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Using IT to Enhance Design Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Veekit O'Charoen; Teresa Hall

Engineering EducationToolTRAIN© PlusThe original concept to develop the courseware evolved from an interest in coursewareapplications for manufacturing technology curriculum.3 There were no courseware tools foundfor tooling and fixture design applications available for educators and the project to fill this voidwas initiated. ToolTRAIN© Plus is the most recent version of this courseware. The followingtable shows the mechanism software behind ToolTRAIN©. Software Package Function  Macromedia Authorware 6 Authoring System  Pro/ENGINEER WildfireTM Solid Modeling

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Serving the Information Needs of Engineering Technology Educators

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Lance Miller; Jack Waintraub

designed for speed,precision and heavy load use. The software is housed on a designated server in the MiddlesexCounty College IT Center.The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) is a model for this nationwideinformation network that provides ready, 24-7 access to education literature and materials. Aswith ERIC, NETEC collects, abstracts, and indexes engineering technology education materialsfor the NETEC database, and responds to requests for information related to engineeringtechnology education.Via the NETEC electronic database, users are able to access a rich array of curricula andmaterials developed. Resources include: • Bibliographies • Curriculum Materials, Syllabi • Evaluation Studies • Feasibility Studies

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Innovative Teaching in Engineering/Technology II

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2004 Annual Conference

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Syed Ali; Marcia Rossi; M. Javed Khan

2004-1501 Using a Low Cost Flight Simulation Environment for Interdisciplinary Education M. Javed Khan, Marcia Rossi, Syed F. Ali Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL 36088AbstractA multi-disciplinary/inter-disciplinary education is increasingly being emphasizedfor engineering undergraduates. However, often the focus is on interactionbetween engineering disciplines. This paper discusses the experience atTuskegee University in providing inter-disciplinary research experiences forundergraduate students in both Aerospace Engineering and Psychology throughthe utilization of a low cost flight simulation environment. The environment, whichis pc-based, runs an off-the shelf software and is

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Serving the Information Needs of Engineering Technology Educators

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2004 Annual Conference

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Monica Pfarr

useful to a wide variety of educational program types in engineering technologyand engineering. There is also a collaborative relationship with the New Jersey Center forAdvanced Technological Education (NJCATE) that has established a separate resource centercalled the National Engineering Technology Education Clearinghouse (N-ETEC).SME is the premier source for information in the manufacturing engineering field in the UnitedStates and internationally. It operates hundreds of conferences, exhibitions, seminars, andtechnical programs annually for practicing manufacturing professionals. It is also the leader inmanufacturing education, promoting and coordinating national accreditation activities,recruitment of new students into the field, and

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Technology and Tools for IE Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Joel Sokol; Garlie Forehand; Beverly Sutley-Fish; Judith Norback

describes the use of theISyE Communication Lab to implement and support the instruction. Lab activities andinstructional tools will be covered as well as faculty and student feedback. The instructionaltools will be made available to other institutions for use in their undergraduate engineeringcourses.I. IntroductionIn recent years, emphasis has increased on preparing engineering students for the communicationneeds of the workplace. In 2000, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology(ABET) included oral and written communication in its accreditation criteria.1 In 1999, theSociety of Manufacturing Engineers conducted a survey of manufacturing engineers, managers,and training directors. Two of the conclusions were 1) the oral and written

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Scholarship in Engineering Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Abi Aghayere

Education (http://qemnetwork.qem.org/SPmonograph.html) 10. Ransdell, Lynda B, (2001) “Using the PRECEDE-PROCEED model to increase the Productivity in Health Education Faculty”, International Electronic Journal of Health Education, 4:276-282, http://www.iejhe.org 11. http://.wsu.edu/~aaa/scholarlydefinitions.htm 12. Middaugh, Michael F, (2001) “Understanding Faculty Productivity – Standards and Benchmarks for Colleges and Universities,” Jossey-Bass Publications, San FranciscoABI AGHAYEREAbi Aghayere is associate professor of civil engineering technology at Rochester Institute of Technology and theFaculty Associate for Scholarship in CAST. He received a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Lagos,a S.M. in

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Ronald Williams

. All in all, the combined use of technology did not produce significant time savings inclass. The additional benefit of saving class notes for retrieval by the students also did not workout as planned. The SmartNotebook files were often too large to copy from the teaching station Page 9.1382.4to the web server using the available technology – zip disks. And the process of converting and Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationposting the file was difficult and time-consuming. The original plan

