rated for difficulty and discrimination.We found that most questions had a difficulty index above 0.20 (hard), with 9 of 19 questionsbetween 0.20 and 0.80. These results imply that we should give this concept inventory anotheriteration to determine whether some questions need to be made difficult.The discrimination index of most questions (16 of 19) was found to be at least low-acceptable(greater than 0.25). Three questions did not discriminate well between high and low scorers.While we feel these questions are important, we will continue to monitor the results and to considerpossible ways to address the same concepts in a different manner.Our plan for the next iteration is to revise the two questions we had on the concept inventory thathad
usingWeBWorK prelab problems to support students’ learning. Specifically, our study seeks toaddress the question: What is the impact of the WeBWorK prelab problem sets on students’preparedness for lab sessions, students’ learning and students’ engagement during labsessions?(Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the course was moved entirely online and the format andthe structure of the original lab sessions implemented were affected. Although the shifts inthe format and structure may not fully reflect the usual state of the original lab sessions andthe corresponding observations, the study was carried out mostly as planned.)Utilizing Online Homework SystemsOne of the key advantages of online homework systems is that students can receiveimmediate feedback
to be inadequate for the students and so the number ofcomponents was increased for the fall semesters. The fall students still felt that they neededadditional hardware, and so we added a few more inductors and capacitors and plan to use thecomponent list in Table III for all future online labs. The op-amp was also changed for one thatis more compatible with the lower maximum voltage capability of the AD2 power supplies. The Pre-Lab Survey - Before the labs began in the fall, all students were asked about theirpreferences for the location of their labs and about the expected outcomes if they were to take thelabs online or on-site. They were also asked about their preferences for partners. Students wereable to self-select either online or on
authentically introducingengineering to youth (National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, 2020; NationalResearch Council, 2010, 2012). Many states have reacted by including engineering within theirstate K-12 science standards. Prior to 2011, only 11 states had explicit engineering standards (Carr,Bennett, and Strobel, 2012). This number increased to 12 in 2015 with an additional 24 statesimplicitly referencing engineering (Moore et al., 2015). As of 2018, 39 states have updated theirscience standards to include engineering with an additional four states planning to do so by 2021(Lopez & Goodridge, 2018); 20 of these states have adopted the Next Generation ScienceStandards (or adopted them under a different, state-specific name with
solution to acivil engineering-focused ill-structured problem over a 30-minute period. The ill-structuredproblem was developed by research team members, including faculty and graduate andundergraduate students following Jonassen’s [19] and [20] papers as a reference. The problemthat the participants were given was related to removing trash from a polluted river including thefollowing tasks: 1) an annotated drawing and description of the design of a solution, 2) a plan fortesting, 3) a list of materials needed, and 4) methodology for construction. We used concurrentverbal protocol analysis (i.e. participants thought out loud while solving the problem) todocument faculty’s problem solving process and ongoing cognitive activities [21
has plans to actively continue the development of practical teaching tools that bring industry applications to the classroom.Dr. Farid Breidi, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Farid Breidi is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Technology at Purdue University. Farid received his B.E. in Mechanical Engineering degree from the American University of Beirut in 2010, his M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2012, and his Ph.D. in Agricultural and Biological Engineering from Purdue University in 2016. The primary focus of Farid’s research is modeling and design of fluid power and mechanical systems. He is interested in integrating machine learning and data
high schoolstudents to join AWS Academy starting in January 2020. With this new direct connectionbetween AWS Academy and K-12 schools, the plan is to shift efforts in building increasedquantity of high school teachers to provide relevant and up-to-date education in cloud computingthrough a dual enrollment college credit program hosted at their respective schools. Furthermore,due to the urgency in hiring in these cloud specializations, the top cloud providers AWS, Google,and Microsoft recently opened access to their education materials and provided self-paced onlineinformal learning in EmTech at low cost and over a short period of time (six-month program)[14]. Miami Dade College has strengthened their academic-industry partnerships to work
