{"title":"Understanding Fundamentals of Transistor Amplifiers by Mathematical Interactive Visual Modeling with GeoGebra","authors":"N. FranciscoJ.Zamora","doi":"10.1109/EDUCON45650.2020.9125318","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON45650.2020.9125318","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes the implementation of a novel didactic resource for analog electronics engineering education, which uses a GeoGebra module to visually improve the analysis and design of a basic semiconductor amplifier circuit, based on interactive mathematical representation of device parameters, DC and AC load line methods, and circuit DC transfer characteristics. The powerful GeoGebra multiplatform and on line applications pack, and their easy use, make these free educational tools ideal to engage engineering students with mathematical system modeling and get better understanding by visualization of design criteria and tuning up SPICE simulation results, in this case for an N JFET transistor amplifier biasing circuit. The GeoGebra LMS integration plugins (next step) also will help teachers to create effective learning objects to improve modern engineering education.","PeriodicalId":235118,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference","volume":"153 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116223881","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"MOOC Lab, a Massive Online Laboratory with Real Time Access","authors":"Manuel E. Macias Garcia, E. G. R. Flores","doi":"10.1109/EDUCON.2019.8725036","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON.2019.8725036","url":null,"abstract":"This study focuses on the usability of a remote laboratory as part of a massive, open and online course, better known as MOOC. The MOOC course for basic principles of Electric Energy is part of a Binational Laboratory project for the Intelligent Management of the Energy Sustainability and the Technological Formation, which has as one of its main objectives to train Spanish-speaking people, particularly from Mexico and Latin America, over topics of energy sustainability through MOOCs. Furthermore, the objective of this research work is to analyze the geographic scope of this massive remote laboratory, as well as the way the users work remotely on the platform. At present, by 2 times offered, the course enrolled 11087 participants and the MOOC Lab registered 3731 users that carry out 1705 lab sessions.","PeriodicalId":235118,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128470075","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Experiences with a new Digitalized Concept for Teaching Control Theory as Minor Subject at a University of Applied Science","authors":"T. Kohler, Birgit Rosel","doi":"10.1109/EDUCON.2019.8725217","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON.2019.8725217","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents experiences with a digitalized concept for teaching control theory as minor subject with an integrated approach for lectures, exercises and practical sessions in the department of electrical engineering at the OTH Regensburg. The concept uses activating methods like blended learning and possibilities of digitalization of teaching implementing Just in Time Teaching and Peer Instruction. The basis for the new concept is the idea of constructive alignment. Furthermore this paper presents feedback from the students along with an accompanying scientific research over several semesters focusing on the development over past semesters.","PeriodicalId":235118,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125630541","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Optimization of Quality Assessment and Evaluation Approach for Engineering Program Accreditation","authors":"S. A. Ghaly","doi":"10.1109/EDUCON.2019.8725162","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON.2019.8725162","url":null,"abstract":"In this work, a new assessment and evaluation method for program and course learning outcomes is presented. This method was developed for Electrical Engineering (EE) program at Al Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University to meet the ABET criteria dealing with the new student outcomes one through seven. In the proposed method, course learning outcomes (CLOs) are linked to program learning outcomes (PLOs) via a set of performance indicators (PIs) to convert CLO-based assessment data to PLO-based data. The main objective of this work is to establish performance measures of learning outcomes for ABET’s outcomes-based assessment and evaluation requirements. Direct and indirect assessment were used to collect data, evaluate the obtained performance, and propose some corrective action plans to overcome low performance where ever necessary and validate and apply the proposed actions for the continuous improvement process. At the course level, the proposed approach to evaluate student performance, including the use of a CLOs assessment approach and summary of course assessment form is described. The exit and course evaluation survey results are used as an indirect assessment and compared with direct assessment results. Globally, the proposed method claims to be a contribution to the use of assessment approaches and is beneficial for all engineering programs seeking to meet accreditation criterion.","PeriodicalId":235118,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference","volume":"1995 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130994433","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"To Be, or Not To Be: That is the Recursive Question","authors":"F. F. Vega","doi":"10.1109/EDUCON.2019.8725191","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON.2019.8725191","url":null,"abstract":"This paper discusses the opportunity of Functional Programming for making students aware about data dependencies and their implications when using parallel and distributed computing infrastructures. Although other programming methodologies, such as Object Oriented Programming (OOP) are usually preferred to be taught at computer science degrees, the problem is that the sequential programming approach is inherent to the model, and once students have entered the framework, it is not easy for them to learn modern parallel programming models. Thus, the methodology learned may act as a straitjacket, preventing students from taking advantage of the parallel architectures widely available. The idea presented here relies on choosing Functional Programming as the methodology to be learned first. Moreover, when any selected language that embodies the functional model is shown to students, we propose to forbid loops, similarly as how go-to sentences are classically forbidden in high level programming languages, or global variables are forbidden to avoid side effects. Students must thus resort instead to recursive functions if data dependencies are present and a sequential order of operations is required, or to map functions when no dependencies exist. This way, students naturally develop the skill to automatically write parallel code within the functional programming context, and then the map/reduce model can be easily exploited in any context when parallel and distributed infrastructures are available. We describe preliminary results obtained when the model has been successfully tested with a group of middle school students.","PeriodicalId":235118,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference","volume":"69 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129299805","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Work