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Ann Beheler; Wayne Jones

Session 1526 Using Case Studies to Teach Engineering Technology Ann Beheler, Wayne A. Jones Division of Engineering Technology Collin County Community College District 9700 Wade Boulevard, Frisco, TX 75035AbstractEmployers have often communicated to the educational community the need for graduatesentering the workforce who have a thorough understanding of how to integrate technologies andsolve real-world problems. Critical thinking and problem solving skills are required essentialsand are not optional. Currently, the

Conference Session

Technological Literacy I

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2004 Annual Conference

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Michael Robinson; M. Sami Fadali; Ann-Marie Vollstedt; Eric Wang

instructor was also present todiscuss and demonstrate how to use the robots for the Forces and Motion unit in the grade eightstandards. One science education person integrated science teaching pedagogy when timepermitted. Class members also discussed and wrote several activities that could be used, withrevisions, in the MS science classes. When the teachers returned to their classes in the fall of 2003, they were charged withdesigning units on robotics to teach the MS physics standards with hands-on technology drivenlabs. To this date, three of the ten teachers have nearly completed their units, two more recentlystarted and two more are due to start when they get more computers. Two of the engineeringgraduate students have visited the three

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Serving the Information Needs of Engineering Technology Educators

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Marilyn Dyrud

well, as required by the newoutcomes-based ABET criteria. Interdisciplinary degree programs, such as STS (Science,Technology, and Society), were being offered at both undergraduate and graduate levels, andAdesign@ extended to areas other than engineering-related disciplines: to the arrangement oftechnical documents.6The bibliographies of the early 1990s also reflect an increasing consciousness ofinternationalism. Many US universities partnered with similar institutions around the world, theconsequence of a world made smaller by computer technology. Entries listed in 1995 from theWorld Conference on Engineering Education reveal an astonishing number of internationalcollaborations, both for research and education.7ACollaboration@ also became a

Conference Session

Instructional Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

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Stephen Marionneaux; Michael Edmondson; Matthew McDaniel; Jay Daly; Eugene Ressler; Stephen Ressler

Session 2615 Using Information Technology for Nationwide Engineering Outreach to Middle-School and High-School Students: Assessing the Outcomes Stephen Ressler, Eugene Ressler, Jay Daly, Michael Edmondson, Stephen A. Marionneaux, Matthew McDaniel United States Military Academy/Newtown High School/ Northside High School/ Lexington Traditional Magnet School/Douglas MacArthur High SchoolIntroductionThis paper presents a description and comprehensive assessment of the West Point BridgeDesign Contest—a nationwide, Internet-based competition that has

Conference Session

Technology and Tools for IE Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Leonard Perry

course.IntroductionIn recent years, much focus has been placed on course and student assessment, but instructionalassessment has not received the attention it deserves. Many tenure-track professors in the UnitedStates are evaluated heavily on their research contributions to the university, but for otheruniversities, quality instruction is a top priority.What is quality instruction? ASCE ExCEEd Teaching workshops define “good teaching” basedon the ExCEEd (Excellence in Civil Engineering Education) Teaching Model1. The six mainfocus areas of the teaching model include; structured organization, engaging presentation,enthusiasm, positive rapport with students, frequent assessment of student learning, andappropriate use of technology. Seymour and Hewitt2 were able

Conference Session

Multimedia Engineering Education: Distance & Service Learning, Web-based Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

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Azzedine Lansari; Akram Al-Rawi, McKendree University; Faouzi Bouslama, Université Laval

AC 2004-1305: USING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TO FACILITATESTUDENT LEARNINGAkram Al-Rawi, McKendree UniversityAzzedine Lansari,Faouzi Bouslama, Université Laval Page 9.1376.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2004 Session 3260 Using Technology to Facilitate Student Learning in Information Systems Azzedine Lansari, Akram Al-Rawi, and Faouzi Bouslama College of Information Systems, Zayed University P. O. Box 4783, Abu Dhabi, UAEAbstractThe use of technology in education has

Conference Session

Topics in Civil ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

C. Wayne Unsell

either leased orpurchased. The exception would be in the first phase where the university would provide thedevices for student use. An important consideration is that the specific mobile technology has Page 9.347.1not been specified.“Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”The university is prepared to begin Phase I of the implementation in Spring 2004. In August2003, I offered to prepare a template to be used for a call for proposals for Spring 2004. Thecourse used as a model was

Conference Session

Assessment & Evaluation of Graphics Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

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Julie Petlick; Alice Scales

Occupational Education in 2000.JULIE H. PETLICK, Ph.D.Is a Research Assistant with the Department of Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education at NC StateUniversity. She has a Ph. D. in Psychology with a focus in the area of learning and cognition. Her research interestsinclude the role of technology in learning, and the use of technology to accommodate perceptual learning stylepreferences. Page 9.1088.6 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education"

