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Automating Engineering Educational Practical Electronics Laboratories for Designing Engaging Learning Experiences

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Human Work Interaction Design. Designing Engaging Automation (HWID 2018)

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This paper presents a work on understanding the effect of automated systems on learning experiences of students in practical electronics laboratory sessions. Here automation refers to the ability to provide students with contextualized information and instructions to rectify mistakes made while conducting practical experiment. A system employing mobile augmented reality (AR) and a debugging tool to assist students with physical circuit prototyping was developed. The AR provides active visualization to students regarding practical experiment. The debugger tool senses errors made while prototyping of electronic circuits on breadboard. The proposed system, named Smart Learning System, has shown to improve students’ engagement in practical laboratory sessions and improve laboratory dynamics by reducing the workload of instructors.

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Acknowledgement

We are thankful to all students, lab assistants and course instructors who participated in this study. Due consent was taken to record videos and take photographs. The authors would like to thank Dr. Praveen Kumar, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, IIT Guwahati for his kind inputs and support. The authors acknowledge the help of Subir Dey and Venkatesh Varala from Department of Design, IIT Guwahati during user research studies. Special thanks to Vamshi Krishna Reddy for helping with prototype.

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    Anmol Srivastava & Pradeep Yammiyavar

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  1. University of Milan, Milan, Italy

    Barbara Rita Barricelli

  2. Aalto University, Aalto, Finland

    Virpi Roto

  3. Copenhagen Business School, Frederiksberg, Denmark

    Torkil Clemmensen

  4. Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute, Funchal, Portugal

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  5. Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute, Funchal, Portugal

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  6. Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute, Funchal, Portugal

    Frederica Gonçalves

  7. University of West London, London, UK

    José Abdelnour-Nocera

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Srivastava, A., Yammiyavar, P. (2019). Automating Engineering Educational Practical Electronics Laboratories for Designing Engaging Learning Experiences. In: Barricelli, B., et al. Human Work Interaction Design. Designing Engaging Automation. HWID 2018. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 544. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05297-3_6

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