Browsing Distance Learning and Professional Education (- 2012) by Issue Date
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The Reinforcement Pedagogical Pattern for Industrial Training
(2008)Industrial training imposes some unique restrictions on pedagogical methods, both in terms of ascertaining retention, fostering class participation, and reinforcement. The Reinforcement pedagogical pattern has now been ... -
Continuing Engineering Education Who Needs It?
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008-05-20)Amongst practitioners there are inherent uncertainties and instabilities associated with CEE, which out of enthusiasm or commitment, it is all too easy to down play or overlook. Some of these issues and their impact are ... -
Building a Continuing Education Program for Embedded Systems with Labs and Distance Support
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008-05-20)In spring 2000 the University of Colorado Electrical Engineering department and CAETE (Center for Advanced Engineering and Technology Education) launched an Embedded Systems Certificate program with two new courses taught ... -
Strategies for Engaging Engineering Faculty in Continuing Education
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008-05-20)Engaging engineering faculty at a large research university in continuing education is a challenge because faculty choose to invest their time and talents in other activities which are perceived to have higher benefits. ... -
Web-Based Supplemental Training in Continuing Engineering Education Courses
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008-05-20)A continuing engineering education course on process burners used in the hydrocarbon and petrochemical industries contained some basic theory that proved to be a concern for many students. Recent graduates felt too much ... -
Engineering’s Role in the Evolutionary Understanding of Complex Service Systems
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008-05-20)In the United States, over 70% of the labor force is engaged in services, and an estimated 75% of the GDP in 2005 was derived from services. Industrialized countries around the world share similar statistics, while emerging ... -
The Development of Internet-Based Experiment System and the Utilization of Practice Teaching Resources for Continuing Engineering Education
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008-05-20)In the perspective that practice teaching resources is urgent to be extended for continuing engineering education, this paper analyzes several problematic issues in the development of advanced engineering education in ... -
Formal and Informal Technology Enhanced Learning for Initial and Continuing Engineering Education
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008-05-20)The results of two empirical surveys among students and the experiences from an interdisciplinary course show that the success of stimulating informal learning by formal learning offers is a matter of educational design ... -
Programs Development Aiming at Interfacing Different Engineering Disciplines
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008-05-20)With eleven bachelor departments and seven diplomas, the Faculty of Engineering, Diponegoro University is experiencing individualism of departments in offering trainings and short courses for external community. In order ... -
CEE as Customized Seminar Devoted to Enterprise’s Needs: Practice of CEE in WISCO
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008-05-20)Nearly three decades have passed since the Wuhan Iron & Steel Corporation (WISCO for short) first started CEE in a well-planned manner. WISCO has recently put out a new CEE model called customized seminar, the core of which ... -
Critical Elements for Future Programs Seeking to Establish Excellence in Engineering Education Through Professional Qualification of Faculty Teaching in Higher Education
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008-05-21)This paper presents three critical elements needed for any successful U.S. program seeking to establish excellence in engineering education through professional qualification of faculty teaching in higher education. ... -
Study on Deepening the Reform of Agricultural Continuing Education and Boosting the Development of Agriculture, Rural Area and Farmer
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008-05-21)This paper expounds the characteristics, the importance and the necessity of continuing education, and analyzes the guidelines, the objectives, the training system and modes of agricultural continuing education (ACE). In ... -
Modern Education Technology with Creativity of Continuing Education
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008-05-21)At present, the multi-media technology, network technology and satellite transmission technology, as the representative of the information technology is developing very quickly. Modern educational technology based on ... -
Development of Water Purification System by Magnetic Separation Technique and Its Application to the Education for Environment on the Course of Learn-by-Doing Program
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008-05-21)A superconducting permanent magnet system capable of generating strong magnetic fields has been constructed by using bulk high temperatures superconductors HTS. The magnetic field in the open space between the ... -
Responding to the Changing Demand and Supply Needs for Continuing Engineering Education in Singapore
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008-05-21)With the industry gearing into high level of development, it is increasingly difficult for practicing engineers to find time to upgrade their knowledge and technical competency. On the other hand, Faculty members facing ... -
Study on the Development of Continuing Education in Universities in China
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008-05-21)Currently in China, the gradual mainstreaming of continuing education is the most significant indication of lifelong education evolving from ideal to practice. As the main providers of continuing education, universities ... -
Upgrading Teachers’ Competences Together with the Industry
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008-05-21)The working life relevance is constantly mentioned in relation to higher education. Higher education institutes are expected to provide education that answer to the competence requirements of the working life. Answering ... -
Measuring the Benefits of Continuing Engineering Education
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008-05-21)In response to a challenge by one of the department’s corporate customers, a study was initiated to measure the return on investment, or ROI, of continuing engineering education programs. Literature reported various available ... -
Semantic Network as a Knowledge Base in Training Systems
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008-05-21)Training system (TS) is a subclass of expert systems, i.e. knowledge based information systems. Knowledge representations in TS may differ depending on their purpose and the topic. Simple TS implement computerized ... -
A Collaborative Educational Program Involving the Reuse of Timbers from the Old Farm Houses Damaged by the Earthquakes in Niigata
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008-05-21)In this educational program, students, inhabitants and professionals worked together discussing the planning and design for wooden arcades, called locally Gangi, and actually built them together as a part of various town ...