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Using a Virtual Learning Environment to Manage Group Projects: A Case Study
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Cleary, Yvonne; Marcus-Quinn, Ann – International Journal on E-Learning, 2008
Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) are increasingly used by Higher Education Institutions to manage and enhance teaching and learning, and research. Discussion, chat, scheduling, and other collaboration tools make VLEs especially useful systems for designing and managing complex group projects. In the spring semester of 2006, students at the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Information Management, Case Studies, Instructional Design
The Development of a Web-Based Virtual Environment for Teaching Qualitative Analysis of Structures
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O'Dwyer, D. W.; Logan-Phelan, T. M.; O'Neill, E. A. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2007
The current paper describes the design and development of a qualitative analysis course and an interactive web-based teaching and assessment tool called VSE (virtual structural environment). The widespread reliance on structural analysis programs requires engineers to be able to verify computer output by carrying out qualitative analyses.…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Active Learning, Virtual Classrooms, Teaching Methods
Optical Engineering for Children--A Structured Approach
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McCarthy, John; Moore, R. A. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2006
The present paper focuses on the application of a structured template, maximum impact flow (MIF), in order to encourage young students in the area of optics and optical engineering. MIF introduces a template in terms of individual steps and linked functionality and is shown to fuse separate learning tools together into a cohesive unit.…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Optics, Engineering, Engineering Technology