Defining the Critical Factors in the Architectural Design of Remote Laboratories

Mohamed Tawfik ^[2] ; David Lowe ^[1] ; Christophe Salzmann ^[3] ; Denis Gillet ^[3] ; Elio Sancristobal ^[2] ; Manuel Castro ^[2]
1. [1] University of Sydney
  
  University of Sydney
  
  Australia
2. [2] Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Spanish University for Distance Education, Madrid, Spain
3. [3] School of Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Mostrar afiliaciones +
Localización: Revista Iberoamericana de Tecnologías del Aprendizaje: IEEE-RITA, ISSN 1932-8540, Vol. 10, Nº. 4, 2015, págs. 269-279
Idioma: inglés
Texto completo no disponible (Saber más ...)

Resumen
- In the last decade, we have witnessed a significant proliferation of remote laboratories, unconstrained by temporal or geographical considerations, in all fields of engineering education, thanks to the exponential revolution of digital technologies and computers. In response to these needs, this paper provides a literature review on the commonly encountered hardware and software implementation issues nowadays. It provides a generic model for developing and implementing modern remote laboratories suited for a wide spectrum of application categories and for the next-generation educational systems. This paper addresses all the components and stages of the architectural design, outlining the critical factors to be considered in each of them. The overall goal is to provide guidelines for developers, either providers or consumers, and to facilitate remote laboratories development, implementation, and sharing across universities-seamlessly and efficiently.