TY - JOUR
T1 - Teaching and learning enhancement in undergraduate machine dynamics
AU - Aziz, El Sayed
PY - 2011/6
Y1 - 2011/6
N2 - Currently, information technology (IT) is playing a significant role in the development of learning environments. The integration of IT into the classroom provides innovative learning environments that allow for more interactive, relevant, and effective applications to give students valuable experiences. This article presents the design and implementation of more active and collaborative methods of teaching and learning in a course on mechanisms and machine dynamics. Through the use of virtual collaborative environments such as cooperative learning, problem-based learning (PBL), critical thinking, and more in the context of IT-enabled environments, students are given the opportunity to experiment with ideas and see the results of their efforts on the computer screen. These interactive learning modules impose more responsibility on students for their own learning than the traditional lecture-based passive learning methodology.
AB - Currently, information technology (IT) is playing a significant role in the development of learning environments. The integration of IT into the classroom provides innovative learning environments that allow for more interactive, relevant, and effective applications to give students valuable experiences. This article presents the design and implementation of more active and collaborative methods of teaching and learning in a course on mechanisms and machine dynamics. Through the use of virtual collaborative environments such as cooperative learning, problem-based learning (PBL), critical thinking, and more in the context of IT-enabled environments, students are given the opportunity to experiment with ideas and see the results of their efforts on the computer screen. These interactive learning modules impose more responsibility on students for their own learning than the traditional lecture-based passive learning methodology.
KW - engineering education
KW - information technology
KW - machine dynamics
KW - online laboratory
KW - virtual learning environments
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U2 - 10.1002/cae.20306
DO - 10.1002/cae.20306
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79955373939
SN - 1061-3773
VL - 19
SP - 244
EP - 255
JO - Computer Applications in Engineering Education
JF - Computer Applications in Engineering Education
IS - 2
ER -