Enabling remote design and troubleshooting experiments using the ilab shared architecture
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ASCE2010 paper v4-final.pdf
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Author(s)
Hardison, James
DeLong, Kimberly K.
Harward, V. Judson
del Alamo, Jesus A.
Shroff, R.
Oyabode, O.
Date Issued
March 2010
Journal
Earth and Space 2010 : Engineering, Science, Construction, and Operations in Challenging Environments
Publisher
American Society of Civil Engineers
Citation
Hardison, J. L. et al. “Enabling Remote Design and Troubleshooting Experiments Using the iLab Shared Architecture.” ASCE, 2010. 357-357.
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Author's final manuscript
Abstract
The MIT iLab Project is dedicated to the goal of increasing laboratory experimentation opportunities for engineering students worldwide. Since its inception in 1998, the project has furthered this goal through the development of individual remote laboratories, or iLabs, as well as a distributed software infrastructure designed to streamline the implementation and sharing of remote laboratories. iLabs are designed to complement traditional, hands-on laboratories by providing practical educational experiences where they would not otherwise be available. Such remote labs, developed and hosted by MIT and other institutions within the iLab Consortium, have been successfully used by instructors at schools across the educational spectrum and around the world. While certainly valuable, many of the original experiments available through the iLab platform provide a limited experience in that they are observational in nature. They only provide students the ability to study the behavior of a pre-defined system under test. Such labs have proven to be valuable additions to engineering curricula, but do not have the flexibility that is inherent in a traditional laboratory experience. To address this, the MIT iLab Project has begun focusing on the development of iLabs that provide students with the ability to design or troubleshoot experimental systems. Through two particular remote labs, focusing on electronic control system analysis and basic electronics test and measurement respectively, the project is designing remote labs that provide a more flexible learning experience for students and are more attractive to instructors in a broad set of disciplines.
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12th Biennial International Conference on Engineering, Construction, and Operations in Challenging Environments; and Fourth NASA/ARO/ASCE Workshop on Granular Materials in Lunar and Martian Exploration
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
March 14-17, 2010
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Educational Computing Initiatives
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https://doi.org/10.1061/41096(366)357
