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Case Study: Challenges and Issues in Teaching Fully Online Mechanical Engineering Courses

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Every year more engineering programs are looking at online courses as a way to expand their programs and facilitate the educational goals of working professionals. This case study summarizes specific challenges faced by two faculty members in preparing and presenting six mechanical engineering classes, all core classes at either the graduate or undergraduate level, in a fully online format. The challenges discussed involve course preparation and planning, interaction with and among students, lack of student preparation, and exams.

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  1. Mechanical Engineering Department, The University of Texas at Tyler, 3900 University Blvd, 75799, Tyler, TX, USA

    Sara McCaslin & Fredericka Brown

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  1. Computer Science and Engineering, University of Bridgeport Associate Dean for Graduate Programs, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA

    Khaled Elleithy

  2. Engineering and Computer Science, University of Bridgeport Dean of the School of Engineering, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA

    Tarek Sobh

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McCaslin, S., Brown, F. (2015). Case Study: Challenges and Issues in Teaching Fully Online Mechanical Engineering Courses. In: Elleithy, K., Sobh, T. (eds) New Trends in Networking, Computing, E-learning, Systems Sciences, and Engineering. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 312. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06764-3_74

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