World Conference on Continuing Engineering Education (11th - Atlanta - 2008)
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Integrating Local Environmental Conditions In An Engineering Program Towards Globalization
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008-05-21)Technological advancements in the present age have assumed such proportions that all activities are being driven by technology in one form or another. Such is the case in this information age where it can be considered ... -
China’s Continuing Education in the Context of Economic Globalization
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008-05-21)The economic globalization has provided a new drive to the development of the continuing education. With the strong support and promotion from the Chinese government, the continuing education in China has evolved into a ... -
Roll With the Changes: The Continuous Improvement of the Off-Campus Engineering Technology Curriculum at Western Carolina University
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008-05-21)In response to a rapidly changing economic landscape in Western North Carolina, Western Carolina University has taken steps to insure the delivery of a quality baccalaureate engineering technology program at locations other ... -
Continuing Education From High School to Postgraduate Studies: A Need of Telecommunication Industry in Colombia
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008-05-23)In the project "Curricular, Pedagogical and Didactic Proposal for the Formation of Technicians, Technologists and Engineers in Telecommunications" (shortly called Forteti) several proposals of professional instruction ... -
Understanding the Global Marketplace - a UK Perspective
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008-05-21)Within the UK context, I will share the experiences of the Department for Continuing Education at the University of Oxford in developing short professional-updating courses and part-time modular MSc programmes in the ... -
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 ... -
Strengthening Cooperation Between University and Enterprise to Develop Continuing Engineering Education
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008-05-21)Development of continuing education program is an important approach that helps establish consummation lifelong education system. The practice of developing continuing education in cooperation between university and ... -
Differences of Engineering Education Systems Between Japan and Germany - Consideration About Before and After Graduation
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008-05-22)Many Japanese universities normally have the educational system, which checks the students’ "knowledge" about theories and answers, but engineering education in Germany provides a system to check the students’ "understandings" ... -
A Tentative Study on Technical Problems Solving Oriented Training Modes of Continuing Education for Petroleum and Petrol-Chemical Technical Engineers
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008-05-21)Continuing education for Technical Engineers should be focused on adaptability and applicability. This article discusses the technical problem-solving oriented three-phase methodology, which includes organizing study ... -
Project-Based Engineering Career Education Programs by the Collaborations with Private Companies
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008-05-22)The newly developed education programs including some regular curricula have been conducted with a common idea based on what we call "the ability for engineering" that is defined as abilities to learn and create. The ... -
Financial Management PD Courses for Global Economy Engineers
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008-05-21)Traditionally Russian engineers were responsible mostly for product design, shop technology and manufacturing processes development. Professional development courses served practical engineers to upgrade the knowledge in ... -
The Importance Of Cultural Liaisons in International Distance Education: a Case Study
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008-05-22)There can be unforeseen breakdowns in communication, and in the educational process, when international education takes place between United States providers of that education and working professionals abroad, whose ... -
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 ... -
Managing ePresence in a Global Electronically Connected World
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008-05-21)Electronic communications have enabled individuals to communicate with friends, family members, business associates, and colleagues at a distance in ways that were unimagined even a decade ago, when the Internet was well ... -
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 ... -
Internationalisation in Continuing Engineering Education: a Case study
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008-05-22)Delft TopTech is the school of executive education of Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands and offers executive master programmes. This contribution gives answers on how universities, i.e. university institutions ... -
Program Pricing
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008-05-21)Review program pricing theory and how price can establish your niche in the market place. Various pricing models, how to handle price objections, customer perception of value, and profit margins will be discussed. You will ... -
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 ... -
Marketing Short Courses
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008-05-21)The Professional Institute is part of the Professional Education Programs office within the MIT School of Engineering. PI offers 35-45 courses geared to working professional scientists and engineers. Our course directors ... -
Creating Means and Motivation for Networking—Continuing Education Programs for Engineers Based on Professional Standards (experience gained from projects implemented in a small country)
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008-05-23)The paper outlines the experience of building partnerships and networking from three continuing engineering education development projects implemented in Estonia. The focus of the projects was creation of network between ...
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