Mechatronics Class through Virtual Platforms under COVID-19

Alvarez, Santiago del Muro; Delgado, Luis David Ruiz; Gutiérrez, Sebastián

doi:10.1109/icev50249.2020.9289670

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“…Tinkercad Circuits Platform can be a useful alternative in schools or distance education processes where there are not enough resources in terms of robotic consumables (Mohapatra et al, 2020). The Tinkercad platform is an open-source system that works free of charge on its website without the need for installation (Alvarez et al, 2020;Oteri, 2020). With Tinkercad Circuits, students can design circuits online, code designed circuits, and run and test their designs (Mohapatra et al, 2020).…”

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“…Tinkercad allows teachers to create a virtual classroom, invite their students to their classes in a simple way, and examine their students' designs. Research indicates that Tinkercad is an efficient platform for enhancing programming skills, teaching circuits, and utilizing various open-source computational thinking tools like Arduino and Scratch, particularly at the primary and secondary school levels (Alvarez et al, 2020;Vidal-Silva et al, 2019).…”

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Tinkercad Circuits Platform-Based Learning Experiences of Gifted Students in the Emergency Distance Education Process

Tüysüz,

Bodur,

Ugulu

2024

Journal of Advanced Academics

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An issue arising in emergency distance education procedures, such as the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, is a lack of appropriate high-quality content and course activities for high ability students suitable for distance education. In this study, online CAD-based learning experiences structured with the Tinkercad Circuits Platform designed for gifted students were investigated based on the opinions of students regarding the distance education activity and the evaluations of the students’ scientific writing skills. This study used a single case holistic design with 10 gifted 6th-grade students at Usak Science and Art Center in Türkiye. All of the students stated that they had not previously encountered an activity such as the “smart air conditioning system”. The students also stated that although the activity was carried out in the form of distance education, it was positive and fun to be application-based, and that it was fun to research, discuss, design, and code with Tinkercad to look for a solution to the given problem. The evaluation of students’ products showed participants’ high level of proficiency in activities requiring advanced problem-solving skills, including planning the solution to the problem, creating an alternative plan for the solution, realizing, and evaluating the design.

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confidence: 99%

Tinkercad Circuits Platform-Based Learning Experiences of Gifted Students in the Emergency Distance Education Process

Tüysüz,

Bodur,

Ugulu

2024

Journal of Advanced Academics

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Teaching automation with Factory I/O under a competency-based curriculum

Vargas

Heradio

Donoso

et al. 2022

Multimed Tools Appl

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Some of the most critical competencies students need to acquire to become control engineers require performing practices under actual industrial conditions. This means that they must not only master the theoretical aspects of the discipline but also acquire skills and attitudes to face unpredictable real-world situations. Software tools such as Matlab/Simulink are widely used to train the design and validation of controllers, but they fail to provide real industrial contexts. Nowadays, there are 3D simulation tools that support recreating industrial environments to a remarkable extent, making them very attractive for university courses. Nevertheless, their application in engineering courses is scarce yet. This paper presents a methodological framework for seizing into competency-based courses one of these simulation tools, called Factory I/O. Our approach was evaluated in a master’s course on Industrial PID Control at Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso (PUCV) in Chile. The evaluation comprised the qualitative analysis of students’ grades over four consecutive course editions and the qualitative study of students’ opinion on Factory I/O educational value. The objectives of our evaluation were (i) testing if Factory I/O helped students develop skills hard to practice in academic contexts, such as detecting faults or recognizing the importance of having well-defined operation protocols; (ii) validating our methodology for competency-based courses; and (iii) surveying our students about Matlab/Simulink and Factory I/O strengths/weaknesses to teach control engineering. According to the results, (a) Factory I/O complements Simulink by providing an adequate virtual environment to learn the aforementioned skills; and (b) our methodology supports courses’ continuous improvement through the statistical analysis of students’ achievements at different abstraction levels.

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Experimental Survey’s results for IoT Projects with Tinkercad Circuits Prototypes for Virtual Classes

Bento

Gatti

2023

2023 Future of Educational Innovation-Workshop Series Data in Action

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Mechatronics Class through Virtual Platforms under COVID-19

Cited by 3 publications

References 8 publications

Tinkercad Circuits Platform-Based Learning Experiences of Gifted Students in the Emergency Distance Education Process

Tinkercad Circuits Platform-Based Learning Experiences of Gifted Students in the Emergency Distance Education Process

Teaching automation with Factory I/O under a competency-based curriculum

Experimental Survey’s results for IoT Projects with Tinkercad Circuits Prototypes for Virtual Classes

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