Online-Techniques to Improve Student Learning in Engineering Design Subject (Student Perception)

The course management system, "Blackboard" (UTSonline), was used to provide an interactive team design environment in the Engineering Design subject. This paper presents student perceptions of the effectiveness of the UTSonline in enhancing student learning and skill development. UTSonline was evaluated by the students on its contribution to student team learning, skill development and analysis, integration and application of ideas in major design projects. Engineering Design was designed to encourage students to focus on the Concurrent Engineering, and to co-create as suggested by the learning organization theories [Senge 1990, Senge et al 1998]. This paper concludes that it is possible to further improve quality learning and design products using UTSonline environment, but such quality outcomes relate to the overall learning deign employed by the educators and not to the use of an online approach by itself.