Remotely Accessed Energy Laboratory

工程-工程技术(58)远程访问实验室正变得越来越普遍，但它们真的能帮助满足工程技术实验室的学习目标吗？随着技术创新步伐的加快，共享实验室资源正变得越来越有吸引力。购买和维护一台复杂的实验室设备的成本，如果能被大量学生使用，就更容易证明是合理的。期刊和会议记录中充斥着实施项目，但客观评估很少。我们的项目涉及远程访问能源实验室的开发、部署和评估。我们的工作使用了一个类似于杜克大学教职员工开发的Weave程序的模型来进行网络使能实验。虽然我们的实验室实际位于普渡大学西拉斐特校区，但基于网络的控制和交互式教程允许印第安纳州七个不同机械工程技术地点的副学士学生使用该设备。我们的项目比较了使用第一手设备的学生和使用相同设备的学生在远程学习模式下的学习。我们希望，任何展示使用远程访问来分发实验室资源的优势和劣势的项目都将对工程技术界产生重大影响。

Engineering - Engineering Technology (58)Remotely accessible laboratories are becoming more common, but can they really help satisfy the learning objectives for engineering technology laboratories? Sharing lab resources is becoming more attractive as the pace of technical innovation escalates. The cost of purchasing and maintaining a sophisticated piece of laboratory equipment is easier to justify if it can be used by a large number of students. Journals and conference proceedings are full of implementation projects, but objective evaluations are rare. Our project involves the development, deployment, and evaluation of a remotely accessible energy laboratory. Our work uses a model similar to the WEAVE program developed by faculty members at Duke for web enable experimentation. Although our laboratory facility is physically located on the West Lafayette campus of Purdue University, web-based controls and an interactive tutorial allow this equipment to be used by Associate Degree students at seven different Mechanical Engineering Technology locations across the state of Indiana. Our project compares learning for students that use the equipment first-hand versus students that use the same equipment in a distance learning format. Our hope is that any project that demonstrates the strengths and weaknesses of using remote access to distribute laboratory resources will have a significant impact on the engineering technology community.