Elec ónica enREDada: An expe ience wi h a webina p og am
Gimeno, Ceciliaa; Sánchez-Azque a, Ca losb; Celma, San iagob and Aldea,
Concepciónb
aICTEAM, Uni e si é Ca holique de Lou ain, Belgium, b G oup o Elec onic Design
(GDE-i3A), Uni e sidad de Za agoza, Spain.
Abs ac
In o ma ion and communica ions echnologies (ICTs) a e an in aluable ool
o acili a e meaning ul lea ning. In his wo k, a webina p og am
(‘Elec ónica enREDada’) is p esen ed ha complemen s he eaching-
lea ning p ocess in selec ed cou ses o elec onics in deg ee and mas e
s udies in Physics. These webina s allow an inno a i e app oach o he s udy
o specialized opics, imp o ing he aining o he s uden and p omo ing
his/he scien i ic knowledge in he ield o elec onics by means o speci ic
and in o ma i e modules. This lea ning ac i i y is pa o a comp ehensi e
s a egy owa ds he implemen a ion o e-lea ning ac i i ies in all cou ses
augh a he Elec onics a ea. This lea ning ac i i y consis s o wo webina
modules: one being o a synch onous na u e and specialized con en s, and
he o he one o an asynch onous na u e and ea u ing dis ibu ed lea ning,
which is in ended no only o s uden s o physics bu also o o he ela ed
deg ees.
Keywo ds: elec onic lea ning; signi ican lea ning, webina ; TIC-based
lea ning.
2nd In e na ional Con e ence on Highe Educa ion Ad ances, HEAd’16
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DOI: h p://dx.doi.o g/10.4995/HEAd16.2016.2552
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Elec ónica enREDada: An expe ience wi h a webina p og am
1. In oduc ion
Today’s socie y is imme sed in a ans o ma ion p ocess wi h e ec s a all di e en le els,
and which in pa icula is shaping scien i ic and echnological aspec s. As a consequence,
all e lec ions abou he e olu ion o educa ion need o ake in o accoun his con ex and
he c i ical ole ha he in o ma ion and communica ion echnologies (ICTs) will play in
highe educa ion (Pi amu hu, 2005; Regue as, 2009; Zúñiga, 2012). On he o he hand, he
shi o a eaching based on compe encies equi es a d as ic change in he concep ions and
habi s o bo h s uden s and eache s. No only a e ICTs a powe ul ool o acili a e asks
aken on by eache s owa ds he s uden s’ lea ning au onomy such as guiding and suppo ,
bu hey a e also widely used o c ea e spaces o p omo e a de ailed and sys ema ic analysis
o selec ed opics in each discipline (Ki kwood, 2005).
In he las yea s, many pedagogical inno a ion ac ions as well as he upda e and eno a ion
o eaching esou ces a e being ca ied ou . The mos ep esen a i e o his p ocess is he
ongoing inco po a ion o he majo i y o cou ses augh in all high educa ion ins i u ions
in o so wa e lea ning managemen sys ems such as Blackboa d o Moodle. This allows
ensu ing ha he use o ICTs in he cou ses is impo an and, he e o e, hey appea as one
o he me hodologies used in a numbe o o ma i e ac i i ies.
Web semina (webina s) p og ams ha e a e y posi i e impac on s uden lea ning (Ve ma,
2009; Sypsas, 2015) and, in pa icula , he c ea ion o a webina p og am pa icula ized o
he Bachelo ’s and Mas e s udies in Physics will se e o complemen he speci ic eaching
p og ams o he cou ses on elec onics wi h expe iences o discuss he me hods and
peculia i ies o he scien i ic wo k. The webina s a e scheduled h oughou he academic
yea o g an s uden s access o p o essional aining p og ams ha a e augh by expe s
wi h ele an expe ience in hei ields, which would o he wise be ou o hei each
because o hei p ohibi i e cos and exclusi i y. This is pa icula ly ele an in ou cu en
economic si ua ion because i p o ides he s uden s wi h a ealis ic iew o he ca ee
oppo uni ies open in he ield o mic oelec onics while a he same ime in oducing hem
o he ools ha a e used in he indus ial sec o .
