Enhancing student learning: On-line interactive laboratory for modelling of real world control system applications

Joshué Pérez; Sebastián Dormido; Ljubo Vlacic

doi:10.3182/20110828-6-IT-1002.00235

Enhancing student learning: On-line interactive laboratory for modelling of real world control system applications

Joshué Pérez^*
, Sebastián Dormido
, Ljubo Vlacic

^*Corresponding author for this work

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
National Distance Education University
Griffith University Queensland

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Abstract

Teaching an introductory course on control systems to undergraduate students often seeks elaborations on real engineering world control system applications to assist students in grasping theoretical concepts. In this paper, the newly developed animated and interactive control systems tutorials are presented. The paper shows that this teaching approach helps students in bridging the gap between the classical control techniques and the real world applications. The course evaluations undertaken since the time of the inclusion of the animated tutorials into the teaching process clearly show the learning improvement gained, reflected in increased average scores, and reduced course fail grade.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 18th IFAC World Congress
Publisher	IFAC Secretariat
Pages	7268-7273
Number of pages	6
Edition	1 PART 1
ISBN (Print)	9783902661937
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3182/20110828-6-IT-1002.00235
Publication status	Published - 2011
Externally published	Yes

Publication series

Name	IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline)
Number	1 PART 1
Volume	44
ISSN (Print)	1474-6670

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Keywords

Animation
Distance Education
Interactive control system tutorials
Interactive teaching tools

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Pérez, J., Dormido, S., & Vlacic, L. (2011). Enhancing student learning: On-line interactive laboratory for modelling of real world control system applications. In Proceedings of the 18th IFAC World Congress (1 PART 1 ed., pp. 7268-7273). (IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline); Vol. 44, No. 1 PART 1). IFAC Secretariat. https://doi.org/10.3182/20110828-6-IT-1002.00235

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