Conference Session

Two Year College Tech Session II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elaine Craft, Florence-Darlington Technical College; Barbara Anderegg, Madison Area Technical College

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Two Year College Division

previously received funding from the NSF/ATEprogram. Through this pilot project funded by NSF, community colleges collaborated withexperienced ATE Center and project directors to identify and develop plans that will enhanceeach college or region’s ability to provide science and engineering technician education,leveraging the work currently in progress through WIRED activities and funding or otherNSF/ATE funding. Mentors have guided community college participants in addressing allaspects of project development, from identifying the intellectual merit and broader impacts of theproject to developing evaluation, measurable outcomes, and dissemination plans. ATE Mentorshelped ensure that participants had the necessary information about the ATE program to

Conference Session

Two Year College Tech Session II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Dimitriu, San Antonio College; Jerry O'Connor, San Antonio College

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Two Year College Division

of the required work for thiscourse is comprised of team projects. The service learning project required each team towork in a different area of urban housing renovation. One team would work on foundations,another team on plumbing, another team on electrical wiring, and so on. The teamassignments were made by the Instructor in consultation with the contractor in order to assureequivalent workloads for each team.. The project concluded with a report and a presentationby each team to the class. The team presentations and reports covered a broad area ofengineering applications related to residential construction that also provided a forum toexchange ideas and lessons learned during the project.. The planning, implementation, andresults of this

Conference Session

Two Year College Tech Session I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Jonassen, University of Missouri; William Miller, University of Missouri; Matthew Schmidt, University of Missouri; Matthew Easter, University of Missouri; Rose Marra, University of Missouri

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Two Year College Division

, we believe the knowledge andskills that learners acquire in this curriculum will be more readily transferable to theworkplace. However, as the curriculum is currently in a very early phase of deployment,these beliefs have yet to be supported by any data. At present, an evaluation plan is beingimplemented and initial formative evaluation data are being collected. The findings fromthese data will be reported in future publications.ReferencesAnderson JR, Reder LM, Simon HA. Situated Learning and Education. Educational Researcher 25: 5-11; 1996.Bareiss R, Osgood R. Applying AI models to the design of exploratory hypermedia systems; Seattle, WA; 1993: p 94-105.Barnett SM, Ceci SJ. When and where do we apply what we learn?: A taxonomy

Conference Session

Two Year College Tech Session II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Warren Hill, Weber State University

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Two Year College Division

of the societal, health, safety, legal and cultural issues and Page 13.139.7 the consequent responsibilities including a commitment to quality, timeliness, and continuous improvement.Criterion 5. CurriculumThe curriculum must appropriately and effectively develop these following subject areas insupport of program outcomes and objectives. a. Communications The communications content must develop the ability of graduates to: (1) plan, organize, prepare, and deliver effective technical reports in written, oral, and other formats appropriate to the discipline and goals of the program (2) incorporate communications skills

Conference Session

Two Year College Tech Session III

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexander Shayevich, Pima Community College; Jeff Goldberg, University of Arizona; Judy Edson, University of Arizona

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Two Year College Division

track.Comparing the Student Populations at PCC and UAA survey was developed and administered to better understand the population of PCCengineering students, and compare them with native UA engineering students in the similarcourses. The survey helped to reveal the diversity of undergraduate engineering students andgave some insight in students’ perception of engineering programs in UA and Pima CC.The survey included transfer students characteristics in following areas: • demographics including age, gender, work and family commitments; • high school location and year of graduation; • academic plans including choice of major and expected bachelor degree completion; • student opinions on quality of instruction at PCC; • reasons for