7. Today, one can find a wide range of online laboratories in the literature that are supporting many subjects in different engineering and sciences fields, especially in electric and electronic engineering. One such system is VISIR (Virtual Instrument Systems in Reality). VISIR plays an important role in electrical and electronic engineering education by allowing both teachers and students to conduct real experiments with electric and electronic circuits, via the Internet. It also complements hands-on laboratories by serving thousands of students globally, as a result of being spread by several universities and institutes worldwide. Presently, VISIR is installed in eight higher education institutions, in six different countries (Austria, Sweden, Spain, Portugal, India, and Georgia), and is the first remote lab in the world supporting a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course). In addition, a number of experiments in VISIR can be freely accessed, using the guest user mode, depending on the institutions available resources. In this study, we have used the data collection method focused on all scholarly papers that are related to the VISIR system, which allowed collecting references from many resources such as conference proceedings, book chapters, and journals. The objective of the paper is to illustrate the research activities, developments, and studies that contributed to making of VISIR the best remote controlled laboratory in the world, according to the GOLC (Global Online Laboratory Consortium). Our research included the following dimensions: a) courses and subjects that include experiments done in VISIR, from different universities and institutes; b) the number of scholarly papers and authors related to VISIR, with a reference to the publishing sources; c) the different technologies used to deliver the laboratory experiments; d) the total number (and its evolution) of users who have accessed the several VISIR nodes; e) finally, the collaborative work resulting from the use and share of the VISIR system. To conclude, the paper discusses the impact of VISIR in the role of the laboratory in undergraduate engineering education, in particular in electrical and electronic engineering, and its contribution to the collaborative work observed among the academic staff, researchers and students who used it.},
address = {Barcelona, Spain},
author = {Salah, Razwan Mohmed and Alves, Gustavo R. and Abdulazeez, Dezheen Hussein and Guerreiro, Pedro and Gustavsson, Ingvar},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 7Th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies - Edulearn15},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Salah et al. - 2015 - Why VISIR Proliferative Activities and Collaborative Work of VISIRSystem.pdf:pdf},
isbn = {978-84-606-8243-1},
issn = {2340-1117},
keywords = {collaborative work,data collection method,online laboratories,visir system},
pages = {3824--3835},
publisher = {IATED},
title = {{Why VISIR? Proliferative Activities and Collaborative Work of VISIR System}},
year = {2015}
}
@article{Odeh2015,
abstract = {Engineering labs are an essential part in engineering education, since they provide practical knowledge for students, illustrate concepts and principles, and improve technical skills. Remote labs allow devices, equipment, and instrumentations to be shared with other universities. In addition, they relax time and space constraints, and are capable of being adapted to the pace of each student; in the case, there was insufficient time in the laboratory. This paper describes an empirical study, which embeds two stages of assessment. In the first stage, we are concerned with finding out the level of flexibility when applying the engineering remote lab VISIR as a contemporary remote lab technology in the engineering faculty at Al-Quds University in Jerusalem in Palestine, and whether the engineering students will accept such technology to interact with in their future lab courses or not. In the second stage of the assessment study, a more in-depth comparative analysis will be carried out in order to have a categorization of VISIR in the landscape of the engineering labs, such as hands-on and simulations. The three lab approaches will be compared with each other by means of an experimental testing based on assessment criteria that are in accordance with the fundamental course objectives of engineering instructional labs: student's retention rate and satisfaction survey, as well as their performance. Index},
author = {Odeh, Salaheddin and Alves, Joaquim and Alves, Gustavo R. and Gustavsson, Ingvar and Anabtawi, Mahasen and Arafeh, Labib and Jazi, Mahran and Arekat, Mahmoud R.},
doi = {10.1109/RITA.2015.2452752},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Odeh et al. - 2015 - A Two-Stage Assessment of the Remote Engineering Lab VISIR at Al-Quds University in Palestine.pdf:pdf},
issn = {1932-8540},
journal = {IEEE Revista Iberoamericana de Tecnolog{\'{i}}as del Aprendizage (IEEE RITA)},
keywords = {VISIR,comparative evaluation,design criteria,remote labs,survey instruments},
mendeley-tags = {VISIR},
number = {3},
pages = {175--185},
title = {{A Two-Stage Assessment of the Remote Engineering Lab VISIR at Al-Quds University in Palestine}},
url = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7155526/},
volume = {10},
year = {2015}
}
@article{Romero2015,
abstract = {In this paper we present an automatic assessment model for the development of competencies in a physics course using VISIR remote experiment, based on a rubric, and using learning analytics techniques to process data automatically collected from students' activity using Weblab-Deusto platform.},
author = {Romero, Susana and Guenaga, Mariluz and Garc{\'{i}}a-Zub{\'{i}}a, Javier and Ordu{\~{n}}a, Pablo},
doi = {10.3991/ijoe.v11i2.4379},
file = {:Users/galves/Downloads/4379-14708-1-PB.pdf:pdf},
issn = {18612121},
journal = {International Journal of Online Engineering},
keywords = {Automatic assessment,Competencies,Learning analytics,Remote laboratories},
number = {2},
pages = {49--54},
title = {{Automatic assessment of progress using remote laboratories}},
volume = {11},
year = {2015}
}
@inproceedings{Gustavsson2016,
abstract = {Experimental activities with real components are an essential part of all courses including or devoted to electrical and electronic circuits theory and practice. The knowledge triangle composed of hand-written exercises, simulations and traditional lab experiments has been enriched with the possibility for students to conduct real experiments over the Internet, using remote labs. This tutorial is devoted to one such remote lab named Virtual Instrument Systems in Reality (VISIR). The Global Online Laboratory Consortium (GOLC) elected VISIR as the best remote controlled laboratory in the world, at the first time this distinction was awarded. At the end of this tutorial, attendees are expected to know what is VISIR, what can (not) be done with it, who is currently using it, and how can one integrate it in a given course curriculum.},
author = {Gustavsson, Ingvar and Nilsson, Kristian and Zackrisson, Johan and Alves, Gustavo R. and Fidalgo, Andr{\'{e}} and Claesson, Lena and Zub{\'{i}}a, Javier Garcia and Jayo, Unai Hern{\'{a}}ndez and Castro, Manuel and {Diaz Orueta}, Gabriel and Garc{\'{i}}a-Loro, Felix},
booktitle = {Proceedings of 2016 13th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation, REV 2016},
doi = {10.1109/REV.2016.7444499},
file = {:Users/galves/Downloads/07444499.pdf:pdf},
isbn = {9781467382465},
keywords = {Electric and electronic circuits,Experimental skills,Remote labs,Tutorial,VISIR},
month = {mar},
pages = {350--352},
publisher = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.},
title = {{Lab sessions in VISIR laboratories}},
year = {2016}
}
@incollection{Lima2016,
abstract = {Laboratory experiments are one of the backbones of engineering teaching. Nevertheless,Bologna Process reforms and the economic constraints most Higher Education Institutions face nowadays, caused a significant decline in the amount of time devoted to hands-on lab. Researchers are seeking complementary ways to teach these practical skills and remote labs are being used as an option. This review paper presents a first attempt to compile empirical studies that directly report the use of the remote laboratory VISIR (Virtual Instrument Systems in Reality). These practices of engineering classes/courses, used VISIR individually or as a complement to traditional hands-on laboratory.},
author = {Lima, Nat{\'{e}}rcia and Viegas, Clara and Alves, Gustavo R. and Garc{\'{i}}a-Pe{\~{n}}alvo, F. J.},
booktitle = {TICAI (2016) TICs para el Aprendizaje de la Ingenier{\'{i}}a},
chapter = {14},
editor = {{Lago Ferreira}, Alfonso and Manuel, G. Gericota;},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Lima et al. - 2016 - A utiliza{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o do VISIR como um recurso educativo uma revis{\~{a}}o da literatura.pdf:pdf},
isbn = {978-84-8158-732-6},
keywords = {a pr{\'{a}}tica laboratorial {\'{e}},abstract,como consequ{\^{e}}ncia doprocesso,da engenharia,engineering education,fundamental no ensino,learning outcomes,no entanto,remote laboratories,visir},
pages = {105--114},
publisher = {{\textcopyright}IEEE, Sociedad de Educaci{\'{o}}n: Cap{\'{i}}tulos Espa{\~{n}}ol y Portugu{\'{e}}s},
title = {{A utiliza{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o do VISIR como um recurso educativo: uma revis{\~{a}}o da literatura}},
year = {2016}
}
@techreport{Oosterhof2016,
abstract = {During the first 3 month of the internship the author helped to implement a new node of a remote laboratory named VISIR+. Virtual Instrument Systems in Reality (VISIR) is developed at the Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH), Sweden. Since 2010 ISEP conducts experiments with one VISIR node, installed by BTH. In the beginning of 2016 ISEP purchased all the components to produce a second VISIR node with extra features. From BTH, ISEP received ten matrix PCB's which is the base of the complete system. These ten PCB's are the source, oscilloscope, DMM, four component 1 boards and three component 2 boards. The task of the author is translating the website of VISIR from English to Dutch and to solder, test and implement the matrix boards of the new VISIR node with the help of software engineer Razwan Mohmed Salah. The testing is done in three steps, visual inspection, structural test and functional test. For the visual inspection, a microscope was used to check if the soldering were done properly. The boards were checked for shortcuts, if the soldering looked good and if there was no soldering residue on the boards. A scalpel was used to remove some the residue and excessive tin. To test the matrix boards with a multi-meter it was helpful to have a schematic drawing of the PCB's. With Cadsoft Eagle the PCB's were reversed engineered and drawn in a schematic design. This also gave a good insight of the design decision that where made by the designers of the PCB's. The test with the computer was split up in to parts. The component board 2 was checked using the existing VISIR system, this required some modifications to get the system recognize the new board and the other boards were tested using the new VISIR server with the help of a LabVIEW test file Ingvar Gustavsson of BTH sent us. Next to the practical activities three reports are going to be finished at the end of the internship.},
address = {Porto, Portugal},
author = {Oosterhof, Kees},
file = {:Users/galves/Documents/ISEP/Atividade Letiva/Ano Lectivo 15_16/15_16_Erasmus/ReportB2 Kees Oosterhof final version.pdf:pdf},
institution = {Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto},
keywords = {ERASMUS,VISIR,internship},
number = {July 2016},
pages = {40},
title = {{Report Soldering VISIR matrix boards}},
year = {2016}
}
@inproceedings{Schlichting2016,
abstract = {The practice and the hands-on are essential for technical and professionals skills, even in controlled situations. Due to that, the use of laboratories during the learning process is fundamental, although it has been more difficult to support such kind of infrastructure locally, which brings the challenge to find alternatives. On the other hand, the Brazilian law establishes that higher education institutions can offer a complete curricula or a part of the curricula by using E-learning, what builds a scenario to use remote laboratories. This work presents the alternatives for the use of remote laboratories, showing that this idea can be spread and applied in different technical areas allowing students and professors to accomplish experiments in a safe and flexible environment trough the internet in real remote laboratories. This work also shows preliminary discussions of a first experiment with technical high school students using remote laboratories.},
address = {Seville, Spain},
