COVID-19 Impact on the Laboratory Practices of the Automation Subjects at the University of La Laguna

Silvia Alayón, Marta Sigut

2023

Abstract

Our practice programs have changed drastically after the appearance of COVID-19. The practical sessions designed for all Automation subjects until 2019 were face-to-face. But the arrival of the pandemic and health restrictions resulted in the closure of our university facilities, which forced us to redo the laboratory experiences. It is in this context that simulation and gamification helped us to move forward, since the solution we followed was the virtualization of the laboratory. Although the degree of satisfaction of the students with the new practical sessions is quite good, the purpose of this paper is not to present a detailed analysis of all the simulation and gamification tools we studied, but to explain what our situation was like before COVID-19, how we faced the change, what we learned in the process, what the new practice programs we are currently following are like, what tools have helped us, and what goals we still have to achieve. We hope that our experience can be useful to other teachers.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Alayón S. and Sigut M. (2023). COVID-19 Impact on the Laboratory Practices of the Automation Subjects at the University of La Laguna. In Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-758-641-5, SciTePress, pages 566-573. DOI: 10.5220/0011994100003470

in Bibtex Style

@conference{csedu23,
author={Silvia Alayón and Marta Sigut},
title={COVID-19 Impact on the Laboratory Practices of the Automation Subjects at the University of La Laguna},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU,},
year={2023},
pages={566-573},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0011994100003470},
isbn={978-989-758-641-5},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU,
TI - COVID-19 Impact on the Laboratory Practices of the Automation Subjects at the University of La Laguna
SN - 978-989-758-641-5
AU - Alayón S.
AU - Sigut M.
PY - 2023
SP - 566
EP - 573
DO - 10.5220/0011994100003470
PB - SciTePress