Title :
Multiple approaches to Internet-based instruction in biological engineering
Author :
Wells, John Henry ; Blanchard, Susan M. ; Richard, Tom
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biol. & Agric. Eng., Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Abstract :
Growing accessibility to the World Wide Web (WWW) and development of dynamic, graphically oriented browsers has vast potential for dissemination of curricular materials and instructional resources within engineering. This presentation examines three case-studies relating to the use of WWW pages in biological engineering education. Each case adapts an engineering based approach to teaching underlying system principles and extends interactive, demonstration examples within the respective applications areas of biological engineering. Together these cases serve as the beginning for a larger discussion of the utility of the WWW in (1) classroom and laboratory student learning; (2) educational outreach to off-site educators, and (3) academic productivity through the use of student constructed pages
Keywords :
Internet; computer aided instruction; educational courses; engineering education; medical computing; teaching; Internet-based instruction; World Wide Web; academic productivity; biological engineering; curricular materials dissemination; demonstration examples; educational outreach; engineering; graphically oriented browsers; instructional resources; laboratory student learning; multiple approaches; off-site educators; student constructed pages; system principles; Agricultural engineering; Biological materials; Biomedical engineering; Design engineering; Educational products; Educational technology; Internet; Laboratories; Web sites; World Wide Web;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference, 1996. FIE '96. 26th Annual Conference., Proceedings of
Conference_Location :
Salt Lake City, UT
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3348-9
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.1996.567675
