Platform for eLearning and Telemetric Experimentation (PeTEX). A Framework for Community-based Learning in the Workplace

The EU-funded project PeTEX–Platform for e-Learning and Telemetric Experimentation aims to design and establish a prototype of an e-learning platform for the development, implementation, and delivery of educational and training programs in the field of manufacturing engineering. The development of tele-operated experimentation and its provision to distance learners opens new dimensions of knowledge acquisition, particularly where experiments are the core elements of learning. The principle goal of this project is to establish individual and group oriented learning for different target groups like students and professional workers within a platform-system able to sustain a multi-country learning community. Hence, an educational model is designed which integrates the tele-operated experimentation platform with teaching content and learning activities in order to support a successful learning walkthrough for different target groups.