Can you teach ‘real’ engineering at a distance?

By Tony Bates, on July 5th, 2009

This blog is prompted by an e-mail from Rich Zuc, who wanted to know why there were no undergraduate degrees in engineering offered at a distance. With his permission, his letter is reproduced below, with my answers.

Rich wrote:

I am a resident of Hamilton Ontario and I am interested in online and distance learning [...]

July 5th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Blogs, Featured, Teaching and learning, distant education, engineering, subject areas | 10 comments

Empowering education through technology in the k-12/school sector

By Tony Bates, on April 9th, 2009

My web site focuses primarily on post-secondary education, and because of the volume of articles in the k-12/school sector, I rarely post articles about this sector.

However, eSchool News provides a useful collection of articles each week through its Online Educational Resource Centre. There are often articles here that would also be of interest to post-secondary [...]

April 9th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Events, Strategies, planning and management, Teaching and learning, assessment, developing intellectual skills, learning styles, planning, policies and management - institutional, social studies | Leave a comment

Hewlett Packard grants aim to re-design college engineering

By Tony Bates, on January 20th, 2009

eSchoolNews (2009) Hewlett Packard grants aim to re-design college engineering, Jan 20

The Hewlett Packard Co. is making available $2.4 million for the re-design of engineering, computer science and information technology programs through the use of technology.

Proposals are due March 30. More information, including the full Request for Proposals, is available at www.hp.com/go/hpiie-usa

January 20th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Events, Teaching and learning, course design | Leave a comment