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Incorporating Sustainability into Engineering Education Using e-Learning
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: Received: 17 February 2018 / Approved: 17 February 2018 / Online: 17 February 2018 (13:23:39 CET)
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Sanganyado, E.; Nkomo, S. Incorporating Sustainability into Engineering and Chemical Education Using E-Learning. Educ. Sci. 2018, 8, 39. Sanganyado, E.; Nkomo, S. Incorporating Sustainability into Engineering and Chemical Education Using E-Learning. Educ. Sci. 2018, 8, 39.
Journal reference: Educ. Sci. 2018, 8, 39
DOI: 10.3390/educsci8020039
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to develop e-learning activities that integrated sustainability concepts and practices in process engineering education. Two blended courses were developed with two activities evaluated quantitatively and qualitatively to measure student engagement, quality of responses, and incorporation of sustainability in their arguments. Social network analysis and lexical analysis were used to assess students’ participation in discussions and peer reviews. In the online discussion, 97 comments were made averaging 120 words per comment. The participants averaged 3.88 comments, with the majority of comments exhibiting simple and complex argumentation, a deep reflection, and widespread use of terms associated with sustainability such as recycling, pollution, waste, and environment. Furthermore, evaluation of peer reviews revealed that the participants demonstrated they could identify errors and positives in an argument. Therefore, this study demonstrated that e-learning, particularly peer review and online discussion could help chemistry and engineering students understand sustainability.
Subject Areas
sustainability; Green Engineering; curriculum development; chemical education; engineering education
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