Adaptive Electronic Quizzing Method for Introductory Electrical Circuit Course

Authors

  • Ruba Akram Amarin University of Central Florida
  • Feras Batarseh University of Central Florida
  • Issa Batarseh University of Central Florida

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijoe.v5i3.930

Keywords:

QuizMe, Tool, Electrical Circuits, Interactive book

Abstract


The interactive technical electronic book, TechEBook, currently under development at the University of Central Florida, provides a useful tool for engineers and scientists through unique features compared to the most used traditional electrical circuit textbooks available in the market. TechEBook has comprised the two worlds of classical circuit books and an interactive operating platform such as laptops and desktops utilizing Java Virtual Machine operator. The TechEBook provides an interactive applets screen that holds many modules, in which each had a specific application in the self learning process. This paper describes one of the interactive techniques in the TechEBook known as, QuizMe, for evaluating the readersâ?? performance and the overall understanding for all subjects at any stage. The QuizMe will be displayed after each section in the TechEBook for the user to evaluate his/her understanding, which introduces the term me-learning, as a comprehensive full experience for self or individualized education. In this paper, a practical example of applying the QuizMe feature is discussed as part of a basic electrical engineering course currently given at the University of Central Florida.

Author Biographies

Ruba Akram Amarin, University of Central Florida

Ruba A. Amarin is with the University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816 USA (e-mail: ramarin@mail.ucf.edu). Ruba received the B.S. degree in Electronic Engineering from the Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Amman-Jordan in 2004; she afterwards received her M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering, Tele-Communication track from the University of Central Florida, Orlando in 2006. Ruba is currently pursuing her Electrical Engineering PhD, conducting research in Satellite and Remote Sensing under the supervision of Dr. Linwood Jones.

Feras Batarseh, University of Central Florida

Feras Batarseh is with the University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816 USA (e-mail: feras_batarseh@yahoo.com). Feras received the B.S. degree in Computer Science from the Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Amman-Jordan in 2006; he afterwards received his M.Sc. degree in Computer Engineering, Software Engineering track from the University of Central Florida, Orlando in 2007. He is currently pursuing his Computer Engineering PhD, conducting research in Software Engineering under the supervision of Dr. David Workman.

Issa Batarseh, University of Central Florida

Issa Batarseh is a Professor and Director of the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Central Florida, Orlando.32816 USA (e-mail: batarseh@mail.ucf.edu). He received the B.S. degree in Computer Engineering and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from University of Illinois, Chicago, in 1983, 1985, and 1990, respectively. He was a Visiting Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at Purdue University, Calumet City, IN, from 1989 to 1990 before joining the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Central Florida, in 1991. He has more than 14 U.S. patents, and more than 50 refereed journal and 200 conference publications.

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Published

2009-07-15

How to Cite

Amarin, R. A., Batarseh, F., & Batarseh, I. (2009). Adaptive Electronic Quizzing Method for Introductory Electrical Circuit Course. International Journal of Online and Biomedical Engineering (iJOE), 5(3), pp. 4–7. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijoe.v5i3.930

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