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The Adaptation of Online Project-Based Learning in Computer Engineering Education Settings

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While many universities offered some online courses in computer engineering prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, few offered project-based courses in a fully virtual mode. This has changed with pandemic-related restrictions. When converting to an online-only mode, active-learning projects and lab components of computer engineering courses pose additional challenges because they require face-to-face interaction and specialized equipment. In this paper, we present how we adapted a year-long capstone course to be fully online at a public university in California, U.S., and report our findings based on students’ perceptions. Our major findings are: 1) students’ satisfaction rates of online courses improved over the one year of online-only learning, and 2) students tended to prefer synchronous lectures, but the difference in preference between synchronous vs. asynchronous teaching was not significant.

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  1. California State University San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA, 92407, USA

    Yunfei Hou, Fadi Muheidat, Amir Ghasemkhani, Qingquan Sun, Haiyan Qiao, Miranda McIntyre & Montgomery Van Wart

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  1. CTI Global, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    Prof. Dr. Michael E. Auer

  2. Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Sachsen, Germany

    Prof. Dr. Hanno Hortsch

  3. Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Sachsen, Germany

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Hou, Y. et al. (2022). The Adaptation of Online Project-Based Learning in Computer Engineering Education Settings. In: Auer, M.E., Hortsch, H., Michler, O., Köhler, T. (eds) Mobility for Smart Cities and Regional Development - Challenges for Higher Education. ICL 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 390. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93907-6_101

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