Interactive teaching and assessment using recycled SP concepts

Students who reach a Signal Processing course are not the same as ten years ago. They are known as “digital natives”. They have been exposed to different learning environments. It became evident that technology is affecting teaching attitude; accordingly, this paper deals with ideas to renovate learning methodologies. The challenge relies on professors to keep teaching the Signal Processing content, however getting better results, like less failure rate or more motivation. This matter is explored through a detailed explanation of interactive teaching applied to a Sub-Nyquist sampling lab, followed by an innovative assessment process. The tactic produced a favorable outcome because it focused on developing key skills in students: lab aptitudes, team work, timekeeping, lifelong learning abilities and oral and written communication.