Addressing Electronic Communications System Learning through a Radar-Based Active Learning Project

Autor/inn/en	Hernandez-Jayo, Unai; López-Garde, Juan-Manuel; Rodríguez-Seco, J. Emilio
Titel	Addressing Electronic Communications System Learning through a Radar-Based Active Learning Project
Quelle	In: IEEE Transactions on Education, 58 (2015) 4, S.269-275 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-9359
DOI	10.1109/TE.2015.2399859
Schlagwörter	Active Learning; Outcomes of Education; Foreign Countries; Masters Programs; Telecommunications; Engineering Education; Electronics; Program Descriptions; Electronic Equipment; Teaching Methods; Computer Software; Computer Science Education; Student Centered Learning; Instructional Effectiveness; College Students; Spain + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Aktives Lernen; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Ausland; Magister course; Magisterstudiengang; Telekommunikationstechnik; Ingenieurausbildung; Elektronik; Elektronisches Gerät; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Computer science lessons; Informatikunterricht; Group work; Student-entered learning; Student-centred learning; Student centred learning; Schülerorientierter Unterricht; Schülerzentrierter Unterricht; Gruppenarbeit; Unterrichtserfolg; Collegestudent; Spanien
Abstract	In the Master's of Telecommunication Engineering program at the University of Deusto, Spain, courses in communication circuit design, electronic instrumentation, advanced systems for signal processing and radiocommunication systems allow students to acquire concepts crucial to the fields of electronics and communication. During the educational project presented in this paper, students build a continuous-wave frequency-modulation (CWFM) Doppler radar system from components as simple as ordinary cocoa cans and common electronics components placed on a breadboard without any soldering. One of the goals of the project is to stimulate students' interest in building an entire, completely functional communication system that integrates the knowledge acquired in the various courses and whose functioning they can check in real scenarios. This paper describes this learning project and the ways in which it helps students understand and connect all the concepts that underlie a fully operative communications system, thus meeting the competencies and learning outcomes of the courses involved in the project. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01