Enhanced e-Learning with Quality Enhancement in Engineering Education (QEEE) Program
01 Nov 2017-pp 67-71
TL;DR: This paper presents a detailed review and discussion about an enhanced e-learning platform named Quality Enhancement in Engineering Education (QEEE), implemented for under-graduate programs in the autonomous institution of BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore.
Abstract: This paper presents a detailed review and discussion about an enhanced e-learning platform named Quality Enhancement in Engineering Education (QEEE) as implemented for under-graduate programs in the autonomous institution of BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore. The initiative includes live classrooms, bridge courses and virtual labs. Over the period of seven semesters, the program has evolved making an impact on the teaching learning process of various engineering streams. Certificates and appreciation offered to the stakeholders based on their contribution have led to improved engagement levels. Feedback collected from the participating students and faculties through a survey have proved that the program provides an effective and efficient learning experience.
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16 Nov 2020
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated the effectiveness of online tools such as interactive live lectures, slide annotation, and electronic whiteboard for engaging students in electrical and electronic engineering education, and found that students engaged well with the technologies, and they found them easy to use and beneficial for their learning.
Abstract: To date, there has been little written that explains how engineering-related tuition can be rapidly and effectively moved online. Furthermore, there is sparse literature written that focuses on how students can adapt to such technologies in a relatively short space of time. Finally, it is both necessary and prudent to increase discourse on the effective online teaching of technical design subjects. This paper evaluates the effectiveness of online tools such as interactive live lectures, slide annotation, and electronic whiteboard, for engaging students in electrical and electronic engineering education. The paper advances those debates by providing an evaluative analysis from the perspective of students taking an Integrated Circuits design module that was delivered during the 2020 COVID-19 crisis. The major research question is: to what extent do electrical engineering students perceive online learning tools to be useful in enhancing their sudden learning change? Responses were collected using an online questionnaire that was offered to 23 students who enrolled in the module, and a 70% completion rate was received. The findings showed that students engaged well with the technologies, and they found them easy to use and beneficial for their learning.
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30 Mar 2020
TL;DR: RETwix is an universal hardware and software means for laboratory research, which can be used for investigation both electronic components and arbitrary electrical, thermal, chemical or biochemical processes.
Abstract: The main results of RETwix development are presented in the paper. RETwix is an universal hardware and software means for laboratory research, which can be used for investigation both electronic components and arbitrary electrical, thermal, chemical or biochemical processes. Sensors, actuators and signal transducers of the Analog Front-End are used for this purpose. The RETwix means includes two CV-LAB devices (Capacitance & Voltage LABoratory) and UA-LAB (Universal Analog LABoratory). The peculiarities of construction and examples of RETwix using are described.
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01 Sep 2019
TL;DR: The work presents the concise results of developing a measurement devices set (named RETwix), which are universal hardware-software tools for conducting laboratory research and consists in the fact that practically anything may be the subject of study.
Abstract: The work presents the concise results of developing a measurement devices set (named RETwix), which are universal hardware-software tools for conducting laboratory research. The complex universality consists in the fact that practically anything may be the subject of study, including electronic devices and various electric, temperature, chemical or biochemical processes. The RETwix complex incorporates UA-LAB (Universal Analog LABoratory) unit, CV-LAB (Capacitance & Voltage LABoratory) unit and software.
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TL;DR: The purpose of this paper is to show how data communication technologies have affected distance learning and pedagogy, and help teachers and students in virtual classrooms.
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TL;DR: The design and development of a real-time interactive virtual classroom multimedia distance learning system at the University of Washington is presented and an extension of the well known bilevel image encoding algorithms to handle the handwritten text video is proposed.
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TL;DR: This book argues that e-Learning is today's Challenge, Tomorrow's Reality (Saul Carliner) and should be today's challenge, tomorrow's reality.
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