Scalable. Ad Hoc, Low Cost, Mobile, Online Laboratories

The IEEE Educational Society has sponsored the development of IEEE-SA P1876™ standard for Networked Smart Learning Objects for Online Laboratories. This paper proposes two different architectures that integrate components to support educational online laboratories, through the use of xAPI statements to communicate between Remote Laboratory Management Systems, Virtual Learning Environments and Learning Analytics Generators. Proof of concept implementations of three scalable, ad hoc, low-cost, mobile, online laboratories that utilize the proposed distributed and centralized architectures are described, one fully integrated to an Actionable Data Book. The next steps would be to implement Mobile Massive Open Online Laboratories (M-MOOLs) within the context of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), using the P1876™ standard under development.

[1]  Maria Teresa Restivo,et al.  Easy creation and deployment of Javascript remote labs with EjsS and Moodle , 2016, 2016 13th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV).

[2]  Maarouf Saad,et al.  Lab@Home : remote laboratory evolution in the cloud computing era , 2011 .

[3]  Manuel Castro,et al.  Virtual and Remote Industrial Laboratory: Integration in Learning Management Systems , 2014, IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine.

[4]  G. Diaz,et al.  Expanding the Boundaries of the Classroom: Implementation of Remote Laboratories for Industrial Electronics Disciplines , 2013, IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine.

[5]  Diego López-de-Ipiña,et al.  Towards New Multiplatform Hybrid Online Laboratory Models , 2017, IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies.

[6]  Yves Piguet,et al.  MOOLs for MOOCs: A first edX scalable implementation , 2016, 2016 13th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV).

[7]  María M. Larrondo-Petrie,et al.  Models of Collaborative Remote Laboratories and Integration with Learning Environments , 2016, Int. J. Online Eng..

[8]  María M. Larrondo-Petrie,et al.  xAPI-Based Model for Tracking On-line Laboratory Applications , 2018, FIE.

[9]  Tsuyoshi Murata,et al.  {m , 1934, ACML.

[10]  Hamadou Saliah-Hassane,et al.  Mobile open online laboratories: A way towards connectionist massive online laboratories with x-API (c-MOOLs) , 2014, 2014 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE) Proceedings.