Seminario eMadrid sobre "Nuevas experiencias en laboratorios remotos". Experimentación online y nuevas experiencias en laboratorios remotos. María Teresa Restivo, Universidad de Oporto. 26/02/2016.

1. Maria Teresa Restivo
Online Experimentation and New
Experiences in Remote
Laboratories

2. Online Experimentation
Online Experimentation & STEM Education
Online Experimentation in the Real Life
Contribution of Online Experimentation@FEUP
Some New Remote Experiments
Online Experimentation - Some food to thought…
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Topics

3. Online experimentation is based on emerging technologies, like remote
access to experimentation, but also virtual 2D and 3D experimentation,
virtual and augmented reality apps combined with sensorial devices for
remote or virtual reality interaction, potentiated by additional tools such as
serious games and live videos, available through web platforms for exploring
and increasing the user immersion in real systems or in their virtual replicas
Online Experimentation
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For example - who makes available a Remote Experiment without image?

4. Why is Online Experimentation important in STEM
Education?
Online Experimentation & STEM Education
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5. Remembering…Teaching and Learning in Science,Technology,
Engineering and Maths ( STEM) comprises all grade levels, from pre-
school to post-doctorate, using both formal & informal sceneries
Also
STEM is a priority topic:
o CoSTEM (USA)
o Report from the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs of
the European Parliament & constant H2020 programs areas
OE in STEM education
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6. OE in STEM education
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…EmergingTechnologies …and so… remote , but also virtual and
augmented reality experimentation, sensorial devices…what did use
NASA, BOING, USA ARMY, …, for years and years???
&
At the present students will find them also in their professional tasks!
Students familiarity with them in future STEM labour environments
is of great relevance!

7. OE in STEM education
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Real life examples??????????????
Let’s see some

8. Car service
center
interconnection
Online Integration in Car Service: Assisted Diagnosis, etc
OE in the Real Life
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9. • increasing safety
• optimizing operational &
maintenance activities
• studying models
For rapid assessment of “bridge health”
ViBest: Laboratory ofVibrations &Structural Monitoring @ FEUP
OE in the Real Life
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10. • increasing safety
• optimizing operational &
maintenance activities
• studying models
For rapid assessment of “bridge health”
ViBest: Laboratory ofVibrations &Structural Monitoring @ FEUP
OE in the Real Life
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11. • increasing safety
• optimizing operational &
maintenance activities
• studying models
For rapid assessment of “bridge health”
ViBest: Laboratory ofVibrations &Structural Monitoring @ FEUP
OE in the Real Life
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12. • increasing safety
• optimizing operational &
maintenance activities
• studying models
For rapid assessment of “bridge health”
ViBest: Laboratory ofVibrations &Structural Monitoring @ FEUP
OE in the Real Life
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13. CIVISA – Volcanology & Seismology Observatory of Univ. of Azores
OE in the Real Life

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ITHET 2015
CIVISA – Volcanology & Seismology Observatory of Univ. of Azores

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ITHET 2015
CIVISA – Volcanology & Seismology Observatory of Univ. of Azores

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CIVISA – Volcanology & Seismology Observatory of Univ. of Azores

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CIVISA – Volcanology & Seismology Observatory of Univ. of Azores

18. OE in the Real Life
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CIVISA – Volcanology & Seismology Observatory of Univ. of Azores

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PicoVermelho Geothermic Power Plant Remotely Controlled

20. STCP @ Porto Control Room
OE in the Real Life
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21. Vehicle simulator
OE in the Real Life
21http://www.hangsim.com/vsf/movies.php

22. Augmented Reality in
Industry maintenance and
training
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OE in the Real Life
http://int.search.myway.com/search/video.jhtml?searchfor=bmw+augmented+reality&p2=%5EC73%5Exdm013
%5ETTAB02%5Ept&n=7829e302&ss=sub&st=tab&ptb=39423B54-E2DE-426D-811B-
8568425895CD&si=COPKrcuGn8oCFUYTwwodgsMCig&tpr=sbt

23. Main Objective
to promote online experimentation, also including smart devices,
communication protocols, web interface design and virtual and
augmented reality and haptics interactions, resources assessment and
assessment of knowledge gain  looking at the higher education,
STEM, industry training and society
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Contribution of OE@FEUP

24. Contribution of OE@FEUP
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o A FEUP project for ALL: free access and free apps downloadable
o Intensifying cooperation with National Higher Education (U. Coimbra, … ,
European (UNED…) & Brazilian Univ. (UERGS) & NeReLa Network in Activities
and Projects &….always open to all
o Cooperating with REV’07 and 12, 14 & 16, ICL’14, IFAC’16, Organizing Demo
Sessions
o Co-organizing with U. Coimbra the exp.at’11, ’13 & ’15 Conferences and 17, next
year!
o Co-Editing of the book “Online Experimentation: EmergingTechnologies and the
IoT”

25. (29 online experiments)
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35%
24%
14%
24%
3%
OE@FEUP: Variety of
Technologies
Remote Exp.
Virtual Exp.
2D & 3D Simulators
Augmented Reality Exp.
Virtual Reality Exp.
Contribution of OE@FEUP
FEB. 2016
29 modules
https://remotelab.fe.up.pt/

