Idea: In this project we are addressing to offer cross-platform solution for different types of online labs which are located in educational institutions and SME-s across the Europe. The project idea is to offer online lab platform combined with curriculum module and open learning content for educational institutions. The online lab platform is integrating existing and new remote and virtual labs into one portal by creating unified interface and sharing functionality. Background: There is strong need in the educational sector to offer real and virtual lab access to the students. Europe needs to push engineering education into new level to compete with China and other Asian countries. Offering practical engineering lab is crucial for rising smart and innovative engineers, but today’s education needs much more applying the internet technology to the education process and connecting the practical experimentation with real industry needs. Outdated lab equipment is quite common problem in all levels of education. Main objectives of the project were: - Strategic cooperation between VET schools, SME and universities on the frame of engineering education in Northern-Europe region and whole Europe - Better access to practical engineering experiments through the online labs and industrial system simulations. - Tight integration of practical online tools with internationally recognized curricula like IGIP and frameworks like CDIO - More attractive engineering studies for the young people and more feasible to practicing engineers. Main objectives were archived by establishing unified platform for online experimentation and creating and linking the network of institutions offering online experiments for engineering education purpose. Appropriate learning and training material developed and published as an open access to all interested stakeholders. Number and profile of participating organizations; The project consortium consists of 2 universities, 2 SME-s and 1 VET school from Estonia, Finland, Germany and Sweden. All partners have strong history of working with online labs and engineering educational concepts. Description of undertaken main activities: The project implementation was carried out by following activities: - Research and analyze of existing platforms, online labs and European activities - Development of unified solution to access different remote and online labs - Creation of a network of organizations offering online experimentation - Development of research sharing platform to cross-access different online labs - Development of simulations models for most common engineering applications in higher education - Development of curriculum module Results and impact attained: Project results are defined as following outputs: O1 Unified remote lab web interface O2 Virtualized simulation models, designed based on study as a service concept O3 Curriculum module compatible with IGIP engineering module and CDIO framework Project impact is unified IGIP and CDIO compatible online engineering module for mechatronic and embedded systems. The module can be easily incorporated into existing curricula of any interested VET institution or higher education institution. Virtualized embedded system and robotic models and online labs can be accessed also by any school, thus the impact for trainees and learners is raising significantly the accessibility to practical experimentation over the web and impact for institutions is to easy way to include the online module into their existing curricula.
The project idea is to offer online lab platform combined with curriculum module and open learning content for educational institutions. The online lab platform is integrating existing and new remote and virtual labs into one portal by creating unified interface and sharing functionality. There is strong need in the educational sector to offer real and virtual lab access to students. Europe needs to push engineering education into new level to compete with China and other Asian countries. Offering practical engineering lab is crucial for rising smart and innovative engineers, but todays education needs much more applying the internet technology to the education process and connecting the practical experimentation with real industry needs. Outdated lab equipment is quite common problem in all levels of education. In this project we are addressing to offer cross-platform solution for different types of online labs which can be located either in educational institution or SME-s across the Europe. Main engineering application and processes needed by many curricula will be virtualized. All online labs will be connected with curriculum modules where special attention is payed for IGIP engineering module and CDIO framework. The project consortium consists of 2 universities, 2 SME-s and 1 VET school from Estonia, Finland, Germany and Sweden. All partners have strong history of working with online labs and engineering educational concepts. The project implementation is carried out by following activities: - Research and analyze of existing platforms, online labs and European activities - Develop unified solution to access different remote and online labs - Create a network of organization offering online experimentation - Develop research sharing platform to cross-access different online labs - Develop simulations models for most common engineering applications in higher education - Develop curriculum module Project results are as following: O1 Unified remote lab web interface O2 Virtualized simulation models, designed based on study as a service concept O3 Curriculum module compatible with IGIP engineering module and CDIO framework Project impact is unified IGIP and CDIO compatible online engineering module for mechatronic and embedded systems. The module can be easily incorporated into existing curricula of any interested VET institution or higher education institution. Virtualized embedded system and robotic models and online labs can be accessed also by any school, thus the impact for trainees and learners is raising significantly the accessibility to practical experimentation over the web and impact for institutions is to easy way to include the online module into their existing curricula.