2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Four Decades of Distance Learning Instruction in an Electrical Engineering Technology Program

Presented at Experiential Learning in ET Programs I

Online instruction is no longer a new or seldom used modality. It has grown over the last few decades, reaching a pinnacle during the recent pandemic. Different institutions and different programs chose different approaches for the online delivery of courses, adopting either synchronous or asynchronous deliveries for online students, and hybrid delivery for mixed groups of campus and online students attending the classes in a live or synchronous manner. This paper’s main goal is to present the history of over 40 years of distance learning in an Electrical Engineering Technology program and how the delivery mode progressed over time. While the building blocks were fully in place at the beginning of the 2020 pandemic, the paper discusses the solutions to the problems encountered during the shift to fully online delivery and the lessons learned from this experience. The paper also presents the solutions for specific curriculum constraints, assessment considerations, and the relationship between course delivery and enrollment in a time when schools are competing for enrollments while facing a shrinking pool of potential students.

Authors

Dr. Otilia Popescu Old Dominion University [biography]

Dr. Otilia Popescu received the Engineering Diploma and M.S. degree from the Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest, Romania, and the PhD degree from Rutgers University, all in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Her research interests are in the general areas of communication systems, control theory, signal processing and engineering education. She is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Technology, at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, and served for 7 years as the Program Director for the Electrical Engineering Technology Program. In the past she has worked for the University of Texas at Dallas, University of Texas at San Antonio, Rutgers University, and Politehnica University of Bucharest. She is a senior member of the IEEE.
Dr. Isaac L. Flory IV Old Dominion University [biography]

Isaac L. Flory IV received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech in 1984, 1993 and 2008 respectively. He has over 17 years of experience in the lighting industry, serving in several positions as an employee of Hub
Prof. John R. Hackworth Old Dominion University [biography]

John Hackworth is an Associate Professor Emeritus in the electrical engineering technology program at Old Dominion University. Degrees: B.S. degree in ET (Electrical), MSEE, both from Old Dominion University.
Dr. Murat Kuzlu http://orcid.org/https://0000-0002-8719-2353 Old Dominion University [biography]

Murat Kuzlu joined the Engineering Technology Department at Old Dominion University (ODU) as an Assistant Professor in 2018. He received his B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering from Kocaeli University, Turkey,

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