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Enhancing learning for distance students in an Undergraduate engineering course through real-time web-conferencing
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posted on 2014-06-14, 00:00 authored by S Cavenett, John LongJohn Long, Eloise Gordon, Matthew JoordensMatthew JoordensOn-line education in engineering has attracted a great deal of interest in recent years. One of the difficulties faced in an on-line engineering program is how to ensure effective communication between lecturers and students, and among the students themselves.
Techniques common ten years ago such as email, lecture notes posted to websites, and telephone conversations, are now seen as archaic when compared with opportunities offered by more modern communication technologies, such as real-time web-conferencing.
We present our efforts to use the web-conferencing software Elluminate-Live! for delivering tutorials, discussion classes, and even laboratory practicals to groups of students studying engineering off-campus, including students posted overseas. Examples are given from two disciplines. We then compare student feedback across all engineering subjects over the years 2012-2013. Our results show that students welcome web-conferencing as a very effective
means to deliver classes to distance students and improve their learning experience.
Techniques common ten years ago such as email, lecture notes posted to websites, and telephone conversations, are now seen as archaic when compared with opportunities offered by more modern communication technologies, such as real-time web-conferencing.
We present our efforts to use the web-conferencing software Elluminate-Live! for delivering tutorials, discussion classes, and even laboratory practicals to groups of students studying engineering off-campus, including students posted overseas. Examples are given from two disciplines. We then compare student feedback across all engineering subjects over the years 2012-2013. Our results show that students welcome web-conferencing as a very effective
means to deliver classes to distance students and improve their learning experience.
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American Society for Engineering Education. Forum (3rd : 2014 : Indianapolis, Indiana)Pagination
1 - 11Publisher
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Indianapolis, IndianaPlace of publication
Washington, D.C.Start date
2014-06-14End date
2014-06-14Language
engPublication classification
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