To enhance active learning and understanding of analogue and digital electronics the use of elearning techniques will be investigated. In a redesigned course combining introductory analogue and digital electronics, students will be motivated to prepare for lectures and exercises by providing access to interactive simulations. Some exercises will furthermore be carried out first as simulations of electrical circuits and then with physical components, i.e. as design-build exercises. A number of didactic problems in learning electricity and electronics are discussed.
Pages:
13
Affiliations:
Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Keywords:
CDIO
e-learning dimensions
learning electronics
circuit simulations
didactics of engineering education
Year:
2008
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