Distance Learning: Linking Community College Engineering Students with Engineering Schools (A Proposal) Jack Baskin School of Engineering University of California Santa Cruz Jack Callon & Patrick Mantey October 19, 2000

Distance Learning Modes Synchronous Asynchronous Quasi-synchronous

Roles for Distance Learning Graduate Degree Programs Continuing Education Undergraduate Preparation for Graduate Programs (change of field / career) Lower-division Undergraduate Courses for Community College Students

Distance Learning Architecture Network Client Features and Functions Server Features and Functions Systems Architecture Course Material Instructional Support System Content Structure Content Guidelines Targeted Use Graduate Courses Graduate Course Prerequisites Undergraduate Courses Community College Articulated Courses Industry training and technical updates Industry Collaboration

Community College Motivation California needs more engineers, especially in “high-tech” UC cannot accommodate all qualified students desiring UC engineering education UC is committed to increasing community college transfers UCSC’s School of Engineering students coming from community colleges are excellent (and about 50% of our graduates)

Engineering programs at community colleges have different capabilities Community Colleges need to attract more students into Engineering Transfer students into Engineering Schools could graduate in two years if they had the necessary courses in their Community Colleges Community College / UC Challenge

Distance Learning Objectives Develop partnership / collaboration with faculty in community colleges to provide additional Engineering courses via Distance Learning Give Distance-Learning Students a sense of community with other Engineering students Create support structure for delivery of courses to small classes / remote students

Collaborative Effort Engineering school faculty develop course content with community college partners Community colleges own and administer courses Engineering school faculty provide support for community college instructors, and interact with community college students

Proposed Courses Applied Discrete Mathematics (CMPE 16) Computer Organization (CMPE 12C) Probability Statistics (CMPE 107) Introduction to High-tech Engineering

Establishing a Community Interactive Sessions with (co) instructors Scheduled on-line “office hours” Course web pages Bulletin boards / multimedia servers Student web pages Joint projects

Challenges Faculty incentives, compensation, credit Culture, teaching styles Course content, development, coordination Intellectual property ownership Network and computer system support Funding

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