2. Web Semina s P og am
This p ojec p esen s he in eg a ion o echnological ools in o educa ional p ac ices wi h
he objec i e o p o iding suppo , se ing as a ool, expanding aining possibili ies, and
being used only when necessa y. Al hough his pilo expe ience has been de eloped
speci ically o he cou se Mic o and Nano Sys ems, i is planned o be ex ended o all he
cou ses o he Elec onics a ea.
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The webina p og am consis s o wo modules. The i s one, which is synch onous and has
a specialized na u e, has 4 90-minu e sessions ha deal wi h opics ela ed wi h he design
and ab ica ion o mic oelec onic in eg a ed ci cui s. These opics a e p esen ed emo ely
in i ual sessions, making use o he aining esou ces ha he conso ium Eu op ac ice
(www.eu op ac ice-ic.com) o e s o i s membe s. In pa icula , he opics ha a e p esen ed
a e:
 Vi uoso Elec onic Design En i onmen , which gi es a gene al iew o he
compu e -aided design (CAD) ools
 Vi uoso Schema ics Edi o , which in oduces he ool o c ea e schema ic
ep esen a ions o elec onic ci cui s
 Analog Simula ion Techniques in Vi uoso, which analyses he ools o pe o m
he simula ion o elec onic ci cui s
 Layou C ea ion in Vi uoso, which desc ibes he ools o gene a e he layou o
elec onic ci cui s om hei schema ic ep esen a ions
The webina s a e scheduled o No embe (Vi uoso Elec onic Design En i onmen ),
Feb ua y (Schema ic Edi o in Vi uoso), Ma ch (Analog Simula ion Techniques in
Vi uoso) and Ap il (Layou C ea ion in Vi uoso), and hey a e ollowed by a one-week
pe iod o answe online ques ionnai es on he main opics co e ed in each o hem.
The lea ning in he second module is asynch onous and dis ibu ed, and i is in ended o
s uden s o he discipline and o he ela ed deg ees. The webina s o his module a e spli
in o hose designa ed o encou age he knowledge o elec onics and i s applica ions, and
hose cons i u ing a o m o mixed lea ning. The i s ype o webina s o he second
module include ideos on he design and ab ica ion o mic oelec omechanical sys ems
(MEMS) o gi e a ealis ic iew o he indus ial p ocesses in ol ed. They co e he
ollowing aspec s:
 Design and simula ion o a MEMS
 S ages o he ab ica ion o an in eg a ed ci cui (IC)
 Re ision o he p esence o mic oelec onics sys ems in cu en p ocesses and
ins umen a ion
In he second ype webina s o his module, he s uden s a e exposed o he ma e ials
ou side he class oom sessions, which a e used o ac i e lea ning and, in some cases, o
he de elopmen o highe skills such as concep ualiza ion, analysis and applica ion o he
new in o ma ion. The scheduled ac i i ies include he de elopmen o anima ions o
isualize he ope a ion and ab ica ion o MEMS by he adap a ion o Ma lab apple s
(Dimi ije , 2000; Sánchez-Azque a, 2014) and hei con e sion o Ja a, and he use o
CAD ools o eplica e he mos impo an s eps o he design and simula ion p ocess o a
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mic oelec onic sys em, o which he s uden s ha e access o academic licenses o he
ools.
3. Resul s
Al hough “dis ance eaching” may esul in less dialogue be ween he eache and he
s uden , i demands mo e au onomy om he s uden s, which con ibu es hei de eloping
o c i ical ans e sal compe ences such as ime managemen and sel -o ganiza ion.
