Teaching Computer Networks to Electrical Engineering Students by a Lecture-based Course and a Lab Course: A Quantitative Analysis of Students' Perceptions

Atef Abdrabou; Walid Shakhatreh

doi:10.1145/3470716.3470721

Teaching Computer Networks to Electrical Engineering Students by a Lecture-based Course and a Lab Course: A Quantitative Analysis of Students' Perceptions

Atef Abdrabou, Walid Shakhatreh

Department of Electrical and Communication Engineering

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Abstract

This paper investigates the effectiveness, from students' perspectives, of teaching computer networking to electrical engineering undergrads by a classic course in data communication and a task-oriented lab course. Students' opinions are quantitatively analyzed via an outcome-based learning approach, where the learning outcomes of both courses are detailed and evaluated by the students. The results reveal a varying degree of effectiveness based mainly on the relevance of a learning outcome to the students' daily life experiences.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ICIEI 2021 - Proceedings of the 2021 6th International Conference on Information and Education Innovations
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	24-29
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450389488
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3470716.3470721
Publication status	Published - Apr 16 2021
Event	6th International Conference on Information and Education Innovations, ICIEI 2021 - Virtual, Online, Serbia Duration: Apr 16 2021 → Apr 18 2021

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Name	ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Conference

Conference	6th International Conference on Information and Education Innovations, ICIEI 2021
Country/Territory	Serbia
City	Virtual, Online
Period	4/16/21 → 4/18/21

Keywords

computer networks
electrical engineering
lab course
learning
outcome-based
teaching

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Software
Human-Computer Interaction
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Computer Networks and Communications

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Abdrabou, A., & Shakhatreh, W. (2021). Teaching Computer Networks to Electrical Engineering Students by a Lecture-based Course and a Lab Course: A Quantitative Analysis of Students' Perceptions. In ICIEI 2021 - Proceedings of the 2021 6th International Conference on Information and Education Innovations (pp. 24-29). (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3470716.3470721

Teaching Computer Networks to Electrical Engineering Students by a Lecture-based Course and a Lab Course: A Quantitative Analysis of Students' Perceptions. / Abdrabou, Atef ; Shakhatreh, Walid.
ICIEI 2021 - Proceedings of the 2021 6th International Conference on Information and Education Innovations. Association for Computing Machinery, 2021. p. 24-29 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Abdrabou, A & Shakhatreh, W 2021, Teaching Computer Networks to Electrical Engineering Students by a Lecture-based Course and a Lab Course: A Quantitative Analysis of Students' Perceptions. in ICIEI 2021 - Proceedings of the 2021 6th International Conference on Information and Education Innovations. ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 24-29, 6th International Conference on Information and Education Innovations, ICIEI 2021, Virtual, Online, Serbia, 4/16/21. https://doi.org/10.1145/3470716.3470721

Abdrabou A , Shakhatreh W. Teaching Computer Networks to Electrical Engineering Students by a Lecture-based Course and a Lab Course: A Quantitative Analysis of Students' Perceptions. In ICIEI 2021 - Proceedings of the 2021 6th International Conference on Information and Education Innovations. Association for Computing Machinery. 2021. p. 24-29. (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series). doi: 10.1145/3470716.3470721

Abdrabou, Atef ; Shakhatreh, Walid. / Teaching Computer Networks to Electrical Engineering Students by a Lecture-based Course and a Lab Course : A Quantitative Analysis of Students' Perceptions. ICIEI 2021 - Proceedings of the 2021 6th International Conference on Information and Education Innovations. Association for Computing Machinery, 2021. pp. 24-29 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).

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