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Publication Type | Conference Proceedings |
Año de publicación | 2017 |
Authors | Viegas, C, Alves, GR, Marques, A, Lima, N, Felgueiras, MC, Costa, R, Fidalgo, A, Pozzi, I, Dobbolleta, E, Garcia-Zubia, J, Hernandez-Jayo, U, Castro, M, Loro, F, Zutin, D, Kreiter, C |
Nombre de la Conferencia | REV2017 (14th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation) |
Edición | Proceedings REV2017 (14th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation) |
Páginas | 467-481 |
Fecha de publicación | 03/2017 |
Conference Location | Columbia University, New York, USA |
Keywords | Didactical Approaches, Remote Labs, VISIR |
Resumen | Experimental competences allow engineering students to consolidate knowledge and skills. Re-mote 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 support. 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 remote labs, the pre-experience with VISIR and the training actions duration. The teachers’ perceptions 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. |