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2008

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Enhancing Learning On A First Year Engineering Programme With A Student Design Project, Aidan O'Dwyer Jan 2008

Enhancing Learning On A First Year Engineering Programme With A Student Design Project, Aidan O'Dwyer

Conference papers

This contribution reports on, and evaluates, the use of a design project for enhancing student learning on a first year module in electrical engineering at Dublin Institute of Technology. The project objective, as outlined to the students, was to design and build a, possibly innovative, everyday device that can generate electricity from sources of “free energy”, so as to encourage first year engineering students to use their natural design creativity in a freeform, brainstorming manner. The project allows students to further develop their academic interests, assists student retention and facilitates student interaction, among other advantages. The work encourages students to …


Application Of Rasch-Based Espegs Model In Measuring Generic Skills Of Engineering Students: A New Paradigm, Rozeha A Rashid, Razimah Abdullah, Hamzah Ghulman, Mohd Masodi Dec 2007

Application Of Rasch-Based Espegs Model In Measuring Generic Skills Of Engineering Students: A New Paradigm, Rozeha A Rashid, Razimah Abdullah, Hamzah Ghulman, Mohd Masodi

Razimah Abdullah

The Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (FKE) teaching and learning processes was certified to ISO 9001:2000 and now seeks the Engineering Accreditation Council of Malaysia (EAC) approval. One of FKE’s top management commitment is to ensure the programme accreditation requirements are met. EAC adopts American Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology 2000 (ABET) principles which promote outcome based education (OBE) learning process. OBE calls for the evaluation of the course learning outcomes (CLO) as specified in each Course Outline. Performance measurement has been largely dependent on students’ performance in carrying out tasks such as tests, quizzes or submission …