A Low Cost Implementation of an Existing Hands-on Laboratory Experiment in Electronic Engineering

Authors

  • Clement Onime The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Strada Costiera 11, Trieste, Italy
  • Marco Zennaro The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Strada Costiera 11, Trieste, Italy
  • James Uhomoibhi University of Ulster, Antrim Road, Newtownabbey, Belfast, Northern Ireland

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijep.v4i4.3707

Keywords:

Augmented reality, computer aid, laboratory experiment, tutorial exercise

Abstract


In engineering the pedagogical content of most formative programmes includes a significant amount of practical laboratory hands-on activity designed to deliver knowledge acquisition from actual experience alongside traditional face-to-face classroom based lectures and tutorials; this hands-on aspect is not always adequately addressed by current e-learning platforms. An innovative approach to e-learning in engineering, named computer aided engineering education (CAEE) is about the use of computer aids for the enhanced, interactive delivery of educational materials in different fields of engineering through two separate but related components; one for classroom and another for practical hands-on laboratory work. The component for hands-on laboratory practical work focuses on the use of mixed reality (video-based augmented reality) tools on mobile devices/platforms. This paper presents the computer aided engineering education (CAEE) implementation of a laboratory experiment in micro-electronics that highlights some features such as the ability to closely implement an existing laboratory based hands-on experiment with lower associated costs and the ability to conduct the experiment off-line while maintaining existing pedagogical contents and standards.

Author Biographies

Clement Onime, The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Strada Costiera 11, Trieste, Italy

Clement E. O. ONIME Team Leader – ICT Infrastructure, Information and Communications Technology Section

Marco Zennaro, The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Strada Costiera 11, Trieste, Italy

Telecommunications/ICT for Development (T/ICT4D) Laboratory

James Uhomoibhi, University of Ulster, Antrim Road, Newtownabbey, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Faculty of Computing and Engineering

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Published

2014-10-05

How to Cite

Onime, C., Zennaro, M., & Uhomoibhi, J. (2014). A Low Cost Implementation of an Existing Hands-on Laboratory Experiment in Electronic Engineering. International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy (iJEP), 4(4), pp. 4–7. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijep.v4i4.3707

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