faculty eagerness to integrate learned technology later to also improve face-to-face course delivery [15]. Drawbacks include possible faculty difficulty with adapting to newertechnologies, lack of technical support, and lack of student readiness [16]. As a result of the occurrence of COVID-19 pandemic, the transition to move from aformerly traditional or hybrid educational system to a largely online was sudden. Therefore, thispresented immediate challenges for those who were unprepared. The main purpose this paper isto look at student and faculty experiences during the pandemic in the Spring semester of 2020through the lens of faculty. This work is part of a larger study funded by the National ScienceFoundation (NSF) to address the
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introduce core computer design concepts primarily to college students studying applied science and technology programs, such as computer science and information technology. With a particular focus on single-board computers and associated hardware modules, students are introduced to core computer compo- nents early in their coursework, and encouraged to study advanced engineering concepts as higher elective courses to help them better understand the underlying design of hardware modules. Hands-on ac- tivities and problem-based modules are re-designed with the flexibility to be applied in settings that involve all in-classroom cohorts, as well as courses offered in synchronous and/or asynchronous online learning methodologies, which is
ideas, and workingcollaboratively with interactive virtual media which aligns with active learning strategies [4]Meanwhile, many round table discussions focused on the advantages and disadvantages ofdistance learning, including a radical idea of permanently replacing certain in-person classeswith a remote teaching mode. Online teaching has been perceived as a temporary response to theglobal health crisis but it warrants careful assessment and consideration as a viable teachingmethod for the next generation of students. The author’s institution deployed diverse modes ofinstruction for the Fall 2020 semester, including asynchronous, synchronous, hybrid, live stream,and in-person courses. Table 1.1 shows the definitions of the various instruction
as a resource to students [2] [3]. With larger research institutions oftenhaving more laboratory equipment available for student use, students benefit from the combinedresources of both institutions and collaboration between unique student cultures and perspectives[4].To foster such collaboration, MOOCIBL (Massively Open Online Course for Innovation-BasedLearning) was used as the central learning management system for a multi-institutionalCardiovascular Engineering course across four universities around the United States [5]. Thecourse introduces students to a non-traditional Innovation-Based Learning environment. In thislearning model, students define and track their learning goals by creating tokens representingtheir completed learning
study participants.Matrix DevelopmentThe critical topics within CEM from the literature review are used to develop a matrix to recordcourse names and course topics within each course. The course topics and school backgroundinformation were used as headers for the matrix listed below.School Background Information • School Name • School Location • Type of School • School Number • School PopulationCEM Course Topics [17] • Cost / Estimating • Equipment / Power Tools • Safety • BIM • Project Management • Scheduling • Materials & Methods • Contract DocumentsAnalysisThe analysis for the matrix is performed in two steps. Upon reviewing the school countywebsites, course planning tools (syllabus), and survey interview
and graduateteaching assistant. Student reflections are a selection of comments submitted anonymously viathe university’s end-of-term Student Evaluation of Instruction surveys.Instructor reflection:The transition of this thermodynamics course to online learning went surprisingly well. Coursecontents (e.g., syllabus, schedule, PowerPoint files, assignments, and other resources) werealready well organized within the university’s Canvas-based Learning Management System(LMS). The course also already used a McGraw Hill eTextbook with adaptive e-Learningreading comprehension questions (LearnSmart) and online AI-graded homework sets (McGrawHill Connect); these features were particularly helpful for the newly online course deliverysystem. Students
- tors of in-person, online, and hybrid format classes. Melissa continues to serve as a teaching consultant with CTL and focuses on projects relating to equity. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Revolutionizing Grading: Implications on Power, Agency, and EquityAbstractEven as we integrate inclusive teaching strategies and course design, the philosophy andimplementation of grading continues to be a large source of inequity in higher education. Gradessignal to students whether they belong within a course or degree major and dictate access toacademic and career opportunities. Consequently, even in a classroom
