Engineering and Technology

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Engineering and Technology www.eng.odu.edu
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Old Dominion University A Carnegie
Doctoral/Research Extensive Institution
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NEW TRENDS IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION IN THE
U.S. By William Swart, Dean College of
Engineering and Technology Old Dominion
University Norfolk, VA 23529 wswart_at_odu.edu

The opinions presented are those of the presenter
and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of
the group.
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WE
THANK YOU, DAAD!
This presentation was given during a tour of 17
North American engineering deans to a group of
institutions of higher learning in Germany. This
tour was sponsored by the German Academic
Exchange Service (DAAD)
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DRIVERS
GLOBALIZATION
DEMOGRAPHICS
ECONOMICS
LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES
NEW FIELDS
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DRIVERS
GLOBALIZATION
DEMOGRAPHICS
ECONOMICS
LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES
NEW FIELDS
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INDIVIDUALS
INSTITUTIONS
JUST-IN-TIME
PERFORMANCE SUPPORT
MARKETS
OPPORTUNITIES
MILITARY
INDUSTRY
DIAGNOSTICS
EXPERIMENTATION
NEW
COMMUNICATION
APPLICATION SERVERS
MULTI/RE-USE
PERFORMANCE
TECHNOLOGIES
MANAGEMENT
INFORMATION ECONOMICS
CULTURE
DIGITAL LIBRARIES
SYNTHETIC ENVIRONMENTS
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WHATS HAPPENING NOW?

• New Courses
• New Degrees
• For Profit Universities
• Virtual Classrooms
• Military Requirements
• Alliances and Consortia (Co-opetition)

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Training and education is a trillion dollar
market worldwide
Larry Ellison, Chairman
1998
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DRIVERS
GLOBALIZATION
DEMOGRAPHICS
ECONOMICS
LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES
NEW FIELDS
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CURRENT TRENDS

• Increasing population of non-traditional students
• Students have different objectives
• degree
• certificate
• professional development
• Students have wide variety of backgrounds
• note that we offer courses in over 60 locations
• Students have different needs to know
• one topic may be more important now than another
• Students may need to know parts from different
  courses to support them professionally
• Students may have different learning styles and
  abilities
• some can learn specific material faster than
  others

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In short, there is a shift from seeking degrees
to seeking Learning

• Learning encompasses
• Training
• Education
• Performance Mentoring

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DRIVERS
GLOBALIZATION
DEMOGRAPHICS
ECONOMICS
LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES
NEW FIELDS
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DISTANCE LEARNING
A Major ODU Asset
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WHAT CAN THE TECHNOLOGY DO?

• Leads to Using Technology to do what is being
  done today
• faster
• cheaper
• neater
• Maintains current paradigm
• Enhances efficiency

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WHAT CAN THE TECHNOLOGY DO?

• Leads to Using Technology to do what is being
  done today
• faster
• cheaper
• neater
• Maintains current paradigm
• Enhances efficiency

DELIVER INSTRUCTION
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WHAT CAN I DO WITH THE TECHNOLOGY?

• Provides focus on what could not be done before
• Breaks current paradigm
• Enhances effectiveness
• Enhances efficiency

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WHAT CAN I DO WITH THE TECHNOLOGY?

• Provides focus on what could not be done before
• Breaks current paradigm
• Enhances effectiveness
• Enhances efficiency

DELIVER LEARNING
more accessible - more efficient - more
affordable - more effective
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• NC PACE CONTRACT COET
• MS in Engineering Management
• CD-ROM based delivery
• Any place/anytime format
• 500 new MS students in 2001

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DRIVERS
GLOBALIZATION
DEMOGRAPHICS
ECONOMICS
LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES
NEW FIELDS
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TRENDS/ISSUES OF MAJOR CONCERN IDENTIFIED IN A
SURVEY OF 300 CEOs

• Globalization (94)
• Improving knowledge management (88)
• Cost and cycle time reduction (79)
• Improving supply chains globally (78)
• Manufacturing at multiple locations in many
  countries (76)
• Managing the use of more part-time, temporary,
  and contract workers (71)

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• Global Engineering
• Upper division cluster
• Minor
• MSE Global Engineering

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CLUSTER
MINOR
Just add an internship
Take just three courses
and take on the world
and add GLOBAL to your resume
TAKE THESE TWO