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Issues for ET Administrators

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2004 Annual Conference

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John Stratton; Maureen Valentine; Carol Richardson

on theengineering team. IntroductionRochester Institute of Technology (RIT) is a private university in upstate New York that enrollsmore than 15,000 full and part-time undergraduate and graduate students preparing for technicaland professional careers in more than 200 different academic programs. RIT attracts studentsfrom every state and more than 80 foreign countries and offers students work experience throughthe university’s co-operative educational program. RIT, a pioneer in career-oriented educationand a leader in cooperative education since 1912, has one of the oldest and largest co-opprograms in the world, with more than 1,300 employers and 2,500 students participating. RIT’seight colleges

Conference Session

Issues for ET Administrators

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Rennels; Stephen Hundley; Patricia Fox

Session 2150 What Can The Past Tell Us About Our Future? Trends and Developments in Engineering Technology Patricia L. Fox, Stephen P. Hundley, Ken Rennels Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)Abstract A group of engineering technology educators collaborated in 1977 to develop alongitudinal survey to look at trends and developments of baccalaureate engineering technologyprograms in the United States. Representatives of the Engineering Technology Division (ETD)four zones of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) conducted the survey

Conference Session

Nontechnical Skills for Engineering Technology Students

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Kozak

segregation:girls into nurturing roles and boys into building. Boys are encouraged to play with building Page 9.1216.1blocks so they may become engineers. Girls are encouraged to play with baby dolls and learn totake care of others so they may become elementary school teachers and nurses.7 Phillips and Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering EducationWilson (2000) state that girls encounter a world of video games designed almost exclusively byyoung men for boys.8 Girls have been turned off by technology that

Conference Session

Visualization and Computer Graphics

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2004 Annual Conference

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Julie Petlick; Miriam Ferzli; Eric Wiebe; Aaron Clark

Session 3138 VisTE: Visualization for Technology Education; An Outreach Program for Engineering Graphics Education Eric N. Wiebe, Aaron C. Clark, Julie Petlick and Miriam Ferzli NC State University, Raleigh, NCAbstractVisualization in Technology Education (VisTE) is a standards-based initiative designed topromote the use of graphic visualization tools among students in grades 8-12. By using simpleand complex visualization tools, students can conduct research, analyze phenomena, problemsolve and communicate major topics identified in the Standards for Technology Literacy (STL)as well as topics

Conference Session

TYCD 2004 Lower Division Initatives

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Fiona Doe; Charles Finn

Paper Number: 2004-709Use of External IT Certification for Engineering Technology at the BermudaCollege Charles Finn and Fiona DoeCharles Finn: Former Dean, 1998-2001, of Applied Science and Technology at theBermuda College, introduced the ICDL program to Bermuda in January 2000.Fiona Doe: Former Instructor in Horticulture and Technical Education Training Officer,Bermuda College, Division of Applied Science & Technology 1999 – 2003.Abstract:The Bermuda College1, founded in 1975, is a two year community college located on theisland of Bermuda, over 600 miles east of North Carolina. It offers associate degree andcertificates programs in Liberal Arts, Hospitality, Business, and Applied Science

Conference Session

Technological Literacy I

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2004 Annual Conference

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Paul Predecki; Albert Rosa; George Edwards

science general education requirement. The course covers the three basic resources oftechnology – Energy, Materials and Information – during the first two quarters. At the start ofthe first quarter a discussion of numbers to include orders of magnitude, charting of data andproper presentation of data using numbers is presented for a better understanding of thenumerical content of the course. The material in these first two quarters remains relativelyconstant and includes numeric and laboratory components. The course culminates with acapstone quarter wherein students working in groups of ten are required to solve a currentnational or global technological issue for either the current US president or Congress. Issueschange every year and address

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Segalewitz

Session 3150 Using a Common Device to Introduce First-Year Students to Various Engineering Technology Disciplines Scott Segalewitz University of DaytonAbstractThe University of Dayton engineering technology first-year seminar provides students with aneffective introduction to engineering technology principles and practices. Facilitated by thedepartment chair, students in each of the department’s five majors plus those entering thedepartment as “undeclared” experience tools necessary for success in a technical curriculum.One four-class module uses a

