Engineering Societies as a vehicle tool for engineering students

Abstract

This paper describes the importance of Engineering Societies inside the educational environment, focusing on the new learning models that appear in the student branches. This model involves pedagogical methods differents than the more formal ones used in the classrooms. They are based on more informal approaches where learners are the real center of the process and teachers appear just as tutors or learning drivers, providing the required material and support to learners. The paper describes the successful experience of a Student Branch in a University for Distance Education, overcoming the traditional collaboration and interaction lacks that these kinds of institutions own due to its inner organization and learning methodology.