Title: Continuing Engineering Education: its change with changing technological needs. A Korean case

Authors: Seung-Yo Son

Addresses: Professor and Dean, College of Engineering, Ajou University, Suweon 440-380, Korea

Abstract: A Korean university-based continuing education program in industrial electronics is described, along with evidence of the need for such a program. The program is unique and versatile. The paper discusses strategies for the implementation of the program, the advantage of a Continuing Engineering Education program is that it may be sufficiently flexible for adjustment and updating of the course contents to meet the industrial need in accordance not only with re-orientation of the industry into new areas.

Keywords: electronics education; continuing engineering education: Korea; university-industry cooperation; technician training; curricular structures; continuing education; Korea; university education; higher education; industrial collaboration.

DOI: 10.1504/IJCEELL.1990.030402

International Journal of Continuing Engineering Education and Life-Long Learning, 1990 Vol.1 No.1, pp.42 - 48

Published online: 15 Dec 2009 *

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