FTC 2016 - Future Technologies Conference 2016 6-7 December 2016 | San Francisco, United States 349 | Page 978-1-5090-4171-8/16/$31.00 ©2016 IEEE A Pragmatic Approach for Quality Enhancement in Classroom Teaching of Engineering Education in Developing Countries: A Case Study on Power Electronics Emranul Haque Department of EEE Independent University, Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh emran1612@gmail.com Tahsin Ferdous Ara Nayna Department of EEE Independent University, Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh nayna_08@outlook.com Feroz Ahmed Department of EEE Independent University, Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh fahmed@iub.edu.bd Abstract—The massive advancement of the technology in modern society, leads the way to enhancement of learning environment in all aspects of education including engineering. It has now become high time to take effective steps to enhance the learning experience by making changes in traditional classroom teaching. Incorporation of experimentation in classroom teaching is one of the potential methods to do that. This paper proposes a system for enhancement of the classroom teaching of engineering courses by the incorporation of practical experimentation demonstration with the theoretical concepts using a remotely accessed laboratory. This will allow the faculty members to combine the practical results with the theoretical concepts and provide the students with better learning environment. Along with other elements, the details regarding the development of the respective remote laboratory that can be used to teach power electronics courses are presented here. Keywords—teaching quality enhancement; experimentation; remote laboratory; power electronics I. INTRODUCTION The advancement of today’s society in all aspects of knowledge demands for incorporation of cutting-edge research findings and their real life applications into today’s classrooms. Besides, due to the mainly instructor - centred traditional education approaches, lack of practical knowledge of engineering students has become a major concern of the engineering faculty members these days. With the growth of modern technologies - it is the engineers who are the leading people to take the world to a new era of technological advancement. Therefore, the engineering education has to be enhanced to its full bloom. Experiential learning which plays a central role within science and technology curriculum at all levels of education can be extremely beneficial if included in the concept underlined in theoretical lectures. Student's difficulties while understanding the abstract subject matters which is being presented in theoretical lectures can be resolved by experiential learning as laboratory works in fact connects abstract notions with the real world. In the traditional engineering teaching, where the instructor introduces each topic by lecturing the general principle followed by derivation of mathematical models and illustrative applications of the models, the students get the experiential learning only during the laboratory classes. However, the instrument quantity and time constraints still hinders the smooth learning of the students on the course matters. These issues can be attained by the incorporation of experimentation along with the theoretical courses, which is only possible by the use of remote laboratories which can provide the experience of a real lab like environment while eliminating the possibilities of lack of practical knowledge of the students. The incorporation of the remote laboratory in the classroom environment will not only enhance the teaching quality but also provide the students with a better understanding of the theoretical topics. The accompaniment of the laboratory classes will add up to the level of understanding of the students thus giving the students fullest knowledge on the practical aspects of the engineering concepts. From the perspective of developing countries like Bangladesh which are technologically not so advanced, the enhancement of the education quality in undergraduate and graduate level is necessary to take the country's technical advancement up to the mark. This also includes the importance of quality enhancement of the engineering education. While hands-on laboratory tests and experimentation are essential components for enhancement of the engineering education, high investment, associated with the required equipment, space, as well as maintenance and safety costs related to those laboratories, poses important limitations in providing the students with the best facilities needed for engineering education. Due to economic incapability and lack of resources, in most of the developing countries it becomes difficult to provide the latest and relevant hands on experience to all the engineering students. Therefore, for developing countries, when planning to enhance the engineering education the aim has to be to quality enhancement while decreasing educational costs. Moreover, while talking about the enhancement of education quality in electrical engineering, one of the preeminent subjects is power electronics. As more than 75% of generated powers from power plants are processed by power