UMass Lowell adopted a \u201claboratory anywhere\u201d teaching model, converting half of <\/span><\/span>the lab sessions into Analog Discovery 3 labs – where the students work on their own <\/span><\/span>and have half of the laboratory time.\u00a0 However, due to recent school closures, they have moved to an entirely online effort. They found that students in the Analog Discovery 3<\/span><\/span>\u00a0based labs were more engaged, better laboratory scores, and <\/span><\/span>saw an increase of 2% in final grades with no negative impact.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n At Montana State University<\/a>, Professor Brock\u00a0<\/span><\/span>LaMeres<\/span><\/span> uses the Analog Discovery 3 as the test and measurement solution for digital <\/span><\/span>electronics courses, allowing him to teach them 100% remotely. <\/span>He says, \u201cThe Analog Discovery 3 is the key enabler for conducting our circuits labs remotely.\u00a0 It allows students to <\/span><\/span>power their breadboards and take measurements just as if they were physically at a lab bench on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>campus.\u00a0 In many cases, it surpasses the functionality that we provide to the students in the <\/span><\/span>physical lab.\u00a0 Our students now get experience with logic analysis and driving digital signals into their\u00a0<\/span><\/span>circuits.\u00a0 <\/span>But, what makes the <\/span><\/span>Analog Discovery 3 practical is its cost.\u00a0 Academic pricing makes it feasible for our department to <\/span><\/span>purchase and distribute devices to each student.\u00a0 That <\/span>isn\u2019t<\/span> possible with some of the more expense <\/span><\/span>portable lab instruments on the market.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The paper \u201cActive Learning: Improving Student Learning using Portable Computer-Based-Test-Equipment,\u201d<\/a> Dr. Mihaela Radu and Dr. Mircea Dabacan discuss the use of the Analog Discovery from Digilent as a means of increasing experiential learning for engineering students, and proves with results that this approach works.<\/p>\n So, excellent – you now know that Digilent can help salvage your semester. But how do you implement it? With an Analog Discovery 3 shipped to every student, they will have the tools they need to succeed but what about transitioning material? Hop on over to our Resource Center<\/a> where you’ll find an abundance of resources for you and your students. Device specific resources to help students include tutorials for each of the instruments a getting started guide, and more. The free course Intro to Analog Circuits Using the Analog Discovery 3<\/a>,\u00a0 with optional physical textbook Real Analog textbook<\/a> (sold on Amazon, and made compatible for Analog Discovery 3!). This is an entire course (that you can pick and choose from), broken down by chapters including text material and labs. Feel free to use all of these resources to help transition your course to online, and of course if you are your students have any questions they can head over to the Digilent Forum.<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Analog](\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ADS-PopUpLab-5-580.png\")
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