Build-a-Radar Self-Paced Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)

Electromagnetic education can be greatly enhanced by providing students with a practical hands-on project that helps illustrate the different theoretical concepts covered. This paper introduces a unique build-a-radar course for this purpose, and is offered online for free in a self-paced massively o...

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Published in:	2019 IEEE Radar Conference (RadarConf) pp. 1 - 5
Main Authors:	Kolodziej, Kenneth E., Bell, Patrick J., Fenn, Alan J., Kowalski, Elizabeth, Meklenburg, John W., Moulder, William F., Mullen, Julia S., Perry, Bradley T.
Format:	Conference Proceeding
Language:	English
Published:	IEEE 01-04-2019
Subjects:	Doppler radar Education electrical engineering education electronic learning open educational resources Radar antennas Radar cross-sections Radio frequency self-study courses Spaceborne radar STEM student experiments synthetic aperture radar
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Summary:	Electromagnetic education can be greatly enhanced by providing students with a practical hands-on project that helps illustrate the different theoretical concepts covered. This paper introduces a unique build-a-radar course for this purpose, and is offered online for free in a self-paced massively open online format. The site can be accessed at https://llx.mit.edu, and provides students with an understanding of radar through the use of pre-recorded video lectures, review questions and associated reference materials. This course also contains a detailed set of instructions to guide students through the radar construction using a hardware kit that is also available online. Together, these combined offerings present a novel teaching tool for all students interested in radar and electromagnetics as a whole.
ISSN:	2375-5318
DOI:	10.1109/RADAR.2019.8835726