Course of Programmable Logic Control (PLC) in Distance Learning

: The experience and content of a PLC course developed for distance learning (ODL) is presented. The course aims to introduce the student into the automation world of industrial processes allowing him/her the acquisition of a certain level of PLC programming as well as its internal operation. The background required is: basic knowledge on electricity and computers at user level. A CD-ROM with the theoretical contents, a dossier with written documentation will be delivered to each student. Access to the virtual campus is also facilitated. Each chapter includes a section with practical exercises on its own content. Those exercises that can be self-corrected by the student require the connection to the net.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2007
• Where: IJOE
• Authors: Joaquin Ros Florenza
• Keywords: Certain Level, IJOE 2007, PLC Course, Student