VocabularyΒΆ

This section just defines the terms used in this documentation. These terms should be updated so as to fill the GOLC terminology, and whenever they are changed, the whole document should change. So as to start with something, we’ll define a basic set of concepts, sorted alphabetically:

Laboratory
A laboratory represents the conceptual place where students will go to use an assigned physical equipment. If students wants to access a Robot laboratory, they’ll request that laboratory and whenever they can access (after booking or queueing), they’ll start using a particular copy of it (called Rig, and its definition is outside the scope of this document).
Learning Management System (LMS)
It is a software application for the administration, documentation, tracking, and reporting of training programs, classroom and online events, e-learning programs, and training content. Extracted from the wikipedia. Examples: Moodle, .LRN, ilias, etc.
Remote Laboratory Management System (RLMS)
Management software system that manages different remote laboratories. A RLMS can support multiple remote laboratories (such as a Robot laboratory and an Electronics laboratory at the same time). RLMSs provide authentication, authorization, user management, user tracking, and scheduling, as well as APIs to develop new laboratories on top of them. Examples: WebLab-Deusto, MIT iLabs, Labshare Sahara.