Engineering instructional development: Programs, best practices, and recommendations

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 89-122

  Felder, Richard M ^a   Brent, Rebecca ^b   Prince, Michael J ^c  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b Education Designs   (United States)

^c BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Faculty development; Instructional development; Staff development

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; EDUCATION; MOTIVATION; NETWORK FUNCTION VIRTUALIZATION;

CONTENT AND STRUCTURE; DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS; ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION; ENGINEERING EDUCATORS; FACULTY DEVELOPMENT; INSTRUCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM ACCREDITATION; STAFF DEVELOPMENT;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 79951600544     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2011.tb00005.x     Document Type: Article

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