Conference Session

Systems Engineering Education Research

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Agnes Galambosi, UNCC; Ertunga C Ozelkan, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

of the course theyteach and previous online teaching experiences. Best online teaching practices are beingdiscussed in terms of ways of delivering the lectures, assignments, examinations,communication, class initiation, and attendance and participation requirements. These questionshave been investigated via a survey conducted at University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCCharlotte). Based on the survey, faculty and student challenges with online teaching and facultyperception of ideal online-teaching environment are also discussed. The results show that thereare some variations among these factors mentioned above.IntroductionMotivation:As distance education becomes more widespread, the benefits of distance education are veryclear: in

Conference Session

Programs in Support of Systems Engineering Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan K Donohue, University of Virginia; Ali Bouabid, Khalifa University of Science and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

tosystems engineering in this paper. Planning for this new academic track took place in Fall, 2011;the pilot of the Introduction to Systems Engineering course occurred in Spring, 2012 and Fall,2012. The course is consciously structured after the introductory course at the University ofVirginia (UVa), the transfer target for a majority of PVCC students, to ensure that the transfercredit is accepted and students are prepared for success. Based on our experiences in the pilots,the syllabus became slightly modified to prepare students for study in other undergraduateprograms in systems engineering. Course goals, objectives, and content are described. Finally,we offer student reflections on their experiences and course utility as they prepare to