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    A Survey on Lifelong Learning and Project-Based Learning Among Engineering Students
    (Elsevier Science Bv, 2014) Kapusuz, K. Yavuz; Can, Sultan
    Lifelong learning is a highly important issue that most of the governments emphasize on their education programs. It is commonly known that there are various requirements such as learning how to learn, improving communication skills, teamwork abilities and controlling time-money etc. In order to successful in professional life, besides theoretical knowledge. Most of these mentioned requirements are even needed in our daily life to be able to learn efficiently, in any desired field. This study presents the results of a survey carried out to evaluate engineering students' viewpoints regarding lifelong learning and project-based learning. Their perspective on "learning-by-doing" is also investigated. Several aspects in engineering are considered, and evaluation is formed according to these aspects. The importance of theoretical knowledge, oral and written communication skills, economic perspectives, time and budget control, teamwork abilities, learning-by-project and learning-by-doing are the parameters evaluated in the survey. A descriptive analyze is performed in order to evaluate the engineering students' viewpoint about learning at Atilim University. The proposed survey is conducted with 80 students from Faculty of Engineering and the results are illustrated. Based on results, the main issue that the participants highlight is the need of change in learning methods and they are underlying that they want to get integrated more into real world. This study may help the mentors to design a new curriculum for achieving success in the field, which will also be a pioneer the success in every field of life. (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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    Determining Learning Styles of Engineering Students To Improve the Design of a Service Course
    (Elsevier Science Bv, 2011) Ictenbas, Burcu Devrim; Eryilmaz, Hande
    Students learn in different ways and instructors must design their courses to meet the needs of those students. The purpose of this study is to determine learning styles of engineering students at Atilim University for a service course. A VARK questionnaire was administrated to the students who were enrolled in this course and learning styles of these students from different departments were determined and compared. This will provide a guide for instructors to improve their courses offered to different engineering departments based on the determined student learning styles. (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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    On the design of elective courses in rf and communications according to the needs of industry
    (Elsevier Science Bv, 2012) Dalveren, Yaser; Kara, Ali
    Industry expectations for graduates in RF and Communication engineering become important issue in today's competitive job market. Thought in RF and Communication engineering education in the universities in Turkey, there is a gap between the contents of elective courses and industry expectations. This may cause a failure for graduates when they meet real working environment. Study as presented in this article may fill these gaps between the candidate engineers' skills and industry needs. According to industry requirements, senior level elective courses in RF and Communications will be re-designed. In this context, technical and non-technical skills in the national job market for the communication engineers are collected and a survey conducted to the graduates for weighting the skills according to their experiences at work. Then, a priority list, which is comprised by weighted skills in industry requirements, is prepared and presented to students as a questionnaire at the beginning of the semester. This questionnaire is made to assess students' abilities relative to industry requirements, in other words, awareness of the students are determined before taking the elective courses. The result of the study is discussed and it is indicated that students are lack of required skills. By analysing results of this study, improvements in the content of the courses could be started. This study may be useful to produce qualified communication engineers at Atilim University as required by the industry.