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This work describes an educational experience in which personal learning environments (PLEs) were created as a tool for the acquisition of subject contents in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) areas. For this, the same methodology was developed for different subjects in order to teach the use of some digital tools, learn about the concepts related to the PLE, and apply the PLE to educational content promoting sustainable learning. Two questionnaires were designed to obtain information about the tools, activities, and subjects. The results of the questionnaires were analyzed using the Kaiser–Meyer–Olkin test and Pearson’s correlation. Then, several factors and the relationships between them were defined. In addition, this paper shows that because the PLE is based on a learning model in which the learner is the protagonist, its use is linked to sustainable learning. Therefore, the use of PLEs allows the development of the competences of “collaborative work” and “information management and organization”, which are both related to sustainable learning. In addition, the use of PLEs promotes understanding of the subjects and academic results in the subjects.
Catalina Rus-Casas; M.Dolores Rubia; Dolores Eliche-Quesada; Gabino Jiménez-Castillo; Juan Aguilar-Peña. Online Tools for the Creation of Personal Learning Environments in Engineering Studies for Sustainable Learning. Sustainability 2021, 13, 1179 .
AMA StyleCatalina Rus-Casas, M.Dolores Rubia, Dolores Eliche-Quesada, Gabino Jiménez-Castillo, Juan Aguilar-Peña. Online Tools for the Creation of Personal Learning Environments in Engineering Studies for Sustainable Learning. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (3):1179.
Chicago/Turabian StyleCatalina Rus-Casas; M.Dolores Rubia; Dolores Eliche-Quesada; Gabino Jiménez-Castillo; Juan Aguilar-Peña. 2021. "Online Tools for the Creation of Personal Learning Environments in Engineering Studies for Sustainable Learning." Sustainability 13, no. 3: 1179.
Most of the studies that can be found in the literature for analysing self-consumption systems with storage focus on global self-consumption and self-sufficiency indices and it may be very difficult to define the role of the array power and battery. In this sense, a new approach to analysing this type of systems is provided where direct and battery self-sufficiency and self-consumption indices are defined. The latter represent the direct photovoltaic self-consumed energy and the one provided by the battery. New direct and battery ZEB points are also presented. Furthermore, this type of system is generally analysed using complex 3D plots. Therefore, a new and intuitive 2D contour tool is provided: the iso self-consumption curves. The new approach has been applied to three households located in Spain. Results show that it may be reached a global self-sufficiency of 50% considering array powers and rated capacities below 3.5 kWp and 1 kWh, respectively, where direct and battery self-sufficiency indices may reach 40% and 10%, respectively. This new method together with the graphical tool may help not only to analyse this type of system but to properly size the array power and the rated capacity from either an energetic or profitability approach.
Francisco José Muñoz-Rodríguez; Gabino Jiménez-Castillo; Jesús De La Casa Hernández; Juan Domingo Aguilar Peña. A new tool to analysing photovoltaic self-consumption systems with batteries. Renewable Energy 2020, 168, 1327 -1343.
AMA StyleFrancisco José Muñoz-Rodríguez, Gabino Jiménez-Castillo, Jesús De La Casa Hernández, Juan Domingo Aguilar Peña. A new tool to analysing photovoltaic self-consumption systems with batteries. Renewable Energy. 2020; 168 ():1327-1343.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFrancisco José Muñoz-Rodríguez; Gabino Jiménez-Castillo; Jesús De La Casa Hernández; Juan Domingo Aguilar Peña. 2020. "A new tool to analysing photovoltaic self-consumption systems with batteries." Renewable Energy 168, no. : 1327-1343.
M. Dolores La Rubia; Catalina Rus-Casas; Dolores Eliche-Quesada; Juan Domingo Aguilar-Peña; Gabino Jiménez-Castillo; Jose Luis Sánchez-Jiménez. STUDY OF THE ENTREPRENEURIAL ATTITUDES OF ENGINEERING STUDENTS USING SELF-DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS. ICERI2020 Proceedings 2020, 1140 -1144.
