Distance education from the faculty perspective

Author

Fowler, Eddie R. ; Hudson, Williaim B.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

2-6 Nov 1994

Firstpage

583

Lastpage

585

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to describe the experiences of two faculty members while teaching an electrical engineering course to students at remote sites. The subject matter for this course was obtained by extracting sections of two graduate level courses offered at Kansas State University, USA. Broadly stated, the course content would be described as covering the topics of fuzzy logic and artificial neural networks. This paper discusses the distance learning environment, major problems encountered with delivery of this course and discusses possible solutions to resolve the difficulties. In addition, the authors attempt to provide conclusions about teaching efficiencies and the usefulness/importance of distance teaching

Keywords

electrical engineering education; USA; distance learning; electrical engineering course; faculty; remote sites; students; teaching; university; Artificial neural networks; Computer aided instruction; Continuing education; Distance learning; Expert systems; Fuzzy logic; Logistics; Monitoring; Telephony;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference, 1994. Twenty-fourth Annual Conference. Proceedings

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2413-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.1994.580609

Filename

580609