Developing electrical engineering course in an active cooperative learning (ACL) platform

Maan A. Kousa; Ali H. Muqaibel; Douglas B. Williams; Mohammad T. Alkhodary; Qadri Mayyala

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-50337-0_6

Developing electrical engineering course in an active cooperative learning (ACL) platform

Maan A. Kousa^*
, Ali H. Muqaibel
, Douglas B. Williams
, Mohammad T. Alkhodary
, Qadri Mayyala

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The Department of Electrical Engineering plans to run one of its basic courses, Introduction to Electrical Systems and Computation (EE 206), in Active Collaborative Learning (ACL) format. We have surveyed and examined several alternatives and flavors of running ACL, in an attempt to customize a platform that best achieves the course objectives. Issues related to team formation, team management and team assessment were debated. A survey of similar courses in other leading universities was conducted. The authors had the opportunity to test parts of the proposal in their running courses during the phase of the new course development. The feedback and lessons learned were incorporated to make adjustment and fine tuning to the proposal. The course is divided into four modules: Introducing EE fields, Project I: Research Activity, Matlab, and Project II: Robotics. In drafting the pilot course material, we did every effort to provide the fine details so that instructors feel comfortable with the approach. A complete set of documents has been developed to run the course in a productive and engaging manner.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Interactive Collaborative Learning - Proceedings of the 19th ICL Conference - Volume 1
Editors	James Uhomoibhi, David Guralnick, Michael E. Auer
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	64-74
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Print)	9783319503363
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50337-0_6
State	Published - 2017

Publication series

Name	Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Volume	544
ISSN (Print)	2194-5357

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© Springer International Publishing AG 2017.

Keywords

Active learning
Electrical engineering
KFUPM

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Control and Systems Engineering
General Computer Science

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Kousa, M. A., Muqaibel, A. H., Williams, D. B., Alkhodary, M. T., & Mayyala, Q. (2017). Developing electrical engineering course in an active cooperative learning (ACL) platform. In J. Uhomoibhi, D. Guralnick, & M. E. Auer (Eds.), Interactive Collaborative Learning - Proceedings of the 19th ICL Conference - Volume 1 (pp. 64-74). (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 544). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50337-0_6

Kousa, Maan A. ; Muqaibel, Ali H. ; Williams, Douglas B. et al. / Developing electrical engineering course in an active cooperative learning (ACL) platform. Interactive Collaborative Learning - Proceedings of the 19th ICL Conference - Volume 1. editor / James Uhomoibhi ; David Guralnick ; Michael E. Auer. Springer Verlag, 2017. pp. 64-74 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing).

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Kousa, MA, Muqaibel, AH, Williams, DB, Alkhodary, MT & Mayyala, Q 2017, Developing electrical engineering course in an active cooperative learning (ACL) platform. in J Uhomoibhi, D Guralnick & ME Auer (eds), Interactive Collaborative Learning - Proceedings of the 19th ICL Conference - Volume 1. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol. 544, Springer Verlag, pp. 64-74. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50337-0_6

Developing electrical engineering course in an active cooperative learning (ACL) platform. / Kousa, Maan A.; Muqaibel, Ali H.; Williams, Douglas B. et al.
Interactive Collaborative Learning - Proceedings of the 19th ICL Conference - Volume 1. ed. / James Uhomoibhi; David Guralnick; Michael E. Auer. Springer Verlag, 2017. p. 64-74 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 544).

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Kousa MA, Muqaibel AH, Williams DB, Alkhodary MT, Mayyala Q. Developing electrical engineering course in an active cooperative learning (ACL) platform. In Uhomoibhi J, Guralnick D, Auer ME, editors, Interactive Collaborative Learning - Proceedings of the 19th ICL Conference - Volume 1. Springer Verlag. 2017. p. 64-74. (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-50337-0_6

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