Stepping into a new learning environment: From virtual to personal: Power electronics case study

Nowadays, the European Higher Education Area means an important change in the teaching/learning process: it is necessary to involve more efficiently to the students. Moreover, university education has undergone a significant change to new models that encourage the active role of students in the teaching/learning process. This new framework includes the increase in the development and use of new Information and Communication Technology in education and the analysis of the academic performance of students and their sensation of engagement and burnout. In the case study in this paper, a new teaching methodology is design and it is based on the implementation and development of a new learning environment for Power Electronics. To evaluate the benefits and drawbacks of this new methodology and the compliance with the objectives, several surveys have been designed, for students. These results are complemented with the study of the student stress levels, information that will be complemented with an in-depth analysis of the got marks of the students and with the sensation of engagement and burnout, measured in terms of academic stress.