Distance learning and continuing education programs are a growing component of higher education in engineering. The technological investments that colleges and universities commit to are substantial in both financial outlay and strategic vision. But over time as the video production facilities and computing support infrastructure matures for distance learning courses, the ability to utilize these new capabilities towards enhancing traditional "in-person" courses at colleges and universities becomes ever more feasible. This paper discusses how a traditional live-taught engineering mechanics course (Statics) with a very large enrollment (500 students) was enhanced by leveraging the existing distance learning technologies originally purposed to serve distance engineering students in online programs.
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