A Home Electronic Laboratory for Each Student - A Potential Paradigm Shift in Teaching Electronics

Abstract

This paper presents a proposal to change traditional undergraduate teaching Bachelor-level electronic courses from a process of loosely connected, time-constrained on-campus theoretical and laboratory sessions to a blend of on-campus and home laboratory sessions. This way, students take more control over managing their learning process as the laboratory activity is no longer time-limited. To achieve this, we developed HELP kit: a low-cost, portable laboratory kit for electronic instrumentation and measurements that gives the same interface as a laboratory-based experience. The HELP kits were given for one semester to a group of eight undergraduate students and their feedback was very positive.