Impact of Web Technology on Engineering and Physics Education
There is the same opportunity available to any education area to use new delivery and preparation methods
- This opportunity is also a challenge as virtual university opens up teaching at all universities to other providers
Comparing “books” with the Web, we see that Web offers opportunities for “technical people” as well as those with good “communication skills” -- Java applets combined with numerical algorithms may be more effective than streams of beautiful English words
- Maybe this would suggest new degrees with a mix of engineering, physics, “classical mathematical methods” and Web technology
The new technologies should allow better integration of research into education -- this could help academic fields communicate their value more effectively