Work-in-progress: Improving online higher education with virtual and remote labs

Abstract

This paper describes an ongoing educational innovation project focused of improving the practical education of engineering students, in the context of a purely online education model. A rich toolbox of online, virtual and remote labs is described. Using this toolbox, several strategies for providing practical education and their combinations will be evaluated, and a set of guidelines and recommendations for education practitioners will be provided as the main output of this research.