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

2. 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

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

4. Numerical Methods

5. Numerical Methods

6. 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.

7. Automation

8. Automation – filling process

9. Automation – railway crossing

10. Process Control

11. Process Control

12. 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;

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

14. Conclusions
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15. Conclusions
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b-learning solution +

16. 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.

17. Thanks for your attention! Filomena Oliveira Soares
Celina Pinto Leão
Gliwice, Poland, July 25 – 29, 2005