Development and evaluation of open educational resources for enhancing engineering students' learning experience

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to report on the development of control systems open educational resources. The paper reports on two control systems education software: 1) A LabVIEW based Control Systems Analysis Toolkit (CSAT) which was developed to assist lecturers in teaching control engineering and students to understand theoretical concepts; and 2) A Process Control Virtual Laboratory (PCVL), developed using LabVIEW. Both software have been created as a standalone educational application together with a detailed manual and learning activities. Existing Simulink exercises have been enhanced and specific video tutorials for the Simulink exercises have been developed. Evaluations have been conducted indicating positive impact on students. © 2012 IEEE.