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

training andexamination processes and detail recommended areas to expand this research.Background on the Bureau of EngineeringThe City of Los Angeles’ Department of Public Works creates and maintains the physicalframework and underpinnings of one of the most geographically, economically, and ethnicallydiverse cities in the world. Consisting of seven separate Bureaus, the Department of PublicWorks is responsible for construction, renovation, and the operation of City Facilities andinfrastructures. One Bureau, the Bureau of Engineering, has over 800 employees and isresponsible for the planning, design, and construction management of capital improvementprojects for the city including stormwater, sewer systems, street and other

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

teachingmethodology in teaching of the course on construction management, and concluded: “It isimportant to realize that the old forms of teaching and learning must give way to newer forms ofteaching and learning. In that regard, integration of technology in classroom setting can not beavoided. The electronic plan rooms, the electronic databases, and the electronic help desksrequire that our students be job ready, and be ready to hit the ground running on graduation. Toreduce the time of on-the-job training by employers, it is important that schools of construction,and especially the construction faculty incorporate web-enhanced teaching methodologies in theircoursework to enhance student learning in a way that students are extremely comfortable inutilizing

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

applications demonstrations. However, in this case, two significantchanges have altered that scenario: 1. The ABET requirement for a documented change process injected a much stronger planning phase that required industry inputs. The emphasis on outcomes and systems thinking also showed that there are many combinations of content that can be used to achieve the desired effects. 2. The Department worked closely with its Industry Advisory Board to generate a strategy plan based on the Balanced Scorecard process. This process also emphasized outcomes in terms of graduate skills and their application context.The combined effect of both activities is that the expectations from the academiccourses have changed

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

included IT 442 Production Planning,IT 281 Industrial Safety, COM 315 Speech Communication of Technical Information, ECET 214Electricity Fundamentals, and IT 104 Industrial Organization.** Other suggested courses to meet the Free Elective requirement included ECON 210 Principles of Page 11.129.7Economics, COM 320 Small Group Communications, COM 315 Speech Communication of TechnicalInformation, OLS 345 Critical Thinking in Organization, and MGT 190B Accounting Principles.Even though this program is still in its infancy state, it is interesting to note that all butone of the beginning students will be continuing to receive an Associate

Conference Session

Effective Teaching with Online Technology

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eugene Rutz, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

images,demonstrations). To be effective, however, these presentation materials must be formatted insuch a manner that they are appropriate for display by a television monitor. Attention must begiven to layout, font size, colors, clarity of graphics, etc. Interaction between the instructor andthe students at the remote sites must be planned for if it is to be effective.Streaming VideoStreaming is a technique whereby information is provided by a web server in a "just in time"format to a user requesting a large file. Rather than downloading an entire audio or video file Page 11.512.2then playing the file, streaming sends a portion of the file