Enhancing students' understanding for IC design course through online video learning

Abstract

This paper features a comprehensive learning for Integrated Circuit (IC) Design course to enhance students' understanding. Learning IC Design require students' to be proficient in Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools. EDA computerization is a class of programming devices for outlining electronic frameworks, for example, coordinated circuits. The apparatuses are utilized in a plan stream that chip fashioners use to outline and examine whole semiconductor chips. Teaching EDA software requires frequent lab demonstration and always time consuming. It is difficult to be repeated if the students missed it. This will affect students understanding on the next topics and hence affects influence the overall performance. Therefore, the use of video and interactive software tools in teaching and learning is the modern alternative way to let students to appreciate the process involved in practical and excite students' capability to engage in teaching and learning. Significant improvement is shown on the students' performance by comparing before and after implementation of comprehensive EDA learning. The results of the comparative study show the effectiveness of the proposed model. There is significant improvement in terms of the students that scored higher grade and reduction in percentage of students that obtained lower grade for this course.