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Implementing Engineering Education on the WWW: 3 Case Studies
Gale, Carolyn M. Center for Innovation in Engineering Education, Vanderbilt University, USA.
galecm@vuse.vanderbilt.edu
Bourne, John R. Director, Center for Innovation in Engineering Education, Vanderbilt University, USA.
john.bourne@vanderbilt.edu
Dawant, Martine M. Research Instructor, Center for Innovation in Engineering Education, Vanderbilt
University, USA. datares@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu
Quinn, Doris. Director, Quality Education and Measurement, The Vanderbilt Clinic, Vanderbilt University,
USA. quinndc@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu
Faculty and students of the Vanderbilt University Center for Innovation in Engineering Education have
developed several complete on-line courses primarily for use by students of the Vanderbilt School of
Engineering. Three of these courses will be discussed: Introduction to Engineering, Informatics, and Total
Quality Management.
Introduction to Engineering (ES 130)
ES 130 is an introduction to engineering computer tools for freshman engineering students. This course was
designed to introduce basic computer knowledge, the Internet and information resources, modeling and
simulation methods, mathematical computer tools, and team work. Students were able to access all lectures and
interactive laboratory sessions on-line. Many of the lectures included software tutorials and additional
interactive examples.
Figure 1. ES 130 included interactive examples in the lectures as well.
ES 130 can be found at http://ciee.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/es130/home130.html
Informatics (EE/MT 274)
Informatics is a course designed for Electrical Engineering/Computer Science undergraduate and Management
of Technology graduate students. The outcome of this course was to gain an understanding of information