Title :
Integrating the Internet, multimedia components, and hands-on experimentation into problem-based control education
Author :
Zywno, Malgorzata S. ; Kennedy, Diane C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Ryerson Polytech. Inst., Toronto, Ont., Canada
Abstract :
At the brink of a new millennium, a shift in pedagogy toward a learner-centered approach is emerging where critical thinking skills are fostered through problem based learning opportunities and innovative approaches to instruction and student work assessment. New media technologies are being effectively used to help achieve such goals in engineering education. The paper describes technology aided teaching of undergraduate engineering courses in control theory. Early results show that students are better motivated and their achievement improves compared to when more traditional methods of instruction are used in delivering the course content
Keywords :
Internet; control engineering computing; control engineering education; educational technology; multimedia systems; teaching; Internet; control theory; course content delivery; critical thinking skills; engineering education; hands-on experimentation; innovative approaches; learner-centered approach; media technologies; multimedia components; problem based control education; problem based learning opportunities; student work assessment; technology aided teaching; undergraduate engineering courses; Communication system control; Computer industry; Computer science education; Computer simulation; Control engineering education; Control theory; Electrical equipment industry; Industrial control; Internet; Process control;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference, 2000. FIE 2000. 30th Annual
Conference_Location :
Kansas City, MO
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6424-4
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.2000.897611