author = {Schlichting, L.C. and Anderson, J.A. and {De Faveri}, F. and Bona, Daniel D. and Ferreira, G.S. and Alves, G.R. and {De Liz}, M.B.},
booktitle = {Proceedings of XII Congreso TAEE},
file = {:Users/galves/Documents/ISEP/Carreira academica - concursos - ISEP/Concurso Prof Coord CBE 09 v13Ago09/CD_anexo_CV/2_Act_Cientifica/2_1_Publ_Cientificas/Conf_Int/P_CI_129.pdf:pdf},
keywords = {Blended Learning,E-learning,Remote Laboratory,Remote Learning},
publisher = {TAEE},
title = {{Remote Laboratory: application and usability}},
year = {2016}
}
@article{Salah2016,
abstract = {Analysis and design are important phases in the system development lifecycle. In these phases, developers record information necessary for properly understanding the nature of the systems under consideration. We consider a particular type of system, named Remote Lab that allows both teachers and students to perform real experiments over the internet and we focus on Virtual Instrument Systems in Reality (VISIR). We describe a summarized web interface of VISIR using the Unified Modeling Language (UML). Our case study aims at identifying the requirements of VISIR and at creating a set of UML diagrams that succinctly provide enough information to both developers and users so that they acquire enough information for building a general understanding of it. Additionally, we provide elements for extending UML to better support further user interface development in VISIR.},
author = {Salah, Razwan Mohmed and Alves, Gustavo R. and Guerreiro, Pedro and Gustavsson, Ingvar},
doi = {10.3991/ijoe.v12i06.5707},
file = {:Users/galves/Downloads/5707-18994-1-PB.pdf:pdf},
issn = {18612121},
journal = {International Journal of Online Engineering},
keywords = {Activity and use case diagram,RLs,UML,VISIR,Web pages},
number = {6},
pages = {34--42},
title = {{Using UML models to describe the VISIR system}},
volume = {12},
year = {2016}
}
@techreport{Gustavsson2016a,
abstract = {This manual describes the VISIR Relay Switching Matrix designed at Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH) especially for electrical experiments in remote instructional laboratories.},
address = {Karlskrona},
author = {Gustavsson, Ingvar},
file = {:Users/galves/Dropbox (Personal)/VISIR SIG/achievements/Documents and papers about VISIR/VISIR Switching Matrix manual 7 and data sheets.pdf:pdf},
institution = {Blekinge Insdtitute of Technology},
keywords = {VISIR,switching matrix},
pages = {48},
title = {{VISIR Relay Switching Matrix Version 4.1 - User's Manual}},
url = {https://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/27652/27652.PDF},
year = {2016}
}
@inproceedings{Garcia-Loro2016,
abstract = {Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) phenomenon introduces a new philosophy in educational models. Regardless of users'/students' motivation when enrolling (lifelong learning, educational support, interest in new educational areas, etc.), MOOCs expand the ways of reaching knowledge. Flexibility is one of the key aspects of this new educational methodology. This flexibility has to be expanded/translated to all the aspects/features of the course. For educational institutions, traditional approaches must be left behind when designing courses and must provide a new approach to educational process. MOOCs fit very well to several areas of knowledge. However, they involve significant challenges for science MOOCs to be really effective, especially in developing courses. These educational challenges are highlighted in courses which need to offer practice-oriented learning in order to build successful cross-curricular capabilities and abilities. Nowadays, educational institutions trust in experimentation as one of the pillars in which learning is based. In fact, theoretical models used in books and in traditional classrooms just try to bring closer to students the actual behavior of real systems. Unfortunately, it is not possible to provide students with a laboratory in a totally/one hundred percent remote learning environment. This paper deals with the results of the integration of a remote laboratory in a MOOC; how it has been taken advantage of VISIR pros and how its cons have been solved, as well as the evolution of the global system (LMS+VISIR) in continuous improvement.},
address = {Rome},
author = {Garc{\'{i}}a-Loro, Felix and Sancristobal, Elio and Gil, Rosario and Diaz, Gabriel and Castro, Manuel and Albert-G{\'{o}}mez, Maria Jos{\'{e}} and Alves, Gustavo R.},
booktitle = {The Online, Open and Flexible Higher Education Conference (OOFHEC2016)},
editor = {Ubachs, George and Konings, Lizzie},
file = {:Users/galves/Downloads/Electronics remote lab integration into a MOOC – Achieving practical competences into MOOCs.pdf:pdf},
keywords = {Electronics,Experimentation 368,Index Remote laboratory,MOOC,VISIR},
title = {{Electronics remote lab integration into a MOOC – Achieving practical competences into MOOCs}},
year = {2016}
}
@inproceedings{Alves2016,
abstract = {Experiments have been at the heart of scientific development and education for centuries. From the outburst of Information and Communication Technologies, virtual and remote labs have added to hands-on labs a new conception of practical experience, especially in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics education. This paper aims at describing the features of a remote lab named Virtual Instruments System in Reality, embedded in a community of practice and forming the spearhead of a federation of remote labs. More particularly, it discusses the advantages and disadvantages of remote labs over virtual labs as regards to scalability constraints and development and maintenance costs. Finally, it describes an actual implementation in an international community of practice of engineering schools forming the embryo of a first world wide federation of Virtual Instruments System in Reality nodes, under the framework of a project funded by the Erasmus+ Program.},
address = {Vila Real, Portugal, 20-21 October, 2016},
author = {Alves, Gustavo R. and Fidalgo, Andr{\'{e}} and Marques, M. A. and Viegas, Clara and Felgueiras, Manuel C. and Costa, Ricardo and Lima, Nat{\'{e}}rcia and Castro, Manuel and D{\'{i}}az-Orueta, Gabriel and Sancristobal, Elio and Garc{\'{i}}a-Loro, Felix and Garc{\'{i}}a-Zub{\'{i}}a, J. and Hern{\'{a}}ndez-Jayo, Unai and Kulesza, Wlodek and Gustavsson, Ingvar and Pester, Andreas and Zutin, Danilo and Schlichting, Luis C. and Ferreira, Golberi and Bona, Daniel and Silva, Juarez Bento and Alves, Jo{\~{a}}o B. and Bil{\'{e}}ssimo, Simone and Pavani, Ana and Lima, Delberis and Tempor{\~{a}}o, Guilherme and Marchisio, Susana and Concari, Sonia and Lerro, Frederico and Fern{\'{a}}ndez, Rub{\'{e}}n and Paz, H{\'{e}}ctor and Soria, Fernando and Almeida, Nival and Oliveira, Vanderli and Pozzo, Mar{\'{i}}a I. and Dobboletta, Elsa},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference of the Portuguese Society for Engineering Education - CISPEE 2016},
doi = {10.1109/CISPEE.2016.7777722},
editor = {Nascimento, Maria and Alves, Gustavo R.},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Alves et al. - 2016 - Spreading remote lab usage A system - A community - A Federation.pdf:pdf},
isbn = {9781509039128},
keywords = {Community of Practice,Engineering education,VISIR,VISIR+1,online labs federation,remote labs},
pages = {31--37. IEEE},
publisher = {IEEE},
title = {{Spreading remote lab usage A system - A community - A Federation}},
year = {2016}
}
@inproceedings{Lima2016a,
abstract = {Laboratory experiments are one of the backbones of engineering teaching, as they help students learning in an unique way, providing better understanding of scientific theories, clarifying concepts and principles as well as improving their technical skills. Nevertheless, with the Bologna Process reforms and the economic constraints most Higher Education Institutions face nowadays, caused a significant decline in the amount of time devoted to hands-on lab. Researchers are seeking complementary ways to teach these practical skills and recently, with the explosive popularity of computer-based learning, remote labs are being used as an option. This review paper presents a first attempt to compile empirical studies that directly report the use of the remote laboratory VISIR (Virtual Instrument Systems in Reality). These practices of engineering classes/courses, used VISIR individually or as a complement to traditional hands on laboratory. Concerning these different approaches of how VISIR is used, the authors draw several conclusions - findings suggest that VISIR is a useful learning instrument, having been used, so far, by more than 4400 students. It contributes to improve students' competences and knowledge, their confidence in lab and their enthusiasm and motivation. Some factors, such as teacher's supervision and attention to the VISIR component play a crucial role in students' engagement. Finally, the results achieved through this review raise several important and still non studied issues to be addressed by future research.},
address = {New York, NY, USA},
author = {Lima, Nat{\'{e}}rcia and Viegas, Clara and Alves, Gustavo and Garcia-Pe{\~{n}}alvo, Francisco Jos{\'{e}}},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality},
doi = {10.1145/3012430.3012623},
file = {:Users/galves/Documents/Artigos/TEEM'16/Artigo TEEM2016 - camera_ready.pdf:pdf},
isbn = {9781450347471},
keywords = {Engineering Education.,Learning Outcomes,Remote Laboratory,VISIR},
month = {nov},
pages = {893--901},
publisher = {ACM},
title = {{VISIR's usage as an educational resource}},
url = {https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3012430.3012623},
year = {2016}
}
@inproceedings{Rodriguez2016,
abstract = {This contribution explores the participation of IES San Juan de la Rambla in the Go-Lab Project Spain (Global Online Science Labs for Inquiry Learning at School) for the academic year 2014/2015, within the European Go-Lab Project, which is a research project co-funded by the European Commission. Besides, it is exemplified by the description of the process.},
author = {Rodriguez, Wilme},
booktitle = {Proceedings of 2016 13th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation, REV 2016},
doi = {10.1109/REV.2016.7444520},
file = {:Users/galves/Downloads/07444520.pdf:pdf},
isbn = {9781467382465},
keywords = {Bimodal curriculum,Construction of knowledge,Teaching through inquiry,Vocational training},
pages = {440--443},
title = {{Teaching through inquiry on vocational training: The IES San Juan de la Rambla experience, using an Inquiry Learning Space (ILS) and the LXI-VISIR Deusto}},
year = {2016}
}
@inproceedings{Pereira2017a,
abstract = {Este trabalho tem por objetivo descrever o projeto e desenvolvimento de um modelo de reposit{\'{o}}rio de pr{\'{a}}ticas de circuitos el{\'{e}}tricos e eletr{\^{o}}nicos, que visa fornecer apoio {\`{a}} utiliza{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o de uma inst{\^{a}}ncia do laborat{\'{o}}rio remoto VISIR em cursos de engenharia. O laborat{\'{o}}rio remoto VISIR {\'{e}} uma ferramenta composta por recursos de software livre integrados a uma plataforma de hardware que permite a cria{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o, acionamento e leitura de circuitos reais por meio da internet. Ao disponibilizar recursos relacionados {\`{a}}s poss{\'{i}}veis experi{\^{e}}ncias na plataforma, espera-se facilitar sua utiliza{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o e integra{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o no curr{\'{i}}culo. Posteriormente, pretende-se ampliar para recursos relacionados a outras inst{\^{a}}ncias do VISIR.},
address = {Joinville, SC},
author = {Pereira, Josiel and {Nardi Silva}, Isabela and Sim{\~{a}}o, J. P. S. and {Mellos Carlos}, Lucas and {Bento Silva}, Juarez and Bil{\'{e}}ssimo, Simone and Alves, Jo{\~{a}}o B.},
booktitle = {XLV Congresso da Associa{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o Brasileira de Ensino de Engenharia (COBENGE2017)},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Pereira et al. - 2017 - Modelo de Reposit{\'{o}}rio de Pr{\'{a}}ticas Did{\'{a}}ticas de Circuitos El{\'{e}}tricos e Eletr{\^{o}}nicos Utilizando o Laborat{\'{o}}rio.pdf:pdf},
title = {{Modelo de Reposit{\'{o}}rio de Pr{\'{a}}ticas Did{\'{a}}ticas de Circuitos El{\'{e}}tricos e Eletr{\^{o}}nicos Utilizando o Laborat{\'{o}}rio Remoto VISIR}},
year = {2017}
}
@inproceedings{Lima2017a,
abstract = {The long-term goal of engineering education is to prepare students to work as engineers. Being a practical profession, laboratories play a crucial role in illustrating concepts and principles as well as improving technical skills. In the last decades the use of online resources (simulators and remote labs) has been growing, either as a complementary and/or as an alternative way of developing experimental competences. In the scope of the VISIR+ Project, this work presents the first results of a didactical implementation using simultaneously the remote laboratory VISIR (Virtual Instrument Systems in Reality), simulation and calculus in a Math Course at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC). The preliminary results indicate that the use of several resources increases students' performance, boosting their learning and competence development.},
