Interdisciplinarity as a Means of Promoting Learning in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Aharon Gero; Beto Catz

doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26190-9_52

Interdisciplinarity as a Means of Promoting Learning in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Aharon Gero, Beto Catz

Education in Science and Technology

Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

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Abstract

Analog and digital electronics are traditionally taught separately in higher education. However, the relevance of chips containing both analog and digital circuits has increased significantly. Thus, the Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering (Technion – Israel Institute of Technology) decided to combine two undergraduate courses, the first dealing with analog electronics and the second with digital electronics, into a single course “Electronic Circuits” integrating both areas. The study presented here aimed to examine whether this interdisciplinary approach promoted learning compared to the traditional one. The study, which applied quantitative and qualitative instruments, involved 156 electrical and computer engineering students. According to the results, the achievements of students who studied electronic circuits in the interdisciplinary approach were significantly higher than those of their peers taught via the traditional way. Students claim that interdisciplinary learning is interesting, constitutes a natural approach, improves understanding, but also places a heavy cognitive load.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Learning in the Age of Digital and Green Transition - Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning ICL 2022
Editors	Michael E. Auer, Wolfgang Pachatz, Tiia Rüütmann
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	498-504
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Print)	9783031261893
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26190-9_52
State	Published - 2023
Event	25th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning, ICL 2022 - Vienna, Austria Duration: 27 Sep 2022 → 30 Sep 2022

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
Volume	634 LNNS

Conference

Conference	25th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning, ICL 2022
Country/Territory	Austria
City	Vienna
Period	27/09/22 → 30/09/22

Keywords

Electronic circuits
Higher education
Interdisciplinary education

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Control and Systems Engineering
Signal Processing
Computer Networks and Communications

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Gero, A., & Catz, B. (2023). Interdisciplinarity as a Means of Promoting Learning in Electrical and Computer Engineering. In M. E. Auer, W. Pachatz, & T. Rüütmann (Eds.), Learning in the Age of Digital and Green Transition - Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning ICL 2022 (pp. 498-504). (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems; Vol. 634 LNNS). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26190-9_52

Gero, Aharon ; Catz, Beto. / Interdisciplinarity as a Means of Promoting Learning in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Learning in the Age of Digital and Green Transition - Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning ICL 2022. editor / Michael E. Auer ; Wolfgang Pachatz ; Tiia Rüütmann. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2023. pp. 498-504 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems).

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Gero, A & Catz, B 2023, Interdisciplinarity as a Means of Promoting Learning in Electrical and Computer Engineering. in ME Auer, W Pachatz & T Rüütmann (eds), Learning in the Age of Digital and Green Transition - Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning ICL 2022. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol. 634 LNNS, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, pp. 498-504, 25th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning, ICL 2022, Vienna, Austria, 27/09/22. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26190-9_52

Interdisciplinarity as a Means of Promoting Learning in Electrical and Computer Engineering. / Gero, Aharon; Catz, Beto.
Learning in the Age of Digital and Green Transition - Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning ICL 2022. ed. / Michael E. Auer; Wolfgang Pachatz; Tiia Rüütmann. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2023. p. 498-504 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems; Vol. 634 LNNS).

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Gero A, Catz B. Interdisciplinarity as a Means of Promoting Learning in Electrical and Computer Engineering. In Auer ME, Pachatz W, Rüütmann T, editors, Learning in the Age of Digital and Green Transition - Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning ICL 2022. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. 2023. p. 498-504. (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems). doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26190-9_52

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