Implementation of an On-line Asynchronous Tools to Facilitate Problem- Based Learning in Water Resources Engineering

Student feedback from past semesters for the courses Water Resources Engineering and Urban Hydrology and Hydraulics has indicated that out-of-class guidance or coaching from the instructor in solving problems related to the course content was the most effective tool for learning the material from these courses. However, this proved to be an inefficient teaching tool. While similar guidance was commonly repeated to different groups of students, because the student groups progressed through problems at different rates and often all students could not schedule simultaneous time with the instructor. Furthermore, out-of-class coaching is also an inefficient learning tool because the instructor often is not available at the times when the students are working on the problems.