Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Asad Azemi, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

International

. Both students and instructors require support. Student and instructional needs may differ, but lack of support leads to low satisfaction in both groups.• Clear and specific specifications for the student’s computer hardware, software, and telecommunications must be published prior to course registration so that enrolling students can be ready to participate in the online course.• Students should be trained on how to effectively use the Centra (or Adobe Connect) system. This should happen before the first formal lecture.• Course syllabus should clearly identify the number of synchronous class teachings, amount of expected asynchronous learning by students, expected conduct during the synchronous delivery, and grading