Web-based learning of engineering mechanics for undergraduate students

Author

Van Petegem, W. ; Van der Perre, G.

Author_Institution

LINOV, Katholieke Univ., Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium

Volume

1

fYear

1998

fDate

4-7 Nov. 1998

Abstract

Summary form only given. In the Faculty of Engineering at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium) "electronic tutoring" for undergraduate students was introduced in 1996. One of the pioneer projects involved the courses on "Introduction to Engineering Mechanics" in the first two years of the curriculum (about 400 resp. 300 students). The project was called STEM (Student Tutoring by Electronic Means) and is basically a compilation of Web-pages. Connected to the university network (KULeuvenNet) students may find at any time and from any place electronic support for these courses. The success of this project strongly relies upon the effort by the educational staff to continuously stimulate the students in lectures, in exercise sessions, in exam preparations and feedback, etc. to make use of the tremendous possibilities of Web-based learning.

Keywords

computer aided instruction; educational courses; engineering computing; engineering education; information resources; Belgium; STEM; Student Tutoring by Electronic Means; Web-based learning; Web-pages; curriculum; electronic course support; electronic tutoring; engineering mechanics; undergraduate students; university; Built-in self-test; Collaboration; Educational activities; Feedback; Instruments; Internet;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference, 1998. FIE '98. 28th Annual

Conference_Location

Tempe, AZ, USA

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4762-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.1998.736833

Filename

736833