AMA StyleM. Dolores La Rubia, Catalina Rus-Casas, Dolores Eliche-Quesada, Juan Domingo Aguilar-Peña, Gabino Jiménez-Castillo, Jose Luis Sánchez-Jiménez. STUDY OF THE ENTREPRENEURIAL ATTITUDES OF ENGINEERING STUDENTS USING SELF-DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS. ICERI2020 Proceedings. 2020; ():1140-1144.
Chicago/Turabian StyleM. Dolores La Rubia; Catalina Rus-Casas; Dolores Eliche-Quesada; Juan Domingo Aguilar-Peña; Gabino Jiménez-Castillo; Jose Luis Sánchez-Jiménez. 2020. "STUDY OF THE ENTREPRENEURIAL ATTITUDES OF ENGINEERING STUDENTS USING SELF-DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS." ICERI2020 Proceedings , no. : 1140-1144.
This paper presents the results of three academic courses in which Entrepreneurship Promotion Programs (EPP) have been developed for engineering students at the University of Jaén. This study describes the activities and how they have been promoted using the social networks Facebook and Twitter. Grytics for Analytics software was used for monitoring Facebook activity. The use of these tools has also allowed the collaborative development of the Engineering degree competencies related to sustainability and entrepreneurship through the Materials Science disciplines. The study is based on questionnaires before and after the EPP which involved a sample of 459 engineering students. The Kaiser–Meyer–Olkin test, Kolmogorov–Smirnov test and Pearson’s correlation were used. The questionnaires show which factors have the strongest influence on the intention to undertake entrepreneurial activity. Motivation (MO), personal requirements (PR), perception of the environment (PE) and the background requirements (BR) were the factors considered. The statistical study shows that PE and PR have a strong influence on MO. Finally, through the study before and after the EPP, the success of the activities and the use of social networks have been demonstrated. The results indicate that the activities of the EPP influence the perception of the environment and the motivation of the engineering students. However, the personal requirements are not affected by the activities.
Catalina Rus-Casas; Dolores Eliche-Quesada; Juan D. Aguilar-Peña; Gabino Jiménez-Castillo; M. Dolores La Rubia. The Impact of the Entrepreneurship Promotion Programs and the Social Networks on the Sustainability Entrepreneurial Motivation of Engineering Students. Sustainability 2020, 12, 1 .
AMA StyleCatalina Rus-Casas, Dolores Eliche-Quesada, Juan D. Aguilar-Peña, Gabino Jiménez-Castillo, M. Dolores La Rubia. The Impact of the Entrepreneurship Promotion Programs and the Social Networks on the Sustainability Entrepreneurial Motivation of Engineering Students. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (12):1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleCatalina Rus-Casas; Dolores Eliche-Quesada; Juan D. Aguilar-Peña; Gabino Jiménez-Castillo; M. Dolores La Rubia. 2020. "The Impact of the Entrepreneurship Promotion Programs and the Social Networks on the Sustainability Entrepreneurial Motivation of Engineering Students." Sustainability 12, no. 12: 1.
Currently, the increasing energy consumption around the world and the environmental impact resulting from the use of fossil fuel-based energy have promoted the use of renewable energy sources such as photovoltaic solar energy. The main characteristic of this type of energy is its unpredictability, as it depends on meteorological conditions. In this sense, monitoring the power generation of photovoltaic systems (PVS) in order to analyze their performance is becoming crucial. The purpose of this paper is to design a monitoring system for a residential photovoltaic self-consumption system which employs an Internet of Things (IoT) platform to estimate the photovoltaic power generation according to solar radiation and temperature. The architecture of the developed prototype will be described and the benefits of providing the use of IoT for monitoring will be highlighted, since all data collected by the data acquisition system (DAS) may be stored in the Cloud. The comparison of the results with those of other monitoring systems was very positive, with an uncertainty that complies with the IEC61724 standard.
