Assessing Engineering Management Students’ Perception Of On Line Learning

The purpose of this study is to assess the perception of engineering and engineering management students towards online courses compared to the traditional on-campus courses, and understand their preferences for different online course delivery techniques. Differences between engineering disciplines are also analyzed here along with other factors such as previous exposure to online learning and demographics of the students. Another goal here is to understand whether offering online courses could attract more engineering students to engineering management courses. The results of a survey study conducted among engineering students are presented here to answer these research questions. The results show that there are variations among disciplines and demography, thus an online learning program needs to be designed to address the needs of different types of learners from different engineering disciplines.