- Conference Session
- Computers in Education Division Poster Session
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- 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
- Authors
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Cindy Stowell Ph.D., Sapling Learning
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Computers in Education
-levelengineering courses?This paper examines the need and effectiveness of online homework for upper-level engineeringcourses as well as the difficulties in creating such a product. The experiences and outcomes of ane-learning company, Sapling Learning, that developed commercial online homework for thesecond year chemical engineering course, Material and Energy Balances are presented.Because online homework in the engineering fields is a rarity, some background is required tounderstand how Sapling Learning began developing online chemical engineering homework. In2008, Sapling Learning began developing textbook-independent homework and sold the productdirectly to instructors and universities to be paired with any textbook. “Technology T.A.’s” atSapling