Wireless Sensor Networks—A Hands-On Modular Experiments Platform for Enhanced Pedagogical Learning

Taslidere, Ezgi; Cohen, Fernand S.; Reisman, Fredricka

doi:10.1109/te.2010.2041235

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“…Asking the students to fill in a survey questionnaire is a good way to evaluate activities [8]. For this reason, we have designed an assessment survey questionnaire which reflects different aspects related to the development of the activity and the degree to which learning is achieved.…”

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Attracting talent to increase interest for engineering among secondary school students

Villanueva

Cufí

El-Fakdi

et al. 2011

2011 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON)

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This paper reports our experience in developing a team-based project activity to promote engineering programs among secondary school students. The aim of the activity is to increase the interest of students for science and technology in general, but also to promote engineering skills, capabilities and values, leading to attract more secondary school students to enrollment for engineering programs. Simple theoretical concepts are illustrated through hands-on experimentation. To achieve this goal, the students build a Remotely Operated Underwater Robot in a 2½-day workshop. The robot is built using low-cost materials and the students customize their own design over the different phases of the workshop. Once the activity is completed, every team understands that with teamwork, effort and a good working strategy, every problem can be overcome. At the end of the activity, a survey is conducted through an assessment survey questionnaire which reflects different aspects related with the development of the activity and the degree to which learning of its different facets has been achieved. The responses and feedback from students serve not only to evaluate the workshop, but also as feedback for future fine-tuning of the different phases as pedagogical learning tools.

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Attracting talent to increase interest for engineering among secondary school students

Villanueva

Cufí

El-Fakdi

et al. 2011

2011 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON)

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“…WSNs have been used in educational research to teach several concepts such as wireless embedded networks, detection and estimation theory, probability theory and digital signal processing [8]. Java-DSP (J-DSP) programming environment has also been used to teach signals and systems and DSP concepts via WSNs [9].…”

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A tool for simulation and visualization of distributed estimation in wireless sensor networks

Rauen

Rolfe

Kantarcı

et al. 2016

2016 IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference (ISEC)

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A Java-based tool has been designed and implemented to simulate distributed estimation on a wireless sensor network (WSN) platform. The tool allows users to vary several system parameters of the WSN such as the parameter to be estimated; the amount of and type of noise in the system; types of channel impairments; algorithms for data processing at the sensors; and types of estimators. The simulator has been developed by fulfilling the requirements of usability principles in visual software design, and it produces outputs that have relevance to various sensor network applications such as localization, synchronization, and fault detection. Educational opportunities introduced by the tool are two-fold. It can be used in senior-level undergraduate digital signal processing, communications, and digital controls classes to introduce students basic statistical signal processing concepts such as noise and sample estimation in noise. The current version of the tool has been evaluated via student feedback in a workshop. Preliminary results are promising, and will allow us to make modifications to the simulation tool as necessary.

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“…The translation of the abstract theory into real-life problems is critical in engineering education 10 . Generally, in wireless communications courses students only learn theoretical background knowledge because they do not have access to the equipment and technologies that accompany it 11 .…”

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“…Researchers have found enthusiasm and interest from students who participated in lab experiments in wireless communications courses 12 . The abstract theory can be effectively conveyed through experiments 10 .…”

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Hands-On Learning of Wireless Communication Principles Using Software-Defined Radio Experiments and LabVIEW

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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Wireless Sensor Networks—A Hands-On Modular Experiments Platform for Enhanced Pedagogical Learning

Cited by 22 publications

References 6 publications

Attracting talent to increase interest for engineering among secondary school students

Attracting talent to increase interest for engineering among secondary school students

A tool for simulation and visualization of distributed estimation in wireless sensor networks

Hands-On Learning of Wireless Communication Principles Using Software-Defined Radio Experiments and LabVIEW

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