Effectiveness of an Internet-Based Graduate Engineering Management Course

Abstract

This research provides engineering educators analytical evidence as to the effectiveness of Internet-based course instruction. The research examined the University of Missouri-Rolla's Internet-based Advanced Production and Operations Management course, with a focus on determining the effectiveness of the Internet-based education tools used. Over 100 students in five Internet-based classes and one traditional, in-class control group were given three sets of surveys, learning style assessments, a course pre-test, and a course final examination. Multiple conclusions were drawn from this study based on analyses of the data collected. First, the Internet-based students performed equally as well as the control group as measured by the difference between pre-test and post-test scores. Second, the Internet-based students were found to have had exaggerated time requirement expectations for taking a course in the Internet environment. Third, the students rated the effectiveness and satisfaction positively for the Internet classroom format. Initially, the Internet-based students were skeptical of electronic lectures but their experiences were positive.

Department(s)

Engineering Management and Systems Engineering

Second Department

Psychological Science

Third Department

Business and Information Technology

Keywords and Phrases

Classrooms; Engineering educators; Internet-based educational tools; Web-based courses; Demonstrations; Distance education; Information retrieval; Internet; Knowledge acquisition; Learning systems; Students; Technical writing; Project management

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

1069-4730

Document Type

Article - Journal

Document Version

Citation

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2000 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Jan 2000

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