Blended Learning in Bioprocess Systems Engineering Education: Issues, Methods, and Applications

This paper addresses the issues, methodologies, and applications and the use of the Internet for Web-based delivery of knowledge and instruction in undergraduate biological engineering curriculum. This solution combines several different delivery methods, such as collaboration software, Web-based course delivery, and learning management systems. Some examples of Internet-ready instruction modules are presented to illustrate the blended learning approach. Lessons learned from past few years implementation of Web-enhanced courses in (bio)process system engineering will be discussed such as the setting up of self-developed “Learning Management System”, the implementation of virtual laboratories with animations and simulation features to enhance hands-on experiments in traditional labs, the development of distance-learning remote laboratories enabling students to set up the parameters that control an experiment using a Web interface.