Start Date
4-1969 8:00 AM
Description
The difficulty of keeping abreast of new technology with the rate at which it is being created is proving to be physically impossible as well as an inefficient use of engineer's time. The NASA Pilot Program in Instructional Monographs has been conducted at Oklahoma State University" since June, 1966, with an objective of providing up-to-date instructional material derived from current research as rapidly and as efficiently as possible for use in engineering education.
An Instructional Monograph is designed to be used by a teacher or engineer without undue reference to additional material. The amount of material is normally adjusted to require one to three hours for formal presentation. Where possible, homework problems demonstrate any principle developed in the new technology being presented.
Considerable effort has been made to test the use of Instructional Monographs both in the classroom by professors and in self-study use by engineers in industry. This has resulted in requests for Instructional Monographs from 262 different professors at 111 universities in 39 states and 5 foreign countries. In addition, there have been requests from 56 different industries. The analysis of those evaluation forms returned has shown a very positive response in acceptance of the Instructional Monograph concept. Further development of the concept appears to be needed to refine this method of speeding new technology into use. In addition, the development of the program into a test of its ability to sustain itself financially is required.
Evaluation of Instructional Monographs in University and Industrial Use
The difficulty of keeping abreast of new technology with the rate at which it is being created is proving to be physically impossible as well as an inefficient use of engineer's time. The NASA Pilot Program in Instructional Monographs has been conducted at Oklahoma State University" since June, 1966, with an objective of providing up-to-date instructional material derived from current research as rapidly and as efficiently as possible for use in engineering education.
An Instructional Monograph is designed to be used by a teacher or engineer without undue reference to additional material. The amount of material is normally adjusted to require one to three hours for formal presentation. Where possible, homework problems demonstrate any principle developed in the new technology being presented.
Considerable effort has been made to test the use of Instructional Monographs both in the classroom by professors and in self-study use by engineers in industry. This has resulted in requests for Instructional Monographs from 262 different professors at 111 universities in 39 states and 5 foreign countries. In addition, there have been requests from 56 different industries. The analysis of those evaluation forms returned has shown a very positive response in acceptance of the Instructional Monograph concept. Further development of the concept appears to be needed to refine this method of speeding new technology into use. In addition, the development of the program into a test of its ability to sustain itself financially is required.
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