Undergraduate electrical engineering via tutored video instruction

Abstract

Seattle Pacific University (SPU) in partnership with the Boeing Company began a pilot program to offer a BS degree in electrical engineering by presenting tutored video instruction (TVI) courses at company sites. SPU presented three lower division undergraduate electrical engineering courses via TVI during the academic year, 1993-94. The University motivation was to provide full time Boeing workers with a program that would minimize their commute time to the educational site and thus attract more students. Boeing's motivation was to provide quality and convenient off-hours engineering education for their employees, thus upgrading their technical work force. The authors discuss TVI with respect to whether students learn as well with TVI compared with classroom techniques, and its cost effectiveness.