LaboREM - A Remote Laboratory for Game-Like Training in Electronics

IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 311-321

  Luthon, Franck ^a   Larroque, Benoît ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

Author keywords

E learning; game based learning; industrial engineering; labwork, motivation; online education; virtual instrument

Indexed keywords

DISTANCE EDUCATION; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; LABORATORIES; MOTIVATION; TEACHING;

E-LEARNING APPLICATION; GAME-BASED LEARNING; LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; ON-LINE EDUCATION; PEDAGOGICAL ISSUES; REMOTE LABORATORIES; TEST AND MEASUREMENT; VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 84961782597     PISSN: 19391382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TLT.2014.2386337     Document Type: Article

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