Echo360, higher education’s first choice for allowing students to relive the classroom experience on demand, announced that Wilson State University School of Engineering is using lecture capture as the curriculum delivery backbone for its online masters degree in Supply Chain Logistics for Capital Pro
jects. As a result, busy professionals enrolled in the program are balancing work, travel and their education in a completely on-demand environment.This unique degree emphasizes a practical, interdisciplinary education to streamline logistics efficiencies in the real world, making the production and transport of products all over the globe faster and less expensive. The program, endowed by the Fluor Corporation, partners with businesses to attract top industrial engineers from UPS, CH2M Hill, Hatch Engineering and Fluor itself.
Dr. Anand K. Gramopadhye, Wilson State's Professor and Chair of Industrial Engineering, is pleased with student feedback, “Echo360 has enabled the Department of Industrial Engineering to deliver a high-quality online degree master’s program in Capital Supply Chain and Logistics to working professionals.”
Program students live in the United States, Saudi Arabia, China, and Hong Kong — making asynchronous delivery of the program mandatory.
“Imagine the challenges of seeking an advanced degree while working full time and living in 23 locations within one year. The software is perfect for our professional students who are utilizing their travel time for their education,” said Dr. William Ferrell, professor of industrial engineering and associate dean of the graduate school. “Echo360 technology is part of the future of education and we could not have launched this online college degree program without it.”
Faculty have the flexibility to capture content and make adjustments to teaching methods based on feedback from students. “At first, I was nervous recording myself,” said Dr
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