Conference Session

Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Perry, University of Memphis

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

University of Memphis. Although delivered in a traditional face-to-face classroom setting,the course was "web-assisted" since a number of course materials were provided online.MethodsThe introductory thermodynamics course used in the study is taken by most engineering majorsin the college. It covers the First and Second Laws along with a number of other topics usuallycovered in such a course. Traditionally this course has been taught using the familiar chalk andblackboard approach. A few years ago, however, the course moved from the traditional approachto one of being web-assisted, meaning that a number of course materials were made available tostudents online. These materials included the course syllabus, assignments, homework solutions,class