Simple Ways so Facilitate Active Learning in Hands-on Electrical Engineering Technology Courses

Abstract

The traditional way engineering and engineering technology courses are taught is based on traditional lecture and laboratory experiments, which are still the most frequent teaching methods used nowadays around the world. On the other hand, active learning methodologies grounded in scientific research in education have been attracting considerable attention over the past years with numerous research studies indicating the efficacy of such learning styles.In this article, the author addresses the main challenges and shares active learning strategies used to encourage active learning and engagement among students in face-to-face Electrical Engineering Technology (EET) courses. The implementation of active learning, cooperative learning and problem-based learning in EET hands-on courses is discussed. The assessment results have indicated that the instructional approaches used have been successful in meeting the teaching goals, which once again serves as evidence for the effectiveness of active learning as research studies have indicated.

An Integrated Learning Approach Used in Computer Architecture

“…Oliveira adopted active learning approaches to encourage active learning and engagement among students in face-to-face electrical engineering technology courses. The assessment results demonstrated that the active learning strategies have successfully met the teaching requirements (Oliveira, 2015). Cooperative learning activities promote peer interaction and assist the development of engineering course in terms of better learning of concepts and content.…”

“…To achieve these learning outcomes in engineering education, a variety of pedagogical considerations have been implemented and experimented, such as inquiry-based learning (Behrouzi and Kuchma, 2016), project-based learning (Khorbotly, 2015;Wang et. al., 2017;, cooperative learning (Akili, 2012), active learning Akili, 2014;Oliveira, 2015), divide-and-conquer learning (Kos and Miller, 2017; Sullivan-Green, et. al., 2017), studentcentered learning (Grigg and Stephan, 2018), and problem-based method (Oliveira, 2015), etc.…”

“…al., 2017;, cooperative learning (Akili, 2012), active learning Akili, 2014;Oliveira, 2015), divide-and-conquer learning (Kos and Miller, 2017; Sullivan-Green, et. al., 2017), studentcentered learning (Grigg and Stephan, 2018), and problem-based method (Oliveira, 2015), etc.…”

“…For instance, Khorbotly combined a project-based pedagogy and a traditional lecture-base teaching method that better develop and teach a computer vision class in the undergraduate electrical and computer engineering program (Khorbotly, 2015). Oliveira implemented active learning, and cooperative learning associated with a problem-based learning protocol in electrical engineering technology hands-on courses (Oliveira, 2015).…”

Function Approximation through an Efficient Neural Networks Method

“…To achieve these learning outcomes in engineering education, a variety of pedagogical considerations have been implemented and experimented. There have been a large number of pedagogical efforts proposed and implemented, such as inquiry-based learning (Behrouzi and Kuchma, 2016), project-based learning (Khorbotly, 2015;, cooperative learning (Akili, 2012), active learning Akili, 2014;Oliveira, 2015), divide-and-conquer learning (Kos and Miller, 2017; Sullivan-Green, et. al., 2017), student-centered learning (Weimer 2002;Grigg and Stephan, 2018), and problem-based method (Oliveira, 2015), etc.…”