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Article Citation - WoS: 8Citation - Scopus: 8A New Rf and Microwave Engineering Course Enriched With Advanced Technologies(Wiley, 2012) Aydin, Elif; Cagiltay, NergizIn this study, a curriculum model including recent developments and technologies in the Radio Frequency (RF) and Microwave Engineering field by using a blended approach is proposed. This study covers the description of the content of theoretical and hands on applications, the integration model of the technological tools into the proposed curriculum, and the instructional approaches used in the new course design. The main goal of the course is to prepare students for future professional careers in RF and Microwave Engineering by supporting them with new instructional technologies. The secondary goal of the course is to better prepare the students for the sequence of senior courses in the Electrical and Electronics Engineering program of Atilim University. The course is structured with a balance between theory and laboratory, including remote and in lab measurement experiments as well as modeling and designing microwave components by means of computer tools and design fabrication. The newly designed course is implemented at the Atilim University. The study also reports the first semester implementation. (C) 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Comput Appl Eng Educ 20: 634645, 2012Article Citation - WoS: 17Citation - Scopus: 22Seven Principles of Instructional Content Design for a Remote Laboratory: a Case Study on Errl(Ieee-inst Electrical Electronics Engineers inc, 2011) Cagiltay, Nergiz Ercil; Aydin, Elif; Aydin, Cansu Cigdem; Kara, Ali; Alexandru, MarianThis paper discusses the results of a study of the requirements for developing a remote radio frequency (RF) laboratory for electrical engineering students. It investigates students' preferred usage of the technical content of a state-of-the-art RF laboratory. The results of this study are compared to previous findings, which dealt with other user groups (technicians in technical colleges and engineers in the RF domain). Based on the results of these analyses, seven essential principles for designing and developing such a laboratory were identified. As a case study, these principles were then implemented into a remote laboratory system. In this paper, the implementation examples are also provided and discussed. The primary aim of this study is to guide remote laboratory platform developers toward the most effective instructional design. This study also determined, from the remote laboratory system case study, what the requirements are of such a laboratory from the students' perspective.Article Citation - WoS: 28Citation - Scopus: 38Requirements for Remote Rf Laboratory Applications: an Educators' Perspective(Ieee-inst Electrical Electronics Engineers inc, 2009) Cagiltay, Nergiz Ercil; Aydin, Elif; Oktem, Rusen; Kara, Ali; Alexandru, Marian; Reiner, BodoThis paper discusses the results of a study of the requirements for developing a remote RF laboratory. This study draws on the perspectives of educators in university electrical engineering departments and in technical colleges, on the teaching of the radio frequency (RF) domain. The study investigates how these educators would like the technical content of a state of the art RF laboratory to be designed. As far as the authors know, no publication exists in the literature that investigates the requirements and needs of remote laboratories in that particular field. The outcomes of this work are expected to guide remote laboratory platform developers towards the most effective design of their platforms, The analysis of the results showed that educators would like the technical content of the laboratory to cover basic communication techniques, microwave circuits and devices, antennas and propagation, RF technology, and radio system design aspects of modern telecommunication systems. They would therefore like the laboratory instrumentation to be designed to that end. The educators also reported the need for advanced experimental setups which require expensive RF measurement devices. The discrepancy between university and technical college views was also considered in this paper.
