Resumen de Increasing laboratory capacity of a gear measurement practical session using freeware applications
Rafael María Gella Marín, J.C. García Hernández, José Luis Huertas Talón, Panagiotis Kyratsis
The objective of this work is to present an approach to increase the number of students who could be accommodated in alaboratory for gear measuring course without the need to increase the number of physical equipment. The approach isbased on a remote control freeware application, and special design of the locations of the audiovisual media. Studentsparticipated in a real time measuring process from their own computers under the supervision of the instructor. Themethodology was assessed by means of a class experience in a measurement laboratory, where a group of students attendedthe explanations of two lecturers. During the session, the participants were able to control a coordinate measuring machinefrom their laptops. Finally, students’ satisfaction was assessed with a questionnaire based on five-level Likert items,obtaining positive results.
