Development of Electronic Learning Methods Using
the Project-Based Learning Method
Darwison
1
, Primas Emeraldi
2
, Rudy Fernandez
3
{darwison@eng.unand.ac.id
1
}
1,2,3
Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Andalas University, Padang,
Indonesia
Abstract. With the rapid development of science at this time and the criteria for
recruitment of workers who need soft skills, the Teaching and Learning Process (PBM)
applying the Teacher Center Learning (TCL) method is no longer appropriate. The
application of the Student Center Learning (SCL), which emphasizes on the Project-
Based Learning (PjBL) method is needed. The assessment is not only on hard skills (such
as Tasks, Examinations, Exams, Exercises, Quizzes, group presentations, and Major
Tasks) but also on soft skills. Using the SCL-PjBL method in PBM will be able to
increase the maximum absorption of knowledge to students. Besides, the students must
be prepared in terms of lecture material, which will be presented by more challenged
lectures to be better prepared because the SCL-PjBL method makes more lecturers as
facilitators. The results of the assessment of Electronics courses with the application of
the SCL-PjBL method for 131 students in the 2018/2019 school year obtained an average
score of soft skills of 72% from a 40% rating or 28.8 on a 100 scale.
Keywords: Student-Centered Learning, Teacher-Centered Learning, Project-Based
Learning, soft skills, and Assessment.
1. Introduction
The position of the Electronics course in the curriculum structure of the Electrical
Engineering Department is the compulsory (Core) subject in semester II which requires the
compulsory subject namely the Electricity Circuit in semester II. The competencies are: 1)
Students are able to explain Electronic components and examples of applications that are used
in the community. 2) Students are able to explain and design a series of simple electronic
applications using basic electronic components such as transistors, op-amps, relays, SCRs,
sensors and others. Simple electronic applications can be in the form of water tank controls,
room security, safes, line follower robots and others. With these competencies, this course can
support the making of Final Projects related to an application in the form of a hardware
device.
The learning method applied so far still uses the TCL method [1]. At the beginning of the
lecture, the lecturer explains the material to be obtained during the lecture which is outlined
through the Semester Learning and Program Plan (RPKPS). At each meeting, the lecturer
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DOI 10.4108/eai.11-9-2019.2298471