successful model of knowledge transmission centers for the mostpart on the teacher and what they want students to learn and accomplish from theses lectures.Another teaching approach known as Project- Based Learning (PBL) promotes critical thinkingutilizing real-life problems as the starting point. Professors and students are expected to playnon-conventional roles by engaging in this instructional and learning approach. In a PBLenvironment, learners practice higher order cognitive skills (analysis, synthesis and evaluation)and are constantly engaged in reflective thinking asking questions that are based on applicationof concepts from different Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)disciplines. This paper draws on the lessons learned
students to chat in real-time and participate in virtual face-to-face communication with the instructor. We emphasize that IVLP is still in its prototype stageand requires further testing and enhancements and this paper only reflects our initial results.The rest of this paper is organized as follow. In Section 2 we briefly describe the basic coursedelivery model used in IVLP. In Section 3 we describe the architecture and then we go over thelayout and implementation of IVLP and provide details about individual modules of the system. Page 15.45.22. IVLP Delivery MethodologyThe Integrated Virtual Learning Platform is a pilot project developed by the
enhanced learningoutcomes. This model has often been used to redesign courses in science and engineering withmany pedagogical benefits. The Kolb model suggests that balance among the four stages leads tooptimal learning, deeper understanding of concepts and applications, and longer retention ofinformation. It is achieved through reflective observation (RO), and active experimentation (AE).However, a necessary condition for such construction of knowledge is that this knowledgeshould be grasped first. Knowledge depiction occurs through Concrete Experience (CE) orAbstract Conceptualization (AC).A significant component of this project involved undergraduate students in experiential learningand research efforts. The undergraduate engineering summer
tested and appropriate CAN data is collected in aCAN log file. This data is post-test analyzed in MATLAB to develop a theoretical model of thecomponent. The component model can then be developed in Simulink to predict it would behave Page 15.341.17in a real environment test. The specific component is not important, and the test could be asimple temperature rise test of a small motor.What is important is that, to the degree possible, the test instruction topics and applications oftesting actually reflect industrial testing processes while using actual industrial testing analysisand simulation tools. The inclusion of MATLAB/Simulink for modeling and