Improving student interest with portable laboratory tools in engineering

Abstract

[EN] The desire for improving student motivation and interest in engineering learning have yielded new methodologies for active learning. The present paper presents a new methodology based on project learning and portable learning technology. The goal of the method was to improve the students’ confidence and learning in industrial design and prototyping during one semester. The results indicate that students’ motivation for learning was very high and it has been maintained during the whole semester. Also, the confidence on their learning and retention ability increased, which indicates that the method had a positive impact on the students.