The Impact of the Reality Television Camera on Undergraduate Engineering Students: A Qualitative Case Study

Author

Clarke, N. ; Clarke, N. ; Nel, Al

Author_Institution

Univ. of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa

fYear

2012

fDate

4-6 July 2012

Firstpage

570

Lastpage

571

Abstract

In this paper we analyse the impact of a reality TV show on the participating engineering students through a qualitative case study. The reality TV show depicted an in-house engineering student competition through the constructing of alternative fuel-sourced vehicles for participation in the biannual international Solar Challenge competition. The role of the reality TV camera proved to be instrumental in students´ enhanced learning experiences and improved academic results.

Keywords

computer aided instruction; further education; power engineering education; television cameras; alternative fuel-sourced vehicle construction; biannual international Solar Challenge competition participation; in-house engineering student competition; qualitative case study; reality TV show impacts; reality television camera impacts; student academic result improvement; student enhanced learning experiences; undergraduate engineering students; Cameras; Educational institutions; Engineering students; TV; Vehicles; competition based learning; engineering education; enhanced student learning; reality television;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), 2012 IEEE 12th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Rome

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1642-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICALT.2012.238

Filename

6268179