address = {Faro, Portugal, 6-8 June, 2017},
author = {Lima, Nat{\'{e}}rcia and Zannin, Marcelo and Viegas, Clara and Marques, M. A. and Alves, Gustavo R. and Felgueiras, Manuel C. and Costa, Ricardo and Fidalgo, Andr{\'{e}} and Silva, Juarez Bento and Pozzo, Mar{\'{i}}a I. and Dobboletta, Elsa and Gustavsson, Ingvar and Garc{\'{i}}a-Pe{\~{n}}alvo, F. J.},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 4th Experiment@ International Conference (exp.at' 17)},
doi = {10.1109/EXPAT.2017.7984369},
editor = {Restivo, M. Teresa and Cardoso, Alberto},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Lima et al. - 2017 - The VISIR Project - Helping Contextualize Math in an Engineering Course.pdf:pdf},
isbn = {9781538608104},
keywords = {Competence Development,Computer Simulation,Engineering Education,Learning and Teaching Strategies,Remote Laboratory,VISIR},
pages = {7--12. IEEE},
publisher = {IEEE},
title = {{The VISIR+ Project - Helping Contextualize Math in an Engineering Course}},
year = {2017}
}
@inproceedings{Evangelista2017,
abstract = {Experimentation is crucial in science teaching at any education level. Students' motivation and collaborative work are also essential in order to achieve positive learning outcomes. This article portrays the implementation of remote experimentation using VISIR in a Physics subject at high-school level. Qualitative and quantitative data were analyzed for this particular case study in order to shed light on the influence of VISIR on students' motivation. Results showed that VISIR remote lab is a powerful tool to arouse interest in electronic circuit topics.},
author = {Evangelista, Ign{\'{a}}cio and Farina, Juan A. and Pozzo, Mar{\'{i}}a I. and Dobboletta, Elsa and Alves, Gustavo R. and Garc{\'{i}}a-Zub{\'{i}}a, J. and Hern{\'{a}}ndez, Unai and Marchisio, Susana and Concari, Sonia and Gustavsson, Ingvar},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 4th Experiment@ International Conference (exp.at'2017)},
doi = {10.1109/EXPAT.2017.7984378},
editor = {Restivo, M. Teresa and Cardoso, Alberto},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Evangelista et al. - 2017 - Science education at high school A VISIR remote lab implementation.pdf:pdf},
isbn = {9781538608104},
keywords = {Physics,VISIR remote lab,collaborative work,inductive teaching,motivation,teamwork},
pages = {13--17. IEEE},
publisher = {IEEE},
title = {{Science education at high school: A VISIR remote lab implementation}},
year = {2017}
}
@inproceedings{Evangelista2017a,
abstract = {La actividad experimental es fundamental en la ense{\~{n}}anza de las ciencias en cualquier nivel de educaci{\'{o}}n, para la comprensi{\'{o}}n de los contenidos, pero tambi{\'{e}}n para despertar el inter{\'{e}}s en las asignaturas cient{\'{i}}ficas. La motivaci{\'{o}}n de los estudiantes y el trabajo colaborativo son aspectos esenciales para lograr resultados positivos en el aprendizaje. Este art{\'{i}}culo describe la implementaci{\'{o}}n de una serie de actividades de experimentaci{\'{o}}n remota utilizando el laboratorio remoto VISIR en una asignatura de F{\'{i}}sica en nivel secundario. Datos cualitativos y cuantitativos fueron analizados con el objetivo de estudiar la influencia del uso de VISIR en la motivaci{\'{o}}n de los estudiantes. Los resultados mostraron que la experimentaci{\'{o}}n remota es una herramienta muy {\'{u}}til para fomentar el inter{\'{e}}s en t{\'{o}}picos de circuitos electr{\'{o}}nicos. Palabras clave—laboratorio remoto VISIR, motivaci{\'{o}}n, trabajo en equipo, aprendizaje inductivo.},
address = {Paran{\'{a}}, Entre R{\'{i}}os,Argentina},
author = {Evangelista, Ign{\'{a}}cio and Farina, Juan A. and Pozzo, Mar{\'{i}}a I. and Dobboletta, Elsa and Alves, Gustavo R. and Garc{\'{i}}a-Zub{\'{i}}a, J. and Hernandez, Unai and Marchisio, Susana and Concari, Sonia and Gustavsson, Ingvar},
booktitle = {Anales del 1er Congreso Latinoamericano de Ingenier{\'{i}}a - CLADI},
file = {:Users/galves/Desktop/CLADI-septiembre-DOS_2017_atas_proceedings_1183-1186.pdf:pdf},
keywords = {aprendizaje inductivo,laboratorio remoto VISIR,motivaci{\'{o}}n,trabajo en equipo},
pages = {1183--1186},
publisher = {CONFEDI},
title = {{Ense{\~{n}}anza de Ciencias en Nivel Secundario: Experimentaci{\'{o}}n Remota Usando VISIR}},
url = {https://drive.google.com/u/0/uc?id=14_cYKUGXfIsAdt6bdyZA-Y7_koGaP4Gr&export=download},
year = {2017}
}
@inproceedings{Garcia-Loro2017,
abstract = {In 2015, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department (DIEEC) of the Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED) in Spain started to-gether with the Santiago del Rosario National University (UNSE, Argentina) and with the support of the Research Institute of Education Sciences of Ro-sario (IRICE-CONICET, Argentina) under the Coordination of the Polytechnic Institute of Porto (IPP, Portugal) the new development and deployment of the VISIR system inside the UNSE University as part of the VISIR+ Project. The main objective of the VISIR+ Project is to extend the current VISIR net-work in South America, mainly in Argentina and Brazil, with the support and patronage of the European Union Erasmus Plus program inside the Capacity Building program and as part of an excellence network future development in-tegration framework. This extension of VISIR nodes reconfigure in 2016 a new project, PILAR, that as part of the Erasmus Plus projects will allow the Strategic Partnership to develop a new federation umbrella over the existing nodes and network.},
address = {New York},
author = {Garc{\'{i}}a-Loro, Felix and Fernandez, Ruben and Gomez, Mario and Paz, H{\'{e}}ctor and Soria, Fernando and Pozzo, Mar{\'{i}}a I. and Dobboletta, Elsa and Fidalgo, Andr{\'{e}} and Alves, Gustavo R. and Sancristobal, Elio and Diaz, Gabriel and Castro, Manuel},
booktitle = {14th Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV) Conference},
doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-64352-6_28},
file = {:Users/galves/Documents/Artigos/REV17/Educational Scenarios Using Remote Laboratory VISIR REV 2017 UNSE final sent.pdf:pdf},
issn = {23673389},
keywords = {Educational scenarios,Remote laboratory,VISIR},
pages = {298--303},
publisher = {Springer},
title = {{Educational Scenarios Using Remote Laboratory VISIR for Electrical/Electronic Experimentation}},
volume = {22},
year = {2017}
}
@inproceedings{Pozzo2017,
abstract = {El presente trabajo tiene como objetivo general describir los instrumentos de investigaci{\'{o}}n dise{\~{n}}ados para el seguimiento de la implementaci{\'{o}}n de los M{\'{o}}dulos Educativos sobre teor{\'{i}}a y pr{\'{a}}ctica de circuitos el{\'{e}}ctricos y electr{\'{o}}nicos con el apoyo del laboratorio remoto VISIR (Virtual Instrument Systems in Reality) en instituciones de educaci{\'{o}}n superior de Brasil y Argentina en el marco del proyecto VISIR+. Los objetivos particulares son: describir las dimensiones t{\'{e}}cnicas y pedag{\'{o}}gicas que se desprenden de los prop{\'{o}}sitos del Proyecto VISIR y definir c{\'{o}}mo se operacionalizan en el dise{\~{n}}o de los instrumentos para la recolecci{\'{o}}n de datos destinados a los profesores y alumnos que participan en la implementaci{\'{o}}n de los m{\'{o}}dulos. La investigaci{\'{o}}n educativa ofrece herramientas que se fundamentan en posturas epistemol{\'{o}}gicas diversas y que pueden reconocerse en las decisiones que se toman al elaborar un dise{\~{n}}o de investigaci{\'{o}}n. A trav{\'{e}}s de esta presentaci{\'{o}}n, se espera contribuir a acercar {\'{a}}mbitos habitualmente disociados tales como la docencia, la ciencia y la tecnolog{\'{i}}a, la innovaci{\'{o}}n educativa y la investigaci{\'{o}}n en la educaci{\'{o}}n para la ingenier{\'{i}}a},
address = {Paran{\'{a}}, Entre R{\'{i}}os,Argentina, 13-15 September 2017},
author = {Pozzo, Mar{\'{i}}a I. and Dobboletta, Elsa and Viegas, Clara and Marques, M. A. and Lima, Nat{\'{e}}rcia and Evangelista, Ign{\'{a}}cio and Alves, Gustavo R.},
booktitle = {1er Congresso Latinoamericano de Ingenier{\'{i}}a - CLADI},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Pozzo et al. - 2017 - Dise{\~{n}}o de instrumentos para la investigaci{\'{o}}n sobre la implementaci{\'{o}}n educativa del laboratorio remoto VISIR en.pdf:pdf},
keywords = {did{\'{a}}ctica,implementaci{\'{o}}n,investigaci{\'{o}}n educativa,laboratorios remotos,monitoreo de calidad,visir},
title = {{Dise{\~{n}}o de instrumentos para la investigaci{\'{o}}n sobre la implementaci{\'{o}}n educativa del laboratorio remoto VISIR en Latinoam{\'{e}}rica}},
year = {2017}
}
@inproceedings{RochaRoque2017,
abstract = {Este documento descreve uma iniciativa de integra{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o de laborat{\'{o}}rios remotos em um curso de engenharia mecatr{\^{o}}nica, atrav{\'{e}}s do VISIR (Sistema de Instrumento Virtual em Realidade). Por se tratar de um programa de coopera{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o internacional, o VISIR {\'{e}} um laborat{\'{o}}rio remoto reconhecido mundialmente, que permite simular de forma remota uma s{\'{e}}rie de circuitos eletroeletr{\^{o}}nicos como se estivesse em um laborat{\'{o}}rio convencional. No entanto, no Brasil o VISIR chega recentemente e caracteriza-se como um recurso de apoio ao processo de ensino e de aprendizagem em cursos superiores de engenharia. O presente estudo foi conduzido com o objetivo verificar, a partir da perspectiva dos alunos, os pontos relevantes sobre o uso do VISIR como recurso educativo no curso de engenharia mecatr{\^{o}}nica, atrav{\'{e}}s de um estudo de caso de uma turma da disciplina Instrumenta{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o I. Os alunos montaram um circuito eletroeletr{\^{o}}nico, realizando testes e valida{\c{c}}{\~{o}}es dos resultados e foram capazes de compar{\'{a}}-los com as respostas obtidas em um laborat{\'{o}}rio convencional. Ap{\'{o}}s esta etapa, os alunos responderam a um question{\'{a}}rio com 10 perguntas fechadas relatando sua experi{\^{e}}ncia de aprendizagem usando VISIR. Com a an{\'{a}}lise das respostas foi poss{\'{i}}vel confirmar a viabilidade da utiliza{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o do VISIR para este grupo de estudantes de engenharia mecatr{\^{o}}nica,},
address = {Joinville, Brazil},
author = {{Rocha Roque}, Gabriela and Izidoro, Cleber Louren{\c{c}}o and {Nardia Silva}, Karmel and Sim{\~{a}}o, J. P. S. and Alves, Gustavo R. and Bilessimo, Simone and {Bento Silva}, Juarez},
booktitle = {XLV Congresso da Associa{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o Brasileira de Ensino de Engenharia (COBENGE2017)},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Rocha Roque et al. - 2017 - Utiliza{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o do Laborat{\'{o}}rio Remoto VISIR como Recurso Educacional num Curso de Engenharia Mecatr{\^{o}}nica.pdf:pdf},
keywords = {Engenharia,Instrumenta{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o,Processo de ensino e aprendizagem,Tecnologia Educacional,VISIR},
title = {{Utiliza{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o do Laborat{\'{o}}rio Remoto VISIR como Recurso Educacional num Curso de Engenharia Mecatr{\^{o}}nica}},
url = {http://recipp.ipp.pt/handle/10400.22/10800},
year = {2017}
}
@article{Garcia-Zubia2017,
author = {Garc{\'{i}}a-Zub{\'{i}}a, J. and Cuadros, Jordi and Romero, Susana and Hernandez-jayo, Unai and Ordu{\~{n}}a, Pablo and Guenaga, Mariluz and Gonzalez-sabate, Lucinio and Gustavsson, Ingvar},
doi = {10.1109/TE.2016.2608790},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Garc{\'{i}}a-Zub{\'{i}}a et al. - 2017 - Empirical Analysis of the Use of the VISIR Remote Lab in Teaching Analog Electronics.pdf:pdf},
journal = {IEEE Transactions on Education},
number = {2},
pages = {149--156},
title = {{Empirical Analysis of the Use of the VISIR Remote Lab in Teaching Analog Electronics}},
volume = {60},
year = {2017}
}
@inproceedings{Arguedas-Matarrita2017,
abstract = {The learning of Physics involves building up and using lab experiments. In turn, teachers must be trained in experimenting and using several resources that enable them to design valuable teaching strategies and learning activities. Thanks to Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), virtual and remote labs can provide a framework where physical experiments can be developed. Although remote labs have been in use for over a decade now in several countries and levels of education, its use at secondary schools in Latin America has not been reported yet. The Virtual Instruments System in Reality (VISIR) is one of these remote labs, suitable to practice in the area of electrical circuits. This paper aims at describing how this remote lab was used in a training workshop for secondary school level teachers of Physics in Costa Rica.},
