Conference Session

Innovative Programs - Structure, Delivery, Evaluation

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dirk Schaefer, Georgia Institute of Technology; Tristan Utschig, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

aboutcurrent developments in the field of engineering education between teachers, researchers andstudents in the various European countries. Additionally, it facilitates cooperation betweenhigher engineering education institutions and promotes cooperation with industry. It also acts asa link between its members and other collaborating scientific and international bodies such as itsEuropean sister organization IGIP, the American Society for Engineering Education, and theBoard of European Students of Technology.The objectives of SEFI are achieved through the activities of thematic working groups(curriculum development, continuing education and lifelong learning, physics, mathematics,women in engineering, ethics, information and communication

Conference Session

Web-Based Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ece Yaprak, Wayne State University; Karen Tonso, Wayne State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

describe the course content with little attention paid to the process ofdeveloping such courses. While these are no doubt helpful for others trying to develop similarcourses, what we report here comes from systematically collected data that included informationabout how a faculty member incorporated advice about developing courses, selected labs for thecourse, and got those labs ready for student use, a research approach we hope to see more often.Course development funding arrived in early 2007. Because this left too little time to workthrough bureaucratic approvals for an undergraduate course before fall, a special-topics,graduate-level course could be offered in the spring-summer session (lasting seven weeks fromroughly early May through late

Conference Session

Web-Based Learning in Engineering Technology

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Djafar Mynbaev, New York City College of Technology; Candido Cabo, New York City College of Technology; Roman Kezerashvili, New York City College of Technology; Janet Liou-Mark, New York City College of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

. Instructors establish these linksrelate to course material to the best available and most suitable pertinent information on theWeb. At the same time, by logging into Blackboard, the student becomes a participant in thevirtual classroom. Here the student finds all the material necessary for successfullycompleting the course. Thus, this approach utilizes a course management tool, Blackboard,which provides innovative ways to teach, learn, communicate, and collaborate acrossdisciplines. By putting courses online, instructors of different disciplines now strive to createa networked learning environment among different departments.Case studiesComputer Systems Technology: As part of the requirements of the bachelor of technologyoffered by the Department of