Design for frontier contexts: Classroom assessment of a new design methodology with humanitarian applications

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Green, Matthew ^a   Linsey, Julie ^b   Seepersad, Carolyn ^b   Schmidt, Kathy ^b   Wood, Kristin ^b  

^a LETOURNEAU UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; HUMANITIES COMPUTING; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS;

CLASSROOM TESTING; CUSTOMER NEEDS; FRONTIER CONTEXTS METHODOLOGY; LECTURE SLIDES;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 85029056387     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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