Dedicated Infrastructure for Academic Courses Related to Embedded Systems Design Supporting Students in Distance Learning Programs

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Balog ◽  
Michael Kramer ◽  
Roman Beneder ◽  
Philipp Brejcha
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Embedded Systems ◽  
Software Design ◽  
Systems Design ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Learning Programs ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Practical Experiences

According to labor market needs even fresh graduates from undergraduate programs have to have not only profound knowledge but also extensive practical experiences especially when it comes to software design for Embedded Computing Systems. Didactic approaches like problem-based learning and project-based learning with a high degree of hands-on training using state of the art hardware, software, and tools have proven to achieve this learning outcome. Even though hands-on training using industry relevant equipment works fine with full-time students, the desired practical skills have to be obtained in a different way with part-time or distance-learning students. This is because of the significantly reduced training hours at dedicated university labs. This paper focuses primarily on a concrete setup and mix of dedicated learning infrastructures (“Remote-Lab” and “Hardware/Software Co-Simulation”) suitable for courses dealing with Embedded Systems (Software) Design to support students, participating in part-time or distance-learning degree programs, in developing their required skills.

scholarly journals Teaching Design in Computer Engineering

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ken Ferens
Keyword(s):  
Embedded Systems ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Systems Design ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Computer Engineering ◽  
Final Exam ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Assessment Approach ◽  
The University

This paper reports on a project based learning approach taken to teach the ECE 3740 Systems Engineering Principles and ECE 3730 Principles ofEmbedded Systems Design courses at the University of Manitoba. These courses were 100% hands-on, and each student was given development hardware and software in a lunch box to take home and work on projects throughout the course. Industry representative projects were chosen based on the author’s 5 years of experience working in the embedded systems industry. The courses were given in a company-like setting, where the lectures and laboratories were organized as product requirements gathering and analysis, design modeling and review, test plan and procedures, engineering change request and management, documentation, and product deployment meetings and events. The test and final exam were performed by students in the laboratory; they brought their embedded systems hardware in the lunch box,solved the given hands-on problems of the test/exam, and demonstrated their solutions, in real-time. This novel methodology allowed the examiner to directly assess student performance in the CEAB attributes of Design, Analysis, Investigation, and Tools, because their designsand solutions were actually demonstrated in actual hardware and software, not just on paper, like the conventional assessment approach for tests and exams.

Remote Lab Infrastructure for Distance Learning Courses at the Undergraduate Level in Embedded Systems Design

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Balog ◽  
Martin Horauer ◽  
Peter Ro¨ssler
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Embedded Systems ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Systems Design ◽  
Major Objective ◽  
Undergraduate Level ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Remote Lab ◽  
Implementation Guidelines ◽  
Good Support

Lectures and labs with hands-on trainings and project based aspects are of high relevance for courses dedicated to embedded systems design when the transfer of practical skills is a major objective. Therefore, small classes, good support and frequent access to target platforms over a long period of time are beneficial. Providing access to the latter, however, can become a hassle for the organizers, especially when multiple courses are to be held in parallel or when they are organized as asynchronous distance learning courses. The problem is even aggravated when the platforms should be kept at the fore-front of the state-of-the-art. For this purpose we present in this paper concepts and implementation guidelines of a remote lab infrastructure that addresses these issues. In particular, the presented approach keeps the efforts to migrate to new embedded targets simple, enables nearly 24/7 times of access, ideally complements on-site trainings, and keeps the required costs low.

scholarly journals The Hybridisation of Conventional Higher Education: UK Perspective

2002 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Open Learning ◽  
Tertiary Sector ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Radical Approach

Before the creation of the United Kingdom Open University (UKOU) - its Charter was given in 1969 and the first students were admitted in 1971 - the full-time residential model of higher education was pervasive, with part-time and distance modes of study seen as separate and inferior. The UKOU demonstrated the effectiveness of distance learning but also, because of its success, in some ways inhibited change in the mainstream tertiary sector. As social and political pressures on the sector grew, higher education providers were forced to innovate and models of “open learning” offered ways forward. As a result, the distinction between “distance” and “face-to-face” delivery rapidly eroded during the 1990s. However, barriers still remain to a more radical approach to provision as a whole.

Experience in the organization of doctors training in the system of continuing medical education under modern conditions of the functioning of healthcare system

2021 ◽  
Vol 43 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 5-9
Author(s):  
L. S. Ovcharenko ◽  
◽  
A. O. Vertehel ◽  
I. V. Samokhin ◽  
T. G. Andrienko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Objective Assessment ◽  
Online Communication ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Educational Work ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Online Distance Learning

The experience of educational work in conditions of quarantine and lockdowns allowed in practice to study the possibilities of distance learning and to form an objective assessment of it in the structure of continuous medical education (CME) for doctors. The survey participants noted the following disadvantages of online distance learning events: the lack of an opportunity to receive information that is of interest to the listener in an in-depth format and in a specific form, because the prevailing volume of videoconferences does not allow for discussions, exchange of experience, review of clinical cases, etc. Distance learning significantly limits the possibilities of practical skills and abilities, the mastering of which is up to 75% of the study time in the format of full-time and part-time education. The positive aspects, from the point of view of distance learning participants, include: the opportunity to get points for registering a teaching staff without interrupting their main work, the ability to choose topics and the modernity of information events. However, the traditional full-time and part-time forms of education also have their drawbacks, namely, for example: to travel and live in the cities where events are held in the absence of state funding for these expenses, that is, at the expense of the doctor himself. The use of innovative educational technologies, such as distance learning and online communication, in the training of doctors cannot fully replace the classical forms of education. The optimal are the combined forms of the educational process organization, which make it possible to rationally use the resource of the participants in the educational process.

