A Low Cost Implementation of an Existing Hands-on Laboratory Experiment in Electronic Engineering

International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy

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Clement Onime¹  Marco Zennaro²  James Uhomoibhi¹ 

[1] Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP);University of Ulster

关键词: Augmented reality;    computer aid;    laboratory experiment;    tutorial exercise.;   

DOI  :  10.3991/ijep.v4i4.3707

来源: International Society for Engineering Education (IGIP), Kassel University Press

【 摘 要 】

In engineering the pedagogical content of most formative programmes includes a significant amount of practical laboratory hands-on activity designed to deliver knowledge acquisition from actual experience alongside traditional face-to-face classroom based lectures and tutorials; this hands-on aspect is not always adequately addressed by current e-learning platforms. An innovative approach to e-learning in engineering, named computer aided engineering education (CAEE) is about the use of computer aids for the enhanced, interactive delivery of educational materials in different fields of engineering through two separate but related components; one for classroom and another for practical hands-on laboratory work. The component for hands-on laboratory practical work focuses on the use of mixed reality (video-based augmented reality) tools on mobile devices/platforms. This paper presents the computer aided engineering education (CAEE) implementation of a laboratory experiment in micro-electronics that highlights some features such as the ability to closely implement an existing laboratory based hands-on experiment with lower associated costs and the ability to conduct the experiment off-line while maintaining existing pedagogical contents and standards.

【 授权许可】

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