Structure and development of the course

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(1)    Introduction;

(2)    Electrical current;

(3)    Ohm's law: electrical resistance, experiments and measurements using Ohm's law;

(4)    General use of Ohm's law: signal generators, circuits and measurements;

(5)    Capacitors, basic principles of electricity, RC circuit and alternating experiments;

(6)    Final project.

Both a practical and a theoretical approach are taken throughout each Unit.


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(1)    Exercises and activities to reinforce a content;

(2)    Use of remote laboratory as a dynamic learning method.


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(1)    Course documentation in PDF, assignments and exercises;

(2)    VISIR remote laboratory: to encourage students to use it in each exercise;

(3)    Falstad simulator;

(4)    Excel and math applications;

(5)    Internet links to reinforce content.

 


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Each subject will be assessed using a variety of methods, depending on their content:

(1)    Exercises;

(2)    Individual or group work with VISIR remote laboratory; 

(3)    Task for home: individual practice with the VISIR (comparing theoretical and real results);

(4)    Test.