УДК 378.147.88:004.9:378.2

DOI: 10.15507/Inted.74.018.201401.109

 

ROLE OF VIRTUAL LABORATORY-BASED ASSIGNMENTS IN IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF ACADEMIC PREPAREDNESS AMONG BACHELOR DEGREE STUDENTS SPECIALISING IN “INFO-COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS”

V. S. Dubrovin, V. V. Nikulin
(Ogarev Mordovia State University)

Taking into account the importance of laboratory courses for technical education, the article emphasizes the importance of laboratory practicum, specifies advantages and disadvantages of the use of laboratory bench assignments, and identifies prerequisites for the implementation and benefits of virtual assignments. Based on the academic experience of the Chair of Info-Communication Technologies and Communication Systems the authors explore the possibilities and practical application of PSIM for working out virtual laboratory assignments in such courses as “General Theory of Communication”, “Digital Signal Processing” and “Circuit design of telecommunication devices”. The authors further provide evidence that with the use of the virtual practicum, the quality of bachelor degree students’ academic preparation has significantly improved.

Keywords: laboratory practicum; laboratory bench assignments; virtual laboratory assignment; PSIM environment.

About the authors:

Dubrovin Viktor Stepanovich, research assistant professor, Chair of Information and Communication Technologies and Communication Systems, Ogarev Mordovia State University (Saransk, Russia), Kandidat nauk degree holder (PhD) in engineering sciences, vsdubrovin13@ mail.ru

Nikulin Vladimir Valeryevich, research assistant professor, Head of the Chair of Information and Communication Technologies and Communication Systems, Ogarev Mordovia State University (Saransk, Russia), Kandidat nauk degree holder (PhD) in engineering sciences, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

For citation: Dubrovin V. S., Nikulin V. V. Rol’ virtual’nyh laboratornyh rabot v povyshenii kachestva podgotovki bakalavrov po napravleniju “Infokommunikacionnye tehnologii i sistemy svjazi” [Role of virtual laboratory-based assignments in improving the quality of academic preparedness among bachelor degree students specialising in “Info-communication technologies and communication systems”]. Integracija obrazovanija [Integration of Education]. 2014, no. 1 (74), pp. 109−115.

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