Evaluating applicability of platforms for designing the virtual laboratory “electric drives”

Abstract

Virtual laboratory plays an important role in training activity to help learners to maximize their study time by providing unlimited access to class materials, thus facilitating better understanding. Virtual labs also provide a risk-free learning environment, where individuals can learn from repeated practice, at their own pace, without using expensive resources or high maintenance equipment. Besides, a virtual lab provides cost advantage in term of construction, operating and maintenance to compare with the investment efforts for a classical dedicated lab. With these advantages, virtual labs are interested by many universities, schools and companies.There are many different ways, tools and platforms to develop the virtual laboratory which is suitable for any studying subject, course or training program. This article presents research results of using the most common platforms such as Flash, JavaFX, Silverlight to create a virtual laboratory in the field of Electrical Drives for course of “Electrical and electronic equipment in industrial machines”.