Distance education and its impact on computer engineering laboratories

As technology has evolved with the rapid growth of the Internet, it is only natural that the standard computer engineering curriculum must also adapt and change as well. As a result of this new technology and proliferation of Internet access to the general public, there have been strong pushes to disseminate knowledge using these new technologies. However, delivering the hands-on laboratories normally associated with computer engineering is a nontrivial task. This paper investigates the difficulties and potential solutions for providing high quality laboratories through distance education. The paper also investigates a case study in adapting a computer engineering laboratory for distance education