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- Abeyweera, Ruchira, et al.
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Capacity Building Through a Web Based Master Degree Programme in Sustainable Energy Engineering
- 2017
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Ingår i: PROCEEDINGS OF 2017 IEEE GLOBAL ENGINEERING EDUCATION CONFERENCE (EDUCON2017). - : IEEE. - 9781509054671 ; , s. 800-805
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Open Distance Learning is gaining popularity as a successful alternative for on-campus higher education especially with the emergence of web based platforms which enable the online delivery of courses worldwide. This emerging educational pedagogy can successfully be employed as means of capacity building of the people living in the less fortunate parts of the world where higher education especially at master level are scarce. This paper presents a two-year collaborative master study programme in sustainable energy engineering offered in synchronous with an on-campus study programme conducted by the KTH Royal Institute of Technology of Sweden, to students of Sri Lanka, which was facilitated by the Open University of Sri Lanka. The paper describes the need of such a programme, the format of course delivery and assessment thereof, plus the benefits gained. This programme has produced 72 post graduates in Sri Lanka alone and more than 200 distant postgraduates worldwide in the field of sustainable energy engineering during last 10 years period. In terms of capacity building in the energy sector in Sri Lanka this is considered a great achievement. The experience gained by the local staff in the role of local facilitators who engaged in some of the academic related activities such as evaluation of students' presentation and co-supervision of thesis projects have been greatly appreciated as being additional benefits to the staff in terms of their own academic development and capacity building. Finally, conclusions are made on how remote programmes of study could successfully be delivered to places where such know-how is scarce by adapting appropriate technologies in training personnel at postgraduate level to meet the needs of the industry.
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- Dayananda, Chathuri, et al.
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Constructive learning methodology for distant based online education in renewable energy technologies
- 2017
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Ingår i: PROCEEDINGS OF 2017 IEEE GLOBAL ENGINEERING EDUCATION CONFERENCE (EDUCON2017). - : IEEE. - 9781509054671 ; , s. 1033-1041
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- With the rising concerns about global warming, climate change and the rapid development in the renewable energy industry, many higher educational institutes such as engineering and technological schools around the world have started to offer various educational programs related to sustainable energy pedagogical topics. The knowledge of renewable energy will be a crucial part of scientific literacy for the future; hence it is an absolute necessity to develop easily accessible and flexible-learning approaches in order to succeed in this. Due to various factors, today, the digital online education concept is becoming very popular, both as blended on-campus and as stand-alone studies. Moreover, the traditional teacher driven education system is being also challenged and new student oriented teaching approaches are currently being identified and practiced by various educational experts. This paper discusses a case study developed by applying the learner-centered teaching concept and implemented as part of an online learning course offered for one month (14 hours of learning time was recommended per week) focusing on renewable energy technology innovations for five student groups in three countries. The methodology section of this paper discuss the application of aligned teaching methodology for designing and constructing the course, content deployment of an existing learning management tool and the implementation and course evaluation. Finally, the assessments were graded and results were analyzed to identify success of the new educational concept applied A survey questionnaire was also prepared to receive the thoughts about online learning courses and their experience with the online course performed From an overall point of view, the evaluation and the results exemplify the success and the acceptance of the offered online course by the participants providing good average grading and positive opinions of the method of implementation. Participants also expressed their greater enthusiasm and interest of participating in such online courses for renewable energy engineering, as many of the topics offered through the course are lacking in their existing or past study curriculums.
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