sustainability, and July focused on convertingproject course implementation to online formats (due to COVID-19).In order to facilitate effective sharing of information and peer learning, SUMMIT-P uses twoprotocols during project meetings that provide a format for effective and fruitful discussion. Thetwo protocols, Descriptive Consultancy protocol and Success Analysis with Reflective Questionsprotocol, have historically been applied in the K-12 education community [4]. The DescriptiveConsultancy protocol [5], originally developed by Nancy Mohr and revised by Connie Parrishand Susan Taylor in August 2013, was modified by McDonnough and Henschel [6] and has beenadapted for this project to help presenters think more expansively about a particular
Iwondered how I was going to be able to use writing as one inclusive strategy. As it turned out,building community online has been an interesting challenge and one that the students seem tobe excited to help with.Prior to Covid, students would receive 3 points just for coming to class. There was norequirement that the students had to participate in class in order to receive those points. Myphilosophy is that every person in the class is valued and their presence simply serves to createand enhance our classroom community. On my course syllabus I had referred to these points asclass involvement points and made the argument that a student was involved in class simply bybeing present – regardless of whether they asked or answered a question, helped
strengthen students’ skills asfuture engineering professionals. In an effort to bolster the chances of achieving these goals, theengineering math course outlined below was introduced in Fall 2019.Course content and materialsRatton & Klingbeil’s Introductory Mathematics for Engineering Application [11] and Stephan etal.’s Thinking Like an Engineer [12] are the primary texts used to guide the course. Theoverarching course outcomes listed within the syllabus include preparing students for the rigor offuture engineering and mathematics classes, providing students with a solid foundation of basicengineering skills, and introducing students to the different engineering majors and careeroptions. As seen in these outcomes, the course attempts to draw
students also missed the accountability that synchronous labs require of them. Themain critique of the synchronous labs was that it was difficult to operate the software and followalong with the TA’s instructions of the Zoom call at the same time. If a student only has onecomputer monitor, it makes the task more challenging. The format of the lab also caused delaysif one or more students got behind, leading to some inefficiencies. Students did like being able toask questions instantly and get instant feedback from the TA’s.The feedback from the SALG survey shows that Geomatics has the potential to be a very flexiblecourse and can adapt to changing circumstances. There are still ways to improve the online labexperience, but the course has been
may lead to experimentation outside the classroom. This approachalso proved very helpful when all classes were held virtually online due to the COVID-19pandemic. The author hopes that this information will help faculty and staff from otherinstitutions take a similar approach to measurements, DAQ, and experimentation in order to helpstudents learn about computer interface, programming, and GUI development.2. SyllabusThis course is offered at several campuses in PSU as part of the BS in EMET degree program. Afaculty curricular committee with two representatives from each of the four (now five) campusesmeets once a month to discuss curricular changes, assessment, etc. as related to the BS in EMETprogram. The committee considered a major
network in the field. The network uses a cellulargateway to transfer the field data to the web. The data can be viewed in real-time on the web. Theinstallation details and conditioning of the sensors will be highlighted. The smart farming researchteam is also looking into installing compatible rain gauges in the field and instrumenting the set-up for automated activation of the valves to turn the water on and off in the drip lines based on soilmoisture readings. Online real-time monitoring capability proved useful for demonstrating the set-up to undergraduate students in the online junior level “Instrumentation course (ENGE 380)”offered by the author in fall 2020 using screen sharing capability of the Blackboard LearningManagement System (BLMS
learning objectives with associated Bloom’s taxonomylevels are provided to students with the course syllabus. These section-by-section learningobjectives are provided in Appendix A. At the end of this course, students should be able to: Conduct uncertainty analysis Perform basic statistical treatment of experimental data Distinguish between signals and systems Analyze signals in time and frequency domains Describe the effects of noise and filters on measured signals Apply digital computational tools to solve measurement problems Design measurement systems that include transducers, signal conditioning elements, and digital data acquisition
