Engineering technology management graduate student online learning preferences

Abstract

As online graduate programs continue to grow, so does the availability of learning media and delivery tools. Faculty and students are increasingly using web-based means of communication such as blogs, wikis, discussion boards, and collaborative tools in addition to assigning traditional readings, lecture notes, homework, writing exercises, and examinations. There have always been multiple choices available to instructors for the delivery of content and the assessment of learning, but now there are more varieties of instructional technologies from which to choose. Given the choice, are there certain online approaches that engineering technology management graduate students prefer? Qualitative and quantitative data was gathered from current students and alumni of an online master's program in this discipline. The questions assessed student preferences for instructional technology media for delivery of content and the means of communication. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2013.