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Paolo Casari; Sabrina Maniero; Andrea Rosani; Federica Picasso; Anna Serbati – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2025
Contribution: An innovative teaching experience carried out at the University of Trento using team-based learning (TBL) in a large computer networks class. The impact of TBL on the students' learning and satisfaction was investigated. Background: Active learning pedagogies, including TBL, play an important role in enhancing higher-order cognitive…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Teamwork, Computer Networks, Student Attitudes
Zebel-Al Tareq; Raja Jamilah Raja Yusof – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2024
Contribution: A problem-solving approach (PSA) model derived from major computational thinking (CT) concepts. This model can be utilized to formulate solutions for different algorithmic problems and translate them into effective active learning methods. Background: Different teaching approaches for programming are widely available; however, being…
Descriptors: Models, Problem Solving, Computation, Thinking Skills
Herrero-de Lucas, L. C.; Martinez-Rodrigo, Fernando; de Pablo, Santiago; Ramirez-Prieto, Dionisio; Rey-Boue, Alexis B. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2022
Contribution: In the research presented in this article, a procedure for determining student workload has been designed, tested, and validated. This procedure also makes it possible to analyze how different teaching variables are affected by workload and to visualize the learning environment generated in the course. Background: When the…
Descriptors: Electronics, Teaching Methods, Engineering Education, Student Projects
Cornelis J. C. Vertegaal; Cecilia Martinez; Ramiro Serra; Prem Sundaramoorthy; Mark J. Bentum – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2025
Contribution: This study identifies the types of interaction that contribute to student learning with student-led tutorials (SLTs). The quality of these interactions include peer discussion, student tutor presentation, joint reasoning, and constructive feedback. Background: The introduction of SLTs in an advanced electromagnetics bachelor course…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Physics, Science Curriculum, Science Instruction
Vallarino, Mario; Iacono, Saverio; Zolezzi, Daniele; Vercelli, Gianni V. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2022
Contribution: This article shows that peer instruction can be applied synchronously and effectively to a distance learning course, using the learning platform Moodle together with a videoconferencing tool. Background: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all global education has been shifted from face-to-face to distance learning. While the debate on the…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Teaching Methods, Educational Change
Larson, James; Jordan, Shawn S.; Lande, Micah; Weiner, Steven – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2020
Contribution: This article shares the learning ecosystem of a project-based embedded systems course, identifying course elements that support self-directed learning and how assignments guide students toward becoming adaptive experts. Background: The technology advances while the fundamentals of electrical engineering remain static. Educators can…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Undergraduate Students, Engineering Education
Hayashi, V.; Dutra, J.; Almeida, F.; Arakaki, R.; Midorikawa, E.; Canovas, S.; Cugnasca, P.; Ruggiero, W. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2023
Contribution: This article describes one approach to foster technical skills (Digital Electronics) and professional skills (critical thinking, problem solving, communication, and collaboration) for Computer Engineering students in a fully remote way. Background: Engineering competencies development requires practical activities. Besides the…
Descriptors: Students, Engineering Education, Laboratory Training, Electronic Learning
Hulls, Carol C. W.; Rennick, Christopher – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2020
Contribution: A first-year programming course was redesigned with a large, open-ended robotics project. The course design aligns with best practices for promoting development of students' self-efficacy in solving ill-structured software design problems. Background: From Jonassen's theory, problem-solving outcomes are dependent on the problem…
Descriptors: Programming, Robotics, College Freshmen, Computer Software
Raza, Ali; Hasib, Maheen – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2023
Contribution: This article provides a teaching methodology which combines project-based learning, self-regulated learning (SRL), and design projects (DPs) to improve the preparedness of students for computing science-related internships. The methodology is supported by the implementation of the educational technology that transforms the way…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Distance Education, Equal Education, Internship Programs
Khan, Kaisar R.; Haque, Muhammad M.; Alshemary, Ashraf; AbouArkoub, Ahmed – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2020
Contribution: A project-based active learning approach with the collaborative pedagogical environment is used to train electrical engineers, focusing on loading characteristic of motors where extrapolated knowledge from advanced classes and feedback from the industry professionals are used to engage fellow students to improve their conceptual and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Engineering Education, Machine Tools, Student Projects
Calvo, Isidro; Cabanes, Itziar; Quesada, Jeronimo; Barambones, Oscar – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2018
This paper describes the design of an industrial informatics course, following the project-based learning methodology, and reports the experience of four academic years (from 2012-13 to 2015-16). Industrial Informatics is a compulsory course taught in the third year of the B.Sc. degree in industrial electronics and automation engineering at the…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Interdisciplinary Approach, Information Science
Clark, Renee M.; Mahboobin, Arash – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2018
Background: Engineering programs must equip students to solve open-ended workplace problems. However, the literature points to actual or potential difficulties faced by students in solving open-ended or complex problems. During Fall 2014, the authors' students experienced difficulties in solving open-ended bio-signals laboratory problems of…
Descriptors: Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Problem Solving, Case Studies, Biotechnology
Tan, Songxin; Shen, Zixing – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2018
Contribution: This paper reports a curriculum development in hybrid problem-based learning (h-PBL), addresses the design, implementation, effectiveness, and assessment issues of h-PBL, and explains the mixed results observed regarding the impact of problem-based learning (PBL) on student grades from a hybrid perspective. Background: The effect of…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Blended Learning, Case Studies, Curriculum Development
Hu, Qinran; Li, Fangxing; Chen, Chien-fei – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2015
There is a worldwide trend to modernize old power grid infrastructures to form future smart grids, which will achieve efficient, flexible energy consumption by using the latest technologies in communication, computing, and control. Smart grid initiatives are moving power systems curricula toward smart grids. Although the components of smart grids…
Descriptors: Power Technology, Undergraduate Students, Active Learning, Student Projects
Swart, Arthur James – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2016
The International Engineering Alliance lists 12 important graduate attributes that students must demonstrate during their higher educational career. One of these important graduate attributes is the ability to solve problems, which can be demonstrated by the use of project-based learning, case studies, and practical workshops. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Engineering Education, Active Learning, Student Projects
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