instruction during the pandemic offered both challenges andopportunities for producing self-directed learners. We recommend that engineering schoolsimplement more interventions to help engineering students enhance their self-directed learningcapabilities.Keywords: online, self-directed learning, motivation, social cognitive perspective, pandemicIntroduction The current COVID-19 pandemic has brought about unprecedented academic disruptions topostsecondary education, alongside tremendous social and economic impacts to almost all sectors. InCanada, over 90% of postsecondary campuses moved some or all their courses online in response tothe pandemic, according to a Statistics Canada survey report in May 2020 [1]. After a summer ofintense planning
country and our families?), logistics and planning(for example, when will we have to engage with students in-person?), or even personal or healthrelated (for example, when will I have access to the vaccine?). Thus, we quickly understood thatthese COVID-19 websites were helping address concerns not only of students and their parentsbut also other stakeholders from diverse backgrounds, who just like us were facing a different setof challenges and looking for answers. We decided to study different university web pages tounderstand how universities were communicating information and changes through the pandemicand collate strategies that administrators were sharing to help their specific learning communitiesface the challenges brought on by the
. Students and instructors can present their work as conferencespeakers and workshops. Partners can also attend these conferences to recruit college graduatesand internships for those still attending.As we continue to add to the labs, we plan to formalize our research, collect data on theprogram’s success utilizing questionnaires, and research whether the outcomes led to continuedinterest in pursuing cybersecurity internship, jobs and enrolling in graduate programs incybersecurity. The authors are also interested in collecting demographic data to study non-represented populations in cybersecurity. The research outcomes will be reported in futureconferences.References[1] Mendlein, A., & Nguyen, T., & Rege, A. (2020, June), Cybersecurity
Work and Schooling,” in Social Studies and Diversity Education What We Do and Why We Do It, 2010, p. 6.[2] K. L. Stokes, “The Impact of the Factory Model of Education in Central Texas,” Baylor University, 2013.[3] W. Au, “Teaching under the new Taylorism: high‐stakes testing and the standardization of the 21 st century curriculum,” vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 25–45, Feb. 2011, doi: 10.1080/00220272.2010.521261.[4] E. Van Duzer, “Overcoming the Limitations of the Factory System of Education,” Mar. 2006.[5] M. G. Dolence and D. M. Norris, Transforming Higher Education: A Vision for Learning in the 21st Century. Society for College and University Planning.[6] C. Sleeter, “Multicultural Education vs. Factory Model Schooling,” in
ofperformance indicators addressing the seven ABET student outcomes which are each assessedperiodically in multiple courses throughout the curriculum. Table 2 shows an example rubric forthe experimental design lab for the three performance indicators below:6(a) Develop and execute experimental plan.6(b) Analyze data and draw conclusions.6(c) Demonstrate quantitative and engineering judgement. Table 2: Sample ABET rubric for the experimental design lab. Emerging Progressing Proficient Exemplary 6(a) Multiple details about Experiment could be Experiment could be Experiment could be the procedure are replicated by another
their responses.We also found there were significantly more percentages of female SWD than male SWD in thesurvey (Chisq test p-value < 0.0004). We recognize that there are different adoption levels ofcourse modalities and the usage data is less consistent than other questions about satisfaction andthe MUSIC questions. We have reached out to more courses from 7 courses in Fall 2020 to 49courses in Spring2021 and a larger pool of SWD students and will continue to modify our surveyto improve the consistency about usage responses for future surveys. We also plan to conductanalysis regarding potential bias caused by the discrepancies in instructional tools. In addition,we will analyze the results of semi-structured interviews, and conduct more
bepurchased with this limited budget. Overall, both models provide adequate means for standardsaccess but both individually are not financially sustainable.The primary way for an academic library to best provide cost effective access to standards for itsstudents is a hybrid between these two purchasing models [7]. This can be achieved only whenan academic library comes up with a standards collection development plan based on the needsof its researchers. This can be done by figuring out what exactly the needs are of the engineeringschool and what they specialize or focus their research and development in [9]. This allows theacademic library to purchase standing orders with aggregators and publishers that providestandards that are relevant to the
