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{{Short description|Arrangement for conducting experiments at one location while situated at another}}{{about|the use of telecommunications in conducting experiments|India’s virtual labs project |Virtual Labs (India)|the online project “Virtual Laboratory. Essays and Resources on the Experimentalization of Life, 1830-1930“|Virtual Laboratory}}{{multiple issues|{{prose|date=June 2012}}{{more footnotes|date=September 2010}}}}Remote laboratory (also known as online laboratory or remote workbench) is the use of telecommunications to remotely conduct real (as opposed to virtual) experiments, at the physical location of the operating technology, whilst the scientist is utilizing technology from a separate geographical location. Remote laboratory comprehends one or more remote experiments.Callaghan, Harkin, Maguire (2007). “Paradigms in Remote Experimentation”, International Journal of Online Engineering (iJOE), Vol 3, No 4 (2007)weblink

Benefits

The benefits of remote laboratories are predominantly in engineering education:Ferreira, Sousa, Nafalski, Machotka, Nedic (2010). “Collaborative learning based on amicro-webserver remote test controller”, Bridgeport, University of South Australia, p. 10.

• Relax time constraints, adapting to pace of each student, if there was insufficient time in lab
• Relax geographical constraints, disregarding the physical locality of the student
• Economies of scale, as sharing labs allows sharing of large fixed costs of traditional buildings
• Improve quality of experiment, as it can be repeated to clarify doubtful measurements in lab
• Improve effectiveness, as student may improve effectiveness of time spent at lab by rehearsal
• Improved safety and security, as no risk of catastrophic failure

Researchers from the Labshare describe the advantages as being:

• Increasing accessibility to laboratories by a factor of 4 within 3 years, since current lab utilization is less than 10%
• Decrease fixed and variable expenditure by 50%, since faculty budget spends between 15 and 40% on lab infrastructure and personnel, around $400m per year
• Improve learning objectives and outcomes to support better learning
• Enhance sharing of knowledge, expertise and experience
• Reduce start-up costs of laboratories

This allows for economies of scale production.Another benefit is that this technology can be integrated into Moodle,EJSApp Moodle Plugin which is probably the most used learning management system around the world.

Disadvantages

The disadvantages differ depending on the type of remote laboratory and the topic area.The general disadvantages compared to a proximal (hands on) laboratory are:

• Lack of hands on trouble shooting and debugging experience.
• Lack of equipment setup experience.

Future direction

Current system capabilities include:

• Online session booking, utilizing a database and online interface
• Authentication to satisfy security requirements
• Desktop, generalized screen for chat, emoticon, time limit, bandwidth limit
• Live lab camera which allows panning, tilting, zooming, showing, hiding, refresh
• Circuit builder (this is just simulative)
• Function generator (this is just simulative)
• Digital multimeter (this is just simulative)
• Oscilloscope (this is just simulative)

See also

• iLabs

References

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External links

• Edrys
• Labwork
• FARLabs
  • Online lab that provides 7 different remote lab tabs; 3 of which that are coming soon (Space and Environment labs), 2 remote Nuclear labs, and 2 Structure labs (3D imaging lab does not work in this tab)
• Netlab from the University of South Australia
  • Link provides users to work with real instruments pertaining to the experiment from an online setting. Although you must create an account on the website and book a scheduled time to use the remote lab.
• LabsLand: global network of remote laboratories
  • A remote control to the real-world lab through the internet around the world (worldwide)
    • Arduino-powered robot in Spain
    • A kinematics setup in Brazil
    • A radioactivity testing lab in Australia
  • Give access to institutions around the world through their learning management systems
    • Moodle, Blackboard, Google Classroom, Canvas, and others
    • Give the instructors access to view the student’s progress on their remote labs
• Labshare site appears non-functional (as of May 17, 2024)
• Labster
• MIT iCampus iLabs from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and wiki
• netCIRCUITlabs
• This website is about making a circuit online, the user has to create an account to be able to finish the circuit or even attempt to make one. This website requires some coding as making a circuit requires coding, so some knowledge of Java is necessary.
• Remote Labs from the University of Technology Sydney
• This website does not allow the user to access it. The website is faulty.
• Remotely controlled lab from the Palacký University of Olomouc
• This website is a physics lab that allows the user to access and do the remote lab from anywhere in the world. It has 5 tabs, which include: Home; a description of the remote lab; remote experiments, and how these experiments allow for further increase one knowledge; Advantages, telling the users why the labs are crucial and beneficial; Chat, this tab is disabled; Links, these are the links to the actual lab and unfortunately the last 5 of them do not work.
• iLabs from the University of Queensland
• This lab can not be reached as it is a defective website.
• This link can not be reached and shows some error message on the screen.
• iSES internet School Experiment System
  • Provides students with ISES WEB Control kit for remote laboratories. They are written in javascript and can be accessed remotely through a browser. The javascript are used to control external physical labs.
• LiLa project - Library of Labs
  • Provides students with remote labs that are programmed using javascript and can be accessed through the web browser. However, they are not connected to an external physical lab.
• Online-Lab, Carinthia
  • Provides full educational lab frameworks for teachers to do with their students. They use their proprietary VISIR technology to be able to connect students to their online labs.
• UWA Telerobot
  • Site no longer exits (May 17, 2024)
• WebLab, University of Deusto -The WebLab-Deusto system contains various labs that students can control over the internet. It supports features like scheduling, authentication, and authorization, making it adaptable for educational institutions at various levels. WebLab-Deusto is used by universities and secondary schools across multiple countries and is available in over ten languages.
• iLough-Lab, University of Loughborough (link not working)
• Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation -The International Conference on Smart Technologies & Education, previously known as the International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation. STE focuses on the advancement and integration of smart technology in educational practices. The conference encourages dialogue among all walks of life and promotes innovative pedagogies and cutting-edge technologies that enhance learning environments. This global forum serves as a meeting point for sharing research, developments, and applications.
• Remote Labs in Modern Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara
• International Journal of Online Engineering (link not working)
• Free Open Online Labs
  • This link directs you to an informational website about a company where you can sign up for a tutor that will help you in a course. The website states that their training provides hands-on experience to learn through the labs.
• Remote Internet Lab GymKT (the Grammar-school of J. Vrchlicky), Klatovy - this site includes information in Czech.
  • When translated to English, the site claims that the remote internet lab contains real physics experiments that can be controlled via the internet browser. There are links to go to several kinds of experiments that are available. There is also information about how the website started. The users internet browser must have some services installed and enabled to access the experiment.
• Remote Experimentation Lab - RExLab
  • Online remote lab library belonging to the Federal University of Santa Catarina. Includes live and interactive labs on topics within physics and biology.
• University Network of Interactive Labs Spanish Open University
  • Remote lab library belonging to Spanish Open University. Includes labs encompassing several topics within physics. Access requires the creation of an account which is currently nonfunctional.
• Moodle EJSApp and Extensions Set for Virtual and Remote Laboratories
  • Plugin allowing for Java or Javascript remote lab code to be directly downloaded to a Moodle course.
• R-DSP Lab, University of Patras
• Remotely Controlled Laboratory, University of Technology Kaiserslautern
• Robotic DistanceLab
• Internet microscope/Magnetic domain investigate, Physics Faculty, University at BiaÅ‚ystok,Poland, since 1999