The focus of this contribution is to propose a novel centralized authentication and authorization system, which can be used to share laboratories. This system optionally relies on existing mechanisms, such as those used by universities -e.g., Shibboleth, OpenID- or by social networks -e.g., Facebook Connect or Google with OAuth-. However, it still supports schools or universities not counting with an existing system, by providing its own system. The authentication and authorization system will be registered in other RLMSs. This way, users registered in the central system can consume laboratories from other institutions. This development is part of a project that includes the integration of the FCEIA-UNR lab with social networks. Based upon a previous development of a Remote Laboratory Management System at Universidad de Deusto, the authors also explain the advantages and drawbacks of the centralized approach.
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Development of a Remote Laboratory Management System and Integration with Social Networks
1. Development of a Remote Laboratory
Management System and Integration
with Social Networks
F. Lerro1, P. Orduña2, S. Marchisio1, J. García-Zubía3
1
Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Ingeniería y Agrimensura. Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina
2 DeustoTech - Deusto Institute of Technology, University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain
3 Faculty of Engineering, University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain
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2. Development of a Remote Laboratory Management System
and Integration with Social Networks
• Description
– The Scenario
Sharing laboratories and the use of social
networks at the University
– Previous Development
Step by step
– This Project
The characteristics of the implementation
– Conclusions
F. Lerro, P. Orduña, S. Marchisio, J. García-Zubía
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November 6 – November 8, 2013
3. Development of a Remote Laboratory Management System
and Integration with Social Networks
The Scenario
Sharing laboratories and the
use of social networks at the
University
Previous Development
Step by Step
This Project
The characteristics of the
implementation
Conclusions
F. Lerro, P. Orduña, S. Marchisio, J. García-Zubía
Our lab
Easy to use
No need to install plug-in or
application (HTML based)
Multiplatform
Need to have users
previously registered
Previous tests accessible at
any time
No user’s category
Teachers can’t check what
the student have done
No forum
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4. Development of a Remote Laboratory Management System
and Integration with Social Networks
The Scenario
Sharing laboratories and the
use of social networks at the
University
Previous Development
Step by Step
This Project
The characteristics of the
implementation
E-ducativa LMS
Multi-platform (Windows, Linux, Solaris, Unix)
Multi-Language (Spanish, English, Portuguese, Italian)
Forums
User’s categories
Conclusions
F. Lerro, P. Orduña, S. Marchisio, J. García-Zubía
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5. Development of a Remote Laboratory Management System
and Integration with Social Networks
The Scenario
Sharing laboratories and the
use of social networks at the
University
Previous Development
Step by Step
This Project
The characteristics of the
implementation
Facebook
Almost all students at UNR have an account
Allows communication between students and teachers
Use of Facebook groups
Allows OAuth for authentication
No user’s category (all users have the same priority)
No connection with our lab
Not prepared for education
Conclusions
F. Lerro, P. Orduña, S. Marchisio, J. García-Zubía
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November 6 – November 8, 2013
6. Development of a Remote Laboratory Management System
and Integration with Social Networks
The Scenario
Sharing laboratories and the
use of social networks at the
University
Previous Development
Step by Step
This Project
The characteristics of the
implementation
Integration with WebLab-Deusto
FCEIA Remote Laboratory can access to WebLab-Deusto’s
experiments
WebLab-Deusto users can access to FCEIA Remote
Laboratory
Simple integration
Conclusions
F. Lerro, P. Orduña, S. Marchisio, J. García-Zubía
ICBL CONFERENCE 2013 – Florianópolis, Brazil
November 6 – November 8, 2013
7. Development of a Remote Laboratory Management System
and Integration with Social Networks
The Scenario
Sharing laboratories and the
use of social networks at the
University
Integration with WebLab-Deusto
Previous Development
Step by Step
This Project
The characteristics of the
implementation
Conclusions
F. Lerro, P. Orduña, S. Marchisio, J. García-Zubía
ICBL CONFERENCE 2013 – Florianópolis, Brazil
November 6 – November 8, 2013
8. Development of a Remote Laboratory Management System
and Integration with Social Networks
The Scenario
Sharing laboratories and the
use of social networks at the
University
Previous Development
Step by Step
This Project
The characteristics of the
implementation
Conclusions
How we conceive the educational process
The active participation and collaboration of students and
teachers in the production of knowledge is becoming an
important teaching strategy.
In the scientific technologic experimental training, the role
of the practice laboratory is essential
Among the great variety of didactic resources, the remote
laboratory is a tool “at the service of”, that can be
integrated at any time to support learning activities.
