Experiences in providing a nation-wide distance education course in surveying ethics
Frank, Steven
The National Council of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors requested the development of a nation-wide distance education course in Surveying Ethics for professional surveyors across the United States. The author, along with Dr. Knud Hermansen of the University of Maine, and Dr. Danny Scoccia of New Mexico State University were awarded a grant in 1997 to create the course. The course is offered to professional surveyors practicing in all 50 states in the US. The course may be taken via the Internet or by videotape. To date, over 200 professional surveyors have taken the course, many as a requirement to keep their professional surveying license. Experiences with students have been both positive and negative. Students must be selfmotivated to successfully complete the course. Students have the option of taking the course over the Internet or by videotape mail to them along with other course materials. While one might think that students taking the visual mode of learing (videotape) might fare better with the material than students taking the Internet mode, results show that there is little or no difference in success between the two modes.
Event: XXX FIG Working Week and General Assembly : Strategic Integration of Surveying Services
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