Web-Based Engineering
Education:
Critical Design and Effective Tools

Web-Based Engineering
Education:
Critical Design and Effective Tools

Web-Based Engineering
Education:
Critical Design and Effective Tools

Traditional education for engineers has shifted towards new methods of teaching and learning through the proliferation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). The continuous advances in technology enable the realization of a more distributed structure of knowledge transfer. This becomes critically important for developing countries that lack the resources and infrastructure for implement- ing engineering education practices. The two main themes of technology in designing e-Learning for engineering education in developing countries focus either on aspects of technological support for traditional methods and localized processes, or on the investigation of how such technologies may as- sist distance learning. Commonly such efforts are threefold, relating to content delivery, assessment and provision of feedback. This chapter is based on the authors ten years’ experience in e-Learning, and reviews the most important key issues and success factors regarding the design of e-Learning for engineering education in developing countries.

Donna L. Russell
A.K. Haghi