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HOW TECHNICAL
COLLEGE COURSES BECOME SUCCESSFULL WEB-BASED E-LEARNING MODELS
THROUGH THE INTEGRATION OF RESEARCH, TEACHING AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
ACTIVITIES
Mohamed Aichouni 1 and
Soraya Benchicou 2
1
PhD,
Assistant Professor
2
MSc
in Mechanical Engineering and PhD Candidate
Paper Presented
at 4th International Forum on Engineering Education,
Integrating
Teaching & Research with Community Service -
IFEE2006,
25-27 April 2006, University of Sharjah, Sharjah , United Arab
Emirates
3.
E-LEARNING AS A TEACHING APPROACH
The two
web-based courses developed here have been used as a supplement to
regular classes for students erolled in the mechanical technology
department at Hail Collge of Technology for the last two academic
years. In order to make an evaluation of this experience within our
technical college conditions, a survey has been designed and given
to enrolled students attending the courses during the second
semester of the academic year 2004/2005. The number of students who
answered the survey was 50 out of 57 students enrolled on the
course. Typical results for the metrology web-based course are
summarized in table 1 and figure 5. From the survey results it was
clearly hown that the e-Learning approach is well accepted by our
students though some difficulties and barriers which still exist
between the student and the internet. The great majority of the
students agreed that most of the aspects related to the design,
development, implementation and delivery of the electronic courses
via the internet are good. Most importantly is that the tested
students showed a general acceptance to learn through this new
approach while some of our colleagues educators and trainers still
show some resistance to change from the face-to-face traditional
method to the new method of teaching and training through the web (e-Learning).
Table 1.
Survey Evaluation Results for the Metrology web-based course
Question |
Answer |
No
Answer |
Yes |
No |
Q1 |
The
student visited the metrology web page |
94 % |
04 % |
02 % |
Q2 |
The
page content is useful to the degree prepared |
92 % |
08 % |
00 % |
Q3 |
The
language used in the web page is correct |
92 % |
08 % |
00 % |
Q4 |
The
access to the web page is easy |
62 % |
30 % |
08 % |
Q5 |
Navigation
through the different modules of the page is easy. |
84 % |
16 % |
00 % |
Q6 |
The
student visited the web links provided on the
page |
18 % |
66 % |
16 % |
Q7 |
The
page is important and worth the time you spend reading
it. |
84 % |
14 % |
02 % |
Q8 |
The
e-Learning approach is suitable to mechanical technology
education and training |
72 % |
24 % |
04 % |
Q9 |
This
approach should be generalized to other
courses in the syllabus. |
74 % |
24 % |
02 % |
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