Catalina Rus-Casas; Gabino Jiménez-Castillo; Juan Domingo Aguilar-Peña; Juan Ignacio Fernández-Carrasco; Francisco José Muñoz-Rodríguez. Development of a Prototype for Monitoring Photovoltaic Self-Consumption Systems. Electronics 2020, 9, 67 .
AMA StyleCatalina Rus-Casas, Gabino Jiménez-Castillo, Juan Domingo Aguilar-Peña, Juan Ignacio Fernández-Carrasco, Francisco José Muñoz-Rodríguez. Development of a Prototype for Monitoring Photovoltaic Self-Consumption Systems. Electronics. 2020; 9 (1):67.
Chicago/Turabian StyleCatalina Rus-Casas; Gabino Jiménez-Castillo; Juan Domingo Aguilar-Peña; Juan Ignacio Fernández-Carrasco; Francisco José Muñoz-Rodríguez. 2020. "Development of a Prototype for Monitoring Photovoltaic Self-Consumption Systems." Electronics 9, no. 1: 67.
Solar irradiation that is received on a terrestrial surface at minor scale of an hour does not have many records, since the current solar irradiation databases generally only have data recorded on a daily (most) and hourly (some less) scale. For places where there are no records of solar irradiation, there are a lot of methods that are used to synthetically or artificially generate these data, and again they are usually methods that generate data on a daily or hourly scale. Currently, for all types of applications, especially in the field of photovoltaic solar energy, irradiation data are needed at minor scale of an hour. In this case, there are very few methods to generate such data. For this purpose, a new methodology to generate series of solar irradiation at temporal high-resolution. In this paper, it is presented on a 10-min basis. A comparative study with real data has been done and the conclusion, as it will be explained is that the proposed methodology provides very good results.
Leocadio Hontoria; Catalina Rus-Casas; Juan Aguilar; Jesús Hernandez. An Improved Method for Obtaining Solar Irradiation Data at Temporal High-Resolution. Sustainability 2019, 11, 5233 .
AMA StyleLeocadio Hontoria, Catalina Rus-Casas, Juan Aguilar, Jesús Hernandez. An Improved Method for Obtaining Solar Irradiation Data at Temporal High-Resolution. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (19):5233.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLeocadio Hontoria; Catalina Rus-Casas; Juan Aguilar; Jesús Hernandez. 2019. "An Improved Method for Obtaining Solar Irradiation Data at Temporal High-Resolution." Sustainability 11, no. 19: 5233.
The objectives of this study are the use of new virtual teaching-learning tools focused to the collaborative work, knowledge generation and Personal Learning Environment creation. In addition, this study is an approach to the concept of "Content Curation". The study has been developed in two stages involving both professors and students of different Engineering Degrees at the University of Jaén.
Juan Domingo Aguilar Peña; Catalina Rus-Casas; Dolores Eliche-Quesada; M. D. La Rubia; D. Alvarez-Jimenez. Personal Learning Environment for Educational Trainning in Higher Engineering Education. 2018 XIII Technologies Applied to Electronics Teaching Conference (TAEE) 2018, 1 -7.
AMA StyleJuan Domingo Aguilar Peña, Catalina Rus-Casas, Dolores Eliche-Quesada, M. D. La Rubia, D. Alvarez-Jimenez. Personal Learning Environment for Educational Trainning in Higher Engineering Education. 2018 XIII Technologies Applied to Electronics Teaching Conference (TAEE). 2018; ():1-7.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJuan Domingo Aguilar Peña; Catalina Rus-Casas; Dolores Eliche-Quesada; M. D. La Rubia; D. Alvarez-Jimenez. 2018. "Personal Learning Environment for Educational Trainning in Higher Engineering Education." 2018 XIII Technologies Applied to Electronics Teaching Conference (TAEE) , no. : 1-7.