Conference Session

Teaching Engineers to Teach

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2004 Annual Conference

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Neil S. Grigg; Darrell G. Fontane; Marvin Criswell; Thomas Siller

include many issues about what to teach and thelevel of understanding to strive for. The challenge is especially formidable in the large, publicuniversity with its fragmented instructional environment. In the end, improving the instructionalenvironment means more than deciding what to teach and how to teach it. It also requirespreparing the faculty and instructional infrastructure and adapting to the need for improvement.In conclusion, IT offers strategic problems and opportunities to civil engineers and educators.The problem is that unless the profession takes advantage of the technologies, others will, andcivil engineers will be left behind. The opportunity is to use IT to reshape both civil engineeringand its educational system. The challenge

Conference Session

Graduate Education in ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Venkitaswamy Raju

2650 Doctoral Level Studies for Engineering Technology Faculty V. Raju, Professor and Dean School of Engineering Technologies Farmingdale State University of New York, Farmingdale, NY 11735AbstractThis paper reviews the growth of graduate level programs in engineering technology, identifiesthe need for doctoral level education for engineering technology faculty, and presents themechanisms available for such an education. The paper presents case studies on three doctoralprograms that are currently available for engineering technology educators. It discusses

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Daugherty; Sunday Faseyitan; Robert Myers; Pearley Cunningham; Winston Erevelles

used in distance education, industry, andgovernment sectors. The technology capitalizes on the use of the World Wide Web and itsavailability in government, industry (87% of U.S. workers have broadband access1), academe,and most homes. The “Internet” was developed by scientists and researchers at DARPA in 1962,long before most people had any concept of what a computer was or could do2. Primarily usedfor research, this resource saw no real change for 30 years. In 1990’s the “World Wide Web”was developed by a group of people who worked on different components of this newtechnology to make the WWW a reality2. In the mid 1990’s, businesses saw potential profitfrom this network of people, and the Internet boom started with online companies and

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electromechanical Engineering Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Max Rabiee

change from the ON to OFF state, orfrom the OFF to ON state, or remain at the same state.In this paper, we will study the use of sequencer functions in programmable logic controllersystems. We will discuss how Sequencer functions are used to control output with multiple steppatterns. Specifically, we will study the use of sequencer functions for the Allen-BradleySLC500 series programmable logic controllers [2]. These sequencer functions are: (1) SQO(Sequencer Output) function, (2) SQI (Sequencer Input) or SQL (Sequencer Load) function, and(3) SQC (Sequencer Compare) function. An Allen-Bradley SLC 500 Series Programmable Logic Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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Industrial Collaborations

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerry Visser; Carrie Steinlicht; Teresa Hall

degreedengineers and technologists. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, small businesses accountedfor nearly 75% of employment growth in the United States since 19902 and start-up businesses intheir first two years of existence have accounted for nearly all new jobs.3 These are significantnumbers for our recovering economy and have given business managers, governmental officials,and post-secondary educators more reasons to think differently about the workplace of the future.In response to these trends, engineering technology programs must address the probability thattheir alumni will be working for small businesses or as entrepreneurs, especially in more remoteareas of country.4South Dakota IssuesThe state of South Dakota has a well-established

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EM Skills and Real-World Concepts, Pt. 1

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Elise Barrella; Keith Buffinton

Session 2642 Corporate Assessment of Strategic Issues in Technology and Management Education Elise M. Barrella and Keith W. Buffinton Bucknell UniversityAbstractColleges and universities strive to prepare graduates for the demands of a technology-infusedbusiness world where familiarity with both engineering and management skills is necessary.Bucknell’s Institute for Leadership in Technology and Management is an example of a programcreated for that purpose. The structure and themes of the ILTM program were devised to meetthe needs of

Conference Session

Using IT to Enhance Design Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gul Okudan Kremer

one setting may not be foranother. For example, criteria used to select a solid modeling software for a design company willdiffer when compared to the criteria used at an educational setting. In order to establish thecriteria for use during solid modeling software selection a comprehensive literature search wascompleted in databases, which included (1) Compendex, (2) Ingenta, (3) NTIS, (4) Aerospaceand High Technology, (4) AIAA online publications, (5) ASCE online journals, (6) ASMEonline journals, and (7) Mechanical Engineering Abstracts. Each database was given a script ofkeywords that included: CAD, Computer Aided Design, Solid Models, Solid Modeling, SolidModeling Software, Design Software, Design Software Criteria, Software Selection

Conference Session

Program Delivery Methods & Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stuart Kellogg

Session A Cooperative Delivery System for Distance Education in Mongolia Stuart D. Kellogg , Oyuntsetseg Luvsandondov South Dakota School of Mines & Technology / Mongolian University of Science & TechnologyAbstract:The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (Tech) has offered an MS degree inTechnology Management (TM) since 1990. With its early involvement in distance education,the TM faculty has experienced a wide array of technologies and issues surrounding distanceeducation. The program is now one of the