TY - GEN
T1 - Engaging distance education students in online graduate level courses in acoustics, noise and vibration
AU - Russell, Daniel Allen
AU - Sparrow, Victor Ward
AU - Hambric, Stephen A.
PY - 2013/1/1
Y1 - 2013/1/1
N2 - For more than 25 years, the Graduate Program in Acoustics at Penn State has been offering courses leading to the M.Eng. degree in Acoustics to students at a distance. While methods of course delivery have changed during that time span, the intent and purpose has remained constant: To provide a rigorous and comprehensive acoustics curriculum available to a wide variety of students from different backgrounds and locations. In this paper we provide a brief overview of the M.Eng. in Acoustics Distance Education program along with our current delivery methods. We also summarize the topical content and professor-student interactions for three specific courses: Noise Control Engineering, Computational Acoustics, and Research and Writing for Acousticians. The focus of the paper will be the challenges of engaging distance education students in an online graduate level course in acoustics.
AB - For more than 25 years, the Graduate Program in Acoustics at Penn State has been offering courses leading to the M.Eng. degree in Acoustics to students at a distance. While methods of course delivery have changed during that time span, the intent and purpose has remained constant: To provide a rigorous and comprehensive acoustics curriculum available to a wide variety of students from different backgrounds and locations. In this paper we provide a brief overview of the M.Eng. in Acoustics Distance Education program along with our current delivery methods. We also summarize the topical content and professor-student interactions for three specific courses: Noise Control Engineering, Computational Acoustics, and Research and Writing for Acousticians. The focus of the paper will be the challenges of engaging distance education students in an online graduate level course in acoustics.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84904462492
SN - 9781632662675
T3 - 42nd International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering 2013, INTER-NOISE 2013: Noise Control for Quality of Life
SP - 5746
EP - 5754
BT - 42nd International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering 2013, INTER-NOISE 2013
PB - OAL-Osterreichischer Arbeitsring fur Larmbekampfung
T2 - 42nd International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering 2013: Noise Control for Quality of Life, INTER-NOISE 2013
Y2 - 15 September 2013 through 18 September 2013
ER -