STEAM-based Active Learning Approach to Selected Topics in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Zaher, Ashraf A.; Hussain, G. Amjad

doi:10.1109/educon45650.2020.9125367

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“…The quality of the engineering capstone design projects in STEAM-based EE is found to be superior to those generated by STEM-based EE, because of mixing technical and scientific studies with artistic-based activities [25]. Another study for introducing STEAM-based EE, involving an ABET-accredited program, was introduced in [26]. Dependence on virtual engineering and simulation-based CAD software packages was explored to help students to retain knowledge and content, and to be more innovative when solving real-world problems.…”

Section: Adding the Art Component To Stem: (Steam)mentioning

confidence: 99%

An Active Learning Approach for Applying STEAMeD-based Education in Engineering Programs

Zaher

Hussain

Altabbakh³

2023

Int. J. Eng. Ped.

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Applying STEM-based education in engineering programs using various active learning approaches has been shown to improve the quality of the learning process. This paper investigates further enhancements to the existing techniques via adding more emphasis on the learning components that are specific to Art, entrepreneurship, and Design. Different opportunities to apply the STEAMeD-based education in various engineering programs, which are delivered by liberal arts institutions, will be explored. The integration of the new emphases is demonstrated to resonate very well with satisfying the seven students’ outcomes that are dictated by ABET accreditation. The specific role of the augmented art component in promoting creativity, aesthetic appreciation, and better reasoning skills, is illustrated via different examples of simulation-based experiments and virtual modeling techniques. The entrepreneurship component of the engineering curricula is shown to better prepare the students for the challenging future via empowering them with better analytical skills, practical ingenuity, business-oriented communications, and adaptability to technological innovation, in an efficient way. It also overlaps with the requirements of the graduation design project that all students consider as the capstone of their engineering curricula. Adopting a project-based learning approach in many courses, at different levels in the curricula, proved to be very efficient, as verified by the many case studies illustrated in this paper. Tying the attributes of the STEAMeD-based education to the courses’ contents, with clear description of the learning outcomes, will be demonstrated. Also, addressing novel pedagogical approaches to better equip the students for their careers is considered. Finally, a comprehensive discussion and a conclusion is given to highlight possible extensions to the proposed techniques.

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Section: Adding the Art Component To Stem: (Steam)mentioning

confidence: 99%

An Active Learning Approach for Applying STEAMeD-based Education in Engineering Programs

Zaher

Hussain

Altabbakh³

2023

Int. J. Eng. Ped.

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“…Artists with advanced digital skills use the opensource Processing library and Integrated Development Environment (IDE) to support the creation of works of art [16]. The authors present the bidirectional relationship between artists and computer specialists.…”

Section: The Connection Between the Fields Of Art And Engineeringmentioning

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A Case Study of Thinking out of the Box in Electrical Engineering

Aciu¹,

Ogrutan²

2021

TEM Journal

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The current context of rapid evolution of IT technologies and devices (Information Technology) imposes changes in engineering education. Education for the development of creativity becomes a requirement. This paper presents a new concept for the development of creativity by introducing an optional homework for Applied Electronics students, the final year of undergraduate studies. The homework requires electronic design of an application in the field of art of each student's diploma project. The paper presents the results of this initiative and the analysis of students' feedback. A statistical pilot study was organized that highlighted students' opinions about creativity as well as students' reasons for doing or not doing the optional homework.

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A Virtual Reality Scaffolding Prototype for College Students Self-directed Learning in STEAM

Weng

et al. 2022

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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STEAM-based Active Learning Approach to Selected Topics in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Cited by 6 publications

References 11 publications

An Active Learning Approach for Applying STEAMeD-based Education in Engineering Programs

An Active Learning Approach for Applying STEAMeD-based Education in Engineering Programs

A Case Study of Thinking out of the Box in Electrical Engineering

A Virtual Reality Scaffolding Prototype for College Students Self-directed Learning in STEAM

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