address = {Faro, Algarve},
author = {Arguedas-Matarrita, Carlos and Concari, Sonia and Garc{\'{i}}a-Zub{\'{i}}a, J. and Marchisio, Susana and Hern{\'{a}}ndez-Jayo, Unai and Alves, Gustavo R. and Uriarte-Canivell, I{\~{n}}igo and Villalobos, Marco Conejo and Gustavsson, Ingvar and Elizondo, Fernando Ure{\~{n}}a},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 4th Experiment@ International Conference (exp.at' 17)},
doi = {10.1109/EXPAT.2017.7984351},
editor = {Restivo, M. Teresa and Cardoso, Alberto},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Arguedas-Matarrita et al. - 2017 - A teacher training workshop to promote the use of the VISIR remote laboratory for electrical circuits.pdf:pdf},
isbn = {9781538608104},
keywords = {VISIR,electrical circuits,physics,remote labs,teacher training},
pages = {1--6. IEEE},
publisher = {IEEE},
title = {{A teacher training workshop to promote the use of the VISIR remote laboratory for electrical circuits teaching}},
year = {2017}
}
@phdthesis{RochaRoque2017a,
abstract = {Projetos interorganizacionais s{\~{a}}o importantes por reunir indiv{\'{i}}duos de diferentes {\'{a}}reas do conhecimento, implicando na forma{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o de equipes interdisciplinares. O avan{\c{c}}o da tecnologia da informa{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o e comunica{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o {\'{e}} um agente respons{\'{a}}vel pela valoriza{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o do conhecimento. Devido ao relacionamento de diferentes indiv{\'{i}}duos, grupos e organiza{\c{c}}{\~{o}}es, em projetos de coopera{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o interorganizacional, o conhecimento torna-se um recurso significativo. A gest{\~{a}}o, compartilhamento, cria{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o e aperfei{\c{c}}oamento do conhecimento s{\~{a}}o imprescind{\'{i}}veis para atividades interorganizacionais, como o caso do projeto VISIR+. O VISIR+ nasceu com o prop{\'{o}}sito de disseminar o laborat{\'{o}}rio remoto VISIR na Am{\'{e}}rica Latina. O VISIR+ {\'{e}} composto por uma parceria entre IES europeias, brasileiras e argentinas. No Brasil, uma das IES participantes {\'{e}} a Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), representada pelo Laborat{\'{o}}rio de Experimenta{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o Remota (RExLAB). Al{\'{e}}m da implementa{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o do VISIR na UFSC, o RExLab {\'{e}} respons{\'{a}}vel por duas associadas, a SATC e o IFC. Diante desse contexto, essa pesquisa tem como objetivo compreender como o RExLab adotou pr{\'{a}}ticas e iniciativas que promovem o compartilhamento de conhecimento, no qual corresponde a cria{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o e o aperfei{\c{c}}oamento de conhecimentos, de modo interorganizacional no {\^{a}}mbito do projeto VISIR+. Para tanto, realizou-se uma pesquisa explorat{\'{o}}ria, qualitativa, e de natureza aplicada, assim, com base em pesquisas cient{\'{i}}ficas sobre a vari{\'{a}}vel conhecimento, foi realizado um estudo de caso por meio da observa{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o participativa. Os dados foram coletados e analisados por meio do estudo documental e da aplica{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o de question{\'{a}}rios com os principais professores implementadores do VISIR. Entre os resultados encontrados, tem-se a identifica{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o de a{\c{c}}{\~{o}}es e iniciativas desenvolvidas pelo RExLab, as quais promoveram o compartilhamento do conhecimento e a sua cria{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o, por meio da intera{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o c{\'{i}}clica e din{\^{a}}mica entre o conhecimento t{\'{a}}cito e expl{\'{i}}cito, vista no modelo SECI. Al{\'{e}}m disso, foram descritos os pontos cr{\'{i}}ticos quanto a atua{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o do RExLab inerentes as fases de convers{\~{a}}o do conhecimento, a socializa{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o, externaliza{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o, combina{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o e internaliza{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o, considerando a delimita{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o da pesquisa presente no relacionamento do RExLab com as demais IES participantes do projeto VISIR+.},
author = {{Rocha Roque}, Gabriela},
file = {:Users/galves/Dropbox (Personal)/VISIR SIG/achievements/Documents and papers about VISIR/VISIR PT/Tese_MSc_Gabriela_Roque_dezembro_2017_COMPARTILHAMENTO DE CONHECIMENTO INTERORGANIZACIONAL- UM ESTUDO DE CASO DAS PR{\'{A}}TICAS E INICIATIVAS NO {\^{A}}MBITO DO PROJETO VISIR+.pdf:pdf},
keywords = {Educa{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o,Engenharia,VISIR,compartilhamento,conhecimento,interorganizacional},
pages = {174},
school = {Federal University of Santa Catarina},
title = {{Compartilhamento de Conhecimento Interorganizacional: Um Estudo de Caso no {\^{a}}mbito do Projecto VISIR+}},
url = {https://repositorio.ufsc.br/handle/123456789/190246},
year = {2017}
}
@inproceedings{Francisco2017a,
abstract = {The learning of technical and science disciplines requires experimental and practical training. Hands-on labs are the natural scenarios where practical skills can be developed but, thanks to Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), virtual and remote labs can provide a framework where Science, Tech-nology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines can also be devel-oped. One of these remote labs is the Virtual Instruments System in Reality (VISIR), specially designed to practice in the area of analog electronics. This paper aims at describing how this remote lab is being used in the Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco (UNPSJB -Argentina), in the frame-work of the VISIR+ 1 project funded by the Erasmus+ Program, one institution without previous experiences with remote labs.},
address = {New York},
author = {Francisco, Alejandro and Beatriz, Sonia and Isabel, Mar{\'{i}}a and Alves, Gustavo R.},
booktitle = {14th Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV) Conference},
doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-64352-6_27},
file = {:Users/galves/Documents/ISEP/Carreira academica - concursos - ISEP/Concurso Prof Coord CBE 09 v13Ago09/CD_anexo_CV/2_Act_Cientifica/2_1_Publ_Cientificas/Conf_Int/P_CI_138.pdf:pdf},
publisher = {Springer},
title = {{Spreading the VISIR remote lab along Argentina. The experience in Patagonia}},
year = {2017}
}
@inproceedings{Kulesza2017,
abstract = {This paper describes how a new Erasmus Plus project, PILAR, (Platform Integration of Laboratories based on the Architecture of visiR), is being developed and how the startup of the partnership and the project is reinforcing the VISIR (Virtual Instrument Systems in Reality) network and the Special Interest Group of VISIR under the Global Online Laboratory Consortium (GOLC) of the International Association of Online Engineering (IAOE). The Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED) coordinates the project that aims to federate the existing (or new) VISIR systems in order to use the resources more effectively and in a more efficient way, making transparent to the final user the election of the shared resources.},
address = {Faro, Algarve, Portugal},
author = {Kulesza, W. and Gustavsson, Ingvar and Garbi-Zutin, D. and Auer, M. and Marques, M. A. and Fidalgo, Andr{\'{e}} and Alves, Gustavo R. and Garcia-Hernandez, C. and Tavio, R. and Hernandez-Jayo, U. and Garc{\'{i}}a-Zub{\'{i}}a, J. and Valtonen, K. and Kreiter, C. and Oros, R. G. and Pester, Andreas and Garc{\'{i}}a-Loro, Felix and Macho, A. and Sancristobal, Elio and Diaz, Gabriel and Castro, Manuel},
booktitle = {Proceedings of 2017 4th Experiment at International Conference: Online Experimentation (exp.at 2017)},
doi = {10.1109/EXPAT.2017.7984407},
file = {:Users/galves/Downloads/A Federation of VISIR remote laboratories through the PILAR Project - 07984407.pdf:pdf},
isbn = {9781538608104},
keywords = {VISIR,general and analog electronics,laboratories federation,network remote laboratories,remote laboratories},
pages = {28--32},
publisher = {IEEE},
title = {{A federation of VISIR remote laboratories through the PILAR Project}},
year = {2017}
}
@inproceedings{Marchisio2017a,
abstract = {{\textcopyright} 2017 IEEE. This paper aims at introducing the first intensive use of a remote lab named as VISIR by lecturers and students from Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Ingenier{\'{i}}a y Agrimensura, Universidad Nacional de Rosario. The research was carried under the VISIR + project. It is a pilot test in which 17 students from the third year of an Electronic Engineering degree took part. The pilot test was developed in order to bring forward possible difficulties, assess successes and failures and eventually suggest other possible ways of curricular incorporation of VISIR in the teaching of the Physics of Electronic Devices subject. VISIR was used as a complement to hands-on lab, after the last experimental design activity of basic circuits with bipolar transistor. The students carried out an individual lab work. Then, they were asked to answer an opinion poll made up of 20 items, 1-4 Likert scale. Descriptive statistical analysis and summary of cases were carried out in order to conclude about four dimensions of analysis linked to the students' viewpoint. They are: perceived learnings, VISIR acceptance, perceived teachers' guidance and time and technical restrictions.},
address = {Faro, Portugal, 6-8 June, 2017},
author = {Marchisio, Susana and Lerro, Frederico and Merendino, Claudio and Plano, Miguel and Concari, Sonia and {De Arregui}, Gast{\'{o}}n Saez and Garc{\'{i}}a-Zub{\'{i}}a, J. and Hern{\'{a}}ndez-Jayo, Unai and Alves, Gustavo R. and Gustavsson, Ingvar},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 4th Experiment@ International Conference: Online Experimentation (exp.at' 17)},
doi = {10.1109/EXPAT.2017.7984385},
editor = {Restivo, M. Teresa and Cardoso, Alberto},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Marchisio et al. - 2017 - Starting the study of electronic circuits with VISIR Viewpoints of college students in a pilot test in Argenti.pdf:pdf},
isbn = {9781538608104},
keywords = {VISIR,curricular integration,engineering students,fundaments of Electronics,pilot test,remote labs},
pages = {18--23. IEEE},
publisher = {IEEE},
title = {{Starting the study of electronic circuits with VISIR: Viewpoints of college students in a pilot test in Argentina}},
year = {2017}
}
@incollection{Branco2017,
abstract = {Os laborat{\'{o}}rios remotos s{\~{a}}o ferramentas {\'{a}}geis e acess{\'{i}}veis, proporcionando maior acesso aos alunos atrav{\'{e}}s do conceito de Educa{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o 4.0. O uso destes laborat{\'{o}}rios sugere o desenvolvimento da capacidade anal{\'{i}}tica dos usu{\'{a}}rios, apresentando resultados reais com influ{\^{e}}ncias externas como t{\'{e}}rmica, el{\'{e}}trica, magn{\'{e}}tica ou eletromagn{\'{e}}tica e ainda as n{\~{a}}o idealidades relacionadas aos aspectos construtivos de componentes eletr{\^{o}}nicos. Assim, este cap{\'{i}}tulo prop{\~{o}}e explorar o potencial dos laborat{\'{o}}rios remotos realizando experimenta{\c{c}}{\~{o}}es pr{\'{a}}ticas reais no laborat{\'{o}}rio remoto VISIR em compara{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o a simula{\c{c}}{\~{o}}es no PSIM e PROTEUS, verificando as diferen{\c{c}}as entre as plataformas.},
author = {Branco, Matheus Varela and Coelho, Let{\'{i}}cia Aparecida and Alves, Gustavo R.},
booktitle = {TICAI (2017) TICs para el Aprendizaje de la Ingenier{\'{i}}a},
chapter = {16},
edition = {TICAI},
editor = {Ferreira, Alfonso Lago and Fidalgo, Andr{\'{e}} and da Silva, Oliveira},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Branco, Coelho, Alves - 2017 - Estudo Comparativo entre Laborat{\'{o}}rios Remotos e Simuladores.pdf:pdf},
isbn = {9788481587746},
keywords = {Educa{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o em Engenharia,Plataformas educacionais,Recursos educacionais abertos},
pages = {117--123},
publisher = {IEEE Education Society},
title = {{Estudo Comparativo entre Laborat{\'{o}}rios Remotos e Simuladores}},
year = {2017}
}
@inproceedings{Viegas2017,
