Conference Session

Curricula Innovations in Engineering Economics

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Letitia M. Pohl, University of Arkansas; Shelly Walters, University of Arkansas

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

be much less than thecontact hours in an equivalent live class. In our example class, the number of class time hours ifit had been offered face-to-face would have been about 40 hours (minus the midterm and finalexams). Our instructional videos totaled approximately 13 hours, or 32.5% of the live class time.This is due in large part to the lack of announcements and administrative information, questionsand answers, and “detours” the instructor may be prone to take in a live class. Online studentsare much more likely to receive course administrative information in written form rather thanfrom the instructor orally, e.g., syllabus information, announcements and instructions for exams,homework due dates, bad weather policies, etc. Our experience

Conference Session

Engineering Economics Teaching Tools

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kailash M. Bafna, Western Michigan University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

is clicked, the video file is opened in a box ready for playing. Each file caneither be made available for the entire semester or it can be made available between any twodates. The Course Syllabus is also placed as a PDF file under contents. I have created modulesequivalent to the chapters in the text book. Under each module, I have multiple units (items).Under each item I place links to the specific files needed for that unit including video files.Quizzes: This module is used to administer tests of any kind. It is made available on thespecified date and time and for the given duration only. The testing material questions can be ina variety of forms such as multiple-choice, true and false, etc. and can be computer graded withthe grades being