Online engineering education: Learning anywhere, anytime

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 131-146

  Bourne, John ^a,d   Harris, Dale ^b   Mayadas, Frank ^c,e  

^a BABSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ALFRED P SLOAN FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d FRANKLIN W OLIN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (United States)

^e Purdue University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Online degrees; Online education; Virtual laboratories

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; LABORATORIES; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; STUDENTS;

ONLINE DEGREES; ONLINE ENGINEERING EDUCATION; ONLINE LEARNING; VIRTUAL LABORATORIES;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 14244269028     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2005.tb00834.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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