Active Learning Strategies in Engineering Education in Gulf Countries
Randeree, Kasim (2005) Active Learning Strategies in Engineering Education in Gulf Countries. In: The Twelfth International Conference on Learning, July 11 - 14, 2005, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
Abstract
Teaching engineering has involved numerous strategies which have been evolving over the past decades due to innovations in technology. New and fashionable educational methodologies, e-learning and wireless networked laptop technology are only the latest in a series of developments available to the engineering instructor. The Internet as a tool for acquiring information from global sources has also proved invaluable to engineering students worldwide as an aid to research in many areas of their study. Engineering departments, for their part, have responded by preparing courses that develop the skills of their students in using these technologies and methodologies. The focus of this paper deals with active learning and new technologies in teaching students in engineering faculties in the Gulf. Furthermore, the paper examines two key educational areas. Firstly, the implementation of strategies to facilitate the transition of students from passive to active learning. Secondly, the role of educational methodologies in promoting independent and group centred learning skills as opposed to their prior experience of highly dependent learning.
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