Abstract:

Last year, due to coronavirus we have had to move from a face-to-face to a remote model in which the way we interact with our students and them with learning resources is exclusively over Internet. Every lecturer, had to adapt his/her learning model to PC-based tools, performing real-time classes, recording videos, accessing virtual resources and so on.

These tools for non-university education or vocational training may be sufficient, but not in higher education, and mainly in technical disciplines such as engineering and certain training cycles, where the competencies derived from practical sessions are essential to assimilate a high percentage of theoretical content.

But what tools can we offer students to carry on their learning process from home in the same way as if they were in the labs of the university? It seems that more than ever remote labs have been the solution or perhaps the best alternative.

In our paper we want to share with the entire university education community our experience using the remote laboratories during the pandemic. During the second semester of 2020 academic year, lecturers from University of Deusto offered to their students remote labs in the areas of robotics, electronics, FPGA and Arduino. This paper introduces these labs and show how lecturers from other universities can access and use them.

Keywords:

Remote labs, remote experimentation, real remote experiments, e-learning.