A Toolkit for Remote Laboratory Design & Development

Remote laboratories are an increasingly prevalent instructional tool for undergraduate engineering laboratory classes. This increased prevalence brings with it a need to change the model of how remote laboratories are developed. The earlier remote laboratories were developed by individual academic...

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Main Authors: Lindsay, Euan, Murray, S., Stumpers, B.
Other Authors: Jennifer Karlin
Format: Conference Paper
Published: Stipes Publishing LLC 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/20620
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Stumpers, B.
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description Remote laboratories are an increasingly prevalent instructional tool for undergraduate engineering laboratory classes. This increased prevalence brings with it a need to change the model of how remote laboratories are developed. The earlier remote laboratories were developed by individual academics combining their discipline-specific skills with their own ability to implement remote operation. This “cottage industry” model allows for significant local innovation; however it does not support widespread or sustainable implementation of remote laboratories. In order to make remote laboratories a mainstream technology, it is essential that potential academic users are well informed and well supported in considering remote laboratories. There are some well-developed and well-established systems for controlling equipment remotely; what has been missing has been the organizational scaffolding to facilitate the engagement of academics. This paper reports on a resource kit developed by the Australian Labshare project that provides this assistance. This resource kit is intended to provide academics with the resources, information and tools that they need to get started with remote laboratories – building them, using them, and understanding their educational outcomes.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-206202017-09-13T16:08:12Z A Toolkit for Remote Laboratory Design & Development Lindsay, Euan Murray, S. Stumpers, B. Jennifer Karlin Labshare Development Resource Kit Remote Laboratories Remote laboratories are an increasingly prevalent instructional tool for undergraduate engineering laboratory classes. This increased prevalence brings with it a need to change the model of how remote laboratories are developed. The earlier remote laboratories were developed by individual academics combining their discipline-specific skills with their own ability to implement remote operation. This “cottage industry” model allows for significant local innovation; however it does not support widespread or sustainable implementation of remote laboratories. In order to make remote laboratories a mainstream technology, it is essential that potential academic users are well informed and well supported in considering remote laboratories. There are some well-developed and well-established systems for controlling equipment remotely; what has been missing has been the organizational scaffolding to facilitate the engagement of academics. This paper reports on a resource kit developed by the Australian Labshare project that provides this assistance. This resource kit is intended to provide academics with the resources, information and tools that they need to get started with remote laboratories – building them, using them, and understanding their educational outcomes. 2011 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/20620 10.1109/GOLC.2011.6086785 Stipes Publishing LLC restricted
spellingShingle Labshare
Development Resource Kit
Remote Laboratories
Lindsay, Euan
Murray, S.
Stumpers, B.
A Toolkit for Remote Laboratory Design & Development
title A Toolkit for Remote Laboratory Design & Development
title_full A Toolkit for Remote Laboratory Design & Development
title_fullStr A Toolkit for Remote Laboratory Design & Development
title_full_unstemmed A Toolkit for Remote Laboratory Design & Development
title_short A Toolkit for Remote Laboratory Design & Development
title_sort toolkit for remote laboratory design & development
topic Labshare
Development Resource Kit
Remote Laboratories
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/20620