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From Classroom to Online to Hybrid: The Evolution of an Operations Management Course

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Conference

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana

Publication Date

June 15, 2014

Start Date

June 15, 2014

End Date

June 18, 2014

ISSN

2153-5965

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Tagged Division

Industrial Engineering

Page Count

14

Page Numbers

24.629.1 - 24.629.14

DOI

10.18260/1-2--20520

Permanent URL

https://peer.asee.org/20520

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506

Paper Authors

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Letitia M. Pohl University of Arkansas

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Letitia Pohl is an instructor in the Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Arkansas. She holds a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Arkansas, an M.S. in Systems Engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology, and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Tulane University. Dr. Pohl served as an officer in the U.S. Air Force for eight years. At the University of Arkansas, Dr. Pohl has served as the Assistant Director of the Mack-Blackwell Rural Transportation Center and conducted research in warehouse design and operations, transportation security, and inland waterways security. She has taught in both the Industrial Engineering and Civil Engineering departments.

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Edward A. Pohl University of Arkansas

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Ed is a Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Arkansas. He serves as the Director of the Operations Management Program. Ed received his Ph.D. in systems and industrial engineering from the University of Arizona, an M.S. in reliability engineering from the University of Arizona, an M.S. in systems engineering from AFIT, an M.S. in engineering management from the University of Dayton, and a B.S.E.E. from Boston University. His primary research interests are in repairable systems modeling, reliability, decision making under uncertainty, engineering optimization, and probabilistic design. Ed is a senior member of IIE, a senior member of ASQ, and a senior member of IEEE. Ed serves as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Military Operations Research, and the Journal of Risk and Reliability. He is a member of RAMS management committee and is a two time winner of the Alan Plait award for Outstanding Tutorial at RAMS

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Abstract

From Classroom to Online to Hybrid: The Evolution of an Operations Management CourseIn this paper we will discuss the evolution of an introductory operations management course. The classis a required course in the Operations Management program in the Industrial Engineering department.The authors will discuss their experience in creating an online version of this survey course and thenreversing direction and converting the online course into a hybrid class, where class is held live one daya week and the remaining course content is administered online. The paper will discuss the evolution ofcourse assignments and the impact on student interaction and participation. Finally, we will concludewith a discussion of student response to each of the learning modes.

Pohl, L. M., & Pohl, E. A. (2014, June), From Classroom to Online to Hybrid: The Evolution of an Operations Management Course Paper presented at 2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana. 10.18260/1-2--20520

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