Two-dimensional barcodes: An effective real world example to teach design and programming

Author

Ahmed, Beena ; Hammady, H.

Author_Institution

Electr. & Comput. Eng. Program, Texas A&M Univ. at Qatar, Doha, Qatar

fYear

2012

fDate

1-3 July 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

In this paper, we will discuss the experience of developing projects based upon a central real world example to introduce first year students to engineering. We will outline how the theme of two dimensional barcodes was used to introduce our students in the freshmen Foundations of Engineering I (ENGR111) course to the key skills of engineering design, problem solving, teamwork and computer programming. Results show that the students found the experience positive.

Keywords

bar codes; computer aided instruction; computer science education; educational courses; educational institutions; engineering education; further education; teaching; 2D barcodes; ENGR111 course; Foundations of Engineering I course; Qatar; TAMUQ; Texas A&M University; central real world example; computer programming; design teaching; engineering design; freshmen engineering courses; problem solving; programming teaching; project development; teamwork; Flowcharts; MATLAB; Programming profession; Robot sensing systems; Teamwork; active learning; engineering design; freshmen engineering courses; problem solving; programming courses;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Education and e-Learning Innovations (ICEELI), 2012 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Sousse

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2226-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICEELI.2012.6360572

Filename

6360572