Title :
Web-based masters program in electric power engineering
Author :
Bhattacharya, Kankar ; Cañizares, Claudio
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Abstract :
This paper outlines the experiences in developing, administrating and conducting a web-based Master of Engineering program at the University of Waterloo. The program is geared towards power industry professionals. The attractive features of the program are that (a) it provides multi-track options for the participants, and (b) courses are delivered on-line through the internet using multi-media communication technologies.
Keywords :
Internet; computer aided instruction; multimedia communication; power engineering education; Internet; Web-based masters program; electric power engineering; multimedia communication; power industry professionals; Educational institutions; Materials; Power systems; Safety; Training; Voltage measurement; Power engineering education; on-line education; web-based interface;
Conference_Titel :
Power and Energy Society General Meeting, 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1000-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1944-9925
DOI :
10.1109/PES.2011.6039100
