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Engineering education down under : distance teaching at Deakin University, Australia

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posted on 2004-01-01, 00:00 authored by John LongJohn Long, Bas BaskaranBas Baskaran
Deakin University in Australia is one of the leading providers of distance education in the South Pacific region. The School of Engineering offers four-year professional engineering-degree programs and three-year technologist programs. The over 600 total students studying engineering at Deakin fall into four categories:

• 18-19 year-old students fresh from high school, who largely study on-campus,
• older students in the technical workforce, seeking a university degree to upgrade their qualifications,
• industry-based students studying in university-industry partnership programs,
• overseas students studying either on-campus, or off-campus through education partners in Malaysia and Singapore.

Geographically these students form a very wide student base. The study programs are designed to produce multi-skilled, broadly focused engineers and technologists with multi-disciplinary technical competence, and the ability to take a systems approach to design and operational performance. A team of around 25 academic staff deliver courses in seven different majors in the general fields of manufacturing, environmental engineering, mechatronics, and computer systems. We discuss here the history of the School, its teaching philosophy, and its unique methods in delivering engineering education to a widely scattered student body.

History

Title of proceedings

Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Coriference & Exposition

Event

American Society for Engineering Education. Conference (2004 : Salt Lake City, Utah)

Pagination

1 - 12

Publisher

American Society for Engineering Education

Location

Salt Lake City, Utah

Place of publication

Washington, D.C.

Start date

2004-06-20

End date

2004-06-23

ISSN

1524-4857

Language

eng

Notes

Also titled : Engineering education reaches new heightsEvery reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in Deakin Research Online. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au

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E1 Full written paper - refereed

Copyright notice

2004, American Society for Engineering Education

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