Effectiveness and Evaluation of Online and Offline Blended Learning for an Electronic Design Practical Training Course

Abstract

It is imperative to bridge the disparity between college students' practical capabilities and professional expectations. To help facilitate such a progression, an electronic engineering course oriented around the Creative Innovation Practice project has been designed with the objectives of student-centric instruction, integration of both theoretical and practical components, and application of knowledge through project case studies. Adopting the open engineering education approach, there has been an initiation of project-driven blended teaching centered on “constructivism,” constituting a model that joins online and offline instruction, in-class and out-of-class tasks, activities inside and outside the laboratory, coursework, and contests. This amalgamated mode of learning has had a beneficial outcome in enhancing learners' self-learning capabilities, hands-on practice, as well as their inventive aptitude. According to an analytic hierarchy process (AHP) evaluation and assessment, blended teaching could effectively augment participants' eagerness to learn and motivation.