abstract = {Experimental competences allow engineering students to consolidate knowledge and skills. Remote labs are a powerful tool to aid students in those developments. The VISIR remote lab was considered the best remote lab in the world in 2015. The VISIR+ project main goal is to spread VISIR usage in Brazil and Argentina, providing technical and didactical sup- port. This paper presents an analysis of the already prosecuted actions regarding this project and an assessment of their impact in terms of conditioning factors. The overall outcomes are highly positive since, in each Latin American Higher Education Institution, all training actions were successful, the first didactical implementations were designed and ongoing in the current semester. In some cases, instead of one foreseen implementation, there are several. The most statistically conditioning factors which affected the outcomes were the pre-experience with re- mote labs, the pre-experience with VISIR and the training actions duration. The teachers' per- ceptions that most conditioned their enrollment in implementing VISIR in their courses were related to their consciousness of the VISIR effectiveness to teach and learn. The lack of time to practice and discuss their doubts and the fulfillment of their expectations in the training actions, also affected how comfortable in modifying their course curricula teachers were.},
address = {New York, USA},
author = {Viegas, Clara and Alves, Gustavo R. and Marques, M. A. and Lima, Nat{\'{e}}rcia and Felgueiras, Manuel C. and Costa, Ricardo and Fidalgo, Andr{\'{e}} and Pozzo, Mar{\'{i}}a I. and Dobboletta, Elsa and Garc{\'{i}}a-Zub{\'{i}}a, J. and Hernandez, U and Garc{\'{i}}a-Loro, Felix and Zutin, Danilo Garbi and Kreiter, C.},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Remote Engineering & Virtual Instrumentation - REV2017},
doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-64352-6_36},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Viegas et al. - 2017 - The VISIR Project - Preliminary results of the training actions.pdf:pdf},
issn = {23673389},
keywords = {Didactical approaches,Remote labs,VISIR,didactical approaches,remote labs,visir},
pages = {375--391},
title = {{The VISIR+ Project - Preliminary results of the training actions}},
volume = {22},
year = {2017}
}
@inproceedings{Pozzo2017a,
abstract = {This paper describes how the Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED) is currently sharing its educational experience on collaborative labs environments with an Argentinean University: the Santiago del Estero National University. This experience takes place within a wider framework provided by the VISIR+ project, which aims to define, implement and evaluate a set of educational modules following an Enquiry-based Teaching and Learning Methodology supported by the VISIR remote lab.},
address = {Athens, Greece},
author = {Pozzo, Mar{\'{i}}a I. and Dobboletta, Elsa and Garc{\'{i}}a-Loro, Felix and Sancristobal, Elio and Diaz, Gabriel and Castro, Manuel and Fidalgo, Andr{\'{e}} and Alves, Gustavo R.},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference - EDUCON 2017},
doi = {10.1109/EDUCON.2017.7943049},
file = {:Users/galves/Documents/Artigos/EDUCON'17/EDUCON2017_proceedings/proceedings/papers/1510.pdf:pdf},
isbn = {9781509054671},
issn = {21659567},
keywords = {Collaborative laboratories,Educational experiences,Practical competences,Remote laboratories,VISIR},
pages = {1506--1512. IEEE},
publisher = {IEEE},
title = {{Sharing educational experiences from in-person classroom to collaborative lab environments}},
year = {2017}
}
@inproceedings{Soria2017,
abstract = {El presente art{\'{i}}culo tiene como principal objetivo averiguar las perspectivas de los laboratorios remotos en la educaci{\'{o}}n media y superior de la ciudad de Santiago del Estero. Motiva este estudio, la instalaci{\'{o}}n de un Laboratorio Remoto VISIR+ en la Universidad Nacional de Santiago del Estero. Argentina. La metodolog{\'{i}}a utilizada es el Estudio por Encuesta y el instrumento para recolecci{\'{o}}n de datos, el cuestionario. Los resultados indican una aceptaci{\'{o}}n pedag{\'{o}}gica del concepto y uso de Laboratorio Remoto. Este estudio ser{\'{i}}a un punto de partida para para investigaciones posteriores que aborden tem{\'{a}}ticas cada vez m{\'{a}}s complejas.},
address = {Paran{\'{a}}, Entre R{\'{i}}os,Argentina, 13-15 September 2017},
author = {Soria, Mario Fernando and Fernandez, Ruben and Fern{\'{a}}ndez, Rub{\'{e}}n and G{\'{o}}mez, Mario and Paz, H{\'{e}}ctor and Pozzo, Mar{\'{i}}a I. and Dobboletta, Elsa and Fidalgo, Andr{\'{e}} and Alves, Gustavo R. and Sancristobal, Elio and Garc{\'{i}}a-Loro, Felix and Castro, Manuel and Diaz, Gabriel},
booktitle = {1er Congresso Latinoamericano de Ingenier{\'{i}}a - CLADI},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Soria et al. - 2017 - Perspectivas de los Laboratorios Remotos en la Educaci{\'{o}}n Media y Superior de Santiago del Estero.pdf:pdf},
keywords = {aprendizaje aut{\'{o}}nomo,laboratorio remoto,medici{\'{o}}n a distancia,unse,visir},
pages = {1100--1103},
publisher = {CONFEDI},
title = {{Perspectivas de los Laboratorios Remotos en la Educaci{\'{o}}n Media y Superior de Santiago del Estero}},
year = {2017}
}
@inproceedings{Lima2017,
abstract = {O objetivo a longo prazo da educa{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o em engenharia {\'{e}} formar profissionais capazes de dar resposta aos problemas e necessidades da sociedade. Nesta forma{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o, a componente pr{\'{a}}tica n{\~{a}}o pode ser descurada e nas {\'{u}}ltimas d{\'{e}}cadas a utiliza{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o de laborat{\'{o}}rios remotos e de simula{\c{c}}{\~{o}}es tem-se generalizado, sendo um complemento ou alternativa aos laborat{\'{o}}rios tradicionais. Este trabalho, no {\^{a}}mbito do Projeto VISIR+, apresenta os primeiros resultados de uma implementa{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o did{\'{a}}tica levada a um cabo numa disciplina de matem{\'{a}}tica numa universidade brasileira. Nesta implementa{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o foram usados em simult{\^{a}}neo o laborat{\'{o}}rio remoto VISIR (Virtual Instrument Systems in Reality), simula{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o e c{\'{a}}lculo em cerca de 20% do conte{\'{u}}do da disciplina. Os resultados obtidos, apontam que o uso de v{\'{a}}rios recursos pode de facto contribuir para um melhor desempenho dos estudantes, impulsionando o desenvolvimento de compet{\^{e}}ncias.},
address = {Paran{\'{a}}, Entre R{\'{i}}os,Argentina, 13-15 September 2017},
author = {Lima, Nat{\'{e}}rcia and Viegas, Clara and Zannin, Marcelo and Marques, M. A. and Alves, Gustavo R. and Felgueiras, Manuel C. and Fidalgo, Andr{\'{e}} and Silva, Juarez Bento and Pozzo, Mar{\'{i}}a I. and Dobboletta, Elsa and Gustavsson, Ingvar},
booktitle = {Anales del 1er Congreso Latinoamericano de Ingenier{\'{i}}a - CLADI},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Lima et al. - 2017 - Projeto VISIR Contextualiza{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o da Matem{\'{a}}tica em Engenharia.pdf:pdf},
keywords = {Educa{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o em Engenharia,Estrat{\'{e}}gias de Ensino e Aprendizagem,Laborat{\'{o}}rios Remotos,VISIR},
pages = {798--801},
publisher = {CONFEDI},
title = {{Projeto VISIR+ Contextualiza{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o da Matem{\'{a}}tica em Engenharia}},
year = {2017}
}
@inproceedings{Marchisio2017,
abstract = {“Virtual Instruments System in Reality” (VISIR) es una plataforma laboratorio de acceso remoto desarrollada en el Departamento de Ingenier{\'{i}}a Electr{\'{o}}nica del Instituto de Tecnolog{\'{i}}a de Blekinge (BTH), Suecia. VISIR ha sido empleada y evaluada en varios pa{\'{i}}ses e instituciones en el mundo, report{\'{a}}ndose en la bibliograf{\'{i}}a que la misma facilita el logro de resultados de aprendizaje en temas de electr{\'{o}}nica anal{\'{o}}gica. El primer uso intensivo de VISIR por estudiantes en la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Ingenier{\'{i}}a y Agrimensura (FCEIA), Universidad Nacional de Rosario (UNR) data de 2016. Dicha experiencia se llev{\'{o}} a cabo en la forma de caso de estudio en una asignatura de Ingenier{\'{i}}a Electr{\'{o}}nica (IE) que constituye el primer acercamiento a la electr{\'{o}}nica de dispositivos y circuitos. El empleo de VISIR en el contexto curricular se propuso en forma complementaria al laboratorio tradicional, para la realizaci{\'{o}}n de una actividad de integraci{\'{o}}n cuya soluci{\'{o}}n requer{\'{i}}a del c{\'{a}}lculo matem{\'{a}}tico y de la experimentaci{\'{o}}n remota. Finalizada la experiencia se recabaron datos cuantitativos y cualitativos con el objetivo de evaluar la misma. En este trabajo se informan resultados que focalizan en la valoraci{\'{o}}n por estudiantes y docentes de la eficacia de VISIR como recurso de aprendizaje en temas introductorios de la electr{\'{o}}nica circuital.},
address = {ENTRE R{\'{I}}OS, ARGENTINA},
author = {Marchisio, Susana and Lerro, Frederico and Merendino, Claudio and Plano, Miguel and Concari, Sonia and {Arguedas Javier} and Garc{\'{i}}a-Zub{\'{i}}a, J. and Hern{\'{a}}ndez-Jayo, Unai and Alves, Gustavo R.},
booktitle = {1er. Congreso latinoamericano de ingenier{\'{i}}a (CLADI)},
file = {:Users/galves/Desktop/CLADI-septiembre-DOS_2017_atas_proceedings_979-982.pdf:pdf},
keywords = {VISIR,aprendizajes,electr{\'{o}}nica circuital,formaci{\'{o}}n experimental,laboratorio remoto},
pages = {979--982},
publisher = {CONFEDI},
title = {{Acerca de la eficacia de VISIR como recurso en temas de electr{\'{o}}nica circuital en Argentina}},
url = {http://recipp.ipp.pt/bitstream/10400.22/10808/1/COM_GustavoAlvees_CIETI_2017.pdf},
year = {2017}
}
@inproceedings{Kreiter2017,
abstract = {Collaborative working as well as sharing resources and knowledge represent key points in today's development in all fields, including education. Know-how transfer and collaboration in learning and teaching are aspects promoted and sustained by institutional management as well as the European initiatives. Thus, leading to the idea of a federation which will facilitate engineering education. A consortium formed by five European universities decided to join efforts to provide to the community a federation, which could be used by different stakeholders interest in teaching, learning or developing new skills in the field of electronics. The proposed remote system, Virtual Instruments System in Reality, or VISIR in short, offers the possibility of working with real equipment and obtain the real-world/ real-time measurements. By developing such a VISIR federation some of the constraints of using remote labs, the ones associated with development and maintenance costs, and scalability, will be minimized. This paper aims to present the initial steps for developing a VISIR Federation, which is also the primary goal of PILAR - Platform Integration of Laboratories based on the Architecture of visiR project.},
address = {Faro, Portugal},
author = {Kreiter, C. and Oros, R. G. and Pester, Andreas and Gustavsson, Ingvar and Castro, Manuel and Fidalgo, Andr{\'{e}} and Alves, Gustavo R.},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 4th Experiment@ International Conference: Online Experimentation (exp.at'17)},
doi = {10.1109/EXPAT.2017.7984403},
file = {:Users/galves/Documents/Artigos/exp.at_2017/07984403.pdf:pdf},
isbn = {9781538608104},
keywords = {VISIR,federation,remote labs},
pages = {24--27. IEEE},
publisher = {IEEE},
title = {{VISIR federation: Initial building steps: PILAR experience - Work in progress}},
year = {2017}
}
@incollection{BeltranPavani2018,
abstract = {{\textcopyright} Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018. Laboratories are a fundamental part of engineering education due to the very nature of the engineering profession. This is a characteristic of all engineering courses, though it may vary from one curriculum to the other and even in the same curriculum. This paper is dedicated to the analysis of different applications of a remote lab in an Electrical Engineering curriculum. If the types of experiments it offers are concerned, it is classified as an Electric and Electronic Circuits lab; one in a set that also has Digital Electronics, Analog Electronics, Electrical Machines, Control Systems, etc. But it is not a traditional lab – it is a remote lab, with traditional components remotely accessed over the Internet. This work presents the preliminary results of the deployment of VISIR – a remote lab for Electric and Electronic Circuits in some courses. It discusses the different course contexts and how the use of VISIR was adapted to each one. Results of students' opinions are presented and discussed.},
author = {{Beltran Pavani}, A.M. and Lima, D.A. and Tempor{\~{a}}o, G.P. and Alves, G.R.},
booktitle = {Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing},
doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-75175-7_86},
