Automatic verification of the remote laboratory NetLab
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2019
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Considine, H.
Nafalski, A.
Nedic, Z.
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World Transactions on Engineering and Technology Education, 2019; 17(1):12-16
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Remote laboratories provide access to equipment outside of a classroom environment. The NetLab remote laboratory allows students to conduct experiments in electrical engineering from anywhere in the world at any time. The current work focuses on improving the support available to students through the addition of an intelligent tutoring system (ITS). Research exists to show that the addition of an ITS to a remote laboratory can improve student learning. In a conventional real laboratory, the laboratory supervisor would be responsible for ensuring the correct functioning of the equipment, as well as warning students if some piece of equipment has become faulty and requires repair or replacement. In this article, the authors describe the development of an automatic verification system, which fulfils these two important roles in the remote laboratory context. It can run batch test scripts on the system at a time when no user is connected, providing early warning of any issues to the teaching staff. Even if the system cannot directly fix all issues, providing instructions to the human supervisory team and the students is potentially very useful.
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Copyright 2019 WIETE