In his espec , he webina modules implemen ed in p ojec imp o es he lea ning
ou comes because i :
• Facili a es access o new esou ces o specialized aining
• Con ibu es o a be e unde s anding o physical phenomena by he combina ion
o a con en ional ea men wi h a mo e isual and in ui i e p esen a ion
• Del es in o he di e en s ages in he ab ica ion o mic oelec onics sys ems
• In oduces p o essional compu e ools o design and simula e hese sys ems
• Encou ages he ac i e pa icipa ion o he s uden in he eaching-lea ning p ocess
One o he me hods o e alua e he le el o achie emen o he objec i es o his eaching
ac ion is he design o a se o sel -e alua ion exe cises and p oblem based lea ning (PBL)
ac i i ies ela ed o he i ems deal wi h in he webina s. Ano he one is he ealiza ion o a
su ey o in es iga e on he s uden s’ opinion abou he de elopmen o he ac i i y, and
also on hei e lec ion on hei own knowledge o he opics and he in luence o he
ac i i ies. In pa icula , he s uden s a e asked o e alua e i hey a e able o:
- Desc ibe he p inciple o ope a ion o he main mic oelec onic sys ems
- Enume a e and jus i y he s ages o he ab ica ion p ocess o hese sys ems
- Lis hei main applica ion ields and analyse hei oles
- Recognize and manage in a basic le el he main compu e ools used o design and
simula e mic oelec onics sys ems
- Unde ake he design o a simple mic oelec onic sys em acco ding o gi en
speci ica ions
- Assess whe he he scheduled ac i i ies ha e imp o ed hei unde s anding o he
ma e and hei skills and i hey ha e inc eased hei in e es in he subjec
As shown in Fig. 1, s uden s g ea ly app ecia e he oppo uni y o use p o essional
compu e p og ams o he design o mic osys ems; mo eo e , a as majo i y ag ees ha
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Gimeno, C.; Sánchez-Azque a, C.; Celma, S.; Aldea, C.
he complemen a y ma e ials ha e con ibu ed o a be e unde s anding o he cou se
opics, inc easing hei in e es and mo i a ion.
Figu e 1. Resul s o he su ey ca ied ou among he s uden s o assess he impac o he ac i i y.
4. Conclusions
In he cu en amewo k o deg ees adap ed o he Eu opean Highe Educa ion A ea, i is
essen ial o de elop a con inuous pedagogic inno a ion s a egy, as well as o enew he
educa ional media. This p ocess mus be ealized in di e en ields, seeking ha he
s uden s achie e mo e au onomy in hei lea ning p ocess. In pa icula , an adequa e
s a egy is o p o ide s uden s wi h ools ailo ed o achie e a deepe ea men o he mos
ele an opics o he cou ses, ha a e a ac i e o hem o achie e ha how hey lea n be
as impo an as wha hey lea n.
The c ea ion o he webina p og am: Elec ónica enREDada has allowed s uden s acqui e
speci ic skills ha complemen he eaching-lea ning p ocess in cou ses o elec onics o
he Deg ee and Mas e s udies in Physics. An inno a i e app oach has been gi en o some
specialized opics, imp o ing he aining o he s uden s and hei scien i ic knowledge o
elec onics. In pa icula , i has a ou ed he lea ning o complex physical phenomena
while os e ing he in e es and implica ion o he s uden s by a isual and dynamic
desc ip ion o he heo e ical concep s. I has also allowed s uden s he access specialized
aining esou ces in he adequa e space and ime and i has os e ed hei ac i e
pa icipa ion in he eaching-lea ning p ocess.
Rega ding he assessmen o he eache s, an imp o emen o he o e all esul s o he
cou se and, abo e all, a g ea e implica ion and mo i a ion o he s uden s is app ecia ed.
Mo eo e , he inco po a ion o ideos and o he ma e ials on he ab ica ion and ope a ion
o he de ices has g ea ly educed he p oblems ound by he s uden s in wha ega ds he
in e p e a ion o he ela ed ma hema ical exp essions.
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As an aspec o conside o o hcoming edi ions o he ac i i y, he s uden s exp ess some
di icul ies in ollowing he ma e ials in English. The eache s a ibu e his ac o he
sound condi ions o he class oom and, abo e all, o he a ie y o accen s p esen ed by he
a ious ins uc o s o he online ma e ials.
Finally, he s a egy p oposed in his p ojec is ans e able o he majo i y o he cou ses o
he Deg ee in Physics and o he simila cou ses in di e en educa ional le els in
Enginee ing.
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