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Designing and evaluating an elearning engineering module in a polytechnic
Author
Ong, Eng Teng
Supervisor
Myint, Swe Khine
Abstract
E-learning is one of the new innovative tools used for teaching and learning in a polytechnic. As it is new, there is a lack of study about its learning outcome as well as the quality of the e-learning material put up by the lecturers.
In line with the polytechnic management's initiative to introduce topics in modules for e-learning, it was decided by the lecturer that one of the topics be taught using the e-learning mode.
After designing and creating the e-learning materials with the help of some project students, the lecturer wishes to implement and test the subject in the e-learning delivery mode for the new semester.
This dissertation is about the design of a new e-learning package and the process of evaluating it. It also highlights the evaluation method on how it was conducted to gather the feedback from the participants. Recommendations are made for further improvement.
The goal of this study is to evaluate an e-learning module developed by the lecturer through an instrument for analysing students' perceptions when using it, with the aim of identifying some of the good features used in the e-learning design, which can be adopted by other e-learning designers. At the same time it will also discusses features where further improvement can be made.
Data for this study was collected via a questionnaire distributed to 100 second-year students (academic year 2002) who had completed all modules for their 1st-year diploma course in engineering and are about to proceed into their second year course. A follow-up interview was conducted one week after the survey consisting of four qualitative questions was created to check on its validity. Finally, findings pertaining to student's response to the survey and interview were tabulated for discussion.
The total number of second year students taking the Mechatronics engineering subject EG2109, called Robotic Systems and Peripherals who had participated in the survey is 100, out of which there are 53 foreign students and 47 local students.
The survey is used to explore the students' view towards the e-learning courseware. The SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) software is used to determine the one-way analysis of variance. It is also used to evaluate the related research questions based on the student type (local vs foreign). It was viewed that language could be a factor in analysing the perception towards e-learning mode of delivery.
Before this, a pilot study was conducted on a group of 15 final year students who had already taken this subject in their second year. The results of the pilot survey shows that the questionnaires used in the survey form have reached a certain level of acceptance in validity.
In line with the polytechnic management's initiative to introduce topics in modules for e-learning, it was decided by the lecturer that one of the topics be taught using the e-learning mode.
After designing and creating the e-learning materials with the help of some project students, the lecturer wishes to implement and test the subject in the e-learning delivery mode for the new semester.
This dissertation is about the design of a new e-learning package and the process of evaluating it. It also highlights the evaluation method on how it was conducted to gather the feedback from the participants. Recommendations are made for further improvement.
The goal of this study is to evaluate an e-learning module developed by the lecturer through an instrument for analysing students' perceptions when using it, with the aim of identifying some of the good features used in the e-learning design, which can be adopted by other e-learning designers. At the same time it will also discusses features where further improvement can be made.
Data for this study was collected via a questionnaire distributed to 100 second-year students (academic year 2002) who had completed all modules for their 1st-year diploma course in engineering and are about to proceed into their second year course. A follow-up interview was conducted one week after the survey consisting of four qualitative questions was created to check on its validity. Finally, findings pertaining to student's response to the survey and interview were tabulated for discussion.
The total number of second year students taking the Mechatronics engineering subject EG2109, called Robotic Systems and Peripherals who had participated in the survey is 100, out of which there are 53 foreign students and 47 local students.
The survey is used to explore the students' view towards the e-learning courseware. The SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) software is used to determine the one-way analysis of variance. It is also used to evaluate the related research questions based on the student type (local vs foreign). It was viewed that language could be a factor in analysing the perception towards e-learning mode of delivery.
Before this, a pilot study was conducted on a group of 15 final year students who had already taken this subject in their second year. The results of the pilot survey shows that the questionnaires used in the survey form have reached a certain level of acceptance in validity.
Date Issued
2003
Call Number
T65.3 Ong
Date Submitted
2003