Authors:
da Silva, Juarez Bento and Rochadel, Willian and Marcelino, Roderval and Gruber, Vilson
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Remote experiments are currently being performed on mobile devices. The intention of combining mobility and remote experimentation is to minimize the space-time barrier, providing students with faster access to information to continue their technology and engineering studies. The architecture of the technologies presented in this paper has been implemented based on the integration of a learning management system (Moodle), 3D virtual worlds (3Di-OpenSim), and remote experiments. The resources are all based on open source and hardware provided by the Laboratory of Remote Experimentation of Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil.
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Authors:
Nozal, Carlos López and Pastor, José Francisco Diez and Raedo, Jesús Maudes and Sánchez, Raúl Marticorena
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Bachelor and master's qualifications include assignments that involve the preparation of final projects. Their underlying pedagogical model is often based on final or end-of-course projects, which carry a high number of ECTS credits (12 or more), to be completed over one semester. Each project, which simulates a real life professional situation, is completed by an individual student or a group of students in their last year of a university graduate or post-graduate course, in the case of engineering and architecture degrees. The special and complex perculiarities of these atypical assignments mean that they are not easily adapted to a virtual learning environment. This paper defines a management process for such projects and introduces a Moodle 1.9 module for its implementation.
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Authors:
Torres, Ana María López and Guerrero, Cristóbal Nico Suárez
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The activities associated with learner generated content are supposed to enhance the learning process, facilitating the construction of knowledge. In this paper, the description of the process of creation of learning content is addressed. A group of students in the first year of an engineering degree collaboratively constructs a blog that covers the real-life applications of the physical concepts that are studied. We identify the characteristics that define meaningful learning during the development of the task and analyze the advantages and problems related to the use of Web 2.0 applications and Internet as learning tools.
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Authors:
Martín-Cuadrado, Ana María and López-González, M. Ángeles and García-Arce, Andrés
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The Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia has been collaborating with Utah Valley University creating online videoconferences held at both the universities. This project intended to promote an autonomous learning and improve the structure of videoconferences, thus helping students to enhance their foreign language competence. Every participant had to assess their own teaching perspective and learning style, the quality of the resources used during the videoconference, as well as their level of satisfaction with it. To evaluate the teaching style, the content of the videoconference and its value as a tool or resource for learning or both, a new instrument has been devised and validated. Partial results confirm the success of this initiative, considering the number of participants and viewers of the tutorials, and provide constructive feedback for future improved versions of the project.
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Authors:
Prieto, Guillermo Asín and Mendoza, Julio Pastor
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This paper presents a low-cost proposal for the development of a remote laboratory, offering the possibility of providing to learn in the field of robotics for users with no need to be physically in the laboratory, or simply not having to take the robotic platform to reprogram it. It also gives the option of working with the same platform to a group of users to test their algorithms by turns. The system is based on a Wi-Fi router updated with a Linux firmware connected to a control board that manages the hardware of a mobile robot. The microprocessor has also been loaded with the Player Server environment, which is widely used in commercial robotic platforms for research.
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Authors:
Ferreiro, Alfonso Lago and García, Inmaculada Plaza and Rodríguez, Manuel Caeiro
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The current edition of the Latin American Learning Technology Journal (IEEE-RITA: Revista Iberoamericana de Tecnologias del Aprendizaje) includes a selection of papers presented in the conference SAAEI 2012 (Seminario Anual de Automática, Electronica Industrial e Instrumentacion), held at Guimaraes (Portugal) in July 2012. The Annual Seminar of Automation, Industrial Electronics and Instrumentation, SAAEI, is a meeting for university researchers and industry experts to exchange ideas, share project results and concerns towards the promotion of new initiatives for future projects with a higher impact and effectiveness. This conference has an international character open to researchers worldwide. Although most of the attendees come from Spain and the language for most of the contributions is Spanish, there are also delegates from other countries, especially from Latin America. Among the contributions presented in the current edition, the two papers receiving the best marks and assessment results by the reviewers, both during the general review process and during the presentation and explanation of the works in the conference, were selected.
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Cabré, Tomàs Pallejà and Cairol, Mercè Teixidó and Calafell, Davinia Font and Ribes, Marcel Tresanchez and Roca, Jordi Palacín
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This paper describes a project-based learning case example developed at the University of Lleida, Spain. This proposal was addressed to third-year engineering students and combines knowledge from computer vision and robotic control to complete an automation project task. The learning target was to develop a computer vision system that must detect a small object placed randomly on a target surface and control an educational robotic arm to pick it up and move it to a predefined destination. The educational results of this experience have shown that the development of a practical-learning case based on the combination of computer vision and robotics has increased the motivation of the students and improved the assimilation of theoretical concepts.
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Authors:
Aguirre, Iñigo J. Oleagordia and Ruiz, Mariano Barrón and Díaz, José I. San Martín
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The platform contains a functions generator, a multichannel oscilloscope, and a spectrum analyser. A preparatory virtual laboratory is available to the students in addition to the traditional one so that they are encouraged not just to follow the theory but to try some practical exercises. In this way practical sessions in laboratories developed during the academic year can be supplemented by electronic instrumentation. Besides this the student can carry out, both for on-site and blended activities, a wide range of practices about tests and measurements in electronic circuits. The three virtual instruments have been developed and set up in a LabVIEW environment. This way the students just need a PC, a data acquisition card, and a breadboard so that electronic circuits can be subjected to tests and measurements.
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