  This work presents an agent-based simulation (ABS) of the active learning
process in an Electrical Engineering course. In order to generate input data to
the simulation, an active learning methodology developed especially for
part-time degree courses, called Project-Based Learning Agile (PBLA), has been
proposed and implemented at the Regional University of Blumenau (FURB), Brazil.
Through the analysis of survey responses obtained over five consecutive
semesters, using partial least squares path modeling (PLS-PM), it was possible
to generate data parameters to use as an input in a hybrid kind of agent-based
simulation known as PLS agent. The simulation of the scenario suggests that the
learning occur faster when the student has higher levels of humanist's aspects
as self-esteem, self-realization and cooperation.
