Student-Created Web Documents as a Design Learning Environment
David Radcliffe
D.Radcliffe@mailbox.uq.oz.au
David says about himself:
I work at the intersection of engineering design, manufacturing systems
and
engineering education. My teaching and research interests are closely
aligned and tightly integrated. As a co-founder of the Engineering Practice
Research Group at the University of Queensland I affirm the belief that
the
practice and the processes of engineering are topics for ligitimate research
and scholarship. Our group draws on social science traditions in developing
our methods of inquiry. Amongst other matters we are exploring methods
of
using the WWW to do "collaborative design-at-a-distance". I am
keen to try
new of using the Web in teaching design.
David says about the paper:
"I hope to raise interest in using the Web as an active working and
learning
environment rather than as a passive source of information. This is in
the
context of, but not limited to, engineering education. The paper describes
how the WWW was used as a prototyping medium by studnets in mechanical
engineering to design, construct and test a "product". The WWW
provides a
convenient and stimulating vehicle for students to be able to experience,
explore and reflect upon the product realization process."
Updated on 1 June 1996 by ausweb96@scu.edu.au
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Updated on
1 June 1996 by ausweb96@scu.edu.au