Conference Session

Ocean, Marine, and Coastal Engineering Topics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Brown, Virginia Tech; Owen Hughes, Virginia Tech; Leigh McCue, Virginia Tech; Wayne Neu, Virginia Tech; Betsy Tretola, Teaching and Learning,

Tagged Divisions

Ocean and Marine

the assessment, design, development, delivery and evaluation of large nationwide curricula. Page 12.554.2© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Distance learning in the graduate-level ocean engineering curriculumAbstractVirginia Tech is an established leader in distance learning with 85% of departments offeringsome form of electronic courses 1 . The graduate level Ocean Engineering curriculum is fullyavailable to off-campus students, thus allowing professionals anywhere in the world to earn anMS degree. The MS in Ocean Engineering was the first program in engineering at

Conference Session

Ocean, Marine, and Coastal Engineering Topics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barb Howe, FishSafe B.C.; Gina Johansen, Fish Safe

Tagged Divisions

Ocean and Marine

simulate the steps of an incline with the model.An interactive handbook has been written called “Fishing Vessel Stability – Make it yourBusiness” that contains the curriculum inter-woven with personal stability stories of survival andtragedy.The variety of instructional techniques associated with indirect instruction are likely to appeal to Page 12.1427.8a greater variety of learning styles than direct instruction with lectures.13 There is also evidencethat indirect instruction enhances motivation to learn, in part because it draws extensively on theprior experience that participants bring to the learning environment.14FacilitationFrom the