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Anthony, Anika B.; Greene, Howard; Post, Paul E.; Parkhurst, Andrew; Zhan, Xi – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2016
This paper describes an engineering outreach programme designed to increase the interest of under-represented youth in engineering and to disseminate pre-engineering design challenge materials to K-12 educators and volunteers. Given university students' critical role as facilitators of the outreach programme, researchers conducted a two-year…
Descriptors: College Students, Outreach Programs, Program Descriptions, Engineering Education
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Sommaruga, L.; De Angelis, E. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2007
A competence-based approach was applied to a blended learning on line distance training in the Euroinno EU project aimed at vocational training in building automation. The current paper describes the experience gathered during the learning process and the definition of the curriculum. A number of issues emerged during the sessions concerning…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Automation, Vocational Education, Teaching Methods
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Sjoer, Ellen; Dopper, Sofia – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2006
Learning objects and learning content management systems are considered to be "the next wave in engineering education". The results of experiments with these new trends in ICT in engineering education are described in this paper. The prospects were examined and the concepts of reusability of content for teachers and for personalized…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Barriers, Internet, Integrated Learning Systems
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Martinez, Eliseo Gomez-Senent; Batalla, Isabel Carda; Domenech, Ana Canizares – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2004
The Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV) is immersed in an educational system mainly based on master classes, and although graduates benefit from a good preparation, there is an appreciable rate of failure among the students. The UPV is aware of the restructuring requirements of the current system and consequently, and in accordance with the…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Learning Processes, Foreign Countries, International Cooperation
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Dana-Picard, Thierry; Kidron, Ivy; Komar, Meir; Steiner, Joseph – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2006
Jerusalem College of Technology (JCT) is a multi-campus institution with identical syllabi for courses in every campus. Moreover, learning at JCT requires at the same time synchronous and asynchronous learning and teaching. For some introductory courses in Mathematics for Engineering students, websites have been built and now upgraded in order to…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Mathematics Instruction, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Design
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Abdel Wahab, M. M.; Mahboub, D. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2006
In this paper, ULearn (University of Surrey learning on-line) and e-learning techniques are used to enhance the students' understanding and participation in Dynamics modules for an undergraduate programme in the School of Engineering, University of Surrey. The Dynamics modules are taught at Levels 2 and 3 and contain several mechanisms and…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Web Based Instruction, Undergraduate Study, Educational Strategies