For the 2020 spring term, courses needed to switch from traditional in-person formats to an online format in about a week due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper presents the process and tools used to flip the course content and deliver a dynamic systems and controls course online. Initial feedback was gathered through end of term evaluations and…

This paper describes the use of a novel research platform called SenseMaker® to collect and analyze real-time data in the form of participants' qualitative accounts of COVID-19 along with online learning experiences and participants' own quantitative assessments of those experiences. Participants were faculty, students, and staff in the College of…

This article describes how the Sichuan University - Pittsburgh Institute has embraced new methods and new technologies to ensure high-quality laboratory teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic. Taking Mechanical Measurements 1 course as an example, this paper introduces two lab projects that were successfully transferred into online experiments…

This paper develops a systems engineering-based framework to assist in the design of an online engineering course. Specifically, the purpose of the framework is to provide a structured methodology for the design, development and delivery of a fully online course, either brand new or modified from an existing face-to-face course. The main strength…