Teaching and Learning Electromagnetic Polarization Using Mobile Devices [Education Corner]

The wide avai lability of smart handheld and mobile devices has provided educators with another opportunity to aid the teaching of electromagnetics (EM) courses with touchbased interactivity, allowing seamless teaching and learning. This article explores how mobile devices may be used to enhance stu...

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Published inIEEE antennas & propagation magazine Vol. 60; no. 4; pp. 112 - 121
Main Authors Tan, Eng Leong, Heh, Ding Yu
Format Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York IEEE 01.08.2018
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects
Antenna measurements
Antennas
Education
Electronic devices
Ground penetrating radar
Handedness
Mobile handsets
Polarization
Radar imaging
Teachers
Teaching
Visualization
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Summary:The wide avai lability of smart handheld and mobile devices has provided educators with another opportunity to aid the teaching of electromagnetics (EM) courses with touchbased interactivity, allowing seamless teaching and learning. This article explores how mobile devices may be used to enhance students' grasp of EM polarization concepts through a special app designed to provide interactive visualization. It also helps instructors to effectively illustrate many wave polarization topics through various interactive features. By using the app, various polarizations can be better explained with two-dimensional (2-D) and three-dimensional (3-D) animations. Users are allowed to input various wave parameters to see, in real time, how they change the polarization ellipse and/or handedness.
ISSN:1045-9243
1558-4143
DOI:10.1109/MAP.2018.2839959