The teaching methodology at the engineering university degrees is basically practical. It is set in a context in which students are involved in their teaching process building up their own learning. This article shows evidence of the work made in the subject "Data Acquisition Systems" (DAS) in which the teacher fosters a personal learning environment (PLE) within this area in order to enrich the students' training process.
Catalina Rus-Casas; Juan Domingo Aguilar Peña; Gabino Jiménez-Castillo; M. A. Pena-Hita; Francisco Muñoz-Rodriguez. Experience in developing personal learning environments for the subject systems of data acquisition. 2018 XIII Technologies Applied to Electronics Teaching Conference (TAEE) 2018, 1 -8.
AMA StyleCatalina Rus-Casas, Juan Domingo Aguilar Peña, Gabino Jiménez-Castillo, M. A. Pena-Hita, Francisco Muñoz-Rodriguez. Experience in developing personal learning environments for the subject systems of data acquisition. 2018 XIII Technologies Applied to Electronics Teaching Conference (TAEE). 2018; ():1-8.
Chicago/Turabian StyleCatalina Rus-Casas; Juan Domingo Aguilar Peña; Gabino Jiménez-Castillo; M. A. Pena-Hita; Francisco Muñoz-Rodriguez. 2018. "Experience in developing personal learning environments for the subject systems of data acquisition." 2018 XIII Technologies Applied to Electronics Teaching Conference (TAEE) , no. : 1-8.
TAEE conferences, which was begun in 1996 edition, has provided a great amount of technical and educational papers. After 11 editions and 22 years of existence, it can be said that, TAEE conferences and the Association responsible of their organization is more than a meeting about Electronics Education among teachers, professors, technicians, engineers and researchers every 2 years. It is a living community sharing and providing much of what is taught in Spain and transmitted in the field of Electronics. Throughout all this time, TAEE conferences have become a reference for many people. Following the work “Semiautomatic Creation of educational objects and TAEE meta-analysis”, carried out in 2008, documentation generated in TAEE has been homogenized, resulting in the current unified structure of objects contained in all TAEE papers, available and free access through the digital platform eSpacio-UNED.
Manuel Blazquez; Juan Domingo Aguilar Peña; Manuel Castro; Camilo Quintans Grana; Jesus Arriaga; Fernando Pescador; M. Asuncion Morales. TAEE 1994–2014: Electronics teaching throughout 21 years. 2016 Technologies Applied to Electronics Teaching (TAEE) 2016, 1 -8.
AMA StyleManuel Blazquez, Juan Domingo Aguilar Peña, Manuel Castro, Camilo Quintans Grana, Jesus Arriaga, Fernando Pescador, M. Asuncion Morales. TAEE 1994–2014: Electronics teaching throughout 21 years. 2016 Technologies Applied to Electronics Teaching (TAEE). 2016; ():1-8.
Chicago/Turabian StyleManuel Blazquez; Juan Domingo Aguilar Peña; Manuel Castro; Camilo Quintans Grana; Jesus Arriaga; Fernando Pescador; M. Asuncion Morales. 2016. "TAEE 1994–2014: Electronics teaching throughout 21 years." 2016 Technologies Applied to Electronics Teaching (TAEE) , no. : 1-8.
A set of simple tools that allows a blended learning (B-learning) on photovoltaic systems is presented. The tools define a simulation environment based on PSPICE and may constitute a virtual laboratory. The latter allows students a better understanding of a photovoltaic cell, module or generator. Characteristic curves of photovoltaic systems and basic parameters such as voltage, current, power and energy can be obtained for further analysis and representation. Moreover, this virtual laboratory for photovoltaic systems offers students the possibility to compare the values previously calculated and simulated with real measurements.
Juan Domingo Aguilar Peña; F. J. Muñoz-Rodríguez; C. Rus-Casas; J. I. Fernández-Carrasco. Blended learning for photovoltaic systems: Virtual laboratory with PSPICE. 2016 Technologies Applied to Electronics Teaching (TAEE) 2016, 1 -6.
