Course of thermal solar energy - experiment of a project of non-distance teaching

Author

Pereira, Elizabeth M D ; Charbel, Andrea ; Rocha, Julia M G ; Machado Neto, L.de V.B. ; Veloso, Guilherme C. ; Faria, Carlos F C ; Almeida, Juliano A.

Author_Institution

GREEN, Pontificia Univ. Catolica de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Volume

1

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Abstract

A proposal for the creation of a thermal solar energy course at a distance aims to fill a gap in the typical academic qualifications of engineers and architects in Brazil for a period and at a cost that is compatible with the reality of our country. Our objective is the graduation of professionals who can work in small and medium solar projects by replacing electric showers in demand-side management programmes. The elaboration of the course was developed by three teams organized in a way which is similar to that of film-making, viz. screenplay, production and direction. The selected working environment was Learning Space by Lotus/IBM. The results pointed to a friendly relation between professors, trainees and learners, although a slower rhythm than that expected at first was noticed

Keywords

computer aided instruction; demand side management; distance learning; educational courses; power engineering computing; power engineering education; solar ponds; teaching; Brazil; Lotus/IBM Learning Space; academic qualifications; architects; demand-side management programmes; direction; distance teaching; electric showers; engineers; production; professionals; screenplay; solar projects; thermal solar energy course; Computer aided instruction; Costs; Education; Energy management; Power supplies; Production; Qualifications; Solar energy; Solar heating; Water heating;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference, 2000. FIE 2000. 30th Annual

Conference_Location

Kansas City, MO

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6424-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.2000.897609

Filename

897609