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Education levels & Resources applicability
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Applicability areas
OE@FEUP
Resources created based in the well known
13 criteria indicated by ABET
They also are prepared to allow to be looked
with possible distinct perspective and so
usable in different contexts and levels

27. 27Experiments in Metrology, surface finishing, geometric properties
Straightness Measurement
Remote Exp.
2D simulation
OE@FEUP
AR E
https://remotelab.fe.up.pt/straightnessAR/tut_video.html
https://remotelab.fe.up.pt/remote_exp/straightness_video.html
https://remotelab.fe.up.pt/simulations.html

28. DC Circuits
AR for STEM and freshmen in
higher education
To engage students with
fundamentals of DC circuits
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OE@FEUP
https://remotelab.fe.up.pt/circuitosDC/puzzle_video.html

29. Haptics with remote and virtual
labs
In 2007 colleagues in Brazil (UFPB)
pushed a cantilever beam in our lab &
felt its reaction force with a haptic
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OE@FEUP

30. D.I.Y. 1 DOF Haptic KIT
available online
+
a set of different virtual
experiments for haptic
interaction
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OE@FEUP
https://remotelab.fe.up.pt/1Dof_haptic/DIY_haptic_demo.html

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OE@FEUP
D.I.Y. 1 DOF Haptic
available online
+
a set of different virtual
experiments for haptic
interaction
https://remotelab.fe.up.pt/vr_exp.html
https://remotelab.fe.up.pt/vr_exp/vr_particle_system_video.html

32. Haptics & Oculus Rift
and New Generation Labs…
OE@FEUP
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https://remotelab.fe.up.pt/vr_exp/vr_lab_video.html

33. Some new Remote Experiments
Level Measurement and Control
LampTemperature Control
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https://remotelab.fe.up.pt/remote_exp/html_based.html
Mobile Access

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Some new Remote Experiments from NeReLa Network
University of Nis
http://www.nerela.kg.ac.rs/

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Some new Remote Experiments from NeReLa Network
University of Kragujevac
http://www.nerela.kg.ac.rs/

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Some new Remote Experiments from NeReLa Network
University of Kragujevac
http://www.nerela.kg.ac.rs/

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Some new Remote Experiments from NeReLa Network
University of Kragujevac
http://www.nerela.kg.ac.rs/

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Some new Remote Experiments from NeReLa Network
University of Kragujevac
http://www.nerela.kg.ac.rs/

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Some new Remote Experiments from NeReLa Network
University of Kragujevac
http://www.nerela.kg.ac.rs/

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Some new Remote Experiments from NeReLa Network
http://www.nerela.kg.ac.rs/
University of Novi Sad

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Some new Remote Experiments from NeReLa Network
http://www.nerela.kg.ac.rs/
University of Novi Sad

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Some new Remote Experiments from NeReLa Network
http://www.nerela.kg.ac.rs/
University of Novi Sad

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Some new Remote Experiments from NeReLa Network
http://www.nerela.kg.ac.rs/
University of Novi Sad

44. 1) Are students getting experimental skills by using online experiments?
• This discussion has been conducted several times in previous works;
• Please do not forget that online experimentation offers different additional tools!
• Feisel & Rosa in “The Role of the Laboratory in Undergraduate Engineering
Education, 2005”, conducted us to…
“13 fundamental objectives of engineering instructional laboratories”
OE - Some food to thought…
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The “13 fundamental objectives of engineering instructional
laboratories” are within
• the cognition domain
• the psychomotor domain
• the affective domain
according to the Bloom’sTaxonomies and can be very helpful for
designing instructional labs

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MariaTeresa Restivo, Gustavo R. Alves, Acquisition of higher-order experimental skills
through remote and virtual laboratories,Chap. XIII, pp 321-347, in IT Innovative
Practices in Secondary Schools: Remote Experiments, O. Dziabenko and J. García-Zubía
(eds.), Univ. Deusto, 2013
Where hands on was compared with a remote experiment and a remote
experiment with its 3D virtual replica
Based in those 13 principles interesting conclusions are published in:

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2) How to engage “impatient” students?There are always universal
problems:
• The communications not always friendly;
• The technology not always working or stable;
• The technology bringing always some new requirements (updates);
• The need of technicians to support the structure working is not, usually,
recognized by Institutions and this brings breakdowns;
• …

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3) How to share resources in a continuous approach with different
colleagues?
What can we do to improve and to foster collaborative collaborations
in our community? Each one of us develop his/her experiment…
Let’s share colleagues RE with our student even merely to discuss with
them solutions’ “pros and cons”

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As discussed recently in a talk entitled “Moving from Know-What and Know-
How to Know-Why. LAB-CREATED LEARNING”, Susan M. Zvacek, Denver
University, exp.at’15, June 2015, summarized as:
“What, How, and Why are all needed.
Aligning your lab activities with the “Why” will keep students on track”
4) Are we building resources to get a new one?What is really the goal?

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The goal must be
progressively more
aligned with “WHY”
In OE usually
we do a lot of
WHAT and
HOW

51. OE - Some food to
thought…
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The most exciting phrase to
hear in science, the one that
heralds new discoveries, is not
“Eureka!” but “That’s funny …”
IsaacAsimov
Enthusiastic students can do a lot!

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Thank
you