A take home laboratory to support teaching electronics: Instructors perspectives and technical revisions, Journal on teaching engineering

Three modes dominate engineering labs – in-person, simulation and remote. Take-home laboratories have received comparatively little attention within engineering education. This article reports on qualitative data that was collected, via focus groups with eight staff from a single University, to eval...

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Autores: O´Mahony, Tom, Murray, Michael, Hill, Martin, Onet, Raul, Neag Marius, Torre Cubillo, Luis de la, Zhou, Dao
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
Repositorio:e-spacio. Repositorio Institucional de la UNED
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:e-spacio.uned.es:20.500.14468/26950
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14468/26950
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:33 Ciencias Tecnológicas
Engineering laboratories
take-home laboratories
focus-group
independent learning
troubleshooting
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Sumario:Three modes dominate engineering labs – in-person, simulation and remote. Take-home laboratories have received comparatively little attention within engineering education. This article reports on qualitative data that was collected, via focus groups with eight staff from a single University, to evaluate the effectiveness of take-home laboratories. The laboratories consisted of a range of embedded development platforms along with a bespoke Home Electronics Laboratory Platform (HELP) that was designed to support the learning of analog and digital electronics in the early years of our programmes. The findings indicate that take-home laboratories can support the development of independent learners and enhance troubleshooting skills. Participants also identified that supporting students in their troubleshooting activity was particularly challenging in a remote environment. We make some suggestions for how take-home laboratories could be used to complement existing laboratory practices.