Integration of UAVs and GIS in teaching agricultural mechanization: impact on student perception and learning
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https://doi.org/10.26507/paper.4289Keywords:
active learning in engineering, agricultural engineering, agriculture 4.0, digital technologiesAbstract
Objective: This study evaluates the perception of agricultural engineering students regarding the integration of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) as pedagogical tools in teaching agricultural mechanization. Methods: An experiential learning activity was developed in which students monitored a horizontal tillage operation using UAVs equipped with cameras. The data collected were processed in QGIS to reconstruct the machinery trajectories and to calculate performance metrics such as working speed, turning and effective time, working width, field capacity, efficiency, and coverage areas. Perception data were gathered using the Comprehensive Teaching Evaluation for Improvement from 2021 to 2024. Results: Over 97% of the students reported achieving deep and sufficient learning. Between 91% and 95% stated that teaching methods were adapted to their learning needs. Furthermore, over 90% recognized the value of the methodology in fostering critical thinking and argumentation, and 97% acknowledged its contribution to the development of autonomous learning skills. Initial software-related challenges were overcome through flexible pedagogical approaches. Conclusion: The integration of UAVs and GIS enhances the teaching and learning process in agricultural mechanization by making technical concepts more accessible and engaging. The study supports the progressive adoption of these technologies to strengthen student motivation, understanding, and autonomy in learning.
Author Biography
Óscar Chaparro Anaya, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
A TEACHING OF ENGINEERING BASED ON EXPERIMENTAL LEARNING CASE OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
A pedagogical reflection is structured based on the experiences that a group of teachers from the Agricultural Engineering and Mechanization area have lived during the last 20 years at the National University of Colombia, Palmira campus, with the aim of communicating the main aspects associated with the way of teach agricultural engineering. The document is structured in two sections; conceptual referents and description of the pedagogical models used. The main theoretical foundations provided by the "intensive pedagogy" and the constructivist school are exposed and the contributions given by different pedagogical models such as educational technologies focused on information, learning from practice and experiential learning are described. It is recognized that knowledge will be effective to the extent that it rests on the testimony of experience; Therefore, the pedagogical practice of experiential learning offers favorable scenarios to achieve a different relationship with knowledge and foster passion and autonomous thinking in students, with the ability to assume changes and unexpected situations, as well as the deployment of all their potential in the exercise of their profession as Engineers.
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