reviews ofteaching options that are required for promotion and tenure: 1.) Observation of classroomteaching; 2.) Review of syllabus and other course materials.We coordinated with the Michael V. Drake Institute for Teaching and Learning, which employsstaff trained in evidence-based faculty development, trainings on conducting evidence-basedobservations of classroom teaching, as well as using the forms we created to structure effectiveand useful conversations prior to and after the observation of teaching session occurred. We alsoconducted a second session on using the evidence from the observation of teaching report towrite effective letters of evaluation of teaching. Recently, we offered trainings on how toevaluate and review online courses, and
, andassignment descriptions online [link blinded for peer review]. The curricular materialsand insights from this paper are interdisciplinary and transferable to many courses inBME and related fields.In order to make our curriculum more accessible to engineering educators who do nothave backgrounds in critical theory (and because we are not experts in these fieldsourselves), in this paper we do not provide an extensive background of critical theorieson race, gender, sexuality, or disability. However, we do recommend the followingresources: Donna Riley’s book, Engineering and Social Justice [1], The Center forCritical Race and Digital Theories [2], “Critical Race Theory: An Introduction” [3], andLangdon Winner’s “Do Artifacts Have Politics?” [4]. As we
the future. Heeter20 reported on a 2009 study where MichiganState University instructors and students completed surveys about their technological and peda-gogical expectations for a high quality, in person course in their discipline. In her summarystatement, she concluded: Students were much more likely than were instructors to expect their in-person class instructors to provide an online gradebook, online syllabus, and online weekly announcements. Students were more likely to want interactive online problem sets. Students were considerably less enthusiastic about class discussion and group work in the classroom than were instructors; students were more amenable to online discussion than they were to live classroom discussion
waysof approaching these questions, this mode of inquiry and intervention is at the heart ofengineering studies, as demonstrated above.Situating Engineering EducationWe began formulating our problem statement after attending a series of online webinars hostedby EdTech companies like Chegg and Course Hero. These companies had become synonymouswith cheating among certain university faculty, particularly instructors who taught the samecourse year after year using the exact same syllabus and course content, as students wereapparently able to circulate course materials using these platforms. During one such webinar, theundergraduate research assistant in our research team, Melissa Shuey, took account of atriggering display of professors venting about
Know your end user based on these activities. Work with your customer Report Only Choose the right strategy Due date Final presentation and report FP: Presentation/Report Presentation and Report DueAppendix 2: GE2030 Sample Syllabus (five weeks) Week Topics Assignments/Activities Week 1 Course Intro P1: Graphics Assignment: Design Philosophy & Assignments Process Due date Paper Prototyping P2: Paper
institutions require a syllabus or acontract between the student and faculty supervisor with the contract required to specifydeliverables. The student must understand the expectations of what the faculty supervisor willprovide and what they will need to develop. Before the start of the project, the faculty supervisormust also determine if the student has the appropriate training and experience to carry out theproject. Common assessments include weekly report out meetings and interim or final reports.Unlike in a regular course, there is no one to compare the student with and it is tough to predictwhat the outcome will be, and thus grading tends to be arbitrary.At York College of Pennsylvania an independent study can be between 1-6 credits and has
, thestudents reported more negative experiences with their classes after the move to remote learningas compared to positive experiences with 32 of the 39 students reporting at least one negativeexperience. The students had many comments related to course content including project work inthe Spring 2020 semester (28 students), online tests and exams (27 students), lab issues (23students) and PowerPoint use and issues (13 students). Also, approximately one-third of thestudents responded that their instructors did not respond to emails from students. Most studentsshowed appreciation for the efforts that faculty made in the quick transition to remote learning.However, the students expressed concerns about the organization of the classes (13 students
aneffective implementation of active learning produced a long-term effect on this faculty member, andmotivated them not only to enhance their teaching skills through active learning but also to developinterest in engineering education research.Figure 2. Level of knowledge and use of active learning strategiesParticipants were also asked if they had received any training on teaching. Out of the 43 respondents,81% indicated that they received training on teaching which included department level workshops (49%),college level workshops (37%), university level workshops and learning communities (97%), workshopsoffered through professional societies such as (60%), courses on teaching during graduate education(31%), and online training such as webinars
