Course description 
This course is fundamental and introduces students to the concepts of circuit elements, simple linear circuits, and methods of analysis. It aims at better understanding and consolidation from the students of concepts such as circuit components, data connections, sinusoidal steady state, complex impedance and principles or methods such as laws of Kirchhoff, circuit theorems and analysis methods.
Description of the participants
The course is obligatory in the 1st year of undergraduate studies of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the University of Thessaly. Approximately 180 students are enrolled in the course. Participants have limited exposure to problem-based learning. Through this course they are building hands-on knowledge in an active manner on electrical circuit design.
Timeframe
Spring 2020.
Description of active learning activities
The laboratory part of the course is based on problem-based learning and is performed on workbenches with instrumentation and breadboards. It involves performing laboratory exercises for better understanding by the students of the basic principles of linear circuits, and familiarization with instrumentation.
The practical exercises take place in the Electrical Circuits laboratory of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Practical activities are published through the ALIEN platform as good practices for the benefit of engineering students and educators.
