1. ARemoteLaboratoryunderSecondLifeIEEEEDUCON2010 J.Garca-Zubia,J.Irurzun, P.Ordua,J.Ruiz-de-GaribayM.Castro,E.SancristobalI.Angulo,U.HernndezDeustoTech-TecnolgicoFundacin IEECD-SpanishUniversityforDistanceDeusto,Bilbao,Spain EducaQon(UNED),Spain UniversityofDeusto,Bilbao,Spain

2. Outline 1. Context 2. MoQvaQon 3. Previousworks 4. SecondLab 5. Conclusionsandfuturework 6. QuesQons 3. 1.ContextRemoteLab?Soaware+hardwaresystemthatenablespeopletouselaboratorydevicesthroughtheInternet 3/15 4. 2.MoQvaQon Problem IEEETransac.onsonEduca.on,Vol.53,Feb.2010:[...]dierentini-a-vesaimedtoimproverecruitmentofyoungengineersinthedicultcontextofdeclininginterestin engineeringandtheeduca-onalchangesEuropeisfacing nowadays[...][...]acri-calissueismenacingthisvision:theshortageofengineersinmanyEuropeanna-ons,whichisexpectedtogetworseinthefuturebecauseofdemographictrendsandadeclininginterestinscienceandtechnologystudies[...] [...]aphenomenonobservedintodayshighschoolsisacleardiminu5onofstudentinterestinphysics[...]4/15 5. 2.MoQvaQon Tendencies 1. DisaecQonforEngineeringamongprospecQve students[IEEETrans.onEducaQon,Feb.2010] 2. HighlyimmersiveenvironmentsinEducaQon: Presence[Corteretal,2007]3. UbiquitousRemoteLabs:AccessRemoteLabsfrom everywhere:Web,Mobilephones,Virtual environments,... 5/15 6. 2.MoQvaQonRelaQonshipandGoal EducaQonalProblem DisaecQonfor Addedvalue? Engineering RemoteLabs+EducaQonalValueImmersiveEnv.Immersive Environments TechnicalChallenge6/15 7. 3.Previousworks iLab+Wonderland UNIGRAZ+MIT+CurQn 7/15 8. 3.Previousworks RemoteLabserver+OpenSim Bremen+UFRGS 8/15 9. 4.SecondLabTechnicalchallenge ++Popularity Experience Entertainmente-LearningExtensible Self-improvement communityArchitecture 9/15 10. 4.SecondLab Demo hnp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRIWD2HOlvQ10/15 11. 4.SecondLab Components 11/15 12. 4.SecondLab CommunicaQons 12/15 13. 5.ConclusionsandfutureworkConclusions 1. Technicalgoalachieved:prototypeworking2. SecondLifeisnotanadvisabledevelop.plaporm ScripQnglanguagelimitaQons Run-QmeenvironmentlimitaQons Reliabilityissues AlternaQves: 13/15 14. 5.Conclusionsandfuturework Futurework1. Pedagogicalresearch TesttheeducaQonalprotwithrealpeople 2. Technicalresearch m-Learning:RemoteLabsfrommobile devicesfocusedonWebLab-Deusto 14/15 15. ThanksforyouranenQonJaimeIrurzunirurzun@deusto.es