Journal of Engineering Education Transformations

Uma Boregowda ¹, P. Sunitha ¹, A. Geetha Kiran ¹, H. S. Chandrashekar ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Malnad College of Engineering, Hassan, IN

Abstract

In an attempt to improve student learning in terms of acquired knowledge and its applicability, the idea of using senior undergraduate students to tutor junior undergraduate students is attempted. The goal of the tutoring program is to provide an interactive atmosphere that will help junior computer science students to better understand the fundamental and advanced concepts, and also to provide an opportunity for senior students to develop teaching, organizational and leadership skills. This paper illustrates the approach experimented at our department for the course on microprocessor. The approach is based on the use of enthusiastic and fairly intelligent senior students to tutor junior students through discussion, problem solving and demonstration of important topics in the course. The experience of both faculty and students involved in the entire process has endorsed that this approach creates an effective learning environment, wherein all stakeholders like department, faculty, junior and senior students are benefited.

Keywords

Tutor, Education.

Full Text

     

Uma Boregowda ¹, P. Sunitha ¹, A. Geetha Kiran ¹, H. S. Chandrashekar ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Malnad College of Engineering, Hassan, IN

Abstract

In an attempt to improve student learning in terms of acquired knowledge and its applicability, the idea of using senior undergraduate students to tutor junior undergraduate students is attempted. The goal of the tutoring program is to provide an interactive atmosphere that will help junior computer science students to better understand the fundamental and advanced concepts, and also to provide an opportunity for senior students to develop teaching, organizational and leadership skills. This paper illustrates the approach experimented at our department for the course on microprocessor. The approach is based on the use of enthusiastic and fairly intelligent senior students to tutor junior students through discussion, problem solving and demonstration of important topics in the course. The experience of both faculty and students involved in the entire process has endorsed that this approach creates an effective learning environment, wherein all stakeholders like department, faculty, junior and senior students are benefited.

Keywords

Tutor, Education.

Full Text

     

A. Geetha Kiran ¹, J. Mohana Lakshmi ², B. R. Nandhita ¹, H. S. Chandra Shekar ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Information Science and Engineering, Malnad College of Engineering, Hassan, IN
2 Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Malnad College of Engineering, Hassan, IN

Abstract

Students of Malnad College of Engineering, Hassan should be delighted to say "we are the creation of M.C.E". For this, we professors should put in effort to bring transformations in engineering education. It is intended to illuminate modern best practices in order to inform, enhance and promote beneficial learning skills&attributes among the undergraduate students. This motivated to adopt various modes to transform the teaching methodology in the course "Digital Principles and Applications". It is an attempt to make students realize the course with practical approach. The milestone started right from framing the syllabus with the aid of Industry experts. The methods discussed were adopted and found success. We also grabbed the ideas from faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering to come out with hardware projects. Students articulated their contentment about the knowledge achieved with practical approach and involvement that resulted in better understanding of the concepts.

Keywords

PEER Evaluation, Self-Study Component, Project Exposition.

Full Text

     

H. S. Chandrashekar ¹, B. R. Nanditha ¹, A. Geetha Kiran ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Information Science and Engineering, Malnad College of Engineering, Hassan, IN

Abstract

In the current era of web, students are flooded with sea of information available on the internet. A teacher should be an efficient navigator who can guide the students to swim in the right direction to achieve their dreams. In this context, training engineering faculty is the need of the hour as most of the faculty would not have undergone formal training unlike other professions. In a scenario where students are losing interest in traditional teaching methods, an attempt is made to improve the efficiency of teaching by making trainers experience the novel methodologies of teaching before they apply them in their teaching methods. One such attempt in this direction was made to enhance the teaching skills of engineering teachers by conducting a workshop on "Effective teaching of Data Structures and Applications". Trainers expressed their satisfaction about the improvement in their quality of teaching that resulted in better understanding of concepts among students.

Keywords

Trainer, Effective Teaching, Visualisation.

