Advancements in using a machine design project for teaching introductory electrical engineering

Proceedings of 2013 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 556-559

  Lei, Chi Un ^a   Liang, Hai Ning ^b   Man, Ka Lok ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b XI AN JIAOTONG LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

checklists; curriculum framing questions; e learning; electrical engineering education; introductory engineering; project based learning; Rube Goldberg Machine

Indexed keywords

CHECKLISTS; COLLABORATION TECHNOLOGY; COURSE DEVELOPMENT; CURRICULUM-FRAMING QUESTIONS; DESIGN PROGRESS; LEARNING OUTCOME; PAPER ANALYSIS; PROJECT BASED LEARNING;

CURRICULA; E-LEARNING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; GOLD; MACHINE DESIGN; STUDENTS;

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 84892632963     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/TALE.2013.6654499     Document Type: Conference Paper

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