Applications of e-Learning in engineering education

Applications of e-Learning in engineering education

1. Current practices of ICT and e-learning in engineering education

   • Animations and visualizations
     • demonstrate the working of a component
       • use projectors to display demonstrations of experiments
         • done in one go and save time
     • simulation software for designing and evaluation purposes
       • to carry out experiments
   • use of Web tools and lecture management system
     • to deliver short online lectures and simulations
     • online tools and Social Networking websites
       • for sharing instructions, relevant news and notices
   • advanced e-learning resources
     • download digital or digitized content
       • lecture notes, e-books, tutorials
     • learning objects
       • animations simulations structured lessons videos
     • multi-user, dynamic and interactive learning environment
       • constructive learning
   • create own virtual and remote laboratories
     • to support life-long learning and autonomous students' learning activities in various disciplines
     • Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)
       • for delivery of content,
   • development of learning objects for engineering education
     • web based course management system
       • helps students get deeper insight of higher complex structures of civil engineering
     • ICT
       • facilitates assessments for practice and self-assessments and group work assessments
         • guiding the design and improvements of students
         • improve students' individual performance

2. Case study

   • Teaching and learning
     • using relevant equipment under the supervisions of teachers

3. Discussions

   • breadth and depth of implementation differ
     • diverse types of e-resources are made available
     • courses are offered online
   • not employed even moderately
     • still at very early stage of adoption
   • multidimensional and heterogeneous challenges
     • personal / dispositional
     • learning style
     • instructional
     • situational
     • organizational
     • content suitability
     • technological
   • deal with multiple levels of intelligence