THE SARS-CoV-2 PANDEMIC IN BULGARIA AND THE CHALLENGES OF REAL-TIME DISTANCE LEARNING FOR TOURISM UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan Obreshkov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
University Students ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Time Distance ◽  
First Time ◽  
Educational Field

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 pandemic brought changes in various aspects of life, including educational field. The present study reveals some of the challenges related to real-time distance learning for university students majoring in tourism in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The study includes Bulgarian and international students in full-time and part-time bachelor's and master's tourism programs, in which real-time distance education was introduced for the first time. The current study could be a starting point for improving the organization and quality of education of Tourism students, as well as for faster overcoming of related difficulties in communication with students.

Project based learning experiences for embedded systems design

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julio Pastor Mendoza ◽  
Jose Manuel Villadangos Carrizo ◽  
Francisco Javier Rodriguez Sanchez
Keyword(s):  
Embedded Systems ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Systems Design ◽  
Project Based Learning

scholarly journals Empirical Assessment of the Long-Term Impact of an Embedded Systems Programming Requalification Programme

Information ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
João Cunha ◽  
João Durães ◽  
Ana Alves ◽  
Fernanda Coutinho ◽  
Jorge Barreiros ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Embedded Systems ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Unemployed People ◽  
Multidisciplinary Group ◽  
Time Courses ◽  
Long Term Impact ◽  
Goal Question Metric ◽  
Systems Programming

Digital transformation has increased the demand for skilled Information Technology (IT) professionals, to an extent that universities cannot satisfy it with newly graduated students. Furthermore, the economical downturn has created difficulties and scarcity of opportunities in other areas of activity. This combination of factors led to the need to consider requalification programmes that enable individuals with diverse specialisations and backgrounds to realign their careers to the IT area. This has led to the creation of many coding bootcamps, providing intensive full-time courses focused on unemployed people or unhappy with their jobs, and individuals seeking a career change. A multidisciplinary group of higher education teachers, in collaboration with several industry stakeholders, have designed and promoted an embedded systems programming course, using an intensive project-based learning approach comprising 6 months of daylong classes and a 9 months internship. Having finished two editions of the programme, a questionnaire was presented to the students that finished successfully, in order to evaluate the long-term benefits to graduates and companies. This paper presents a brief discussion of the programme organisation and pedagogical methodologies, as well as the results of the questionnaire, conducted following a Goal–Question–Metric (GQM) approach. The results demonstrate very positive outcomes, both for graduates and companies.

Mathematical analysis. Collection of problems and solutions using the Maple system

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mihail Kirsanov ◽  
Ol'ga Kuznecova
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Mathematical Analysis ◽  
Independent Solution ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Problems And Solutions ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Time Part ◽  
Material Conditions

The collection contains theoretical material, conditions and examples of solutions to problems with answers, as well as more than 400 test questions on mathematical analysis to control the assimilation of theoretical and practical material. All tasks and test questions can be used both for independent solution, and as control works and standard tasks for full-time, part-time and distance learning. The manual contains recommendations for using the Maple computer mathematics system for solving problems and a short guide to the main commands of this system. For students and teachers of technical and economic universities.

scholarly journals Using of publicly available cloud services for distance learning of public servants

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1 SI) ◽  
pp. 43-45
Author(s):  
Sergiy Kandziuba
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Cloud Services ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Advanced Training ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
Public Servants ◽  
Part Time

Traditional methods, tools and forms of training of civil servants require a significant number of additional highly qualified teaching staff, an increase in the number of educational institutions for training, retraining and advanced training, frequent and long absences from work. All this is time and money, which our country is very short of.The way out of this situation is a large-scale transition to a qualitatively new level of full-time and part-time education - distance education.The experience of the NAPA DRID shows that the use of the G Suite for Education package allows to quickly and efficiently create a single information and educational space for training and retraining of public servants in the region.

scholarly journals Psychological and Pedagogical Aspects of Distance Education in a Pandemic: Based on the Materials of a Survey of Students – Future Psychologists

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 80-94
Author(s):  
K.S. Shalaginova ◽  
E.V. Dekina
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
State Pedagogical ◽  
High Workload ◽  
Part Time ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Independent Work

The article presents the results of a questionnaire survey of students – future educational psychologists, which made it possible to determine the main advantages and disadvantages of the forced transition to distance education in a pandemic, and present conclusions about the possibilities and prospects of using this type of education in vocational education. The study involved 1-4 year students of full-time and part-time forms of study of the Faculty of Psychology of Tula State Pedagogical University named after L.N. Tolstoy in the amount of 289 people. The main advantages of the distance learning student are the availability of educational materials and information in the individual trajectory of passing the disciplines at any time, convenience in organizing independent work, the ability to plan their own time. The main difficulties identified by students are associated with high workload, insufficient time allotted for interaction with teachers, lack of technical capabilities for implementing the distance learning process at home. In general, students positively assessed the use of distance education and spoke about the advisability of using a mixed form – distance and fulltime education, the importance of psychological and pedagogical support for the subjects of the educational process in solving problems arising in the process of distance learning.

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