An Easy-to-Build Remote Laboratory with Data Transfer Using the Internet School Experimental System

Autor/inn/en	Schauer, Frantisek; Lustig, Frantisek; Dvorak, Jiri; Ozvoldova, Miroslava
Titel	An Easy-to-Build Remote Laboratory with Data Transfer Using the Internet School Experimental System
Quelle	In: European Journal of Physics, 29 (2008) 4, S.753-765 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0143-0807
DOI	10.1088/0143-0807/29/4/010
Schlagwörter	Physics; Educational Technology; Internet; Science Laboratories; Computer Uses in Education; Web Based Instruction; Science Instruction; Teaching Methods; Science Experiments; Distance Education; Secondary School Science; College Science + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Physik; Unterrichtsmedien; Computernutzung; Web Based Training; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht
Abstract	The present state of information communication technology makes it possible to devise and run computer-based e-laboratories accessible to any user with a connection to the Internet, equipped with very simple technical means and making full use of web services. Thus, the way is open for a new strategy of physics education with strongly global features, based on experiment and experimentation. We name this strategy integrated e-learning, and remote experiments across the Internet are the foundation for this strategy. We present both pedagogical and technical reasoning for the remote experiments and outline a simple system based on a server-client approach, and on web services and Java applets. We give here an outline of the prospective remote laboratory system with data transfer using the Internet School Experimental System (ISES) as hardware and ISES WEB Control kit as software. This approach enables the simple construction of remote experiments without building any hardware and virtually no programming, using a paste and copy approach with typical prebuilt blocks such as a camera view, controls, graphs, displays, etc. We have set up and operate at present seven experiments, running round the clock, with more than 12 000 connections since 2005. The experiments are widely used in practical teaching of both university and secondary level physics. The recording of the detailed steps the experimentor takes during the measurement enables detailed study of the psychological aspects of running the experiments. The system is ready for a network of universities to start covering the basic set of physics experiments. In conclusion we summarize the results achieved and experiences of using remote experiments built on the ISES hardware system. (Contains 2 tables and 5 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10