Remote laboratory

This article is about the use of telecommunications in conducting experiments. For India's virtual labs projectl, see Virtual Labs (India).

Remote laboratory (also known as online laboratory, remote workbench) is the use of telecommunications to remotely conduct real (as opposed to virtual) experiments, at the physical location of the operating technology, whilst the scientist is utilizing technology from a separate geographical location. Remote laboratory comprehends one or more remote experiments.[1]

Benefits

The benefits of remote laboratories are predominantly in engineering education:[2]

Researchers from the Labshare describe the advantages as being:

This allows for economies of scale production.

Another benefit is that this technology can be integrated into Moodle,[3] which is probably the most used Learning Management System around the world.

Disadvantages

The disadvantages differ depending on the type of remote laboratory and the topic area. The general disadvantages compared to a proximal (hands on) laboratory are:

Future direction

Current system capabilities include:

References

  1. Callaghan, Harkin, Maguire (2007). "Paradigms in Remote Experimentation", International Journal of Online Engineering (iJOE), Vol 3, No 4 (2007)
  2. Ferreira, Sousa, Nafalski, Machotka, Nedic (2010). "Collaborative learning based on a micro-webserver remote test controller", Bridgeport, University of South Australia, p. 10.
  3. EJSApp Moodle Plugin
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