Abstract NOTE: The first page of text has been automatically extracted and included below in lieu an abstract Session 2532 On-line Engineering Laboratories: Real-Time Control Over the Internet Christophe Salzmann1, Denis Gillet1, Haniph A. Latchman2, Oscar D. Crisalle2 1 Swiss Federal Institute Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland/ 2 University Florida, Gainesville, Florida advent as a major communication channel triggered great deal interest real-time over packet-switched networks. While store...

The increasing adoption of remote laboratories in education along with the shift from eLearning 2.0 towards 3.0, have demanded several considerations their implementation and delivery format. In response to these needs, this contribution introduces a novel model, Laboratory as Service (LaaS), for developing independent component modules implementing them set loosely-coupled services be consumed high level abstraction virtualization. LaaS aims tackle common concurrent challenges such...

This paper reports on the successful use of Graasp, a social media platform, by university students for their collaborative work. Graasp features number innovations, such as administrator-free creation spaces, context-aware recommendation and privacy management. In context EU-funded project involving large test beds, we have been able to extend this platform with lightweight tools (widgets) aimed learning competence development validate its usefulness in context.

The European Commission is funding a large-scale research project on federated online laboratories (Labs) for education in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) at School. main educational focus inquiry learning the technological one personalized spaces. spaces are offered through single social media portal supporting simultaneously teacher communities student activities. This paper presents general technical framework devised to support construction exploitation of...

This paper presents the Smart Device specification to interface with remote labs. To encourage broader sharing of labs, paradigm decouples client from server and provides well-defined interfaces between server. Such services are exposed on Internet enable interoperability applications, other Devices external (e.g. a booking service). papers extensible platform-agnostic internal functionalities. The contains sufficient service metadata automatic generation basic applications. is illustrated...

Remote laboratories are software and hardware tools that allow students to remotely access real equipment located in universities. The integration of remote learning (learning management systems, content or personal environments) has been achieved integrate as part the curricula. A cross-institutional initiative called gateway4labs created perform this extensible multiple tools. This contribution focuses on describing and, particular, how opening it public systems (where users do not need be...

Herein we report a multi-zone, heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) control case study of an industrial plant responsible for cooling hospital surgery center. The adopted approach to guaranteeing thermal comfort reducing electrical energy consumption is based on statistical non-parametric, non-linear regression technique named Gaussian processes. Our aimed at assessing the suitability aforementioned learning building dynamics yielding models our model predictive (MPC) scheme....

In the framework of European Integrated Project PALETTE, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) is developing eLogbook Web 2.0 social software. The purpose to support tacit and explicit knowledge management in communities practice. It can be customized by users serve as an asset system, a task system or discussion platform. this paper, innovative Computer-Human Interaction features are introduced its deployment scenario collaborative laboratory activities engineering education...

This contribution introduces a novel model, Laboratory as Service (LaaS), for developing remote laboratories independent component modules and implementing them set of loosely-coupled services to be consumed with high level abstraction virtualization. LaaS aims tackle the common concurrent challenges in implementation such inter-institutional sharing, interoperability other heterogeneous systems, coupling learning objects, difficulty developing, standardization.

A smart campus provides students who are geographically scattered with online tools to get access learning resources and laboratories. Although these remote laboratories have the potential capabilities implement different experiments, most of them configured in a static fashion, being able serve only one experiment for given period time. This lack adaptability flexibility causes long waiting queues certain overloaded laboratories, while others underused. To overcome this limitation, can...

The authors introduce a new approach to developing Web-enabled environments for remote diagnostics, maintenance, and experimentation in engineering. They've based their on middleware layer, called Java-Internet-Labview (JIL) server, which provides transparent mechanism communicating Java programs with Labview virtual instruments (VIs) running different computers, without prior communication facilities. Via this the user can control VI via Internet, its controls indicators become writable...

This paper presents the Smart Device specification to interface with remote labs. To encourage broader sharing of labs, paradigm decouples client from server and provides well-defined interfaces between server. Such services are exposed on Internet enable interoperability applications, other Devices external (e.g. a booking service). extensible platform-agnostic internal functionalities. The contains sufficient service metadata automatic generation basic applications. is illustrated through...

Deploying remote laboratories at a large scale is the next challenge in experimentation. It referred as Massive Open Online Labs (MOOLs). Being able to sustain massive number of users accessing specific resource concurrently complex task. This paper presents technical solutions, currently deployed, implement such lab MOOC. The control system deployed edX, where more that 200 students access farm 20 electrical drives, used an example. Gamification mechanisms which accommodate even are proposed.

Online experiments have been available for more than a decade. The integration of online into collaborative environments is recent. wealth client applications/environments, the versatility possible interaction protocols/technologies and needs autonomous actions impel evolution to smart device concept. This paper reviews an electrical drive experiment presents requirements turning devices.

Open Educational Resources (OERs) are freely accessible, openly licensed multimedia documents or interactive tools that can be typically integrated in Learning Management Systems to support courses. With social media platforms becoming the central piece of students' digital ecosystem, there is an emerging need provide resources various general-purpose open platforms. Courses also deconstructed smaller learning units for personal activities Massive Online Course sessions. As a consequence,...

In this paper, we propose a personalized and contextual ranking algorithm implemented on top of the 3A interaction model. The latter is generic model intended for designing describing social collaborative learning platforms integrating Actors, Assets group Activities (the 3 "A"). target user's interactions with his/her environment are modeled in heterogeneous graph. Then, applied to simultaneously rank actors, assets activities taking into account user context. As an illustrative application...