12 articles in this issue
Teresa Restivo,José Couto Marques,Alberto Cardoso
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Call for Papers
Dan Budny,Cheryl A. Paul,Beth B. Newborg
The transition from high school to college can be very difficult for many students. The authors believe that parents can advocate on behalf of their children by educating themselves on particular transitional challenges their children potentially face, a... see more
Melanie Rose Nova King,Peter Willmot
This paper details the emergence and development of the ‘Centre for Engineering and Design Education’ (CEDE) at Loughborough University, UK, and provides a blueprint for success. With ample evidence that such a Centre can prove to be a highly effective s... see more
José Couto Marques,Maria Teresa Restivo,Alberto Cardoso,Tiago Santos
An interactive web application has been developed to provide a learning tool for soil mechanics students. Using digital video, html and javascript the interactive video provides some facts and figures about dams in general and embankment dams in particula... see more
Leslie E. Seawright
Globalization of our modern economies requires a workforce that can move easily between time zones and cultures. Professors cannot ignore the drastic impact globalization has and will place upon engineering students. In order to be prepared for a competit... see more
Alexander Chuchalin,Mikhail Minin,Natalia Vyuzhanina
The article considers the current state of engineering education in Europe in general and in Russia in particular in the light of the need to meet employers’ requirement to graduates, and the role of practice-oriented learning technologies in this process... see more
Teresa L Larkin
In the global marketplace, the ability to communicate, both orally and in writing, is a skillset demanded by employers. Unfortunately, typical academic exercises that involve written and oral communication are often just that â?¦ academic exercises. To ... see more
Tiia Rü?¼tmann,Hants Kipper
The design of learner-centered guided in-service program for technical teacher education has been launched at Estonian Centre for Engineering Pedagogy at Tallinn University of Technology. The aim of the program has been facilitating the initial in-service... see more
Anda Zeidmane,Vita Duka
Study process in mathematics faces two major problems. First, engineers do not apply directly the problem solving skills of higher mathematics. Second, studying higher mathematics, students get an insufficient idea of its usability. The authors of the pap... see more
Maria Teresa Restivo,Alberto Cardoso
The increasing use of emergent technologies in industry, medicine, research, training and education attests to the relevance of their integration in teaching/learning approaches.Online experimentation comprises remote and virtual experimentation also supp... see more