Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Murphy

delivering approximately25% of the course lectures as well as the associated homework and test questions, under theguidance of the faculty member. Both parties collaborated on other aspects of course planningsuch as the syllabus and course objectives. The collaborative environment was also used tointroduce active learning techniques2 into the course materials, which were typically absent inprevious semesters of this class. The students’ learning styles were assessed at the beginning ofthe semester using the Index of Learning Styles Questionnaire3, which was based on the Felderand Silverman model4. Class session and homework/examination problems were developed toappeal to the range of learning styles, and class performance was correlated to the

Conference Session

Current Topics in IE Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stuart Kellogg

fact be due more to experiential learning opportunities incorporatedthroughout the curriculum than to the review modules.To achieve some measure of usefulness of the review modules, the probability review siteincludes a statistical counter that tracks student use during the semester. Results for the Fall2004 semester are shown below in Figure 8. The plot includes page loads, unique visitors, andreturning visitors. Peak use of the site roughly corresponds to review assignments included onthe stochastic models online course syllabus. Figure 8. Plot of Student Usage of the Probability Review Site; Fall 2004During the Fall 2004 semester the site had a total of 60 unique visitors, 17 of whom returned tothe site two or more times. In

Conference Session

Curriculum Innovation & Assessment

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jo Howze; Jefferey Froyd; Kristi Shryock; Arun Srinivasa

concepts and their preparations for future engineering courses. Therefore, theinterdisciplinary team designed online instruments to collect data on student perceptions.Students were asked to complete the instruments both at the beginning and the end of thesemester so that changes in perceptions might be measured. Baseline data were collected with apre-test survey of students in STEP and non-STEP classes at the start of the academic year forlater comparison with mid-year and end of year survey results. Baseline data indicated little or nodifference between students in the STEP and non-STEP groups in their responses to perceptionsurvey questions, except that the comparison group expected a slightly higher proportion of factand formula memorization

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Schwartz

different group of students, over the course of the semester. This approach also gives thestudents several opportunities to evaluate their own individual work, the work of theirteammates, the work of their own group, and the work of another group. These evaluations playa major role in helping me to assign grades to the group as a whole, as well as to each individualmember of the group.Getting StartedOn the first day of class, along with the normal paperwork (syllabus, etc.), students complete aself-evaluation questionnaire regarding their current level of familiarity with a wide variety ofcomputer science topics, along with the Computer Science courses they have completed and thecourses they are currently taking. This is very useful since students

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in Graphics

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Primus Tillman; Keith Johnson

endeavors that use digital media extensively. There is a tremendousdemand for multimedia artists with the education, mastery, and experience to create qualitywork. Even book publishing has been transformed by digital media. One example of digitalmedia in book publishing is SafariU, a new Web-based publishing platform from O’Reilly.SafariU allows an author to easily compile and publish information in both print and onlineformats, with a custom online syllabus that was built using recent advances in print-on-demandand electronic publishing technology. To provide the technology and human resources capable ofproviding digital media, ETSU brings together students, faculty, and industry professionals to

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

B. Sridhara

andreminders to all or selected students. Grades were posted online and the students checked theirgrades at their convenience either at home or on campus. Video files of the egg drop contestconducted previously for the Dynamics (ET 3840) students and at other events were uploaded tothe WebCT site for the benefit of the ET 1840 students. There was no disk space limitation andwe could upload MPEG video files larger than 200 MB without any difficulty. PowerPoint slideshows and useful links about solar cars including races and contests, and alternative energysources were provided on the course site. Students could obtain necessary information for theirdesign project which is discussed in the next section. They could also get additional informationrelated

Conference Session

Web-Based Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Edwards; Hussein Vastani; Manuel Perez-Quinones

and Andrew Elmes, SEED Publications, University of Plymouth, pp. 39-44, 199812. MacPhereson, P.A., “A Technique for Student Program Submission on UNIX Systems.” ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, Volume 29, Issue 4, New York, NY, ACM Press, 1997, pp 54-5613. Mason, D.V. and Woit, D.M., “Providing Mark-Up and Feedback to Students with Online Marking”, Proceedings of the Thirtieth Annual SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, New Orleans, LA, ACM Press, 1999, pp. 3-614. PMD home page, website last accessed on June 30th 2004, http://pmd.sourceforge.net/15. Popyack, J.L, Herrmann, N., Char B., Zoski, P., Cera C., Lass R., “Pen-Based Electronic Grading of Online Student Submissions”, Drexel University, Presented at the Syllabus

Conference Session

Collaborations Between Engineering/Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Feldhaus

courses for all students in the Project PETE program. The tutoring/mentoring program will use School of Engineering and Technology students, especially those from our various student organizations such as the National Society of Black Engineers and the Society of Women Engineers. Any tutoring/mentoring program will be customized to meet the needs of the secondary school and will be based on existing state and/or corporation academic standards. In addition, programs will be offered before, during and after school hours. 2. An opportunity for secondary instructors and School of ET faculty to align curriculum via face-to-face and online workshops and professional development. Curricula from

Conference Session

Innovations in ChE Labs

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kirk Schulz; Adrienne Minerick

Freshman Chemical Engineering Experiment: Charged up on Electrophoresis & Brewing with Bioreactors Adrienne R. Minerick, and Kirk H. Schulz Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering / James Worth Bagley College of Engineering Mississippi State UniversityAbstractA freshman Introduction to Chemical Engineering seminar course can be a useful part of theundergraduate curriculum. Goals for such a course range from gaining an appreciation forchemical engineering manufacturing processes and safety, to an overview of the subject areasstudents will become

Conference Session

Innovative Topics in ChE Curriculum

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Nicole May; Marguerite Mohan; Marco Castaldi; Nada Assaf-Anid

were expected towork independently. By the time the computer assignment was issued, the students would havebeen exposed to solution equilibrium theory which begins with Chapter 6. Table 1: Overview of Course Syllabus Week Subject 1 Review of Classical Thermodynamics 2 Review of Classical Thermodynamics (cont’d) 3 Ch. 2, prepare for Exam #1 4 Ch. 3, Exam #1 (classical thermo and Ch. 2) 5 Ch. 4 (parts) 6 Ch. 5 (parts), Review exam #1 7 Ch. 6 (parts) 8 Ch. 7 (parts