Conference Session

Impact of Information Technology on Engineering Education (3215)

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Tahar El-Korchi, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Paul P. Mathisen, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Frederick L. Hart, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering (CE)

preparation is necessary toensure that the software and hardware is operable such that it can be utilized effectively by thestudents. In addition, the course content must be carefully planned to ensure that students canlearn the use of the technologies in a short-time frame. Second, the assessments described abovedemonstrate the importance of student interactions and group dynamics in student project work.Due to some of the features of distance engineering projects, the results suggest that groupdynamics can be especially important to consider for these projects. Learning styles andpersonality type indicators provide insight into these dynamics and associated groupperformance. It is recommended that the potential implications of these interactions