• Global Engineering and Project Management
• Communication Across Cultures
• THEN CHOOSE ONE MORE..
• International Business Operations
• Sustainable Development
• World Resources

Internship in Global Engineering

• Our Global Engineering Cluster and Minor Provide
  you with
• an understanding of the interconnected context
  of global markets, transnational corporate
  operations, and global technology standards
• an understanding of the global nature of natural
  resources and their protection
• exposure to various international regulatory
  bodies and standards
• Global Engineering gives you the knowledge to
  work productively in an environment that
  encompasses different cultures,business
  practices, resources,communications, and
  engineering practices

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• Global Engineering
• Upper division cluster
• Minor
• MSE Global Engineering

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GLOBAL ENGINEERING MASTERS
International Network for Higher Education in
Engineering
Kaiserslauten Informatics
Helsinki Robotics
Borlange Product Innovation
Berne Management
Vlissingen Logistics
Wroclaw Biomedical
Annecy Environmental
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GLOBAL ENGINEERING MASTERS
International Network for Higher Education in
Engineering
Kaiserslauten Informatics
Helsinki Robotics

• DEGREE STRUCTURE
• Each institution guarantees a specific
  engineering specialization offered in English in
  a given semester
• Students must take specialization semesters at
  two institutions (24 credit hours)
• Students must do comprehensive project at any of
  the institutions (6 credit hours)
• ODU will award Master of Engineering to any
  student who does a specialization semester at ODU
• In addition to any M.Sc. Degree awarded by
  partner institutions
• Thus, in some cases, students will be awarded
  both a U.S. and European degree

Borlange Product Innovation
Berne Management
Vlissingen Logistics
Wroclaw Biomedical
Annecy Environmental
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GLOBAL ENGINEERING MASTERS
International Network for Higher Education in
Engineering
Kaiserslauten Informatics
Helsinki Robotics

• ODU SPECIALIZATIONS
• Engineering Management
• Project Management
• Electrical Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Telecommunications
• Norfolk
• Northern Virginia

Borlange Product Design
Berne Management
Vlissingen Logistics
Wroclaw Biomedical
Annecy Environmental
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GLOBAL ENGINEERING MASTERS
International Network for Higher Education in
Engineering
Kaiserslauten Informatics
Helsinki Robotics

• FINANCIAL ASPECTS
• INHEE Students will be treated as in state ODU
  students
• ODU students will be treated as local INHEE
  students
• In most cases, ODU students will not pay tuition
  while studying at an INHEE institution

Borlange Product Innovation
Berne Management
Vlissingen Logistics
Wroclaw Biomedical
Annecy Environmental
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Increasingly, the teamwork and the tools of
engineering are moving to the Internet2
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e-engineering _at_ odu
Virtual collaborative environments across the
curriculum
Hit the ground running ready to join virtual
project teams working around the globe creating
tomorrows products today!
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E-ENGINEERING WHAT IS IT?
Distributed collaboration in cyberspace using
leading edge technologies enabling
physically-dispersed, diverse teams to learn and
to create integrated, innovative and competitive
products, systems, and services¹.
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DRIVERS
GLOBALIZATION
DEMOGRAPHICS
ECONOMICS
LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES
NEW FIELDS
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WHO NEEDS TO KNOW?

• Current Students
• In appropriate class
• Current Practitioners
• On the job (needs to know NOW)

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WHO KNOWS?

• Isolated narrow experts (research driven)
• Distributed across multiple institutions

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CHALLENGE

• Bring knowledge needed, when needed, to where it
  is needed
• By the best authorities
• In the most effective and efficient manner
  possible

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Hierarchical Learning Network
Institution B
Institution A
Synergistic coupling of advanced instructional,
communications, knowledge management, assessment
and evaluation technologies
Knowledge modules
Knowledge modules
Expert led distributed learning environment
learner
Collaborative learning environment
Individual learning environment
Knowledge modules
Knowledge modules
Institution C
Use of interrogative visualization,
multimedia,intelligent software agents, virtual
reality, multimodal and adaptive human
computer/communication technologies
Institution D
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Engineering and Technology www.eng.odu.edu
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Old Dominion University A Carnegie
Doctoral/Research Extensive Institution