Student perceptions of a remotely operated motor-driven generator in engineering education

Abstract

[EN] Smart technologies in engineering education provide students with relevant real-world experience and safeguard the quality of instruction during emergency remote teaching. This paper aims to have students complete a motor-driven generator practical via a RemoteLab and measure their perceptions of the experience. A survey was conducted with five-point Likert scale questions asking students to indicate their satisfaction with the useability and effectiveness of the RemoteLab, then given a list of action verbs from Gloria Willcox’s feeling wheel to select what best described their emotions during the exercise, and finally open-ended questions to expand on their experience. Results showed students found the system easy to use and effective and most felt joyful and powerful emotions during the exercise. There was some indication that they still preferred contact sessions on campus which shows that a RemoteLab may be best used as an intervention when the contact mode of delivery is suddenly disrupted.