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C2. IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY AND ITS ADAPTATION

Marine Engineering departments should employ technology in ways that foster teaching and learning, increase the trainees understanding of Marine Engineering concepts, and prepare trainees for the use of technology in their careers or their graduate study. Where appropriate, courses offered by the department should integrate current technology. The availability of new technological tools and their pervasive use in the workplace have the potential for changing both the curriculum and the way that the Marine Engineering can be taught.

Departments should review and adjust the curriculum to reflect the expanded use of technology in each discipline and in the workplace.

C.2.1. In courses where the use of modern technology will enhance student learning, departments should adopt methods of teaching technology oriented courses that make full use of appropriate current technology. These methods include workshops sessions and assignments using computer software or graphing calculators, electronic communication with trainees, demonstrations in class using projection equipment, group activities fostered by technology, and use of the Internet.

C.2.2.The trainees activities and experiences related to technology should be designed primarily to enhance the learning of technology and may serve to introduce the trainees to operations related technology.