N. M. Masoodhu Banu
1*,
A. Merline
2,
T. Sujithra
3
- Biomedical Engineering, Vel Tech Rangarajan & Dr.Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India
- A. Merline, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Sethu Institute of Technology, India
- S.R.M Institute of Science and Technology, India
Abstract
This paper describes the development of POGIL based instructional design classes for complex engineering problems described in the Program Outcomes (PO) of National Board of Accreditation (NBA), India accreditation criteria. Embedded system Design course in Electronics and Communication Engineering course (ECE) is considered for experimentation. Subsequently it aims at providing students and interested fresh faculty an opportunity to design and build the project on their own. The aim of the project is to design a round robin based embedded system where the tasks are of their choice. To structure and complete their design part, both students and faculty were posed with a large number of questions. They were asked to refer literature and data sheets for their work. Once the design part was reviewed to avoid critical errors, students built their project and compared solutions to theoretical predictions. Feedback was collected and analysed to determine the effectiveness of POGIL in PO attainment. The reflections given by both faculty and students were positive, in particular students found that solving complex engineering problems are quite difficult and challenging compared to other prescribed book end exercises but POGIL helped them to be more constructive to build their knowledge.
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