Conference Session

Improving course effectiveness

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory L. Wiles P.E., Southern Polytechnic State University; Thomas Reid Ball, Southern Polytechnic State University (ENG)

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

period studentswere asked to decide between traditional (2 special purpose and capstone classes), hybrid (28technical classes and labs), and online classes (30 technical classes and labs) each denoted by adifferent section number. Many of these classes among the three modalities were being taughtby the same instructor, so it soon became apparent after a constant feeling of redundancy someof these classes can be converged. In 2011 we began combining the hybrid and online classes atthe same time and thus the converged classroom was born. Students now review the Schedule ofClasses from the school website and discover, for instance, course IET3424-850 offered nextsemester on Tuesdays at 1:00 pm with a section designation of -850 meaning this is a