Title: Learning in a virtual laboratory: educational applications of three-dimensional animations

Authors: F.M. Gomez-Campos, S. Rodriguez-Bolivar, J.A. Lopez-Villanueva, A. Godoy, J.A. Jimenez-Tejada, A. Luque-Rodriguez, J.E. Carceller

Addresses: Departamento de Electronica y Tecnologia de los Computadores, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, Av. Fuentenueva s/n, C. P. 18071, Granada, Spain. ' Departamento de Electronica y Tecnologia de los Computadores, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, Av. Fuentenueva s/n, C. P. 18071, Granada, Spain. ' Departamento de Electronica y Tecnologia de los Computadores, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, Av. Fuentenueva s/n, C. P. 18071, Granada, Spain. ' Departamento de Electronica y Tecnologia de los Computadores, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, Av. Fuentenueva s/n, C. P. 18071, Granada, Spain. ' Departamento de Electronica y Tecnologia de los Computadores, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, Av. Fuentenueva s/n, C. P. 18071, Granada, Spain. ' Departamento de Electronica y Tecnologia de los Computadores, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, Av. Fuentenueva s/n, C. P. 18071, Granada, Spain. ' Departamento de Electronica y Tecnologia de los Computadores, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, Av. Fuentenueva s/n, C. P. 18071, Granada, Spain

Abstract: This work reports on an innovative experiment to improve teaching at the University of Granada, Spain. We generated a video presentation using three-dimensional animation to show the main functions of an oscilloscope, an instrument widely used in electrical signal analysis. We generated the video and released it on the internet. In this paper we analyse the results obtained.

Keywords: 3D; three-dimensional animation; innovative teaching; virtual laboratories; visualisation tools; educational applications; University of Granada; Spain; universities; higher education; video presentations; oscilloscopes; electrical signal analysis; video generation; internet; world wide web; online learning; e-learning; electronic learning; innovation; challenges.

DOI: 10.1504/IJIL.2011.039347

International Journal of Innovation and Learning, 2011 Vol.9 No.3, pp.325 - 337

Published online: 26 Nov 2014 *

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