editor = {Auer, M. and Tsiatsos, T.},
file = {:Users/galves/Downloads/COM_GustavoAlves_CIETI_2018.pdf:pdf},
isbn = {9783319751740},
issn = {21945357},
keywords = {Electric circuits,General electricity,Remote labs},
title = {{Different uses for remote labs in electrical engineering education: Initial conclusions of an ongoing experience}},
volume = {725},
year = {2018}
}
@incollection{Garcia-Loro2018a,
abstract = {In 2015, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department (DIEEC) of the Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED) in Spain started together with the Santiago del Rosario National University (UNSE, Argentina) and with the support of the Research Institute of Education Sciences of Rosario (IRICE-CONICET, Argentina) under the Coordination of the Polytechnic Institute of Porto (IPP, Portugal) the new development and deployment of the VISIR system inside the UNSE University as part of the VISIR+ Project. The main objective of the VISIR+ Project is to extend the current VISIR network in South America, mainly in Argentina and Brazil, with the support and patronage of the European Union Erasmus Plus program inside the Capacity Building program and as part of an excellence network future development integration framework. This extension of VISIR nodes reconfigure in 2016 a new project, PILAR, that as part of the Erasmus Plus projects will allow the Strategic Partnership to develop a new federation umbrella over the existing nodes and network.},
author = {Garcia-Loro, Felix and Fernandez, Ruben and Gomez, Mario and Paz, Hector and Soria, Fernando and Pozzo, Mar{\'{i}}a Isabel and Dobboletta, Elsa and Fidalgo, Andr{\'{e}} and Alves, Gustavo and Sancristobal, Elio and Diaz, Gabriel and Castro, Manuel},
booktitle = {Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems},
doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-64352-6_28},
file = {:Users/galves/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Garc{\'{i}}a-Loro et al. - 2017 - Educational Scenarios Using Remote Laboratory VISIR for ElectricalElectronic Experimentation.pdf:pdf},
issn = {23673389},
keywords = {Educational scenarios,Remote laboratory,VISIR},
pages = {298--303},
title = {{Educational scenarios using remote laboratory VISIR for electrical/electronic experimentation}},
volume = {22},
year = {2018}
}
@phdthesis{GarciaLoro2018,
abstract = {At present remote laboratories are integrated into educational processes. This integration has been especially successful in technical degrees, where acquisition and assessment of both content and practical skills are key aspects. The use of remote laboratories has been fostered in educational institutions due to their high performance, flexibility and reliability. The design and implementation of remote laboratories -, as with any other distance education tool - has focused especially on reproducing their counterpart in face-to-face education. And as with any other distance education tool, they take advantage of its inherent benefits: students feel more comfortable and safer in an environment that is adapted to their temporal and geographic needs and in a space where they do not feel assessed by the presence of a teacher. As the real laboratories they are, remote laboratories, transfer all the disadvantages related to handling from hands-on laboratories. They also add new problems related to the technology used for their deployment and add limitations in the experimentation for protecting the equipment and instruments as well as constructive constraints. Additionally, the intrinsic distance between student and teacher turns into asynchronous laboratory communication. This doctoral dissertation presents a tool developed for remote laboratories and its architecture. This tool takes advantage of the constructive assets of one requirements of remote laboratories: communication between user and laboratory. The VISIR remote lab has been the scenario used for its deployment. VISIR is a remote laboratory for wiring and measuring electronics circuits on a breadboard remotely. Communication between the user and VISIR has been processed in order to analyze the activity of users in the remote lab through the logs stored in the RLMS WebLab. Each laboratory course is divided into a set of practical excercises and these, into a set of experiments. A pattern is assigned to each of these experiments and they are used to check against the activity carried out by the users/students. Thus, not only the summative assessment is automated; a formative assessment is enabled too. The formative assessment is composed of the global feedback from the system —handled by the system and in charge of the use and settings of instruments and equipment— and of a specific feedback defined by the teaching staff and intended for evaluating the experiment designed by the teacher. This system provides a scenario for encouraging self-regulated learning.},
author = {{Garc{\'{i}}a Loro}, F{\'{e}}lix},
file = {:Users/galves/Documents/ISEP/ARGUICOES/Argui{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o - Tese PhD - Felix Garcia Loro - UNED/00TD FGL 2018 Tesis Doctoral PhD Felix Garcia Loro.pdf:pdf},
keywords = {VISIR},
pages = {405},
school = {Universidad Nacional de Educaci{\'{o}}n a Distancia},
title = {{Evaluaci{\'{o}}n y Aprendizaje en Laboratorios Remotos: Propuesta de un Sistema Autom{\'{a}}tico de Evaluaci{\'{o}}n Formativa Aplicado al Laboratorio Remoto VISIR}},
type = {PhD Thesis},
year = {2018}
}
@inproceedings{Garcia-Loro2018,
abstract = {{\textcopyright} 2018 IEEE. The PILAR (Platform Integration of Laboratories based on the Architecture of visiR) Erasmus Plus project started in September 2016 and will last three years. The core of the PILAR project is the VISIR remote laboratory-Virtual Instruments System In Reality-. The project aims for a federation of five of the existing VISIR nodes, sharing experiments, capacity and resources among partners, and to provide access to VISIR remote lab, through PILAR consortium, to students from other educational institutions. PILAR will be the framework from which management tasks will be performed and laboratories/experiments will be shared. PILAR will also foster the Special Interest Group of VISIR under the Global Online Laboratory Consortium (GOLC) of the International Association of Online Engineering (IAOE).},
author = {Garcia-Loro, F. and Macho, A. and Cristobal, E.S. and Diaz, G. and Castro, M. and Kulesza, W. and Gustavsson, I. and Nilsson, K. and Fidalgo, A. and Alves, G. and Marques, A. and Hernandez-Jayo, U. and Garcia-Zubia, J. and Kreiter, C. and Oros, R. and Pester, A. and Garbi-Zutin, D. and Auer, M. and Garcia-Hernandez, C. and Tavio, R. and Valtonen, K. and Lehtikangas, E.},
booktitle = {IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON},
doi = {10.1109/EDUCON.2018.8363413},
file = {:Users/galves/Downloads/COM_GustavoAlves_7_2018.pdf:pdf},
isbn = {9781538629574},
issn = {21659567},
keywords = {PILAR,VISIR,electronics,federation,remote laboratory},
title = {{Experimenting in PILAR federation: A common path for the future}},
volume = {2018-April},
year = {2018}
}
@article{Arguedas-Matarrita2018,
abstract = {Fortaleciendo la ense{\~{n}}anza de la f{\'{i}}sica en un colegio cient{\'{i}}fico costarricense mediante el uso del laboratorio remoto VISIR Resumen En el presente trabajo se presenta el uso del laboratorio remoto (LR) Virtual Instruments System in Reality (VISIR) con estudiantes de und{\'{e}}cimo nivel del Colegio Cient{\'{i}}fico Costarricense (CCC) de San Ram{\'{o}}n. Para ello se realiz{\'{o}} una propuesta did{\'{a}}ctica que pretende mejorar y fortalecer la ense{\~{n}}anza de la f{\'{i}}sica mediante nuevas metodolog{\'{i}}as y recursos en las clases de F{\'{i}}sica de profundizaci{\'{o}}n. La actividad fue desarrollada por los estudiantes en sus hogares, lo cual permiti{\'{o}} fomentar el trabajo aut{\'{o}}nomo en el t{\'{o}}pico de los circuitos el{\'{e}}ctricos. Palabras clave: Ense{\~{n}}anza de la f{\'{i}}sica; laboratorio remoto; colegio cient{\'{i}}fico; circuitos el{\'{e}}ctricos. Abstract This paper presents the use of Remote Laboratory (LR) Virtual Instruments System in Reality (VISIR) by students of last level of Colegio Cient{\'{i}}fico Costarricense (CCC) of San Ram{\'{o}}n (high school). It was made a proposal didactic which pretend improves and strengthen the teaching of physics through new methodologies and resources during deepening physics lessons. The proposed activity was developed by the students in their homes, which allowed them to promote autonomous work about topic of electrical circuits.},
author = {Arguedas-Matarrita, Carlos and Navarro, Eduardo Arias},
file = {:Users/galves/Downloads/20478-Texto del art{\'{i}}culo-57980-1-10-20180630.pdf:pdf},
issn = {1853-6530},
journal = {Virtualidad, Educaci{\'{o}}n y Ciencia},
keywords = {Ense{\~{n}}anza de la f{\'{i}}sica,circuitos el{\'{e}}ctricos,colegio cient{\'{i}}fico,laboratorio remoto},
number = {16},
pages = {131--141},
title = {{Fortaleciendo la ense{\~{n}}anza de la f{\'{i}}sica en un Colegio Cient{\'{i}}fico Costarricense mediante el uso del Laboratorio Remoto VISIR}},
volume = {9},
year = {2018}
}
@article{Viegas2018,
abstract = {Remote Laboratories have become part of current teaching and learning, particularly in en- gineering. Their potential to aid students beyond their hands-on lab classes has been a matter of discussion in literature. Teachers and researchers are aware that the thorough analysis of both strengths and shortcomings of remote labs in didactical implementations may not only lead to the improvement of these resources but also of the pedagogical implications in engineering classes. The present study was carried out in a Higher Education Institution in Brazil in two different courses during three consecutive semesters where a remote lab (VISIR) addressing electric and electronic topics was implemented, yielding 471 students' academic results and opinions. These students' results (while using VISIR) cross-analysed with the course characteristics, reveal some factors teachers may tackle to foster student learning and motivation. The conclusions point to the need for VISIR interface modernization and showed it is more useful in basic courses than in more advanced ones, when dealing with classic lab experiments. Results also show that teachers' involvement plus their ability to brief students on VISIR's usefulness have a significant influence not only on students' performance but also on their perception of learning and satisfaction with the tool. In the analysed cases, the students with more learning needs seemed to be the ones who could benefit more from VISIR.},
author = {Viegas, Clara and Pavani, Ana and Lima, Nat{\'{e}}rcia and Marques, Arcelina and Pozzo, Isabel and Dobboletta, Elsa and Atencia, Vanessa and Barreto, Daniel and Calliari, Felipe and Fidalgo, Andr{\'{e}} and Lima, Delberis and Tempor{\~{a}}o, Guilherme and Alves, Gustavo},
doi = {10.1016/j.compedu.2018.07.012},
file = {:Users/galves/Documents/Artigos/Computers and Education/Impact of a remote lab on teaching practices and student learning CAE 2018 1-s2.0-S0360131518301878-main.pdf:pdf},
issn = {03601315},
journal = {Computers & Education},
keywords = {Improving classroom teaching,Interactive learning environments,Pedagogical issues,Teaching/learning strategies,VISIR,Virtual reality},
month = {nov},
pages = {201--216},
title = {{Impact of a remote lab on teaching practices and student learning}},
url = {https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0360131518301878},
volume = {126},
year = {2018}
}
@article{Alves2018,
address = {New York, New York, USA},
author = {Alves, Gustavo R. and Pester, Andreas and Kulesza, Wlodek and Silva, Juarez Bento and Pavani, Ana and Pozzo, Mar{\'{i}}a Isabel and Marchisio, Susana and Fernandez, Ruben and Oliveira, Vanderli and Schlichting, Luis C. M. and Felgueiras, Manuel and Viegas, Clara and Fidalgo, Andr{\'{e}} and Marques, Maria Arcelina and Costa, Ricardo and Lima, Nat{\'{e}}rcia and Castro, Manuel and Garc{\'{i}}a-Zub{\'{i}}a, Javier},
doi = {10.1145/3284179.3284265},
file = {:Users/galves/Downloads/A sustainable approach to let students do more real experiments with electrical and electronic circuits 3284179.3284265.pdf:pdf},
isbn = {9781450365185},
journal = {Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality - TEEM'18},
pages = {508--514},
publisher = {ACM Press},
title = {{A sustainable approach to let students do more real experiments with electrical and electronic circuits}},
url = {http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=3284179.3284265},
year = {2018}
}
@inproceedings{Blazquez-Merino2018,
