The InvestiGATOR

电气工程(55)-佛罗里达大学(UF)本科生数字信号处理(DSP)-Track由初级离散时间信号与系统课程和高级DSP课程组成。对这些课程的评估将导致人们得出结论，就工程科学标准而言，它们在学术上是很强大的。然而，他们面临着无法提供学生和雇主都要求的以技术为中心的学习体验的危险。幸运的是，工程教育和培训界正在进行改革，这可能会为UF的DSP计划提供更相关和更有效的手段。首先，由伦斯勒理工学院(RPI)倡导的基于工作室的内容交付战略在交付以技术为中心的材料方面已被证明是有效的。其次，私营部门为培训执业工程师而开发的内容交付框架已成功用于在最短的时间内传授特定技能。以工作室为基础的学习环境，结合专业培训框架，在NSF的CCLI/A&A；I计划的背景下定义了拟议的调查员创新。工作室教学正在被重新引入到UF DSP课程中，使用最近开发的交互式DSP教学实验室作为使能工具。数字信号处理器课程以工作室形式提供支持，同时提供新的补充结构的数字信号处理器(TI C‘6000 DSK)和以MATLAB为中心的学习材料，旨在支持课堂上的工作室活动以及实际操作的真实实验室研究。使用CIPP模式的形成性评估被用来跟踪学生的准备情况和归因于调查人员经历的态度。支持这一项目的是德州仪器和数学公司的费用分摊贡献。该研究人员对工程、科学和技术教育具有广泛和重要的影响。以工作室为基础的培训材料格式将出口到许多大学和学科。调查材料将通过互联网下载、我们行业合作伙伴的教育推广计划以及后续出版物分发。

Electrical Engineering (55)-The University of Florida's (UF) undergraduate Digital Signal Processing (DSP)-track consists of a junior Discrete-Time Signals and Systems and a senior DSP courses. An assessment of these courses would lead one to conclude that they are academically strong by engineering science standards. They are, however, in danger of failing to provide the technology-centric learning experience requested by students and employers alike. Fortunately there are reforms underway within the engineering education and training community that may provide the means of making UF's DSP program more relevant and effective. First, a studio-based content delivery strategy, championed by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), has been demonstrated effective in delivering technology-centric material. Secondly content delivery frameworks developed in the private sector to train practicing engineers, has been successfully used to impart specific skills in minimal time. A studio-based learning environment, combined with a professional training framework defines the proposed InvestiGATOR innovation in the context of the NSF's CCLI/A&I program. Studio instruction is being reintroduced into the UF DSP curriculum using the recently developed Interactive DSP Teaching Laboratory as an enabling instrument. The DSP courses are being delivered in a studio format support along with new supplemental structured DSP micro-processor (TI C'6000 DSK) and MatLab-centric learning material designed to support in-class studio activities as well as hands-on authentic laboratory studies. A formative evaluation using a CIPP model is being used to track student's preparation and attitudes attributable to an InvestiGATOR experience. Supporting this project is cost-shared contributions from Texas Instruments and Mathworks.The InvestiGATOR has broad and important impact on engineering, science, and technology education. The studio-based and training material format will be exported to many universities and disciplines. InvestiGATOR material will be distributed via Internet downloads, the educational outreach programs of our industrial partners, and through follow-on publications.