WEB-BASED TEACHING OF OPEN-ENDED MULTIDISCIPLINARY ENGINEERING DESIGN PROBLEMS Academic Article

abstract

• Teaching the engineering design competency is a challenging task in a classical face-to-face classroom environment, and an even greater challenge in a distance learning context. This study presents the activities of a North American Mobility Program (NAMP) project entitled Process Integration for Environmental Control in Engineering Curricula. Seventeen modules were developed using a tiered approach to web-based learning which in combination with classroom-based activities, aim at addressing design engineering know-how. The use of a web-based module employing the tiered-structure in a postgraduate course was evaluated, and it was found that the module enhanced communication amongst students as well as between the instructor and the students. 2007 The Institution of Chemical Engineers.

authors

• El-Halwagi, Mahmoud

published proceedings

• EDUCATION FOR CHEMICAL ENGINEERS

author list (cited authors)

• Brault, J., Medellin Milan, P., Picon-Nunez, M., El-Halwagi, M., Heitmann, J., Thibault, J., & Stuart, P.

citation count

• 7

complete list of authors

• Brault, JM||Medellin Milán, P||Picón-Núñez, M||El-Halwagi, M||Heitmann, J||Thibault, J||Stuart, P

publication date

• January 2007

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Education for Chemical Engineers  Journal

keywords

• Engineering Design Competency
• Open-ended Problems
• Web-based Design Education

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1205/ece06022

start page

• 1

end page

• 13

volume

• 2

issue

• 1

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1205/ece06022

user-defined tag

• 4 Quality Education