b'12 Partner News Winter 2023AcademicBuilding experimental skills remotelyThe Association for Learning Technology (ALT) has recognised Remote Labs for creating accessible engineering practical work and curriculum change.Remote Labs project lead at the UniversityExperiments have been created in-house at of Edinburgh, Professor Timothy DrysdaleEdinburgh University, School of Engineering and his team, have received the ALTand then packaged with cameras intoIts been a pleasure working Award for Digital Transformation instackable mini shipping containers. partnership with The Joint Informationwith everyone involved and Systems Committee (Jisc). The ALT Awards,Students and educators can access theseI look forward to continuing which celebrate excellent research andexperiments via a web browser where practice, and outstanding achievementsthey can watch the experiment andcurrent activities as well internationally in Learning Technology, weresimultaneously view its related data onas working with new users given at a ceremony during the ALT Annualscreen. Created as open source, Remote Conference in Warwick at the beginning ofLabs are designed to be shared beyond theinternationally across the September this year. University of Edinburgh and can be used ateducation sector. any time of day and from any location.Remote Labs have been created for use on traditional campuses to address spaceWorking with staff and students in the limitations, add a science museum aestheticSchool of Engineering, the team haveProfessor Timothy Drysdale, to buildings and create opportunities fordelivered practical lab support to academicRemote Labs Project Leadeducation using online methods that are notcourses, ranging from general first-year possible with solely onsite teaching. to specialist fifth-year courses via over'