Learning by Doing: Implementing in Microcontroller Course

Many Engineering applications use microcontrollers as one of the important component. Hence, in our curriculum, Microcontrollers course is one of the core subjects for the undergraduate students of Electrical and Electronics stream. Traditionally, the course was taught as a theory subject in classrooms, accompanied by practical sessions. However, it was observed from the course end survey that, the students were not able to appreciate the subject, as they were not involved in applying the concepts in developing a project. In this paper, an alternative approach of teaching Microcontroller course with emphasis on projects or open ended experiments along with traditional method of teaching is presented. The learning level of the students is found to be increased with this approach. The method is also found to improve students' logical ability and spirit of team work.