International Conference on Engineering Education – ICEE 2007 Using Web-based laboratories for control engineering education

(UNED) about the use of Web-based laboratories in a distance course on automatic control. To begin with, we present the approach followed to transform three conventional didactical setups (a three-tank system, a heat-flow apparatus and an electrical drive servo motor) into virtual / remote control laboratories. This approach differentiates two layers in the construction of Web-based laboratories: the experimentation layer and the e-learning layer. For the experimentation layer, LabVIEW and data acquisition boards from National Instruments are used to create the server-side applications, and Easy Java Simulations for the client-side interfaces. For the e-learning layer, the eMersion environment is used to support the required flexible educational scheme