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Continued Assessment of Information Technology Software Integration in a Civil Engineering Program

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Conference

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Location

San Antonio, Texas

Publication Date

June 10, 2012

Start Date

June 10, 2012

End Date

June 13, 2012

ISSN

2153-5965

Conference Session

Android TA: Course Automation and the Fate of the Professor

Tagged Division

Civil Engineering

Page Count

20

Page Numbers

25.344.1 - 25.344.20

DOI

10.18260/1-2--21102

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https://peer.asee.org/21102

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Jason Allen Toth U.S. Military Academy

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Jason Toth is an Instructor in the Civil Engineering Department at the United States Military Academy, West Point, NY. He received his B.S. from the U.S. Military Academy; M.S. from University of Missouri, Rolla, MO and M.S. from Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA. He is an active member of ASEE and is a registered Professional Engineer in Missouri. His research interests include engineering education, development of social responsibility in engineers through Learning Through Service opportunities, and developing world infrastructure assessment and design methods.

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Joseph P. Hanus U.S. Military Academy

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Joseph Hanus is the Mechanics Group Director in the Civil Engineering Department at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. He received his B.S. from the University of Wisconsin, Platteville; M.S. from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He is an active member of ASEE and is a registered Professional Engineer in Wisconsin. His research interests include fiber reinforced polymer materials, accelerated bridge construction, and engineering education.

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Abstract

Continued Assessment of Information Technology Software Integration in a Civil Engineering ProgramAptitude and skills in information technology remain critical in the Civil Engineering profession.Recognizing this, many universities include the development of information technologyknowledge in their vision and goals, as well as their ABET outcomes and objectives. The CivilEngineering program at XXXX is one such university. Since 2007, the program has includedindustry-leading software from AutoDesk and Bentley. The software has been introduced in asite design course, used in follow-on courses, and integrated into the program’s capstone course.Because of XXXX’s commitment to the development of cognitive, affective, and psychomotorskills with information technology, there has been a continuous study on the numerous andunique challenges associated with integrating such technologies into their courses and programs.An initial report provided a synopsis of efforts over the initial three semester’s time (2007-2008)and this paper will report on the follow-on study. Further assessment, new approaches, and acomparison of methods will be discussed all using the same framework of three studentdevelopment domains: cognitive, affective, and psychomotor. In so doing this new study willserve as a follow-up discussion on how the Civil Engineering Program at the XXXX continues tomeet these challenges and how the solutions can be applied in others programs.

Toth, J. A., & Hanus, J. P. (2012, June), Continued Assessment of Information Technology Software Integration in a Civil Engineering Program Paper presented at 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, Texas. 10.18260/1-2--21102

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