University of Wisconsin--Stout

Are educational institutions keeping pace in the information--now digital age? The purpose of this study was to determine the extent of alternative delivery in Electronics programs within the Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS), document the techniques utilized, and revisit a 1993 study where 27% of Associate Degree Electronics programs used Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI) as an alternative delivery technique. A questionnaire administered to 40% of 120 WTCS Electronic instructors indicated 61% of respondents fell within a range of 5-20% CAI within their programs. Ninety percent are currently using some form of alternative delivery with the top two “Self-paced” (37%) and “Computer” (39%) followed by “Instructional Television” (17%) and “Web” (6%), indicating a need for further study to examine the low web-based delivery utilization