This workshop is to help the participants to explore the Arduino kit, giving participants the opportunity to apply concepts of basic electronic theory in an interesting way and without strict monitoring. Indirectly, this method will give space to the mind of the participants to get as many creative ideas that they can, through their daily tasks, test their theories and learning.
Arduino workshop is targeted to students of SMK Seri Indah, Seri Kembangan, Selangor and guided by 17 students of a Bachelor and a Master’s student of the Bachelor of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). The workshop was held for half a day. In addition, the sample program to be downloaded to Arduino kit is also prepared with a simple explanation of each code is given, so the participants able to understand program code thus help participants to focus on training and how to use the kit.
The effectiveness of this workshop was evaluated by a questionnaire given before and after the training session. The participants were asked to fill out a form to distinguish and to test the understanding of the participants before and after the program. Learning techniques used during this workshop is learning by doing.
