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What is Web-Supported Course

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eLearning Engagement in a Transformative Social Learning Environment
A course that has maintains all course material on a website or within a course management system yet the class discussion and exams are typically held in a physical classroom. Some lectures may be provided online and a few key lectures may be provided in class. The web thus supports the course but does not replace all of the class interaction activity.
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The Evolution of eLearning Within a Software Engineering Graduate Program
Sharon Andrews (University of Houston-Clear Lake, USA)
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 19
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-6956-6.ch012
Abstract
This chapter presents the journey taken by one of the top online software engineering programs in the nation as experienced by the program chairperson, reflecting upon the evolution of distant education efforts from two-way satellite synchronous course delivery to 100% online course delivery as well as other blended modes of delivery and instruction. This discussion will include the advantages and disadvantages encountered organized within a student-centered, instructor-centered, course-product, and program-centered focus followed by lessons learned. The chapter provides a practical and revealing encapsulation of salient issues surrounding the operation of an online STEM graduate program of interest to readers seeking shared operational experiences from long-term significant elearning efforts.
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