abstract = {VISIR remote lab, designed as a learning tool in subjects related with Electricity and Electronics in undergraduate and graduate courses, has unlikely been used in secondary school technology teaching up today. In the following document, a research work is presented in order to show the development, implementation and learning outcomes of an educational experience for secondary students, using VISIR remote lab as a means to carry out practices of measuring and introducing a methodology based on the features of Bloom-Anderson's taxonomy. The experience have been guided by a work document in which explanations and didactic activities have been included, specifically designed under a cognitive skills development focus.},
address = {Duesseldorf, Germany},
author = {Blazquez-Merino, Manuel and Macho-Aroca, Alejandro and Baiz{\'{a}}n-{\'{A}}lvarez, Pablo and Garcia-Loro, F{\'{e}}lix and {San Cristobal}, Elio and Diez, Gabriel and Castro, Manuel},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV2018)},
doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-95678-7_8},
file = {:Users/galves/Documents/Artigos/REV18/REV2018_Proceedings/proceedings/papers/1113.pdf:pdf},
issn = {23673389},
pages = {133--142},
title = {{Use of VISIR Remote Lab in Secondary School: Didactic Experience and Outcomes}},
year = {2018}
}
@inproceedings{8363232,
abstract = {The contents, hereby introduced, show a methodology to teach electricity to Secondary school students. As secondary teachers, one of the highest worries is to recognize the level of significance in learning in our students. Significance means permanent learning and thus, the assimilation of a solid basis conducts to make easier to understand knowledge in higher levels as our students are growing up. As a consequence of these worries, a structured massive open online course has been developed to optimize the assimilation of basic concepts, magnitudes and skills in relation with Electricity contents. The works in relation with the quantification of learning is written in this paper as well in order to show how good our students are learning and what the most important difficulties they find.},
author = {Blazquez-Merino, M and Macho-Aroca, A and Baiz{\'{a}}n-Alvarez, P and Garcia-Loro, F and Cristobal, E S and Diez, G and Castro, M},
booktitle = {2018 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON)},
doi = {10.1109/EDUCON.2018.8363232},
file = {:Users/galves/Downloads/08363232.pdf:pdf},
issn = {2165-9567},
keywords = {Conferences,Engineering education,MOOC,VISIR,electricity,remote lab,secondary school},
month = {apr},
pages = {223--232},
title = {{Structured MOOC designed to optimize Electricity learning at Secondary school}},
year = {2018}
}
@article{Garcia-Loro2019,
abstract = {New social learning demands are fostered by continuous learning culture and self-learning environments. This demanding scenario requires ubiquitous educational environments without temporal restrictions. For these reasons, educational institutions increasingly rely on remote laboratories (RLs) as educational tools in order to provide real-world experiences in science education. RLs present several advantages to students which have been widely reported. Although quite powerful, RLs have intrinsically some drawbacks. While some of these drawbacks are inherent to the remote interaction and cannot be addressed, such as the impossibility to provide manual skill, many others derive from technical constraints. Traditionally, the approach to deal with these limitations on the performance is based on the redesign and improvement of the RL. However, due to the number of operating systems, an alternative approach is open for a RL: Virtual Instruments System in Reality (VISIR). VISIR is a RL designed to construct and test electrical/electronic circuits. The possibility of building a federation of VISIR nodes emerged from the actual needs detected by the VISIR community. In this paper, we describe a federation of VISIR nodes reporting the architecture implemented for the federation and the integration of the resulting federated resources into the different learning environments provided by the institutions to their students.},
author = {Garcia-Loro, Felix and Baizan, Pablo and Blazquez-Merino, Manuel and Plaza, Pedro and Aroca, Alejandro Macho and Orduna, Pablo and Cristobal, Elio San and Castro, Manuel},
doi = {10.1109/RITA.2019.2950131},
file = {:Users/galves/Downloads/Spreading Remote Laboratory Scope Through a Federation of Nodes - VISIR Case - 08906182.pdf:pdf},
issn = {1932-8540},
journal = {IEEE Revista Iberoamericana de Tecnologias del Aprendizaje},
month = {nov},
number = {4},
pages = {107--116},
title = {{Spreading Remote Laboratory Scope Through a Federation of Nodes: VISIR Case}},
url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8906182/},
volume = {14},
year = {2019}
}
@inproceedings{Castro2019,
abstract = {Remote laboratories are the result of a social movement which promotes accessible educational resources anywhere and anytime through the Internet in order to foster lifelong learning and support online/distance education. A remote laboratory is a real laboratory using real equipment, on which measurements are made through real instruments and which is controllable remotely. The VISIR (Virtual Instrument Systems In Reality) remote laboratory is a system on top of the state-of-the-art for online wiring and measuring electronic circuits. The PILAR (Platform Integration of Laboratories based on the Architecture of visiR) Erasmus Plus project aims for the federation of five of the existing VISIR nodes, for sharing analog electronics experiments and empowering capacity and resources of each partner, as well as providing access to other educational institutions to a VISIR remote lab through the PILAR consortium. This workshop will allow the attendees to interact with VISIR remote lab, and to be introduced in PILAR framework and joining policies as well as remote lab federation benefits both for VISIR system owners and consumers.},
address = {Wollongong, NSW, Australia},
author = {Castro, Manuel and Garcia-Loro, Felix and Cristobal, Elio San},
booktitle = {Proceedings of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2018},
doi = {10.1109/TALE.2018.8615422},
file = {:Users/galves/Downloads/08615422.pdf:pdf},
pages = {1208--1210},
publisher = {IEEE},
title = {{Pre-Conference Workshop - An Open and Improved VISIR System Through PILAR Federation for Electrical/Electronics Remote Experiments}},
year = {2019}
}
@inproceedings{Garcia-Loro2019a,
abstract = {A remote laboratory is a real laboratory which is controlled and monitored remotely. The promotion of online experimentation is strengthening due to social needs and students/user demands based on accessible educational resources without temporal or geographical restrictions through the Internet. This educational approach also promotes lifelong learning and support education. The VISIR (Virtual Instrument Systems In Reality) remote laboratory is intended for the experimentation, signal measuring and design of electrical/electronics circuits remotely. The PILAR (Platform Integration of Laboratories based on the Architecture of visiR) Erasmus Plus project aims for the federation of five of the existing VISIR nodes, for sharing analog electronics experiments and empowering capacity and resources of each partner, as well as providing access to other educational institutions to a VISIR remote lab through the PILAR consortium.},
author = {Garcia-Loro, Felix and Cristobal, Elio San and Castro, Manuel},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2019 5th Experiment at International Conference, exp.at 2019},
doi = {10.1109/EXPAT.2019.8876577},
file = {:Users/galves/Documents/Artigos/exp.at_2019/expat19_proceedings/expat19_Proceedings/papers/p058expat19_paper_12.pdf:pdf},
title = {{PILAR: A Federation of VISIR Systems for Analog Electronics}},
year = {2019}
}
@inproceedings{8876553,
abstract = {There is no doubt that experimental work is fundamental in the teaching of physics, however neither the accurate spaces nor the equipment for its fulfillment are always available. Taking into account the range of Remote Labs (RL) as resources for teaching and learning, the Open State University (UNED) from Costa Rica has started the Remote Testing Lab to develop and encourage the use of RLs in the institution as well as boosting its use in other university and high school institutions within the country. The present work shows the first steps of this project in terms of courses at UNED in which RL was used, its use in physics teacher training workshops and its use in high school.},
author = {Arguedas-Matarrita, C and Concari, S B and Rodriguez-Gil, L and Ordu{\~{n}}a, P and Elizondo, F U and Hernandez-Jayo, U and Carlos, L M and {Bento da Silva}, J and Marchisio, S T and Conejo-Villalobos, M and Garc{\'{i}}a-Zub{\'{i}}a, J and {da Mota Alves}, J B},
booktitle = {2019 5th Experiment International Conference (exp.at'19)},
doi = {10.1109/EXPAT.2019.8876553},
file = {:Users/galves/Downloads/Remote experimentation in the teaching of physics in Costa Rica - First steps - 08876553.pdf:pdf},
keywords = {Conferences,Internet,Physics,Remote labor,Training},
month = {jun},
pages = {208--212},
title = {{Remote experimentation in the teaching of physics in Costa Rica: First steps}},
year = {2019}
}
@article{Blazquez-Merino2019,
abstract = {The research work hereby presented shows some findings about the different ways used by girls and boys, at secondary school, to assimilate the electricity concepts and electric magnitudes to be able to design and assemble electric circuits. The methodology applied to learning, the cognitive-motor model (CMM), is also presented, and it is based on the mutual interaction of cognitive skills and motor capabilities. Students have followed a specific course designed under CMM specifications. The course contains a combination of theoretical activities and practical tasks by means of which cognitive and motor skills have been measured. To carry out the practical tasks, the Virtual Instrument Systems in a reality remote lab have been used by students as the technical resource. In the study, different learning strategies between male and female students, what affects each gender effectiveness, and learning performance have been found.},
author = {Blazquez-Merino, Manuel and Garcia-Loro, Felix and Plaza-Merino, Pedro and L{\'{o}}pez-Rey, Africa and {San Cristobal-Ruiz}, Elio and Castro-Gil, Manuel A. and Albert, M{\textordfeminine} Jos{\'{e}}},
doi = {10.1002/cae.22121},
file = {:Users/galves/Downloads/cae.22121.pdf:pdf},
issn = {10990542},
journal = {Computer Applications in Engineering Education},
number = {4},
title = {{Gender comparative research on learning strategies applying the cognitive-motor model methodology and VISIR remote lab}},
volume = {27},
year = {2019}
}
@incollection{Baizan2020,
abstract = {This paper presents an extension of the VISIR Remote Laboratory to support the IoT Technologies. By means of this new extension, the users of the remote laboratory can experiment by programming an ARM device (a raspberry Pi) and interact with sensors and actuators. Furthermore, all the characteristics of VISIR are still preserved. Therefore, the user can wire in the breadboard their circuits including sensors and actuators and interact with the instrumentation. On the other hand, a Raspberry Pi OS (Raspbian) complete remote desktop is available as an instrument more of VISIR.},
author = {Baizan, Pablo and Macho, Alejandro and Blazquez, Manuel and Garcia-Loro, Felix and Perez, Clara and Diaz, Gabriel and Sancristobal, Elio and Gil, Rosario and Castro, Manuel},
booktitle = {Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems},
doi = {10.1007/978-3-030-23162-0_24},
issn = {23673389},
title = {{IoT Remote Laboratory Based on ARM Device Extension of VISIR Remote Laboratories to Include IoT Support}},
volume = {80},
year = {2019}
}
@inproceedings{Garcia-Zubia2020,
abstract = {During the last ten years, the University of Deusto is using VISIR re- mote lab for analog electronics in the Faculty of Engineering. Present paper shows how we are using the VISIR with students, and its results. It is a catalog of experiments to invite other universities to join the VISIR consortium. Ongoing and future research in VISIR are also presented.},
address = {Athens},
author = {Garc{\'{i}}a-Zub{\'{i}}a, J. and Cuadros, Jordi and Hernandez-Jayo, Unai and Romero, Susana and Serrano, Vanessa and Angulo, Ignacio and Alves, Gustavo R. and Fidalgo, Andr{\'{e}} and Ordu{\~{n}}a, Pablo and Rodriguez-Gil, Luis},
booktitle = {Cross Reality and Data Science in Engineering. REV 2020. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing},
doi = {10.1007/978-3-030-52575-0_7},
editor = {Auer, M. and May, D.},
file = {:Users/galves/Downloads/CIETI_19_20(2)/2020/Comunica{\'{a}}‰es em Ata/3 - Using VISIR Remote Lab in the Classroom_Case of Study of the University of Deusto 2009-2019.pdf:pdf},
keywords = {remote laboratory,visir},
pages = {82--102.Springer, Cham},
publisher = {Springer, Cham},
title = {{Using VISIR Remote Lab in the Classroom : Case of Study of the University of Deusto 2009-2019}},
