E-teaching simply with e-mail

Author

Sharp, Julie E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Chem. Eng., Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Abstract

This paper describes e-mail as a simple, relatively low-tech, and effective way to enhance teaching. Focusing on the boon rather than the bane of e-mail, it presents practical methods for using e-mail as a teaching tool and for communicating with students more effectively. It reports results of a two-semester survey of engineering students in a technical communication course, updating the previous report of a one-semester survey. Items receiving the most responses from 59 participants indicate recommendations to faculty about communicating with e-mail in the following categories: format and organization, reminders and assignment information, usage, frequency, e-mail and the Web, and miscellaneous tips

Keywords

educational courses; educational technology; electronic mail; engineering education; teaching; Internet; World Wide Web; e-mail; educational technology; engineering education; engineering students; student communication; survey; teaching; technical communication course; Discussion forums; Education; Electronic mail; Engineering students; Frequency; HTML; Professional communication; Seminars; Software packages; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference, 2000. FIE 2000. 30th Annual

Conference_Location

Kansas City, MO

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6424-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.2000.896669

Filename

896669