Title :
Trends of use of technology in engineering education
Author :
Castro, Manuel ; Colmenar, Antonio ; Martin, Sergio
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Dept., Spanish Univ. for Distance Educ., Madrid, Spain
Abstract :
This paper analyzes new trends on the use of technology in engineering education having as main source the Horizon Report. We discuss and analyze the predictions of this source and also other different views of the current situation in the use of technology based in the previous forecasts and the experience in distance, on-line and on-class engineering education.
Keywords :
engineering education; Horizon Report; distance engineering education; on-class engineering education; online engineering education; technology use; Communications technology; Computer science education; Distance learning; Educational technology; Engineering education; Group technology; Internet; Knowledge engineering; Paper technology; Technology forecasting; Technology enhanced learning; engineering education; service-oriented learning;
Conference_Titel :
Education Engineering (EDUCON), 2010 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Madrid
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6568-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6570-5
DOI :
10.1109/EDUCON.2010.5492496