AMA StyleJuan Domingo Aguilar Peña, F. J. Muñoz-Rodríguez, C. Rus-Casas, J. I. Fernández-Carrasco. Blended learning for photovoltaic systems: Virtual laboratory with PSPICE. 2016 Technologies Applied to Electronics Teaching (TAEE). 2016; ():1-6.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJuan Domingo Aguilar Peña; F. J. Muñoz-Rodríguez; C. Rus-Casas; J. I. Fernández-Carrasco. 2016. "Blended learning for photovoltaic systems: Virtual laboratory with PSPICE." 2016 Technologies Applied to Electronics Teaching (TAEE) , no. : 1-6.
Personal Learning Environment (PLE) is a concept that allows the design of teaching around key skills such as learning to learn and digital competence. A group of teachers from the University of Jaen has designed tools, within the framework of different educational innovation projects, which increase the educational possibilities for creating such environments. The goal is to contribute to the incorporation of a new teaching culture that involves innovation and methodological changes focused on practice, skills development and introduction of ICT, according to the guidelines of the EHEA, enhancing the autonomous student work. This paper presents some ideas for discussion and helps to develop a PLE.
Juan Domingo Aguilar Peña; C. Rus-Casas; F. Mufioz- Rodríguez; M. Jiménez-Torres; M. A. Peña-Hita. Educational applications that promote Personal Learning Environment (PLE). 2016 Technologies Applied to Electronics Teaching (TAEE) 2016, 1 -6.
AMA StyleJuan Domingo Aguilar Peña, C. Rus-Casas, F. Mufioz- Rodríguez, M. Jiménez-Torres, M. A. Peña-Hita. Educational applications that promote Personal Learning Environment (PLE). 2016 Technologies Applied to Electronics Teaching (TAEE). 2016; ():1-6.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJuan Domingo Aguilar Peña; C. Rus-Casas; F. Mufioz- Rodríguez; M. Jiménez-Torres; M. A. Peña-Hita. 2016. "Educational applications that promote Personal Learning Environment (PLE)." 2016 Technologies Applied to Electronics Teaching (TAEE) , no. : 1-6.
High-concentrator photovoltaic (HCPV) power plants are inherently different from conventional photovoltaic (PV) power sources due to the use of concentrator modules and two-axis solar trackers. HCPV technology is a relatively new energy source; therefore, there is limited experience in its application in power plants. Bearing this in mind, this chapter aims to provide information about the special features and performance of HCPV power plants under real operating conditions. The analysis of current concentrator modules and solar trackers is addressed to achieve a better understanding of the main characteristics of this kind of systems. In addition, different methods for estimating the energy yield of an HCPV system or power plant are discussed. This is a crucial task to analyse the potential of such emerging technology. Finally, several HCPV power plants and relevant data concerning their energy yield and performance ratio (PR) are described and commented.
Pedro Pérez-Higueras; Francisco Muñoz-Rodriguez; Carlos Adame-Sánchez; Leocadio Hontoria-García; Catalina Rus-Casas; Antonio Gonzalez-Rodriguez; Juan Domingo Aguilar Peña; Francisco J. Gallego-Álvarez; Ivan González-Luchena; Eduardo Fernández. High-Concentrator Photovoltaic Power Plants: Energy Balance and Case Studies. Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions 2015, 443 -477.
AMA StylePedro Pérez-Higueras, Francisco Muñoz-Rodriguez, Carlos Adame-Sánchez, Leocadio Hontoria-García, Catalina Rus-Casas, Antonio Gonzalez-Rodriguez, Juan Domingo Aguilar Peña, Francisco J. Gallego-Álvarez, Ivan González-Luchena, Eduardo Fernández. High-Concentrator Photovoltaic Power Plants: Energy Balance and Case Studies. Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions. 2015; ():443-477.
