ACTIVE LEARNING THROUGH WWW: JUST-IN-TIME TEACHING IN DIGITAL SYSTEMS DESIGN

摘要

In this paper, the work-in-progress project which seeks the adaptation and implementation of one undergraduate education's most promising and readily adoptable instructional technique in recent years -Just-in-Time Teaching (JiTT), in an electrical and computer engineering course -Digital Systems Design is presented. JiTT involves web-based warm-up assignments which students are required to complete and submit before class. Students' responses to these assignments are then reviewed by the instructor who makes appropriate adjustments in the teaching based on student's understanding and concerns. The warm-up assignments, combined with classroom teaching, will lead to increased teacher-student and student-student interactions in the classroom and better learning outcomes. The outcomes of this project will be assessed by means of surveys/questionnaires and students' achievement comparisons. If successfully implemented, JiTT will benefit both the traditional and nontraditional student groups in engineering. This project will not only introduce JiTT into a very important engineering program, but also serve as an example of using technology and innovative teaching strategies to promote active learning in undergraduate engineering education.