Seven Principles of Instructional Content Design for a Remote Laboratory: A Case Study on ERRL
Date
2011-05-10
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IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON EDUCATION
Abstract
This paper discusses the results of a study of the requirements for developing a remote radio frequency (RF) laboratory for electrical engineering students. It investigates students'
preferred usage of the technical content of a state-of-the-art RF
laboratory. The results of this study are compared to previous findings, which dealt with other user groups (technicians in technical
colleges and engineers in the RF domain). Based on the results of
these analyses, seven essential principles for designing and developing such a laboratory were identified. As a case study, these principles were then implemented into a remote laboratory system. In
this paper, the implementation examples are also provided and discussed. The primary aim of this study is to guide remote laboratory
platform developers toward the most effective instructional design.
This study also determined, from the remote laboratory system
case study, what the requirements are of such a laboratory from
the students' perspective.
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software