Prof. Shruti Deshmukh, Singhaon College of Science, VadgaonI think this tool can be used to fetch more attention of student towards electronics, because virtual display and instantaneous changes in the result can be observed.
Casestudy : ISC 2011
Objectives:
The key objectives of the study were as follows
1. To use a new technologies to develop a CAL to enhance instructional effectiveness for the content which is difficult to grasp.
2. To test whether the multimedia package of circuit simulations are effective in rising conceptual understanding in circuit design of target group.
3. To compare the effectiveness of the print material vis-Ã -vis the multimedia package to promote the understanding of the subject of the target group.
Approach
The course was conducted using simulation based learning methodologies for the Final year students in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, India Students were divided into two groups of 10 each. The procedure followed in two phases. The first phase consists of performing simulation of any 4 experiments but at least one from each group. Then he/she has to do the experiment in laboratory as per the design and under the teachers guidelines and tabulate the results obtained. In the second phase of the experiments he has to give analysis by Comparing those with the expected results by the simulation techniques. The data collection was done form the teachers about experimenter group and the Target Group. Data was collected with the help of pre test, post test, to study the effectiveness of the Simulation software used and its effectiveness in understanding the concepts
Results
The Experimental group was administrated with iLearnMore package while the control group was given only traditional class room training. From the results analyzed, the faculty was clearly able to conclude that:
1. From the pre-test ad post test of the experimental group, there was a significant difference in conceptual understanding of working of the circuit.
2. From the performance in the post-test of the experimenter group and the control group, there was significant rise in self leaning process, through interaction with iLearnMore.
3. iLearnMore is effective to improve the quality of education and scientific attitude among the students of the target group.
4. iLearnMore helps students in understanding control operation of real instruments in the electronic laboratory, which improved the experimental skills of the experimenter