A federation of VISIR remote laboratories through the PILAR Project
This paper describes how a new Erasmus Plus project, PILAR, (Platform Integration of Laboratories based on the Architecture of visiR), is being developed and how the startup of the partnership and the project is reinforcing the VISIR (Virtual Instrument Systems in Reality) network and the Special Interest Group of VISIR under the Global Online Laboratory Consortium (GOLC) of the International Association of Online Engineering (IAOE). The Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED) coordinates the project that aims to federate the existing (or new) VISIR systems in order to use the resources more effectively and in a more efficient way, making transparent to the final user the election of the shared resources.
Remote experimentation in the teaching of physics in Costa Rica: First steps
There is no doubt that experimental work is fundamental in the teaching of physics, however neither the accurate spaces nor the equipment for its fulfillment are always available. Taking into account the range of Remote Labs (RL) as resources for teaching and learning, the Open State University (UNED) from Costa Rica has started the Remote Testing Lab to develop and encourage the use of RLs in the institution as well as boosting its use in other university and high school institutions within the country. The present work shows the first steps of this project in terms of courses at UNED in which RL was used, its use in physics teacher training workshops and its use in high school.
Simulating the Illuminance and Efficiency of the LEDs Used in General Household Lighting
Abstract The advantage of the LEDs illumination in general household lighting was proposed. High efficiency white LED as the light source was provided the energy saving illumination of the general household lightings. Different spaces in general household with different standards of average illuminance were designed and simulated by LightTools and DIALux software. The power consumptions and efficiency of traditional illuminated light sources and LED light source in lighting the household environment were analyzed and compared with each other at the same standard of average illuminance. Finally, it provided the advantage of using white LEDs in different spaces of the general household lighting.