Exploration of the Effectiveness of Online Learning for Engineering Professional Skills Development

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dc.contributor.advisorCowe Falls, Lynne
dc.contributor.authorLumgair, Brendon
dc.contributor.committeememberAchari, Gopal
dc.contributor.committeememberMoshirpour, Mohammad
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-05T17:56:05Z
dc.date.available2017-07-05T17:56:05Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.date.submitted2017en
dc.description.abstractOnline learning is revolutionizing post-secondary education where class sizes are already in the hundreds. Of the 12 Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board’s (CEAB) graduate attributes and 11 Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) student outcomes, about half are “technical” and half are “professional / soft skills”. Can engineering professional skills learning outcomes be effectively taught and assessed in a large online class without sacrificing the quality of teaching and learning and the rigour of assessment of a traditional in-person class? At the University of Calgary an undergraduate engineering course on professionalism, ethics and life-long learning was taught to 468 students purely online via synchronous webinars / web conferencing, asynchronous videos and a textbook. The average student preferred webinars and rated webinars as the most engaging and effective presentation format. The majority of the students reported that the online course was effective in their achieving the professional skills learning outcomes.en_US
dc.identifier.citationLumgair, B. (2017). Exploration of the Effectiveness of Online Learning for Engineering Professional Skills Development (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26076en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/26076
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/3927
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectEducation--Teacher Training
dc.subjectEducation--Technology
dc.subjectEngineering
dc.subjectEngineering--Civil
dc.subject.otherEngineering Education
dc.subject.otheronline learning
dc.subject.otherprofessionalism
dc.subject.otherethics
dc.subject.otherwebinar
dc.subject.otherweb conferencing
dc.subject.otherCEAB
dc.subject.othergraduate attributes
dc.subject.otherABET
dc.subject.othersynchronous
dc.subject.otherdistance education
dc.subject.otherprofessional skills
dc.subject.otherCDIO
dc.subject.otherblended learning
dc.titleExploration of the Effectiveness of Online Learning for Engineering Professional Skills Development
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineCivil Engineering
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (MSc)
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