in Progress: Novel Didactic Training Platform for Transistor Devices and Applications","authors":"N. FranciscoJ.Zamora","doi":"10.1109/EDUCON.2019.8725084","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON.2019.8725084","url":null,"abstract":"Experimentation in the modern age, and electronic engineering teaching and learning should be efficient and effective. The first course on analog electronics appears in engineering curricula in the third semester or earlier, and laboratory experiments often suffer from student’s lack of breadboard circuit manipulation and data acquisition skills, which frequently leads to erroneous results and loss of time. The pocket sized EZ-TBOARD and its associated didactic resources is an experimentation system project that speeds up learning related to basic operation and application of semiconductor transistors. By means of a reconfigurable compact design, the training board helps students to setup the major different biasing, amplification and switching schemes suggested for all kind of three terminal transistors, in order to focus the experimenter’s attention on the key aspects of device and application circuit theory, enhancing the student’s capacity to analyze, design and reconfigure a circuit for a required behavior. The provided educational materials cover typical analysis and design methods to observe system outputs dependency on value of circuit element parameters, instead of common circuit assembly mistakes. It is expected for the training system to become an important reference for open educational resources in analog electronics engineering.","PeriodicalId":235118,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference","volume":"80 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132958121","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"First results of a new digitalized concept for teaching control theory as minor subject at a university of applied science","authors":"Birgit Rosel, T. Kohler","doi":"10.1109/EDUCON.2018.8363217","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON.2018.8363217","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a digitalized concept for teaching control theory as minor subject with an integrated approach for lectures, exercises and practical sessions and first results of the implementation at the department of electrical engineering at the OTH Regensburg. The concept uses activating methods like blended learning and possibilities of digitalization of teaching implementing Just in Time Teaching and Peer Instruction. The base of the new concept is the idea of constructive alignment. Furthermore this paper presents the feedback of the students along with an accompanying scientific research over several semesters. The data obtained from the presented module are compared with the data from other blended learning approaches in Germany.","PeriodicalId":235118,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference","volume":"82 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115729240","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Workplace learning analytics in higher engineering education","authors":"Esther van der Stappen","doi":"10.1109/EDUCON.2018.8363102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON.2018.8363102","url":null,"abstract":"Learning in the workplace is crucial in higher engineering education, since it allows students to transfer knowledge and skills from university to professional engineering practice. Learning analytics endeavors in higher education have primarily focused on classroom-based learning. Recently, workplace learning analytics has become an emergent research area, with target users being workers, students and trainers. We propose technology for workplace learning analytics that allows program managers of higher engineering education programs to get insight into the workplace learning of their students, while ensuring privacy of students' personal data by design. Using a design-based agile methodology, we designed and developed a customizable workplace learning dashboard. From the evaluation with program managers in the computing domain, we can conclude that such technology is feasible and promising. The proposed technology was designed to be generalizable to other (engineering) domains. A next logical step would be to evaluate and improve the proposed technology within other engineering domains.","PeriodicalId":235118,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133955859","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The changing face of entrepreneurship education for engineering students in France: Challenges and opportunities in a fast evolving world","authors":"Klara Kovesi","doi":"10.1109/EDUCON.2017.7942994","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON.2017.7942994","url":null,"abstract":"This article aims to explore entrepreneurship education in French graduate engineering schools from different angles and consider future orientations. First, we discuss the specific context of entrepreneurship from economic, social, cultural and educational perspectives. After the contextualization, we examine the current situation of entrepreneurship education by emphasizing the most important characteristics through contrasts and comparisons. Then, we identify three fundamental issues of entrepreneurship education such as the improvement of engineering students' creativity, interdisciplinary and entrepreneurial thinking. We outline the meaning of these capacities for engineering students in their future professional career to operate successfully as a modern entrepreneurial engineer. Finally, we point out the importance of the cultural context and the consideration of specific features in the future development of engineering entrepreneurship education.","PeriodicalId":235118,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference","volume":"239 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114555866","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Support of computer science students by practitioners from industry","authors":"E. Lukasik","doi":"10.1109/EDUCON.2017.7942849","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON.2017.7942849","url":null,"abstract":"This paper suggests some answers to the question what actions Higher Education (HE) should take in order to increase the students' competences sought by the current requirements of industry. This paper presents both additional activities which can be offered to the Computer Science students at Lublin University of Technology and the results of the survey with students' self-evaluation. They are necessary due to the rapid pace of change in information and communication technology (ICT). New workers entering the labour market must demonstrate a wide knowledge in the Computer Science area. The number of competences required by employers is constantly increasing according to market needs. The newest and the most desirable competences, which are defined by the specialists from industry, are presented. Next, the cooperation between the university and companies are described. The students assessed additional activities organised in cooperation with industry. The topics of lectures led by specialists from the ICT industry are presented. The classes are aimed at preparing the students to the needs of the labour market. The next point presented in the paper is evaluation of the support provided for students by their future employers.","PeriodicalId":235118,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116197354","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}