Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference, 1998. FIE '98. 28th Annual
Conference_Location :
Tempe, AZ, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4762-5
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.1998.736833
