Web 2.0 Open Remote and Virtual Laboratories in Engineering Education

2014 ◽  
pp. 559-580 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christophe Salzmann ◽  
Denis Gillet ◽  
Francisco Esquembre ◽  
Héctor Vargas ◽  
José Sánchez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Engineering Education ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Smart Devices ◽  
Personal Learning ◽  
Virtual Laboratories ◽  
Social Entities ◽  
Remote Experimentation

This chapter presents challenges in deploying remote and virtual laboratories as open educational resources with application to engineering education, as well as current trends in using Web 2.0 technologies to enable broader adoption and ease of development. The Spanish initiative to establish a common remote and virtual experimentation infrastructure between various universities is presented as an example of an open laboratory network. This example shows the benefit of sharing complex educational resources. The difficulties that impair the adoption and dissemination of current remote experimentation environments are then analyzed. Smart devices and widgets paradigms are proposed to transform current remote laboratories into new user manageable social entities. The Internet of Things and the Web of People concepts are introduced as a framework for further investigating collaborative, active, and social learning environments. This framework is illustrated in the context of a control course in which smart devices are interfaced through widgets integrated into personal learning environments and shared in a flexible and agile way by the learners.

Web 2.0 Open Remote and Virtual Laboratories in Engineering Education

2012 ◽  
pp. 369-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christophe Salzmann ◽  
Denis Gillet ◽  
Francisco Esquembre ◽  
Héctor Vargas ◽  
José Sánchez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Engineering Education ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Smart Devices ◽  
Personal Learning ◽  
Virtual Laboratories ◽  
Social Entities ◽  
Remote Experimentation

This chapter presents challenges in deploying remote and virtual laboratories as open educational resources with application to engineering education, as well as current trends in using Web 2.0 technologies to enable broader adoption and ease of development. The Spanish initiative to establish a common remote and virtual experimentation infrastructure between various universities is presented as an example of an open laboratory network. This example shows the benefit of sharing complex educational resources. The difficulties that impair the adoption and dissemination of current remote experimentation environments are then analyzed. Smart devices and widgets paradigms are proposed to transform current remote laboratories into new user manageable social entities. The Internet of Things and the Web of People concepts are introduced as a framework for further investigating collaborative, active, and social learning environments. This framework is illustrated in the context of a control course in which smart devices are interfaced through widgets integrated into personal learning environments and shared in a flexible and agile way by the learners.

Personal Learning Environments

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian H. D. Fiedler ◽  
Terje Väljataga
Keyword(s):  
Adult Learners ◽  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
The Other ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Web 2.0 Technologies ◽  
Personal Learning ◽  
Digital Instrumentation ◽  
Personal Learning Environments

This paper reviews and critiques how the notion of PLEs has been conceptualised and discussed in literature so far. It interprets the variability of its interpretations and conceptualisations as the expression of a fundamental contradiction between patterns of activity and digital instrumentation in formal education on one hand, and individual experimentation and experience within the digital realm on the other. It is suggested to place this contradiction in the larger socio-historic context of an ongoing media transformation. Thus, the paper argues against the prevalent tendency to base the conceptualisation of PLEs almost exclusively on Web 2.0 technologies that are currently available or emerging, while underlying patterns of control and responsibility often remain untouched. Instead, it proposes to scrutinise these patterns and to focus educational efforts on supporting adult learners to model their learning activities and potential (personal learning) environments while exploring the digital realm.

Intellectual Property in an Age of Open Source and Anonymity

2011 ◽  
pp. 39-57
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
Global Community ◽  
Web 2.0 Tools

Current intellectual property (IP) laws are under scrutiny. The increased connectivity and sharing capabilities afforded by social networking Web 2.0 tools have added new dimensions and challenges to different sectors of society, including businesses and educational systems alike. This chapter explores why current laws do not meet the needs of a changing global community and probes into options afforded by Open Educational Resources (OER).

Exploring the Literature on Utilization of Open Educational Resources in Nigeria

2020 ◽  
pp. 24-39
Author(s):  
K. N. Igwe
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Empirical Literature ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Skills Acquisition ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
The Universe ◽  
And Training

This chapter looks at open educational resources (OER), the evolution and conceptualization, the empirical literature so far on utilization of OER in Nigeria, potential determinants of OER utilization, and the future pathways for OER as essential learning resources for functional education and training in the 21st century. The open access movement calls upon researchers and academics to provide open access to their research works by either publishing their findings in open access journals that provide open access to their contents online or by depositing their work into repositories that make their content freely available over the internet. Open educational resources (OER) are now at the forefront of education, knowledge, and skills acquisition across the universe. This implies that OER can be used in all learning environments for addressing learning needs of different classes of individuals in the society. There should be priority attention in developing ICT infrastructures at all levels of education in Nigeria, which is expected to facilitate unhindered exploitation of all kinds of existing OER across the universe.

Personal Learning Environments

2012 ◽  
pp. 166-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian H. D. Fiedler ◽  
Terje Väljataga
Keyword(s):  
Adult Learners ◽  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
The Other ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Personal Learning ◽  
Digital Instrumentation ◽  
Personal Learning Environments ◽  
Media Transformation

This paper reviews and critiques how the notion of PLEs has been conceptualised and discussed in literature so far. It interprets the variability of its interpretations and conceptualisations as the expression of a fundamental contradiction between patterns of activity and digital instrumentation in formal education on one hand, and individual experimentation and experience within the digital realm on the other. It is suggested to place this contradiction in the larger socio-historic context of an ongoing media transformation. Thus, the paper argues against the prevalent tendency to base the conceptualisation of PLEs almost exclusively on Web 2.0 technologies that are currently available or emerging, while underlying patterns of control and responsibility often remain untouched. Instead, it proposes to scrutinise these patterns and to focus educational efforts on supporting adult learners to model their learning activities and potential (personal learning) environments while exploring the digital realm.

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