Full Text

     

Uma Boregowda ¹, P. Sunitha ¹, A. Geetha Kiran ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Malnad College of Engineering, Hassan, Karnataka, IN

Abstract

The prime job of an engineer is to manipulate energy,materials and information in order to create facilities and benefits for mankind. To perform this successfully, an engineer needs sound knowledge which is beyond mere theory and it also encompasses other life skills. The laboratory courses are an important part of professional and engineering undergraduate education; and they are the ideal place for active learning. Programming is an essential skill that must be mastered by anyone interested in studying computer science. Our experiences in teaching have proven that significant number of students find programming to be difficult and disheartening.This underlines the need for making the programming laboratory courses more effective, interesting and encouraging. In an attempt to achieve this, we have experimented students mentoring schemes during the laboratory classes. Student mentoring is just a form of support given to students, which has shown positive impact on their learning, thereby improving the quality of the engineering graduates. Few other methods are also proposed to make the laboratory course more professional and exciting.

Full Text

     

A. Geetha Kiran ¹, J. Mohana Lakshmi ², B. R. Nanditha ¹, H. Y. Swathi ³

Affiliations
1 Information Science & Engineering, Malnad College of Engineering, Hassan, Karnataka, IN
2 Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Malnad College of Engineering, Hassan, Karnataka, IN
3 Electronics and Communication Engineering, Malnad College of Engineering, Hassan, Karnataka, IN

Abstract

Our educational policy fosters young students to have broad perspective, high level expertise and logicality. The education system is not coping up with the same pace as technology changes are happening. Therefore, it is essential to tackle this situation with new ideas and adapt education to the changing needs. The interdepartmental educational programmes have already met new academic needs. Reinforcing this standpoint a unique approach on interdepartmental collaborative learning has been initiated by the department of Information Science &Engineering and Electrical&Electronics Engineering, Malnad College of Engineering, Hassan. This approach aims in promoting wide inter-department learning process where students from two different departments are conjoined to venture interdisciplinary projects. The students of 3^rd semester from both the departments were allowed to choose a particular domain of their interest and design prototypes for various applications. As a back - end support, the subject experts jointly nurtured the ideas of students and helped them to give a practical shape to their ideas. Further, adding a hardware component offered an opportunity to increase student engagement by strengthening programming concepts with relevant hardware projects. This process helped the students to work together in different domains learning new interesting solutions for different problems and has provided mutual beneficial results.

Keywords

Interdepartmental Collaboration, Project Based Learning, Collaborative Approach.

Full Text

     

H. S. Chandrashekar ¹, A. Geetha Kiran ¹, B. Uma ¹, P. Sunita ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Information Science and Engineering, Malnad College of Engineering, Hassan, IN
2 Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Malnad College of Engineering, Hassan, IN

Abstract

Programming is claimed to be the "literacy of the twentyfirst century", that it helps one to become a more empowered citizen. Although programming is a much valuable skill, novice students often find it very difficult and not interesting. "Scratch" and "Greenfoot" are two educational integrated development environments aimed at learning and teaching programming. Both software applications are freely available. Scratch is a graphical programming language developed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Media lab. Greenfoot aims at making the use of the standard language, Java, easy by providing a custom-designed environment that removes much of the complexity commonly associated with objectoriented programming. The proposed approach is to introduce programming through "Scratch" and "Greenfoot", where students experience programming by developing simple animation, games or simulations. This helps them to develop confidence and an interest to learn programming, thus setting a strong base to delve into programming using textual languages. The suggested method has been proven to provide a positive and supportive atmosphere in which students have acquired good programming skills.

Keywords

Programming, Scratch, Greenfoot.

Full Text

     

A. Geetha Kiran ¹, B. R. Nanditha ¹, H. S. Chandrashekar ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Information Science and Engineering, Malnad College of Engineering, Hassan, IN

Abstract

In the era of transformation in engineering education, tutorial finds a place as an important teaching-learning tool. Tutorials are small classes in which material from lectures and readings are discussed in more detail. Tutorial classes can be used effectively for emphasizing problem solving which plays a vital role in improving the comprehensive ability of students. Tutorial classes demand more resources in terms of tutors, classrooms and time. Hence, many engineering colleges in India find it difficult to accommodate tutorials in their curriculum. In an effort to address this issue, the idea of utilizing the assistance of volunteered senior students for conducting tutorials was conceptualized and experimented for two courses. The outcome was the successful conduction of tutorial classes, wherein both tutees and tutors were significantly benefitted. Students interacted very well as they were more comfortable with senior students as tutors.

Keywords

Tutorial, Problem Solving, Small Group Teaching, Tutee, Tutor.

Full Text