Conference Session

Computer Education Management Tools II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Bowman, Clemson University; Elizabeth Stephan, Clemson University; Lisa Benson, Clemson University

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Computers in Education

limitations. Additionally, becausethese students are unfamiliar with course guidelines, procedures, and each other, straightforwardcommunication tools are vital to their success. A web-based system, GEO (General EngineeringOnline), was developed using PHP1 (a programming language used to dynamically generate webpages) and MySQL2 (a relational database management system). The system allows pre-registration for required out-of-class activities (department tours, advisor appointments, and teamproject work sessions). It also provides a portal for communication between students, instructorsand advisors (peer evaluations, surveys, email confirmations of appointments, and student/teammanagement). This study examines the capabilities of the GEO system from

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Jarvis, University of St. Thomas; Jeff Jalkio, University of St. Thomas; Marty Johnston, University of St. Thomas; Christopher Greene, University of St. Thomas; Mari Heltne, University of St. Thomas

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AC 2008-277: CUSTOMER BASED COURSE DEVELOPMENT – CREATING AFIRST YEAR PROGRAMMING COURSE FOR ENGINEERS AND SCIENTISTSPatrick Jarvis, University of St. Thomas Patrick L. Jarvis received his J.D. in Law and Ph.D. in Computer Science both at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. He has broad industry and consulting experience in the design and development of procedural and object-oriented systems, relational database systems, peer-to-peer and client-server systems, as well as the management of high technology employees. His law practice focuses on arbitration and mediation of high technology disputes. He joined the Computer and Information Sciences faculty of the University of St

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Birmingham, Grove City College; Vincent DiStasi, Grove City College

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Computers in Education

lecture preparation reasonable, managing the classroom, andensuring that the necessary amount of material is presented during lecture (time spent onactivities is time not spent in lecture). While there is still much research being conducted toaddress these issues, many techniques have proven successful.With proper technology support, active learning techniques become much easier to apply. Inparticular, specialized software helps to both manage the classroom and to create lecturematerials. The Tablet PC, with the functionality to easily and quickly write equations anddiagrams so important to the CS curriculum, is tremendously important in supporting activelearning. 1,2In this paper, we describe how the Tablet PC and specialized software is used

Conference Session

Re-Imagining the Higher Ed Classroom -- Tablet PCs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vinod Lohani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Ricky Castles, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Aditya Johri, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Dewey Spangler, Virginia Western Community College; David Kibler, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Computers in Education

13.203.5Figure 4- Airplane System and Its Components – Drawn by a Student 4It may be mentioned that DyKnow allows an instructor to share students’ panels with allstudents. In-class polling was done to seek students’ feedback on how they felt about their workbeing shared with peers in class. Here’re the results: Statement: I like the panels are shared back with the class Strongly agree (20%), Agree (28%), Neither agree nor disagree (23%), Disagree (4%), Strongly disagree (5%), Invalid data (20%) (Sample size: 235)It can be seen that majority of students like seeing other students’ work and are possibly findinglearning from peers to be a positive experience.2.1.2 Other Tablet Applications: Like in fall 2006

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Craig, North Carolina State University; Lisa Bullard, North Carolina State University; Jeff Joines, North Carolina State University; Tom Miller, North Carolina State University; Carolyn Miller, North Carolina State University; Dianne Raubenheimer; George Rouskas, North Carolina State University; Larry Silverberg, North Carolina State University; Eric Wiebe, North Carolina State University

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Computers in Education

perform high-levelcomputing tasks within the context of a discipline. The first phase of the project entails theestablishment of an academe-industry community in which stakeholders from a broad range ofdisciplines will convene to discuss the challenges and opportunities inherent in transforming theundergraduate computing education, and to identify and implement creative strategies to do so.The “Computing Across Curricula” (CAC) community includes involvement from a number oflocal industry leaders and is modeled after the nationally recognized NC State Campus Writingand Speaking Program1 that promotes writing across the curriculum.To ensure that the goals and objectives of the project are met successfully, a detailed assessmentprocess is an

Conference Session

Re-Imagining the Higher Ed Classroom -- Tablet PCs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dewey Spangler, Virginia Western Community College; Kimberly Filer, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Computers in Education

technology, the Tablet PC incorporates the portability of the laptopwith the flexibility of writing. In conventional notebook mode, the Tablet PC offeres a keyboardfor typing. When the screen is rotated it transforms into a tablet, and using a stylus students canmake handwritten notes and drawings.Due to the Tablet PC initiative, in fall 2007 sophomore students with the declared major ofmechanical engineering (approximately 300 to 350 total) have Tablet PCs. In an attempt toutilize this emerging technology, a pilot study was conducted by the Mechanical Engineeringdepartment to integrate Tablet PC functionality with course material in two sections of ME 2024– Engineering Design and Economics. With the special capabilities of the Tablet PC, it

Conference Session

Computer Education Management Tools I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carole Goodson, University of Houston; Barbara Stewart, University of Houston; Susan Miertschin, University of Houston; Luces Faulkenberry, University of Houston

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Computers in Education

of Texas at Arlington and his Ph.D. in Industrial Education from Texas A&M University. Page 13.1109.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Student Perceptions of Academic Honesty in an Electronic AgeToday students arrive at a university accompanied by information and communicationtechnologies (ICT) that enable them to acquire information in support of academic endeavorsfrom a wide array of public and private sources, including co-located and virtual peers andprofessionals. The ubiquitous nature of these technologies creates a tension between facultyexpectations and student expectations regarding their proper