The Co-design Process of an Instructor Dashboard for Remote Labs in Higher Education

Laboratory experimentation is one of key elements of higher scientific education. Remote Intelligent Access to Labs in Higher Education (RIALHE) is an ambitious project involving three European partners aimed at promoting online access to state-of-the-art laboratory simulations and their environments. As part of the initiative to facilitate remote lab access, researchers and instructors require insights into the students attending these labs. This paper presents the co-design process for developing a low-fidelity instructor dashboard for remote labs in higher education, aiming to support the pedagogical design of labs and enhance student engagement and understanding in higher education laboratory experimentation. Our design journey is documented within the LATUX framework for co-designs from the field of learning analytics. Challenges encountered throughout the co-design principles are discussed, along with considerations for future directions.