Title :
Creating online faculty collaboration to develop engineering education computer learning materials
Author :
Hill, Andrew ; McMartin, Flora ; Agogino, Alice
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. Eng., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA
fDate :
6/23/1905 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The expansion of the Internet has introduced new options for developing science, math and engineering classes. Digital libraries such as NEEDS.org provide attractive options for courseware authors to widely distribute their work. NEEDS (National Engineering Education Delivery System) has implemented mechanisms to link multidisciplinary experts in an online community focused on improving the quality of engineering courseware. These collaborative mechanisms are based on interview results from the winners of the annual Premier Award for Excellence in Engineering Education Courseware, presented annually. This project focuses on identifying and describing the needs of courseware authors and evaluating how the NEEDS developments in the faculty community support collaboration
Keywords :
Internet; computer aided instruction; courseware; digital libraries; engineering education; information resources; Internet courseware; NEEDS; National Engineering Education Delivery System; Premier Award for Excellence in Engineering Education Courseware; computer learning materials development; engineering courseware quality improvement; engineering education; faculty community support collaboration; interview results; multidisciplinary experts; online community; online faculty collaboration creation; web-based digital library; Best practices; Collaborative tools; Collaborative work; Courseware; Engineering education; Feedback; Internet; Mechanical engineering; Online Communities/Technical Collaboration; Software libraries;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference, 2001. 31st Annual
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6669-7
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.2001.963754