F. Lerro, P. Orduña, S. Marchisio, J. García-Zubía
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November 6 – November 8, 2013
9. Development of a Remote Laboratory Management System
and Integration with Social Networks
The Scenario
Sharing laboratories and the
use of social networks at the
University
2007
• First remote Lab at FCEIA created by students
Previous Development
Step by Step
2008
• Improvements made after students critics
This Project
The characteristics of the
implementation
2009
• Full implementation of the lab and new experiments
added
2010
• Total acceptation by students
2011
• New remote laboratories projects
2012
• E-ducativa LMS integration and new laboratory
added
2013
• Federated to WebLab-Deusto
Conclusions
F. Lerro, P. Orduña, S. Marchisio, J. García-Zubía
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November 6 – November 8, 2013
10. Development of a Remote Laboratory Management System
and Integration with Social Networks
The Scenario
Sharing laboratories and the
use of social networks at the
University
Building a RLMS
Previous Development
Step by Step
This Project
The characteristics of the
implementation
RLMS
Laboratories
Conclusions
Experiments
F. Lerro, P. Orduña, S. Marchisio, J. García-Zubía
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November 6 – November 8, 2013
11. Development of a Remote Laboratory Management System
and Integration with Social Networks
The Scenario
Sharing laboratories and the
use of social networks at the
University
Previous Development
Step by Step
This Project
The characteristics of the
implementation
Conclusions
Requirements
Easy share of the Laboratory to educational institutions with
no infrastructure rather than Internet access
Social networks authentication in addition to local
authentication
Users with different permissions (administrators, teachers,
students, tutors)
Possibility of adding new laboratories easily in spite of lab’s
architecture
LMS integration
WebLab-Deusto federation
F. Lerro, P. Orduña, S. Marchisio, J. García-Zubía
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November 6 – November 8, 2013
12. Development of a Remote Laboratory Management System
and Integration with Social Networks
The Scenario
Sharing laboratories and the
use of social networks at the
University
Proposed user’s administration layout
Previous Development
Step by Step
FCEIA Remote
Laboratory
Administrator
This Project
The characteristics of the
implementation
Institution A
Administrator
Institution B
Administrator
Institution n
Administrator
Conclusions
Classroom A
Teacher
Classroom B
Teacher
Classroom A
Teacher
Classroom n
Teacher
Students
Students
Students
Students
F. Lerro, P. Orduña, S. Marchisio, J. García-Zubía
ICBL CONFERENCE 2013 – Florianópolis, Brazil
November 6 – November 8, 2013
13. Development of a Remote Laboratory Management System
and Integration with Social Networks
The Scenario
Sharing laboratories and the
use of social networks at the
University
Previous Development
Step by Step
This Project
The characteristics of the
implementation
Conclusions
Characteristics of the implementation
Easy share of the lab to other institutions means centralized
system
Teachers can check the evolution of the learning curve of
their students on labs that allows it
The system only handles authorization and authentication
(microRLMS)
As microRLMS makes it more flexible on the addition of new
laboratories with different architectures
A software library was made to facilitate the integration
with existing laboratories all over the world
The existing labs at FCEIA are now independent software to
the MicroRLMS
F. Lerro, P. Orduña, S. Marchisio, J. García-Zubía
ICBL CONFERENCE 2013 – Florianópolis, Brazil
November 6 – November 8, 2013
14. Development of a Remote Laboratory Management System
and Integration with Social Networks
The Scenario
Sharing laboratories and the
use of social networks at the
University
Previous Development
Step by Step
This Project
The characteristics of the
implementation
Conclusions
F. Lerro, P. Orduña, S. Marchisio, J. García-Zubía
ICBL CONFERENCE 2013 – Florianópolis, Brazil
November 6 – November 8, 2013
15. Development of a Remote Laboratory Management System
and Integration with Social Networks
The Scenario
Sharing laboratories and the
use of social networks at the
University
Previous Development
Step by Step
This Project
The characteristics of the
implementation
Conclusions
F. Lerro, P. Orduña, S. Marchisio, J. García-Zubía
ICBL CONFERENCE 2013 – Florianópolis, Brazil
November 6 – November 8, 2013
16. Development of a Remote Laboratory Management System
and Integration with Social Networks
The Scenario
Sharing laboratories and the
use of social networks at the
University
Previous Development
Step by Step
Social Networks integration
Remote Laboratory as Facebook application
Facebook or Twitter user to authenticate
This Project
The characteristics of the
implementation
Conclusions
F. Lerro, P. Orduña, S. Marchisio, J. García-Zubía
ICBL CONFERENCE 2013 – Florianópolis, Brazil
November 6 – November 8, 2013
17. Development of a Remote Laboratory Management System
and Integration with Social Networks
The Scenario
Sharing laboratories and the
use of social networks at the
University
Previous Development
Step by Step
This Project
The characteristics of the
implementation
Conclusions
Pros
Simple authentication and authorization with Social
Networks
Deployed in cloud basis (centralized)
Easy sharing
New laboratories available to all institutions
Low learning curve (very easy to use)
Can also be installed on multiple servers
Compatible with traditional RLMS
Cons
Single point of failure
No possibility of using local directory servers
F. Lerro, P. Orduña, S. Marchisio, J. García-Zubía
ICBL CONFERENCE 2013 – Florianópolis, Brazil
November 6 – November 8, 2013
18. Development of a Remote Laboratory Management System
and Integration with Social Networks
The Scenario
Sharing laboratories and the
use of social networks at the
University
Previous Development
Step by Step
This Project
The characteristics of the
implementation
Final Comments
This system provides institutions with no infrastructure the
possibility of accessing remote laboratories all over the
world
It can be adapted to different type of systems
The schedule or queue is managed by the final lab, but no
by the microRLMS
It can be created different categories of users and groups
Conclusions
F. Lerro, P. Orduña, S. Marchisio, J. García-Zubía
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November 6 – November 8, 2013
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and Integration with Social Networks
Keywords
Sharing
Simpler
Multiplatform
Scalable
Connected
F. Lerro, P. Orduña, S. Marchisio, J. García-Zubía
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November 6 – November 8, 2013
20. Development of a Remote Laboratory
Management System and Integration
with Social Networks
F. Lerro1, P. Orduña2, S. Marchisio1, J. García-Zubía3
1
Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Ingeniería y Agrimensura. Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina
2 DeustoTech - Deusto Institute of Technology, University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain
3 Faculty of Engineering, University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain
ICBL CONFERENCE 2013 – Florianópolis, Brazil
November 6 – November 8, 2013