independently identify patterns across the action research projects. We performedsubjective intercoder checks for reliability [26]. As more data are collected, this coding structurewill continue to evolve [27].Preliminary Findings Preliminary findings revealed significant disruptions in implementing informal STEMopportunities due largely to the isolation resulting from COVID-19 and the nation’s unrest overracism and police brutality occurring at a time when school team members had planned tocomplete their action research processes. Despite hurried or incomplete action researchprocesses, we identified patterns pointing to the unique characteristics of school culture andleadership that facilitate (or hinder) the successful implementation of
Implications," 2016.[19] I. Gustavsson, T. Olsson, H. Åkesson, J. Zackrisson, and L. Håkansson, "A remote electronics laboratory for physical experiments using virtual breadboards," in Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Annaual Conference, 2005, pp. 12-15.[20] "Lon Capa Purdue University." Lon Capa. https://loncapa.purdue.edu/adm/login (accessed March 25, 2020).[21] K. Nikolopoulos, S. Punia, A. Schäfers, C. Tsinopoulos, and C. Vasilakis, "Forecasting and planning during a pandemic: COVID-19 growth rates, supply chain disruptions, and governmental decisions," European journal of operational research, vol. 290, no. 1, pp. 99-115, 2020.[22] "Hantek 2000 Series." Hantek. http://hantek.com/products/detail/13174
research intends to use a rubricto evaluate student perceptions regarding context, social interaction, and authentic learning and tocluster students into high, medium, and low categories to conduct a deeper analysis of studentexperiences using sentiment analysis and thematic analysis.AcknowledgementThe research reported in this paper was supported in part by the National Science Foundation underthe awards DMS- 1246818 and EEC-1449238 and by the Lilly Endowment Charting the FuturePhase I Planning Grant, through the Purdue Office of the Provost. This work was also supportedin part by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Programunder Grant No. (DGE-1842166). M.D. Ward's research is also supported by National ScienceFoundation
other community-based making websites and forums to learn about materials,electronics, tools and tooling as well as to find inspiration, methods, and procedures. Websitessuch as TinkerCAD and 123Design coupled with early desktop 3D printer such as the MakerBotbrought digital design, modeling, and printing to the non-expert, while sites such as Thingiverseshowed the non-expert what was possible. Beyond these simple making solutions, the internetprovides extensive making and manufacturing knowledge and inspiration with instruction andprojects for the laser cutter, vinyl cutter, lathe, CNC, waterjet – just to name a few. Everythingfrom how to videos, pictures of projects, and project plans are available. Many of our studentshave grown up
students about the theory and testing of the mechanics of thematerials.Pilot Data CollectionAt this early stage of implementing the project into the course, we are interested in seeing how thechanges to the course impact student performance. While true understanding of the impact of theproject will not be understood until the full research plan is implemented, student performance onexams can be analyzed during this pilot study period. To determine if the changes are maintainingthe same level of student understanding, students in three sections of the course were studied. Onecourse included the project described in this paper. This section will be referred to as theExperiment section and included 38 students. The other two sections did not include
students across different majors, which is situated to helpbring the diversity of thought and capabilities to the innovation experience and better preparestudents for the future of work. Co-learning occurs primarily within design teams, which areassigned by the instructors in the first core integrated course, and students decide their owngroups in the second core integrated course. The program overall is designed to augment the wayin which students learn across multiple semesters and plans-of-study rather than just serving asadditional courses to add to their course load. Therefore, the program is designed to provide allstudents, regardless of their major, a multi-semester learning experience focused on the actualpursuit of innovation. By doing so
inclusion of a sharedtopic, meaningful to both engineering and composition, helps to expose the inherent linkages of thediscipline to the student. Michigan Tech plans to build on this pilot study by expanding the number ofstudents enrolled in cohorts that include both engineering and composition courses.While not directly part of this study, the faculty engaged in the process found the once a week meetingswere helpful on several levels. These meetings served as: ● a brief check-in for topic progression throughout the semester ● a chance to tweak and leverage assignments or topics ● a bridge building activity between disciplines ● a means to identify students who were strugglingThese meetings were scheduled weekly on Zoom, and typically
department.Instrumentation For the purpose of this investigation several surveys were designed and developed. Thesesurveys focused on “capturing” the experiences of partner faculty and their students as they workedthrough the COVID-19 pandemic. These surveys were administered online. Faculty were asked to share their perspectives on the integration of the new rules into theircourse platforms and plans. Included in this paper is an outline of their responses organized bytheme, to questions about how they worked through the pandemic situation. For students, questions focused on identifying barriers to learning, opportunities forlearning, sources of information, and collaborations, overall impact of learning virtually and thequality of the student
