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Providing Collaborative Support to Virtual and Remote Laboratories

Providing Collaborative Support to Virtual and Remote Laboratories

Authors :
Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Física, Ingeniería de Sistemas y Teoría de la Señal
Torre Cubillo, Luis de la
Heradio Gil, Rubén
Jara, Carlos A.
Sánchez Moreno, José
Dormido Canto, Sebastián
Torres, Fernando
Candelas-Herías, Francisco A.
Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Física, Ingeniería de Sistemas y Teoría de la Señal
Torre Cubillo, Luis de la
Heradio Gil, Rubén
Jara, Carlos A.
Sánchez Moreno, José
Dormido Canto, Sebastián
Torres, Fernando
Candelas-Herías, Francisco A.
Publication Year :
2013

Abstract

Virtual and remote laboratories (VRLs) are e-learning resources that enhance the accessibility of experimental setups providing a distance teaching framework which meets the student's hands-on learning needs. In addition, online collaborative communication represents a practical and a constructivist method to transmit the knowledge and experience from the teacher to students, overcoming physical distance and isolation. This paper describes the extension of two open source tools: (1) the learning management system Moodle, and (2) the tool to create VRLs Easy Java Simulations (EJS). Our extension provides: (1) synchronous collaborative support to any VRL developed with EJS (i.e., any existing VRL written in EJS can be automatically converted into a collaborative lab with no cost), and (2) support to deploy synchronous collaborative VRLs into Moodle. Using our approach students and/or teachers can invite other users enrolled in a Moodle course to a real-time collaborative experimental session, sharing and/or supervising experiences at the same time they practice and explore experiments using VRLs.

Details

Database :
OAIster
Publication Type :
Electronic Resource
Accession number :
edsoai.ocn950507721
Document Type :
Electronic Resource