Development of a web-based control laboratory for automation technicians: The three-tank system

IEEE Transactions on Education

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-44

  Dormido, R ^a   Vargas, H ^a   Duro, N ^a   Sanchez J ^a   Dormido Canto, S ^a   Farias, G ^a   Esquembre, F ^b   Dormido, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Collaborative learning; Distance learning; Interactive systems; Laboratory education; Virtual laboratory; Web based experimentation

Indexed keywords

DISTANCE EDUCATION; JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; MIMO SYSTEMS; VIRTUAL REALITY; WORLD WIDE WEB;

COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; INTERACTIVE SYSTEM; OPEN SOURCE TOOL; SOFTWARE PACKAGE EASY JAVA SIMULATIONS; VIRTUAL LABORATORIES;

LABORATORIES;

EID: 40649124293     PISSN: 00189359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TE.2007.893356     Document Type: Article

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