campus and planning to headout for a week break. Then, they were suddenly told to pack up and permanently leave campus,not to come back after break. Their studies would continue by distance learning.Faculty had similar instructions — immediately shut down your research and teaching labs, sendyour graduate students home (if possible), abandon the campus (as it was about to be completelylocked down), and prepare to teach remotely. For some, the latter requirement was thrust uponthem without adequate preparation so they had to muddle ahead. For others, their universitieshad previously introduced their faculty to distance learning didactic concepts as a matter ofcourse, so for those faculty the transition may have been a lot smoother. For some
Fritz Hillman, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus Edward Hillman is a recent BSc mechanical engineering graduate from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayag¨uez Campus. During his Bachelor’s he studied the mechanical characterization of full culm bam- boo and worked as a systems engineering intern at Lockheed Martin. He plans to pursue a graduate degree in his field of Mechanical Engineering with an interest in Mechatronic system design.Mr. Gerald Luciano Figueroa, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus Gerald L. Figueroa is an artist and graphics designer, currently expanding his skillset while pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering. Gerald has always been engaged in diverse projects which
inreflection sessions. We focused our research on a period of design that unfolded over about 12weeks due to the nature of our 10-week academic quarter. While we did do a large amount ofdesign work and planning prior to the beginning of the quarter, our designs and deploymentswere interwoven.We found ourselves iterating our designs on at least three timescales: across quarters, within thequarter, and in the moment. At the largest timescale, we made design decisions about theimplementation of the course that differed from prior instantiations of the course. We were alsoiterating substructures of the course at an intermediate timescale within the quarter. For example,the “design workbook” mentioned prior was created for each of 10 assignments and author
necessary code and stackmanipulation within a wider scope of the source code would help to increase the challenge forstudent reverse engineers.Spring 2021As for the Spring 2021 group project, it is planned that a small ASCII-based dungeon crawlerwill be created in C. This game will be more complex than the previous calculator program usedfor the Fall 2020 project. Through this, more subtle malicious elements will be added. Ratherthan outright crashing and loudly spawning new processes, small malicious elements will bemixed within the game code. Examples of a small malicious element might be a tiny bomb thatopens a couple processes, or some file spawning code that silently spawns 5 files in a directoryon the user’s computer. This will drive students
. While I may not be perfect at presentations, I feel as if there are things I have learned that I can use in the future as an engineering professional. I plan on using assertion evidence in the future when I am able to due to its effectiveness and quality...Helpful 87 The topics and strategies we learned were actually really helpful and applicable to my life. I attribute much of my success in this class to all the helpful resources that were available to me. It was also helpful to have a TA that understood the current student
. PedagogyThe AR-enhanced instruction is modeled after pedagogy developed for 2.008 - Design andManufacturing II at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) using the flippedclassroom model [11]. To provide a contextualized and hands-on learning experience, in eachweekly class, students are presented with a “Challenge” based on a mass-produced object. Thestudents watch pre-recorded videos that explain the fundamental principles of the associatedmanufacturing process that is the focus of the week’s Challenge. In class, products are distributedfully-assembled and students inspect, analyze, and/or disassemble them through the Challenge.The activity leads students through a series of guided questions to draft a feasible process plan,evaluate the
and engineering. These connections were not explicitly taughtin the class but were implicit through various class activities and projects. Figure 10 illustrates amind map created by a student showing the connections they were able to make betweenstorytelling and engineering. This mind map was developed as part of reflection for the finalproject. The components of storytelling as identified by the student include characters, timeline,visuals, moral/theme, and planning. The components of engineering include stakeholders,documentation, design, tools, and building. The student was able to create interestingconnections between storytelling and engineering. For example, characters in a story are like thestakeholders for engineering problem