A systematic mapping about simulators and remote laboratories using hardware in the loop and robotic: developing STEM/STEAM skills in pre-university education

[EN] In recent years and after the strong impact of the last global health emergency (COVID-19) information and communication technologies have had a great impact on society but particular in the teaching-learning process. Education has been impacted at all its levels. Therefore, education models have been to be adapted to this new challenging paradigm by using different tools such as videoconferences, simulations, on-line interactive applications, virtual and remote laboratories, robots, etc. The objective of this work is to elaborate a systematic mapping to know what scientific from its beginning to 2020, identifying the most literature exists regarding simulators, remote and virtual laboratories focused on STEM/STEAM skills development in the educational context. To do so, bibliographical data gathered of four of the most popular and complete electronic databases (ACM, IEEE, Scopus and Web of Science). At the begging we selected 1232 articles after applying the acceptance criteria defined as part of the search and select strategy, we had 61 articles that help us to answer some questions like what are the most popular virtual and remote labs? or what are the current trends and issues of these tools? and the future ones

Aprendizaje basado en Proyectos para la Enseñanza de Ciencias Físicas usando Arduino Physics Lab

In this work, the use of the Arduino Science Kit Physics Lab will be evaluated and suggested as a low-cost tool for conducting self-guided physical science laboratory practices using a project-based learning approach. The specifications that the guides should have to carry out the practices with the kit as an alternative to virtual and remote learning environments are shown

Single server-side and multiple virtual server-side architectures: Performance analysis on Proxmox VE for e-learning systems

At this time, almost all educational institutions use the e-learning system to support learning. The factor that plays the most role in the comfortable use of a system is the performance aspect. This type of single-server architecture is very commonly applied in building a system, but this system is actually less efficient because it does not pay attention to the level of availability. In this study, a server architecture was built in the form of multiple virtual servers utilizing virtualization on Proxmox by applying reverse proxy techniques and storage clustering to increase system availability in building an e-learning Moodle system. The design of multiple virtual server architectures uses prepare, plan, design, implementation, test and optimization methodologies. The results of the research on the testbed and test plan show that the multiple virtual server architecture has superior availability compared to the single server architecture. Based on the User Behavior Modeling Performance (UBMP) test results, the multiple virtual server architecture is also superior, with a maximum value of 100 concurrent users on the multiple virtual server-side architecture, where the availability level is 80.25%, while on the single server, it is lower with a value of 80 users and an availability level of 78.4%

Analysis of Single Board Architectures Integrating Sensors Technologies

Development boards, Single-Board Computers (SBCs) and Single-Board Microcontrollers (SBMs) integrating sensors and communication technologies have become a very popular and interesting solution in the last decade. They are of interest for their simplicity, versatility, adaptability, ease of use and prototyping, which allow them to serve as a starting point for projects and as reference for all kinds of designs. In this sense, there are innumerable applications integrating sensors and communication technologies where they are increasingly used, including robotics, domotics, testing and measurement, Do-It-Yourself (DIY) projects, Internet of Things (IoT) devices in the home or workplace and science, technology, engineering, educational and also academic world for STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) skills. The interest in single-board architectures and their applications have caused that all electronics manufacturers currently develop low-cost single board platform solutions. In this paper we realized an analysis of the most important topics related with single-board architectures integrating sensors. We analyze the most popular platforms based on characteristics as: cost, processing capacity, integrated processing technology and opensource license, as well as power consumption (mA@V), reliability (%), programming flexibility, support availability and electronics utilities. For evaluation, an experimental framework has been designed and implemented with six sensors (temperature, humidity, CO2/TVOC, pressure, ambient light and CO) and different data storage and monitoring options: locally on a µSD (Micro Secure Digital), on a Cloud Server, on a Web Server or on a Mobile ApplicationThis research was partially supported by the Centro Científico Tecnológico de Huelva (CCTH), University of Huelv

XIV Conference on Technology, Teaching and Learning of Electronics

Livro de atas da TAEE2020.A conferencia TAEE conhecerá na sua 14ª edição um momento histórico. Não só é a primeira vez que a será organizada fora do território Espanhol, como terá lugar a verdadeiramente pioneira experiência de realizar esta conferência num formato puramente virtual no Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto. Esta opção representa a solução possível para um evidente problema mundial, que surgiu de forma repentina durante a preparação desta edição. Optamos por aplicar a típica abordagem de engenharia, instintivamente encarando este novo problema como uma verdadeira oportunidade, e aproveitando as limitações impostas para experimentar novas soluções para novas questões. Tentamos criar uma TAEE diferente, não melhor nem pior, mas indo buscar proveitos às tecnologias de comunicação emergentes de forma a criar e dinamizar um evento onde não estaremos fisicamente juntos, mas poderemos comunicar e conviver de forma virtual. A grande motivação da TAEE será sempre os visíveis entrosamentos, dedicação e motivação da comunidade e serão estes fatores que permitirão o sucesso nesta nova forma de estarmos e trabalharmos juntos, mas à distância.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio