Application of new methodologies in the Industrial Electronics Engineering course: a case study Celina P. Leão Filomena O. Soares

Outline Case studies of b-learning solution in the engineering classes: Numerical Methods (NM) Automation (A) Process Control (PC) Final Comments Ongoing work Industrial Electronics Engineering

WEB “to learn what, where and when you want”... Process Control Numerical Methods Automation WEB

Numerical Methods

Numerical Methods

Numerical Methods EEIC EEI 04/05* 03/04 02/03 Total registered students: 85 83 102 Working-Students: 15 17 10 Regular Students: 64 63 72 Not evaluated Students: 37 42 Evaluated students: 46 60 Evaluated/Registered (%): 55,4 58,8 Approved Students and ratios : by exam (normal call): 6 43 by exam (special call): 24 5 Total approved: 33 48 Approved/Registered (%): 39,8 47,1 Approved/Evaluated (%): 71,7 80,0 Average: 12,1 12,6 * not available, school year still running.

Automation

Automation – filling process

Automation – railway crossing

Process Control

Process Control

Process Control microLMS in PHP (Personal Home Page Tools) Data base created in MySQL Teacher and student access by password Teacher responsibilities: - files available to download; - students grades; - news and warnings; - on-line self evaluation;

Conclusions Web tools in engineering courses  b-learning solution. NM, A and PC – selected modules for their characteristics, pedagogical subjects and their interconnections.

Conclusions blá blá tradicional classes blá

Conclusions blá blá blá b-learning solution +

Ongoing work Explore the three subjects interconnections; Develop more practical case studies: simulation, monitoring and control through web, data base of cases and numerical tools.

Thanks for your attention! Filomena Oliveira Soares filomena.soares@dei.uminho.pt Celina Pinto Leão cpl@dps.uminho.pt Gliwice, Poland, July 25 – 29, 2005