Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), 2012 IEEE 12th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1642-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICALT.2012.238
