Teaching Digital Systems Engineering Courses and Students Performance and Satisfaction

Teaching digital electronics, microprocessor systems, embedded systems and other similar courses requires teachers to constantly adapt their teaching methods in order to improve the learning results. Courses in the field of digital systems are present in every curriculum of specialties such as electronics, information technologies, computer engineering and even mechanical engineering. Therefore, these courses shall be taught effectively, so that students can apply the knowledge learned to solve their practical engineering problems. In the introduction of this paper an analyses of different learning styles and delivery methods as well as their applications in the context of the pandemic is presented. For the purposes of the study, the training in three courses Digital electronics, Microprocessor systems and Digital systems design learned by students of several specialties in the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Automation at University of Ruse is considered. A comparative analysis of student performance results during online learning and traditional learning was performed. A survey conducted among students on their satisfaction from the online teaching in two of these courses during the pandemic is presented. The results of the survey were analysed and some conclusions were drawn.