• DocumentCode
    1424207
  • Title

    Lessons Learned in the Use of WIRIS Quizzes to Upgrade Moodle to Solve Electrical Circuits

  • Author

    Bogarra Rodriguez, Santiago ; Corbalan Fuertes, Montserrat ; Font Piera, Antoni ; Plaza Garcia, Inmaculada ; Solsona, Francisco J. Arcega

  • Author_Institution
    Electr. Eng. Dept., Polytech. Univ. of Catalonia (UPC), Terrassa, Spain
  • Volume
    55
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    412
  • Lastpage
    417
  • Abstract
    WIRIS quizzes are an online mathematics tool for educational purposes that upgrade Moodle quizzes and allow the development of personalized quizzes using random data and conditional instructions. WIRIS quizzes can be used in any mathematics or science degree; their complex operators allow it to be used to solve electrical circuits. This tool promotes autonomous student learning and enables teachers to monitor that learning and make adjustments if necessary. Therefore, this tool improves teaching quality. It can also be used as an assessment tool by both the teacher and the student. This paper shows how WIRIS quizzes have been integrated into the virtual campus of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), Spain, to teach electrical circuits. Lessons learned in performing and using WIRIS quizzes with second-year students at the UPC are shown.
  • Keywords
    computer aided instruction; electrical engineering education; mathematics; Moodle quizzes; Polytechnic University of Catalonia; Spain; UPC; WIRIS quizzes; conditional instructions; electrical circuits; online mathematics tool; random data; virtual campus; Calculators; Educational institutions; Electrical engineering; Mathematical model; Syntactics; Training; Distance learning; WIRIS quizzes Moodle; e-learning; electrical engineering education; training;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Education, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9359
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TE.2011.2181381
  • Filename
    6132438