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Challenges and opportunities in online engineering education online

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2022 ASEE Zone IV Conference

Location

Vancouver

Publication Date

May 12, 2022

Start Date

May 12, 2022

End Date

May 14, 2022

Conference Session

Virtual Engineering

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Conference Submission

Page Count

8

DOI

10.18260/1-2--44724

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https://peer.asee.org/44724

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148

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Mory Ghomshei

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Mory Ghomshei is a faculty member at School of Construction and Environment, at British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT), also an adjunct professor at University of British Columbia and McGill University. He is an international expert and consultant in energy sustainability.

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Farzan Ghaffari P.Eng P.Eng. British Columbia Institute of Technology

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William Oching

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Abstract

Challenges and opportunities in online engineering education online Mory Ghomshei, Farzan Ghaffari, William Oching This abstract is intended to be followed by a full paper. Corvid-19 Pandemic was a turning point in post-secondary education. Engineering education was especially impacted by the Pandemic, due to its experimental and practical components which are often difficult, if not impossible, to be effectively and efficiently delivered online. While regular lectures and courses on numerical simulation can be delivered remotely, there are major challenges in online delivering of those course components which are related to physical experiments, laboratory simulation and field-scale collaborative work . Educational software and hardware related to Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) are currently being used in most engineering programs. These tools are excellent in improving the students’ perception about real-case situations but cannot replace hands-on and group experiences. While online education during the Pandemic provided an opportunity to explore new frontiers in VR and AR technologies, a major challenge is to bridge between the VR and the field reality and person-to-person interaction. This paper discuses the importance of field and human components in engineering education and proposes solutions to reduce the negative impact of online education in engineering disciplines. One suggested strategy, in case of future pandemics, will be designing safe laboratory and field experiments to complement the remote education. This paper shares examples of successful cases of bridging between online and real-field experience in the mining engineering program at BCIT.

Ghomshei, M., & Ghaffari, F., & Oching, W. (2022, May), Challenges and opportunities in online engineering education online Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Zone IV Conference, Vancouver. 10.18260/1-2--44724

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