Conference Session

Customizing Courses for Industry Training Needs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jody Pierce, Purdue University; Russell Aubrey, Purdue University; John Eddy, Purdue University; Charles Baker, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

improvements, products, process, andmarkets to evaluate their potential of profitable growth. Cultivating leadersdemands training, support and recognition. Our job as mentor is to prepare you tohandle an expanding range of responsibility with expertise, insight andexcellence.2Guiding Principles: The Red Gold Corporation 1. We will strive to consistently manufacture the highest quality products at the greatest efficiencies. 2. People are the company’s most valuable resource. Every person gives and receives respect, honesty and fairness; thereby building an environment of trust. 3. Timely, accurate and open communication in all directions is essential. We will work closely with each other and strive to achieve win/win

Conference Session

Customizing Courses for Industry Training Needs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Tidwell, Boeing Co.; John Robertson, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

a feature of every recentASEE Conference as well as CIEC workshops1. The main features to address theindustry requirements are: 1. Design courses to meet industry needs and schedule for convenient times, locations, and course length. 2. Reduce overall engineering and manufacturing education training costs through pooled resources and best practice experience. 3. Enhance and extend the ongoing relationships with the State’s universities. 4. Build a network between high tech industries and state officials to have alignment on policies for education and economic development. 5. Develop a database of contextual industry cases that can be used by the

Conference Session

Effective Teaching with Online Technology

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eugene Rutz, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

-person recitations, problem sessions or lab sessions. This formatcan minimize the amount of time students may need to spend on-campus while still providing alevel of personal interaction that many students appreciate. This format does not enable students Page 11.512.3to take a course completely at a distance.What Works and What Doesn’t WorkOne example of the educational technology development was for engineering science contentdeveloped for both engineering and engineering technology students through an NSF PlanningGrant (grant # EEC-0341842)1. Content was designed to appeal to a variety of student learningstyles. The various modes of instruction

Conference Session

CPD - Engineering Education K - Life

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhili (Jerry) Gao; Virendra Varma, Missouri Western State University; Christiana Houck, University of Nevada-Las Vegas

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

constructioneducation: first, more college students have full/part time jobs; second, more technologyinnovations have been introduced in the classroom to improve teaching and learning; and third,the pedagogy in college level education has gradually shifted from teacher-centered to student-centered. While some faculty members choose to stay with their old ways and refuse to makechanges in their teaching pedagogy, many faculty members have been including these new trendsin their teaching. Web-based on-line teaching is one of the most valuable teaching methods thatis growing rapidly.1, 2, 3Starting in Fall 2002, , a faculty member in the area of construction engineering technology atMissouri Western State university (Missouri Western) adopted web-enhanced

Conference Session

Customizing Courses for Industry Training Needs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Kuprenas, University of Southern California; Elhami Nasr, California State University-Long Beach

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

course that meets weekly. Theprogram is broad in that it covers all elements of project management, but it also is gearedtoward the procedures that the Bureau uses in managing projects within the City of Los Angeles.Table 1 summarizes the training program. As shown in the figure, there are 11 subjects coveredover 14 weeks with the 15th session set aside for review and discussion of the certification test.Each session lasts from 4 to 6 hours. Most subjects are covered in one class meeting session, buttwo subjects were given more than one session. The complex subject of time management / Page 11.1043.2scheduling was given two sessions, and a subject

Conference Session

Effective Teaching with Online Technology

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mani Mina, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

the lecture room, or many other possibilities.The lecture notes are available for download before and after the lecture. This includes theinstructor’s changes and additions to the notes.As one can see, all of the above are being utilized by most institutions. So the question is, what isnew?True flexibility in educationWe believe that by utilizing the above, we find we can do more. The idea of cubism in educationis that possibilities exist by adding three components to the above-mentioned aspects. 1. Offering different aspects of the same subject. For example, let us say a professor in electrical engineering would like to teach continuity equation. Typically this comes as a mathematical equation in electromagnetic class. So that is

Conference Session

CPD - Engineering Education K - Life

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kurt Becker, Utah State University

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

works with the technology teacher education program in the department and teaches courses in pedagogy. He has extensive international experience working on technical training projects funded by the Asian Development Bank, World Bank, and U.S. Department of Labor, USAID. Countries he has worked include Bangladesh, Bulgaria, China, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, and Thailand. Page 11.1180.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Supporting K-12 Teacher Professional Development through the National Center for Engineering and Technology EducationIntroduction William Wulf [1], president of the