Reconstructing A 3rd Year Power Electronics Course

Abstract

Haroldo T. Hattori, Sanjida Akter and Khalil As’ham

Electrical Engineering and technology evolve at a very fast pace. However, undergraduate courses, especially those who build fundamental knowledge in Electrical Engineering, do not change so fast. In this article, we describe a major redesign of a 3rd year power electronics course (first course to introduce power electronics in the degree) incorporating new educational technologies and an improved pedagogical approach: the net effect was better student experience and satisfaction, and better learning.

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