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Embedded Systems are integrated into our daily life in many ways. Embedded systems education requires at least two major components: (1) a teacher with expertise in both hardware and software; (2) a hands-on experimental environment. Recent developments in educational tool kits for learning embedded systems, such as ArduEZ, increase the feasibility of teaching embedded systems online; but conclusive evidence about the efficiency of teaching embedded systems online is still very rare. This paper presents a comparative study of face-to-face and online delivery modes of an embedded systems course with a focus on students’ learning experience. During our experiment, an embedded systems course was taught in both face-to-face and online modes with identical content. The results show that online learning mode can be a viable alternative to the traditional face-to-face course for embedded systems education if required components such as student-teacher interaction, sufficient independent learning skills for the students, well-designed teaching materials, and tangible support are provided.

Item Type:	Refereed Conference Paper
Keywords:	embedded system education, online education, E-learning
Research Division:	Information and Computing Sciences
Research Group:	Artificial intelligence
Research Field:	Knowledge representation and reasoning
Objective Division:	Information and Communication Services
Objective Group:	Information systems, technologies and services
Objective Field:	Information systems, technologies and services not elsewhere classified
UTAS Author:	Chung, H (Mr David Chung)
UTAS Author:	Long, S (Miss Siqu Long)
UTAS Author:	Sarker, S (Mr Shouvojit Sarker)
UTAS Author:	Ellis, L (Associate Professor Leonie Ellis)
UTAS Author:	Kang, BH (Professor Byeong Kang)
ID Code:	123744
Year Published:	2018
Web of Science® Times Cited:	31
Deposited By:	Information and Communication Technology
Deposited On:	2018-01-23
Last Modified:	2019-02-25
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