E-learning for MEMS graduate course - Challenges, difficulties and benefits

Author

Nerguizian, Vahe ; Nerguizian, Chahe

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Ecole de Technologie Superieure, Montreal, Que.

fYear

2006

fDate

18-20 Dec. 2006

Firstpage

177

Lastpage

180

Abstract

Graduate courses can be easily adapted to e-learning education with higher degree educational freedom allowing an adapted portfolio. Electronic type learning permits students to continue their studies while working part time and getting experience from the industry. Nevertheless, e-learning for graduate courses with manufacturing projects present some serious challenges and considerations. This article presents the challenges, difficulties and benefits of e-learning RF MEMS graduate course and proposes friendly solutions to overcome the related difficulties. The solutions described in this paper can be easily adapted and applicable to other graduate courses with the same type of experimental projects

Keywords

computer aided instruction; continuing education; educational courses; electronic engineering computing; electronic engineering education; micromechanical devices; MEMS graduate course; e-learning; Building materials; Educational technology; Electrical engineering; Electronic learning; Internet; Manufacturing; Micromechanical devices; Multimedia databases; Portfolios; Radiofrequency microelectromechanical systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

E-Learning in Industrial Electronics, 2006 1ST IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Hammamet

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0324-3

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0324-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICELIE.2006.347183

Filename

4152790