volume = {1231},
year = {2020}
}
@inproceedings{Blazquez-Merino2020,
abstract = {A didactic experience is presented focused to a group of secondary school to learn the main features of the topic of diode-based circuits. Students have followed the experience by means of a MOOC in which didactic activities and practices have been designed using the Cognitive Motor Model taxonomy. VISIR remote laboratory is the main technical resource to carry out practices.},
author = {Blazquez-Merino, Manuel and Perez-Molina, Clara and Castro, Manuel and Garcia-Loro, Felix and {San Cristobal}, Elio and Tovar, Edmundo and Martin-Gutierrez, Sergio},
booktitle = {Proceedings - 2020 IEEE 44th Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2020},
doi = {10.1109/COMPSAC48688.2020.00029},
file = {:Users/galves/Downloads/Experimental didactic proposal using VISIR remote laboratory to learn diode-based circuits 09202856.pdf:pdf},
title = {{Experimental Didactic Proposal using VISIR Remote Laboratory to Learn Diode-Based Circuits}},
year = {2020}
}
@phdthesis{PereiraMachadoLima2020,
abstract = {The use of ICT in the academic context is a reality, in the world we live in. The young generation of students is digital native, being immersed in a virtual world during a considerable part of their day. This has an impact in their life, including on their education. In undergraduate engineering education laboratory classes are an integral part of its curriculum. These days, many laboratory classes combine traditional hands-on labs with online labs (remote and virtual labs) and several experimental resources. A “blended” or “hybrid” approach to experimental learning seems the most effective to (students') experimental learning and the development of competences. Still this technologically mediated resource affects the way students learn and in the literature there is still a lack of works, considering the characterization of didactical implementations using a “blended” or “hybrid” approach and its impact in students' learning and the way they construct their knowledge. In the Electric and Electronic Engineering topic and using the remote laboratory VISIR there are really very few works, reported in literature, describing some small scaled didactical experiments. The problematic which motivated this work was the need to understand the impact of different didactical approaches using this methodology (simultaneous use of several experimental resources) has on students' academic results. Ultimately this work intends to contribute to fill a gap identified in the literature: identify factors (including some eventual students' characteristics) which affect students' learning and engagement in the electric and electronic circuits topic using the remote lab VISIR along with other complementary resources. To accomplish this end, four research questions where posed, each of them taking into account a set of factors in a specific field of inquiry and its influence on students' results. The first research question approached the way the several experimental resources could be combined and its effect on students. The second dealt with the influence of the proposed VISIR tasks characteristics on students' results. The third tackled important teacher mediation traces that could be linked to better students' performance. And finally, the last research question investigates if there were students' characteristics that were more associated with good learning outcomes and engagement. Considering the former objectives, it was chosen a multi-case study research methodology, using a mixed method approach, resourcing mainly to questionnaire, interview, documental analysis and observation as data gathering methods, and statistical analysis (descriptive and inferential) and content analysis, as data analysis techniques. A large-scale study analysis was conducted, including 26 courses (in a total of 43 didactical implementations using VISIR, as some of the courses have undergone more than one course implementation edition), comprising 1794 students and involving 52 different teachers. This study took place in several Higher Education Institutions (and at a minor extent, in some Technological and High Schools) in Argentina, Brazil and Portugal. In the southern hemisphere these didactical implementations happened in the 2016 and 2017 academic years while in the northern hemisphere it was possible to collect data from three semesters between 2016/17 and 2018/19 academic years. The study focused on analysing each didactical implementation (their characteristics, teachers' usage and perception) and the matching students' results (usage, academic results and perception). Ethical questions to guarantee both students' and teachers' privacy was taken care of, when using the data of the participants. The former data was only used for the purposes of this study and the state of the participation was reflected anonymously, which can be observed both in the information collected for the analysis as well as in the transcripts along the text. The study included the analysis of the collected data from various sources, the interpretation of its results using several analysis techniques, and the convergence in a process of triangulation. These results, after discussed with literature, allowed to answer in the most possible complete way the four research questions. Based on them, conclusions were drawn to identify factors that may foster students' learning and engagement. The study also contributed to the advancement of knowledge in this research area. It allowed to conclude that VISIR and this methodology can be as useful for introductory courses as for more advanced ones (dealing with this thematic) as long as teachers plan the didactical implementation according to the type of course and students' background. Plus, this methodology based upon VISIR can be applied with high success to courses that do not have an experimental component, nor its contents are directly related to the Electricity and Electronics topic. In these courses VISIR can be used with the purpose of contextualization, providing more interesting and appealing learning environments (e.g. theoretical mathematical courses). Finally, both teachers' perception and students' results suggest VISIR target public seems to be the students that require more support in their learning, that is, the students still struggling with difficulties than the more proficient students.},
author = {{Pereira Machado Lima}, Nat{\'{e}}rcia Maria},
doi = {10.14201/gredos.144127},
file = {:Users/galves/Documents/ISEP/ARGUICOES/Argui{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o - Tese PhD - Natercia Lima - USAL/Tese_Nat{\'{e}}rcia_1 Setembro_vers{\~{a}}o final.pdf:pdf},
keywords = {complementary resources,experimentales,fomento de las competencias,tering experimental competences using,utilizando recursos complementarios},
month = {jul},
number = {July 2020},
school = {Universidad de Salamanca},
title = {{Fostering Experimental Competences Using Complementary Resources}},
type = {PhD Thesis},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10366/144127},
year = {2020}
}
@inproceedings{Arguedas-Matarrita2020,
abstract = {The Universidad Estatal a Distancia (UNED) in Costa Rica is the public distance-education university in Costa Rica. It has been regularly using different types of remote laboratories since 2017, and is in the process of deploying new remote laboratories, as well as providing high quality simulations for improving the experimentation process in distance education; in the particular fields of Physics and Engineering. LabsLand is the global network of educational real laboratories available online. In 2018, UNED and LabsLand deployed the VISIR electronics remote laboratory in UNED. Since then, at the time of this writing, 167 students have had 979 laboratory sessions, including both in class and in multiple workshops with school teachers and international events with other researchers and professors.},
address = {Athens, GA, USA},
author = {Arguedas-Matarrita, Carlos and Ordu{\~{n}}a, Pablo and Rodr{\'{i}}guez-Gil, Luis and Hern{\'{a}}ndez-Jayo, Unai and Zub{\'{i}}a, Javier Garc{\'{i}}a},
booktitle = {Cross Reality and Data Science in Engineering: Proceedings of the 17th Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation Conference},
editor = {Auer, Michael E. and May, Dominik},
file = {:Users/galves/Dropbox (Personal)/VISIR SIG/achievements/Documents and papers about VISIR/VISIR EN/Experience with the VISIR remote laboratory at the Universidad Estatal a Distancia (UNED) - 1187.pdf:pdf},
isbn = {978-3-030-52575-0},
keywords = {Electronics,LabsLand,Online Education,Remote Laboratories,VISIR},
pages = {610--618},
publisher = {Springer},
title = {{Experience with the VISIR Remote Laboratory at the Universidad Estatal a Distancia (UNED)}},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52575-0},
year = {2020}
}
@article{Garcia-Loro2020,
abstract = {Today's educational needs require tools with neither geographical nor temporal restrictions. These tools also have to help students to reach the knowledge and provide them with the skills that the labor market demands. To achieve this goal, the technical areas rely on the contribution that laboratory practices provide. However, traditional laboratory practices, carried out in person at the institution, are limited due to the requirements of both their exploitation and their provision. For this reason, educational institutions have opted for remote laboratories (RLs) as the educational tool to provide the benefits of experimentation in real environments, either as an accompaniment to face-to-face activities or as the only mean of experimentation in real environments. Although RLs provide exclusive benefits <<24/7 availability, integration of Information and Communication Technologies (ITCs), etc. >>, they also present limitations derived from the technology involved <<hardware and software>>; PILAR project << Platform Integration of Laboratories based on the Architecture of VISIR>> was conceived under this premise. PILAR proposes a federation of 5 Virtual Instrument Systems in Reality (VISIR) systems. VISIR is a RL for wiring and measuring electrical and electronics circuits in a simulated workbench. PILAR aims to create a grid of laboratories shared and accessed by all participants, expanding and empowering the existing systems to a new level of service and capacity.},
author = {Garcia-Loro, Felix and Blazquez, Manuel and Baizan, Pablo and Plaza, Pedro and Macho, Alejandro and Fernandez, Ricardo Martin and Cristobal, Elio San and Castro, Manuel and Ordu{\~{n}}a, Pablo},
doi = {10.3991/ijoe.v16i04.11884},
file = {:Users/galves/Downloads/11884-45383-1-PB.pdf:pdf},
issn = {26268493},
journal = {International journal of online and biomedical engineering},
number = {4},
pages = {72--81},
title = {{A federation of remote laboratory OERs grid of VISIR systems through PILAR Project}},
volume = {16},
year = {2020}
}
@incollection{Sasdelli2021,
abstract = {Programas de simula{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o e plataformas de experimenta{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o s{\~{a}}o importantes aliados do estudante e pesquisador para unir conhecimentos te{\'{o}}ricos e pr{\'{a}}ticos. Frequentemente, durante a realiza{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o dos experimentos com circuitos el{\'{e}}tricos e eletr{\^{o}}nicos, os alunos cometem erros, sejam estes por falta de aten{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o ou por n{\~{a}}o assimilar corretamente algum conte{\'{u}}do. Como forma de aprimorar esses conhecimentos e ampliar a experimenta{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o, laborat{\'{o}}rios remotos como Virtual Instruments Systems in Reality (VISIR) ganham espa{\c{c}}o. Com o objetivo de construir um tutorial online para o aux{\'{i}}lio dos estudantes, este artigo apresenta poss{\'{i}}veis erros ao analisar experimentos com o diodo, expandindo assim trabalhos anteriores j{\'{a}} publicados acerca desta tem{\'{a}}tica, relacionada com a utiliza{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o do VISIR.},
author = {Sasdelli, Isabelli and da Costa, Gustavo Ribeiro and {Valente Junior}, Wilson and Schlichting, Luis Carlos Martinhago},
booktitle = {Educa{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o Contempor{\^{a}}nea – Volume 15 – Ensino Superior},
chapter = {23},
doi = {10.36229/978-65-5866-057-6.CAP.23},
file = {:Users/galves/Documents/Artigos/COBENGE'20/Educacao_Contemporanea_vol15.pdf:pdf},
keywords = {VISIR. Erros experimentais. Eletr{\^{o}}nica. Diodo. Lab},
publisher = {Editora Poisson},
title = {{Caracteriza{\c{c}}{\~{a}}o de erros experimentais em circuitos eletr{\^{o}}nicos no Laborat{\'{o}}rio Remoto VISIR+}},
url = {https://poisson.com.br/livros/Educa_Contemporanea/volume15/Educacao_Contemporanea_vol15.pdf},
year = {2021}
}