Project based learning for a course on advanced microcontroller: Experiment and results: A case study from BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore, India

An idea and nurturing the idea to create a project and implementation of the same has huge learning potential apart from the excitement of the results and involving in continues self-education. Any advanced subject at higher semester can adopt the project based learning as they already covered the basics in the lower semester. Industries are very much open to such an experiment and very cautious on deliverables by practice. They are encouraging project based learning and working very close to academia through their dedicated university programs. Internet being most widely embraced by the young generation, an attempt has been made to use the facilities like googles mail, blog, drives and youtube to the maximum for maintaining continues involvement and hence demonstrated the use of same in the education system. Being an autonomous institute is very good opportunity to adopt innovative teaching learning methods. Advanced Microcontroller and its application course being an elective at 3^rd year of engineering education, offered for students having the knowledge of microcontrollers and programing language was more suitable for the project based learning. One such experiment is made in BMS College of Engineering(BMSCE), Bangalore. Methodology adopted and the results of the same have been covered in this paper.