Conference Session

Customizing Courses for Industry Training Needs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Kuprenas, University of Southern California; Elhami Nasr, California State University-Long Beach

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

2006-1862: PROJECT MANAGEMENT TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION FOR APUBLIC SECTOR ENGINEERING ORGANIZATIONJohn Kuprenas, University of Southern CaliforniaElhami Nasr, California State University-Long Beach Page 11.1043.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Project Management Training and Certification for a Public Sector Engineering OrganizationAs engineers progress through their careers, many engineers perform less traditional technicalengineering and spend more time acting as engineering project managers who perform little orno traditional engineering work. Engineers functioning in both roles, however, are essential tosuccessful

Conference Session

Customizing Courses for Industry Training Needs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Tidwell, Boeing Co.; John Robertson, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

features of the degree program and show thescope and diversity of careers in technology, current high-level examples fromindustry are essential. The outcomes from the education process are there for allto see in the interaction between technical skills, cost and global markets.However, access to the information and experience does not come readily. Itrequires commitment, persistence and a coherent vision shared by all academicand industry participants. The results described in this paper are capable of Page 11.357.8further enhancement as the adaptation of similar content to meet the needs of eachlearning group brings many synergies that continue to enrich both

Conference Session

CPD - Engineering Education K - Life

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhili (Jerry) Gao; Virendra Varma, Missouri Western State University; Christiana Houck, University of Nevada-Las Vegas

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

InstructionalMedia Center at Missouri Western, a group of nine faculty members from various departmentsbegan intensely to plan and develop full on-line courses to meet the educational and career needsof students as per goals cited in Western’s Strategic Plan.5In May 2005, the Western Institute, the distance education arm of Missouri Western, sponsored atwo week Internet Pedagogy Workshop for nine members of the Western faculty. The facultymembers were introduced to resources for on-line course development including gatheringstatistical data from on-line assessments, narrated mini-lectures with PowerPoint, and othermultimedia tools. These faculty members then began developing their courses that weredelivered predominantly during Fall 2005 and Spring 2006