A web-based virtual laboratory for teaching automatic control

Computer Applications in Engineering Education

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 192-197

  Granado, Ernesto ^a   Colmenares, William ^a   Strefezza, Miguel ^a   Alonso, Alfonso ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Control systems; Education; Improving classroom teaching; Undergraduate education; Virtual reality; Web based laboratories

Indexed keywords

LEARNING SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; STUDENTS; TEACHING; VIRTUAL REALITY; WEB BROWSERS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

IMPROVING CLASSROOM TEACHING; REMOTE COMPUTER; VIRTUAL LABORATORY; VRML;

CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 34547819681     PISSN: 10613773     EISSN: 10990542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cae.20111     Document Type: Article

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