Asynchronous software systems projected to support teaching and learning in Higher Education

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2014

Authors

Manuel Valdez (Author) Other; Carlos Ferreira (Author) Other; Maria João Martins (Author) Other; Fernando Maciel Barbosa (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: 2014 25TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE EAEEIE (EAEEIE)

Pages: 69-72

25th Annual Conference of the European-Association-for-Education-in-Electrical-and-Information-Engineering (EAEEIE)

Cesme, TURKEY, MAY 30-JUN 01, 2014

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Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Electrical engineering, Electronic engineering, Information engineering

CORDIS: Technological sciences > Engineering > Electrical engineering

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Authenticus ID: P-009-SY7

DOI: 10.1109/eaeeie.2014.6879389

Abstract (EN): Virtual labs are more likely to offer a user friendly environment as well as greater flexibility, allowing students to carry out experiments and repeat them as often as necessary. Nevertheless, they do not discard the need for a conventional system as traditional labs are a valuable asset In this context, the student is the centre of the whole process, taking on the main role and is responsible for his/her own learning process, although there may be an extra support through in-class sessions in order to keep him/her in contact with the system, to offer guidance and motivation for the challenges ahead. One of the advantages of virtual experimentation is the opportunity of using a lab in situations which might be impossible otherwise, allowing students to take part in lab sessions; another one is related with its use to improve learning results. Virtual experimentation labs create flexible learning environments suitable for different types of learners, allowing the interactive and systematic development of competences in the various areas of learning and can be used to complement the conventional type of lectures. VEMA is a practical asynchronous software tool devised to meet the needs of students who can't be present in regular lab classes in the Electrical Engineering Department of ISEC (Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra).

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 4