Applying project-based learning and micro-learning techniques, using FPGA technology in education of digital electronics subject

Higher education is one of the most important pillars of societies in the fields of economy, industry and the job market. Therefore, universities are interested and constantly develop their education in line with the great development outside their walls. From this principle, the subject of digital electronic circuit design is one of important material to be developed to make students very well prepared and good digital engineers and to keep pace with the job market requirements. This development should Permeates learning process for effective, fast and thorough learning, to make the learning more closer to the real world digital design projects, through an advanced educational process, and by offering instruction and Attraction projects and examples cover the digital electronic subject. The study applied three education models in learning of, (1) Micro-Learning technique with using FPGA technology, (2) Project-Based Learning technique with using (Field Programmable Gate Array) FPGA technology and (3) traditional learning model, in graduate education, in the aim of finding new education method that may be applied by other engineering educators and to find a valuable and reliable comparison in learning of a digital electronic design subject and in high learning engineering for learning by project-based learning technique and micro-learning technique, and to be a reference for continuous improvement in engineering education. This researsh involved 153 students in three groups and two universities, where the study experimentally examined the possibility of applying project-based learning and micro-learning techniques in engineering education and achieved a considerable results in the comparison, also yielded encouraging results to apply the project-based learning method or micro-learning method instead of traditional learning.