Conference Session

IE Curriculum Design

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harvey Svec, South Dakota State University; Harriet Svec, South Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

AC 2007-154: PROJECT REJUVENATION: A TIME-TESTED 1ST YEARMACHINE TOOL PROJECTHarvey Svec, South Dakota State UniversityHarriet Svec, South Dakota State University Dr. Harriet Svec has a background in Curriculum and Instruction and assisted with the curriculum rejuvenation of the project. Page 12.1204.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Project Rejuvenation: A time tested 1st year machine tool projectAbstractAn engineering prerequisite course for Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineers has stood thetest of time as it has changed with technology. The course laboratory project was originallydesigned

Conference Session

IE Curriculum Design

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sophia Scott, Southeast Missouri State University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

usually harder to teach in a fully online environmentbecause of the need for laboratories, machinery, chemicals or equipment. The structure of theclassroom blended with the Web could be the answer for engineering education. Blendedlearning can be described as the optimum balance of online and face-to-face classes that fosterstudent learning at reasonable costs. The limited literature on blended learning is full ofexamples from all disciplines. A number of universities (State University of New York,University of Massachusetts, University of South Florida, and Penn State University) haveconverted entire programs to the blended format1. Other universities are considering the blendedformat as an option to increase student learning and decrease costs