School of Engineering and Technology

Abstract: Engineering communication studies indicate the importance of oral presentations as an indispensable component of workplace oral communication activities; however, since there is limited literature regarding stakeholder perceptions of effective presentation skills and attributes in technical oral presentations or final year engineering project presentations, the authors conducted a mixed method to seek the perceptions of selected members of the academic and professional engineering community involved in technical oral ...

Engineering communication studies indicate the importance of oral presentations as an indispensable component of workplace oral communication activities; however, since there is limited literature regarding stakeholder perceptions of effective presentation skills and attributes in technical oral presentations or final year engineering project presentations, the authors conducted a mixed method to seek the perceptions of selected members of the academic and professional engineering community involved in technical oral ...

Residential schools are an important mechanism by which equitable access to laboratory provide hands-on experience and face-to-face learning for students enrolled in distance mode. This paper elaborates on the evaluation of residential school conducted as a part of undergraduate materials science and engineering course for the distance/flexible students enrolled at Central Queensland University, Australia. The students in this course are adult students who are employed full-time as practitioners and juggling with work, family, and study commitments. This cohort differs greatly in their technical knowledge and professional experience from the students who are enrolled internally. Internal students are predominately students who have progressed from secondary school to tertiary education without any workplace experience. A three day residential school provided the opportunity for students to work individually (undertake quizzes) and as a group (conduct laboratories, pursue group proje...

The higher education (HE) in India has phenomenally expanded in the last few decades in terms of access, equity and inclusiveness, thanks to the policymakers for linking the key issues to be executed with each five year plan. However in the quest of increasing the Gross Enrollment Ratio (GER), the HE paradigm seems to be lost in the tradeoff of meeting the increased aspirations of the job seekers and job providers which in turn has resulted in the paradox of quality versus quantity. Moreover the emergence of the HE as the key player in the globalization wherein the international players are all set to invest in this upcoming for profit segment of market, the scenario in countries like India which is regarded as the third largest HE system over the globe has poised to undergo a sea change. Better late than never, the dynamics of the Indian HE system is accelerating, in spite of the given complexity of large number of diversified apex bodies trying to control, coordinate and resolve t...

BACKGROUNDQuality assurance is a key element of engineering education at Deakin University and is monitored through various mechanisms which also include the process of collecting students’ feedback within the Schools and faculties. The information received are then looked at holistically and action plan is developed to implement. This has proven to be very effective to ensure feedback received from the students has been properly addressed.PURPOSEThe School of Engineering at Deakin University, has initiated the formation of Engineering Educational Quality Working Group (QWG). The aim of QWG is to provide a focal point for learning and teaching quality and its assurance in undergraduate and postgraduate Engineering courses. The school approach complements Deakin University processes of collecting and analysing student feedback on unit curricula design, delivery and facilitator delivery performance; feedback regarding individual facilitator, unit evaluations and graduate course experi...