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according to the experiment guide and to the results of their additional bibliographical
investigation in order to obtain results and conclusions necessary to complete a written
report where the theoretical concepts are to be linked to the experimental observations.
Figure 1: Example of a slide depicting the indentation footprints and the dislocation pattern around
them
Results
Figure 2: PMMA specimen after a tensile test at 110 ºC
During this year, the whole group of first-year students of Materials Engineering,
accounting for a total of 75 people, has been able to remotely perform the aforementioned
experiment. After finishing the reports, some students commented on the MOODLEsupported
blog of the subject. Some of these comments are interesting:
• “Better than the usual experiments, I could work late during the night”
• “The powerpoint presentations, although somewhat fast, are easy to follow, and
you can watch them as many times as you want”
• “I had to work harder [than in the usual experiments], because I had to do the
online research”
• “They are interesting, and you don’t waste any time”
• “Can anybody tell me how can I import the txt files into Excel? I got a mess”
• “I’d like to see the real thing”
Proceedings of Research in Engineering Education Symposium 2011
Madrid, 4 th - 7 th October 2011