Title :
Riding the wave of new strategies in engineering education
Author :
Dawood, Anwar ; Deriche, Mohamed
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Syst. Eng., Queensland Univ. of Technol., Brisbane, Qld., Australia
Abstract :
This paper explores new strategies in engineering education. It addresses the increasing pressure on universities to become self-funded institutions and operating more like business organisations. The paper investigates new approaches in engineering education and proposes new methods for enhancing the learning process of engineering subjects and developing ways to address industry demand, adopt students´ requirements, deploy technology in education, and develop lifelong learners
Keywords :
educational courses; engineering education; teaching; engineering education strategies; engineering subjects; learning process; lifelong learning; students; technology deployment; universities; Australia; Educational programs; Educational technology; Engineering education; Government; Industrial economics; Organizational aspects; Signal processing; Systems engineering and theory; Systems engineering education;
Conference_Titel :
Signal Processing and Its Applications, 1999. ISSPA '99. Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Brisbane, Qld.
Print_ISBN :
1-86435-451-8
DOI :
10.1109/ISSPA.1999.815733
