Abstract

Internationally, the railway industry is facing a severe shortage of engineers with high-level, relevant, professional and technical knowledge and abilities, in particular amongst engineers involved in the design, construction and maintenance of railway infrastructure. A unique graduate level programme has been created to meet that global need via a fully online, distance education format. The development and operation of this Master of Engineering degree is proposed as a model of the process needed for industry-relevance, flexible delivery, international networking and professional development required for a successful graduate engineering programme in the twenty-first century. In particular, this paper demonstrates how a mix of new and more familiar technologies are utilised through a variety of tasks to overcome the huge distances and multiple time zones that separate the participants across a growing number of countries, successfully achieving close and sustained interaction amongst the participants and railway experts. (Contains 4 figures.)

Citation

Murray, M.H. (2011). Creating Global Networks through an Online Engineering Graduate Programme. European Journal of Engineering Education, 36(1), 97-106. Retrieved August 7, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/50388/.

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Keywords

• Computer Uses in Education
• distance education
• educational technology
• engineering
• engineering education
• Foreign Countries
• Global Approach
• Graduate Study
• Industry
• Masters Degrees
• networks
• online courses
• Program Development
• Transportation