Towards online engineering : fitting square pegs in round holes
conference contribution
posted on 2017-12-06, 00:00authored byJoanne Mcinnerney, Tim Roberts
ABSTRACT: As educators within Engineering faculties attempt to make their courses as attractive and available to students as possible, many are advocating the translation of course materials to an online format. By doing this they maintain that it will give greater flexibility to students who study off campus. But what kind of flexibility is required? Have educators thought through the process of online courses or are they merely creating another way of teaching the same materials? These problems are investigated om the perspective of both academics and administrators. While all educational institutions have rules and regulations, the organizational structures of those institutions should be such as to be able to accommodate students so that they are not unreasonably denied access to the very concept that educational institutions were created to administer - learning. This paper investigates the mindset of educational institutions, and the methods that may need to be introduced in order that engineering courses can be successfully translated to a flexible online environment.
Funding
Category 1 - Australian Competitive Grants (this includes ARC, NHMRC)
History
Start Page
229
End Page
233
Number of Pages
5
Start Date
2001-09-26
Finish Date
2001-09-28
ISBN-10
0957932103
ISBN-13
9780957932104
Location
Brisbane, Qld.
Publisher
Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering, Queensland University of Technology
Place of Publication
Brisbane, Qld.
Peer Reviewed
Yes
Open Access
No
External Author Affiliations
Faculty of Informatics and Communication;
Era Eligible
Yes
Name of Conference
Australasian Association for Engineering Education. Conference.;Australasian Women in Engineering Forum
Parent Title
Towards excellence in engineering education: proceedings of the 12th Australasian Conference on Engineering Education, 7th Australasian Women in Engineering Forum, 26th-28th September, 2001, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland