Centers for excellence in engineering education: a case study

Author

Grady, Helen M.

Author_Institution

Center for Excellence in Eng. Educ., Mercer Univ., Macon, GA, USA

fYear

2004

fDate

20-23 Oct. 2004

Abstract

In 2000, Mercer University established a Center for Excellence in engineering education (CE³) to promote excellence in teaching and to support engineering faculty in their efforts to use technology to improve student learning of engineering and science. This paper reports the results of various CE³ initiatives, such as workshops, biweekly faculty brown-bag lunch sessions (LunchBytes), individualized technical support, a center Website with technology tips, an electronic newsletter, a digital library, instruction in technology use, creation of on-line faculty home pages and course templates, instructional design, and online math labs. The efficacy of these various initiatives are discussed.

Keywords

Internet; computer aided instruction; design; digital libraries; educational courses; educational institutions; engineering education; laboratories; teaching; CE³ initiatives; Center for Excellence; Mercer University; course templates; digital library; electronic newsletter; engineering education; engineering faculty; faculty brown-bag lunch sessions; instructional design; online faculty home pages; online math labs; student learning; Art; Computer aided software engineering; Conferences; Design engineering; Educational institutions; Educational technology; Engineering education; Scholarships; Software libraries; Web page design;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education, 2004. FIE 2004. 34th Annual

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8552-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.2004.1408680

Filename

1408680