Undergraduate electrical engineering via tutored video instruction

Author

Bauman, Edward J. ; Jurgens, Diane E.

Author_Institution

Seattle Pacific Univ., WA, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

2-6 Nov 1994

Firstpage

460

Lastpage

463

Abstract

Seattle Pacific University (SPU) in partnership with the Boeing Company began a pilot program to offer a BS degree in electrical engineering by presenting tutored video instruction (TVI) courses at company sites. SPU presented three lower division undergraduate electrical engineering courses via TVI during the academic year, 1993-94. The University motivation was to provide full time Boeing workers with a program that would minimize their commute time to the educational site and thus attract more students. Boeing´s motivation was to provide quality and convenient off-hours engineering education for their employees, thus upgrading their technical work force. The authors discuss TVI with respect to whether students learn as well with TVI compared with classroom techniques, and its cost effectiveness

Keywords

electrical engineering education; BS degree; Boeing Company; Seattle Pacific University; cost effectiveness; student learning; technical work force upgrading; tutored video instruction; undergraduate electrical engineering; Circuits; Computer science education; Computer simulation; Costs; Educational programs; Electronic equipment; Hardware; SPICE; TV interference; Videoconference;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference, 1994. Twenty-fourth Annual Conference. Proceedings

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2413-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.1994.580580

Filename

580580