Experiences with virtual environment and remote laboratory for teaching and learning robotics at the university of alicante

International Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 766-776

  Torres, Fernando ^a   Candelas, Francisco A ^a   Puente, Santiago T ^a   Pomares, Jorge ^a   Gil, Pablo ^a   Ortiz, Francisco G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

E learning; Remote laboratory; Robotics; Virtual laboratory

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748077134     PISSN: 0949149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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