WEB-BASED EXPERIMENTATION IN FLEXIBLE EDUCATION: TECHNOLOGICAL CHALLENGES AND DEPLOYMENT METHODOLOGIES

摘要

The introduction of information and communication technologies in education in general, and of Web-based experimentation solutions in engineering education in particular, presents many challenges. This paper describes the current situation according to the institutional, educational and technological objectives. The aim is to outline a way toward enhanced functionalities of the learning resources and expended opportunities in flexible higher education. In the flexible scheme considered here, the students can freely chose between a distance (Web-based) and a traditional (on-campus) access to learning resources and support. The proposed e-Mersion learning environment has been designed and assess to ensure that it sustains this bimodality by bringing the necessary added value for knowledge and know-how appropriation by students.