Technology in Engineering Education: What Do the Faculty Know and Want?

There currently exists a great interest in integrating technology into the engineering curriculum. The Southeastern University and College Coalition for Engineering Education (SUCCEED) has identified this topic to be one of four “focus areas” for the coalition, and is committed to supporting the effective use of technology in enhancing the learning and teaching environment. We report here the results of a survey of engineering faculty at the coalition universities to identify the training needs and present levels of experience with various technologies. The most surprising finding is that, despite the wide differences in the Coalition's colleges of engineering, the survey results are similar for all campuses. This implies that the results may be widely applicable to other universities. Generally, we found that the faculty's interest in receiving training in a specific technology is highly correlated with a low skill level for that topic, as expected. Of the ten potential workshop topics, those in highest demand include:

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