Learning Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering by the Aid of Virtual Laboratories

Digitalization has been playing an important role in the education of electrical engineers during the last decade. Virtual laboratories have become a valuable tool in curriculum of electrical engineering especially when there is no available laboratory equipment or in case of remote learning. The paper presents several examples of virtual laboratory exercises aimed to enhance the curriculum of fundamentals of electrical engineering through testing Kirchhoff's and Ohm's laws, measurement of altering voltage, current and power factor. The students benefit from the virtual laboratories as they gain the necessary skills for handling the measuring instruments and establishing the necessary electrical connection between them. Moreover, the students obtain the knowledge and logic necessary for translating the electrical circuits from paper to the physical world.