Chicago/Turabian StylePedro Pérez-Higueras; Francisco Muñoz-Rodriguez; Carlos Adame-Sánchez; Leocadio Hontoria-García; Catalina Rus-Casas; Antonio Gonzalez-Rodriguez; Juan Domingo Aguilar Peña; Francisco J. Gallego-Álvarez; Ivan González-Luchena; Eduardo Fernández. 2015. "High-Concentrator Photovoltaic Power Plants: Energy Balance and Case Studies." Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions , no. : 443-477.
For the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), the ETCS credit takes into account both the teaching hours and the student work. This approach involves a change in the methodological strategy used in the traditional teaching. The application of the Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) actively contributes to this change. In this work, an educational application, Dimex SFCR (Dimensionado de sistemas fotovoltaicos conectados a la red), is presented. It allows the student not only to design grid connected photovoltaic (GCPV) systems and to study the performance of this type of systems, but also helps them to understand the calculation methods con be used in an autonomous way.
Juan D. Aguilar-Peña; F. J. Munoz-Rodriguez; C. Rus-Casas; Martha Romero-Moreno; P. J. Perez-Higueras. Educational tools in order to promote the self-learning. Practical case of study: Dimex SFCR. 2014 XI Tecnologias Aplicadas a la Ensenanza de la Electronica (Technologies Applied to Electronics Teaching) (TAEE) 2014, 1 -6.
AMA StyleJuan D. Aguilar-Peña, F. J. Munoz-Rodriguez, C. Rus-Casas, Martha Romero-Moreno, P. J. Perez-Higueras. Educational tools in order to promote the self-learning. Practical case of study: Dimex SFCR. 2014 XI Tecnologias Aplicadas a la Ensenanza de la Electronica (Technologies Applied to Electronics Teaching) (TAEE). 2014; ():1-6.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJuan D. Aguilar-Peña; F. J. Munoz-Rodriguez; C. Rus-Casas; Martha Romero-Moreno; P. J. Perez-Higueras. 2014. "Educational tools in order to promote the self-learning. Practical case of study: Dimex SFCR." 2014 XI Tecnologias Aplicadas a la Ensenanza de la Electronica (Technologies Applied to Electronics Teaching) (TAEE) , no. : 1-6.
The software “PV Excel Jaén V3.0: Calculation of the energy harvested by a grid-connected photovoltaic system” is an educational tool which aims to help in the design and sizing of a grid-connected photovoltaic installation. This tool simulates its performance and provides results that enable students to evaluate several aspects such as: generator voltage and current, energy balance, and environmental impact.
Juan D. Aguilar-Peña; Pedro Perez-Higueras; C. Rus-Casas; Francisco Muñoz-Rodriguez; Pedro M. Rodrigo-Cruz. Tool for the design and energy harvesting of grid-connected photovoltaic power installations: PV Excel Jaen 3.0. 2014 XI Tecnologias Aplicadas a la Ensenanza de la Electronica (Technologies Applied to Electronics Teaching) (TAEE) 2014, 1 -8.
AMA StyleJuan D. Aguilar-Peña, Pedro Perez-Higueras, C. Rus-Casas, Francisco Muñoz-Rodriguez, Pedro M. Rodrigo-Cruz. Tool for the design and energy harvesting of grid-connected photovoltaic power installations: PV Excel Jaen 3.0. 2014 XI Tecnologias Aplicadas a la Ensenanza de la Electronica (Technologies Applied to Electronics Teaching) (TAEE). 2014; ():1-8.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJuan D. Aguilar-Peña; Pedro Perez-Higueras; C. Rus-Casas; Francisco Muñoz-Rodriguez; Pedro M. Rodrigo-Cruz. 2014. "Tool for the design and energy harvesting of grid-connected photovoltaic power installations: PV Excel Jaen 3.0." 2014 XI Tecnologias Aplicadas a la Ensenanza de la Electronica (Technologies Applied to Electronics Teaching) (TAEE) , no. : 1-8.