Thermal and thermochemicalenergy storage: bridging the gap between the virtual classroom and the face-to-face attendance

Abstract

Thermal and thermochemicalenergy storage is a course offered within the Master's degree in Energy Engineering and the KIC InnoenergyRenEMaster. This course is not only targeted to face-to-face attendees but also to students which might be attending from other European Universities. The virtual classroom (VCR) is an environment which provides a convenient communication between distance learners and lecturers, just as traditional face-to-face attendance does. Different techniques and tools have been implemented in order to accomplish the main goals of the course: online quizzes, virtual labs, oral presentations. In this poster, the different tools used in the course as well as the techniques envisaged to bridge the gap between both kind of students will be presented.