Recently added articles from International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education:
Problem-based learning in electronic engineering: locating legends or promising problems?
Apr 01, 2008; Savin-Baden, Maggi ... Abstract This paper examines the possibilities for using different forms of problem-based learning in the context of engineering education. It begins by exploring recent research into the way in which staff expect students to learn in higher education. Early models of problem-based learning are ...
A new teamwork-based PBL problem design for electrical and electronic engineering education: a systems approach
Apr 01, 2008; Butun, Erhan; Erkin, H Cenk; Altintas, Levent ... Abstract Engineers today are required both to have traditional technological skills and to be competent with a variety of soft skills such as team-working and the ability to present or sell their ideas. Changes in professional requirements impose demands on the teaching methods in universities ....
Load flow network analysis with problem-based learning approach
Apr 01, 2008; Bizjak, Grega ... Abstract At the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Ljubljana, Slovenia, problem-based learning is used in a series of exercises in the 'Electrical power networks' course, which is part of the four-year professionally oriented electrical power engineering programme. Students, divided into ...
Four case studies of adapting enquiry-based learning (EBL) in electrical and electronic engineering
Apr 01, 2008; Powell, Norman J; Hicks, Peter J; Truscott, William S; Green, Peter R; Peaker, Anthony R; Renfrew, Alasdair; Canavan, Brian ... Abstract Four different instances of enquiry-based learning (EBL), developed in a School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, are described. Key decisions in the design of these activities are detailed, emphasising flexibility in approach. Although the activities took place in broadly the ...
Electrical engineering students evaluate problem-based learning (PBL)
Apr 01, 2008; de Camargo Ribeiro, Luis Roberto ... Abstract This paper analyses and discusses a partial implementation of problem-based learning (PBL) from the student standpoint. PBL is an instructional approach that uses problems to initiate, focus and motivate students' acquisition of specific knowledge and development of professional skills ...
Increasing student motivation by linking up knowledge transfer with enjoying studying
Apr 01, 2008; Weber, T; Klages, S; Werthschützky, R ... Abstract At the Institute of Electromechanical Design at Darmstadt University of Technology a unique course, which is highly motivating for students, is an established part of the studies. In the form of a seminar entitled 'Practical Engineering Methodology (PEM)', students learn how to manage a ...
Case study of the introduction of problem-based learning in electronic engineering
Apr 01, 2008; Mitchell, John E; Smith, Jan ... Abstract This paper reports on the implementation of problem-based learning (PBL) in an undergraduate electronic engineering degree programme. Initially, there is a review of literature to explore the claims made about the benefits of PBL and how these informed the development of our PBL course ....
Editorial
Apr 01, 2008; Mitchell, John E ... Welcome to this Special Issue of the International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education on Problem Based Learning. The aim of this issue was originally to introduce a range of case studies to highlight to practitioners in the field the uses to which the concept of problem-based learning ...
Problem-based learning: a joint UK pilot project history
Apr 01, 2008; Anonymous ... The University of Bristol, University College London (UCL) and the University of Manchester have been working in partnership with the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) to pilot the problem-based learning (PBL) teaching ...
A summary of the findings from an evaluation of problem-based learning carried out at three UK universities
Apr 01, 2008; Canavan, Brian ... This short paper is intended to summarise the findings of an external evaluation carried out at three UK universities as part of an IET/HEFCE-funded project aimed at introducing a problem-based learning (PBL) approach to learning and teaching. Around 200 students took part in the project, each ...