]. Thus far, two faculty members have participated inthe summer industry immersion program, which has broadened faculty views and strengthenedtheir ties to industry. Although the Faculty Immersion program was interrupted by the pandemic,other faculty members plan on joining the immersion in the coming summers.b. Faculty training. Faculty have attended multiple training courses since the beginning of theproject. In the past year, the Center of Faculty Development, the Project Center, and the Centerfor Digital Leaning and Innovation at Seattle University led various training courses on topicssuch as inclusive pedagogy, building relationship-rich classroom experiences, and effectivelymoving our courses online. Some faculty also attended workshops
approaches to equity. Titled “Power, Equity,and Praxis in Computing,” the course plan is discussed and assessed through three facets: thecourse’s purpose, its content, and its (intended) learning environment. The purpose of the courseis to make space for undergraduate computing students to explore how systems of power arecoproduced with computing so that students can practice making social justice-centeredtransformations as critical participants of their field. The content of the course plan is organizedthrough modules that overview opportunities and considerations for intervention in computing.The learning environment is discussed through commitments to queer and critical racepedagogies, interdisciplinarity, and mixed methods in which teacher
urinary bladder wall, (ii) develop a stress-mediated model of urinary bladder adaptive response, and (iii) understand the fundamental mechanisms that correlate the mechanical environment and the biological process of remodeling in the presence of an outlet obstruction.Dr. Geoffrey Recktenwald, Michigan State University Dr. Recktenwald is a lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at Michigan State University where he teaches courses in in mechanics and mathematical methods. He completed his degree in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics at Cornell University in stability and parametric excitation. His active areas of research are dynamic stability, online assessment, and instructional pedagogy. American
semester forall sections of first-semester and second-semester engineering classes. Through the run of thestudy, 279 students total received a survey towards the end of the semester regarding thesemodifications. The survey followed the standard Likert scale with Strongly Agree, Agree,Neutral, Disagree, and Strongly Disagree options. The results for each question are givenbelow: Did it help your understanding of the class procedures/requirement to break thesyllabus into three parts at the beginning of the semester? 76% of the students appreciated(Strongly Agree and Agree) the syllabus broken down into smaller parts and presented overthe course of three class periods. This really helped the students understand the gradingsystem, and the rules
management strategies and how they deviated from the program expectations.StudyParticipantsAll 600 engineering junior and senior students were asked to participate in the survey via emailrequests. The participation was anonymous and approximately 31% of the clinic studentsenrolled in the Fall of 2019. Participants in the study were 185 engineering students from ME,ExEEd, ECE, CEE, BME, and ChE departments.MeasuresIn the current study, a 16 question online survey was conducted on project management and teamculture. Team management strategies are referred to as team culture, to differentiate from projectmanagement. The project management questions were developed using Rowan University’sbusiness course content as a resource to identify the core
x SLO_SME_b x SLO_SME_c x xTable 4: Schedule for data collection and assessment of student learning outcomes in Autumn 2020Assessment Results and DiscussionAt the end of each semester in which a course is assessed, the instructor downloads theassessment of competence measured in the course from Canvas along with the studentsubmissions. In addition, instructors will complete the curriculum worksheet with theinformation about the course numbers, schedule, course delivery mode (online, hybrid or in-person) and syllabus. Faculty meetings are arranged in
campus shutdown meant I had to develop online lectures forother courses, so the Failure Analysis course ended shortly after spring break.I taught Lightweight Materials 360 in spring 2020 as an independent study for one student whoneeded a materials course to graduate with his materials minor in May 2020. The student read achapter a week, then met with me to review his questions on the reading. Most of his questionswere about topics not covered in introductory materials classes, such as the Bauschinger effect,skull induction melting, and shock reactive synthesis of powder metals.The Biomedical Materials 320 course in fall 2020 used the format from the Polymers class. Ilectured through mid-November to the end of the textbook, then we had 7 student