A Unified Integrated Teaching-learning Modular Approach to Education: Application to Computer Engineering Education and to Machine Learning

1 A.-R. M. Zaghloul, Georgia Institute of Technology, College of Engineering, GTREP and School of ECE, Orleans Building, Chatham Center Dr., Savannah, GA 31405 [email protected] 2 Ashraf Saad, Georgia Institute of Technology, College of Engineering, GTREP and School of ECE, Orleans Building, Chatham Center Dr., Savannah, GA 31405 [email protected] Abstract  We propose a unified integrated teachinglearning modular (UITLM) approach to education. It is based on a breakdown of knowledge to integrated modules of information. The basic level of breakdown is to be used in education to buildup concepts, while the higher ones are to be used to buildup complex concepts of knowledge, including those of experts. Key to the success of this breakdown is the relational integration of the information leading to the concept under consideration. This approach lends itself smoothly to a unified teaching-learning concept of education. The information handler, being a teacher, a student, or another educational environment, is at the center of this educational model. The main inherent characteristics of this model are extreme flexibility, integration, ease of interaction, and being evolutional. The last leads to the development of the educational environment to grow in complexity, approaching that of an expert, by its own internal behavior and interaction with the information handler. As examples of the proposed UITLM, we discuss its application to computer engineering education and to machine learning.