Online Engineering Pedagogy: A Proposal for Specialization of the Teacher Training in Engineering

Authors

  • Diego Gormaz-Lobos Universidad Autónoma de Chile
  • Claudia Galarce-Miranda Technische Universität Dresden
  • Hanno Hortsch Technische Universität Dresden

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijep.v11i5.22427

Keywords:

University Teacher Training, Online Engineering Pedagogy, Distance Learning, IGIP Curricula

Abstract


The context of the COVID-19 pandemic produced new immediate needs in the field of university teaching related to distance learning and forces the universities to transform their “traditional” face-to-face teaching methods, particularly with the implementation of online education. This situation represented a challenge not only for the universities but also for the teachers because they need to transform their teaching work in the classroom to online strategies for online learning environments. To meet these needs for effective online education an online pilot training course in Engineering Education based on the IGIP Curriculum of the TU Dresden was designed and implemented. The course “Introduction to online teaching and learning in engineering” (in Spanish: “Introducción a la Enseñanza-Aprendizaje Online en Ingeniería”) consisted of 4 modules implemented on a mix of online communication strategy of synchronous activities carried out on the Zoom platform, together with asynchronous work on a Moodle-based LMS platform. The course was offered between May and June 2020 for a group of academics of the Faculty of Engineering of a public Chilean University. This paper describes the designed online pilot training course in Engineering Pedagogy and presents the results of the evaluation of its implementation. For this a survey was applied and filled by the participants to evaluate the course and to know their per-ceptions about their competencies development to improve online learning in engineering.

Author Biographies

Diego Gormaz-Lobos, Universidad Autónoma de Chile

Faculty of Engineering

Claudia Galarce-Miranda, Technische Universität Dresden

Faculty of Education

Hanno Hortsch, Technische Universität Dresden

Faculty of Education

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Published

2021-10-05

How to Cite

Gormaz-Lobos, D., Galarce-Miranda, C., & Hortsch, H. (2021). Online Engineering Pedagogy: A Proposal for Specialization of the Teacher Training in Engineering. International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy (iJEP), 11(5), pp. 105–121. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijep.v11i5.22427

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