Framework:
Undergraduate Studies Program Reform – Education and Primary Vocational Training (EPEAEK II)
Starting Date: 01-05-2003
End Date: 31-08-2008
Budget: 386,068.80€
Description:
The project aimed at the production of integrated polymorphic educational material for a number of subjects of the study curricula. The research team of the Laboratory participated in order to improve the quality of education provided, aiming at raising the effectiveness and competitiveness of the existing educational system.
One of the objectives was the planning and writing the appropriate educational material as well as the investigation of the degree of assimilation of knowledge by the students especially for the following subjects:
- Physics of Semiconductor Devices
- Electronics circuits
- Power Electronics
- Fundamentals of Nanoelectronics
were among the most important activities of the research team as well as a software application for electronic examination and electronic assessment of students. The group conducts rigorous and exhaustive research regarding various ways of electronic evaluation of students. The results are statistically processed and various comparisons are made among the methods implemented. The various methods for testing the knowledge acquired by the students after lectures, tutoring, laboratory work and also of the educational material packet offer become objects of study and speculation in order to make the correct conclusions with respect to the way of teaching.
Research group:
- Dimos Triantis, Professor, Department of Electronics Engineering, TEI of Athens
- Cimon Anastasiadis, Associate Professor, Department of Electronics Engineering TEI of Athens
- Ilias Stavrakas, PhD, MSc, Electronic Engineer
- Drosos Nafpaktitis, Professor, Department of Electronics Engineering, TEI of Athens
- Panagiotis Tsiakas, PhD Candidate, Msc, Electronic & Software Engineer
- Maria Kaitsa, Msc, Electronic & Software Engineer
- Charalampos Roumbas Stergiopoulos, Electronic & Software Engineer
Publications:
- D. Triantis, I. Stavrakas, C. Anastasiadis and I. Marinos: «Networked Learning Physics of Semiconductors through a Virtual Laboratory Environment» Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Networked Learning 2008, 5th & 6th May 2008, Halkidiki, Greece, pp. 845-846.
- P. Tsiakas, Ch. Stergiopoulos, D. Nafpaktitis, D. Triantis, I. Stavrakas: «Computer as a Tool in Teaching. Examining and Assessing Electronic Engineering Students». Proceedings of the IEEE-EUROCON 2007. The International Conference on “Computer as a Tool” Warsaw, September 9-12, pp. 2490-2497.
- D. Triantis, C. Anastasiadis, P. Tsiakas, Ch. Stergiopoulos, «Asynchronous teaching methods and electronic assessment applied to students of the module “Physics of Semiconductor Devices”», Journal of Materials Education, vol. 29, Nos. 1-3, pp. 133-140 (2007).
- D. Nafpaktitis, D. Triantis, P. Tsiakas, C. Stergiopoulos: «Using New Technologies for Teaching Power Electronics and Assessing Students», Proceedings of the IEEE-ICELIE 2006 (First International Conference on E-Learning in Industrial Electronics), Hammamet – Tunisia, December 18 – 20, pp. 125 – 129.
- C Stergiopoulos, P. Tsiakas, M. Kaitsa and D. Triantis: «Evaluating Electronic Examination Methods of Students of Electronics. Effectiveness and Comparison to the Paper-and-Pencil Method», Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Sensor Networks, Ubiquitous, and Trustworthy Computing (SUTC 2006), June 5-7, 2006, Taichung, Taiwan, Book 2, pp. 143-149.
- C. Stergiopoulos, P. Tsiakas, M. Kaitsa and D. Triantis, I. Fragoulis and C. Ninos: «Methods of Electronic Examination Applied to Students of Electronics. Comparison of results with the conventional (paper-and-pencil) method», Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies, 11-13 April 2006, Setúbal, Portugal, pp. 305-311.
- P. Tsiakas, C. Stergiopoulos, M. Kaitsa and D. Triantis: «New technologies applied in the educational process in the TEI of Athens. The case of “e-education” platform and electronic examination of students. Results», WSEAS Transactions on Advances in Engineering Education, vol. 2, pp. 192-196 (2005).
- D. Triantis, I. Stavrakas, P. Tsiakas, C. Stergiopoulos and D. Ninos: «A pilot application of electronic examination applied to students of electronic engineering: Preliminary results», WSEAS Transactions on Advances in Education