deployment of remote experiments
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Deployment of Remote ExperimentsThe OnPReX course in TU Berlin
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S. Khachadorian1, H. Scheel1, P. de Vries2 and C. Thomsen1
1 Berlin Institute of Technology2 Delft University of Technology
Outline
o Initial situation
o Infrastructure
• Remote Farm
• ISIS (Moodle) as LMS
o OnPReX course cycle
o OnPReX general goals
Outline
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What were the initial conditions?
o Solid-state physics department of TUB provided
Physics course for undergraduate engineering
students.
o 500 students in undergraduate physics course (lack
of practical course for these students).
o Separate courses on experimental and theoretical
approach.
o Frontal teaching instead of self managed learning
and no authentic learning environment.
Initial situation Infrastructure OnPReX course cycle OnPReX goals
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What are the remote experiments?
o "real" experiment
in real
laboratories, cont
rolled remotely
through
"LabView„
software.
o controlled and
performed
remotely through
a web-interface.
o Remote Farm
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ISIS as course LMS
o Moodle as ISIS
o Participants in groups
o Calender
o Exp.
environment
o Script
o Simulation
o Link to re. exp.
o Forum and Wiki
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OnPReX course cycle
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GroupWork
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General goals
o Learning of the fundamental physical phenomena by
theory, experiment and simulation (without time shift).
o Learn to deal with remote-controlled experiments and
with practice-related problems during the experiment.
o Learn to deal with text-editing, data processing programs
and learn the standards of scientific reporting.
o Improving the skills related to the IT communications and
online competence.
o Integration of these abilities in the team work.
o Encouraging self managed learning in an authentic
learning environment.
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Thank you for your attention
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[1] F. Wang (1998) National Taiwan Normal University [online], http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/index.php?topic=31
[2] Herrington, J., Oliver, R., and Reeves, C., 2003. Petterns of Engagement in Authentic online Learning Environment. Australian
Journal of Educational Technology,19 (1), 59-71.
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Evaluation
Authentic learning environment
Some technical details
o Our experiments controlled with LabView from NI
o An Additional microprossesor-board to prevent the set up from being damaged.
o Collection of data by microcontroller board takes
place via RS232 to the server.
o Live stream: AXIS 241Q video server.
OnPReX and LiLa
o An integrated platform for remote exp., virtual Labs
and learning resources.
o A framework for online collaboration between users
and instructors.
o An educational support system.
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