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Teaching Tools: Problem Solving and Hands-On Teaching (NEE)

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Craig Altmann, Virginia Military Institute; Jon-Michael Hardin, Virginia Military Institute

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programming is an integral part of being an engineer and has provided a means ofperforming analysis that would be cumbersome to complete analytically. In Fall 2022, a set ofprojects were developed for a junior level dynamics course. In prior offerings of this course, thetypical dynamics theory was covered and assessed using textbook assigned problems and exams.The developed projects required the students to recollect their knowledge of MATLABprograming from their programming class taught during their first year and apply those skills tosolve systems over a specified time instance. In this paper, the three projects developed arepresented. Subsequently, the assessment of the students’ performance with respect to the desiredlearning outcomes is

Conference Session

Teaching Tools: Problem Solving and Hands-On Teaching (NEE)

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Craig Altmann, Virginia Military Institute

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Paper ID #39870Learning Engineering Material Selection and Design Process Using anEngine DissectionDr. Craig Altmann, Virginia Military Institute ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Learning Engineering Material Selection and Design Process Using an Engine DissectionAbstractDuring the fall 2022 semester, the Mechanical Engineering department at the Virginia MilitaryInstitute (VMI) was interested in implementing a hands-on project in their Introduction toMechanical Engineering course. The goal of the project was to provide new students anexposure to mechanical engineering through means of

Conference Session

Teaching Tools: Problem Solving and Hands-On Teaching (NEE)

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jaskirat Sodhi, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Ashish D. Borgaonkar, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Teresa L. Keeler, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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, civil and environ- mental engineering, and general engineering. He has won several awards for excellence in instruction; most recently the Saul K. Fenster Award for Innovation in Engineering Education. His research focuses on increasing diversity in STEM education and the STEM workforce. He has received multiple grants to run workforce development training programs as well as undergraduate research experience programs to train underrepresented minority and first-generation students. He is the Founding Director of NJIT’s Grand Challenges Scholars Program. He also has worked on several research projects, programs, and initiatives to help students bridge the gap between high school and college as well as to prepare

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Faculty Development and Research Programs (NEE)

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rebecca Marie Reck, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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both teaching and research. Inthis paper, I share my personal journey of developing a PKM system with some tips and tricksI’ve learned along the way.My Personal Knowledge Management SystemMy journey toward implementing a knowledge management system started with a desire tobetter organize the literature sources for my research projects. I had used reference managers foryears, but each had limitations such as cost, portability, and searching. All the referencemanagers are great for what they were designed to do: collect information into a database tocreate citations. Beyond that they vary in their features for notetaking, highlighting articles, etc.After conducting research at three different institutions with licenses for three different

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EE/NEE Joint Panel Discussion: Ideas for an Enjoyable and Productive Sabbatical

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jean M. Andino P.E., Arizona State University; David V.P. Sanchez, University of Pittsburgh; Michelle Marincel Payne, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; John D. Carpinelli, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Shannon L. Isovitsch Parks P.E., University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown; Daniel B Oerther P.E., Missouri University of Science and Technology

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community vision with Pitt’s core compe- tencies of research and education, Sanchez has built up Pitt Hydroponics in Homewood, founded Con- stellation Energy Inventor labs for K-12 students, and re-created the Mascaro Center’s Teach the Teacher sustainability program for science educators in the region. As a teacher he designed and created the Sustainability capstone course which has annually partnered with community stakeholders to address sustainability challenges at all scales. Past projects have in- cluded evaluating composting stations in Wilkinsburg, studying infrastructure resilience in Homewood, enabling community solar in PA, improving energy efficiency in McCandless Township, and improving water quality in

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Faculty Development and Research Programs (NEE)

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James W. Giancaspro, University of Miami; Diana Arboleda, University of Miami; Aaron Heller, University of Miami; Ali Ghahremaninezhad, University of Miami

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evolution is not without barriers to entry andassociated risks.The objective of this paper is to share the experiences of three established civil engineeringfaculty and their mentor who are within two years of receiving their first NSF grants to supportEER projects at their home institution. Barriers to entry, challenges, and the lessons learnedassociated with their growth as emerging engineering education researchers are discussed.Strategies and resources are provided to assist new engineering educators to: lobby forinstitutional support, secure initial extramural funding, initiate collaborations, formulate short-and long-term career plans, build an Individual Development Plan (IDP), and develop aneffective mentor-mentee relationship with an

Conference Session

Faculty Development and Research Programs (NEE)

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edward F. Gehringer, North Carolina State University, Raleigh; Matthias F. Stallmann, North Carolina State University, Raleigh

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you during office hours about theirinterests.A key strategy is to make sure that students in your class know about your research. Show themthat it is interesting and meaningful. Can you integrate some of your research findings intolectures? Can you assign projects related to your research? You might discuss some researchyour students have done recently, and how it fits into the material they are studying in the course.As one of our respondents puts it, Sharing how your research fits in the goals of the course is very important. It is our only way to excite students about coming up with the next generation of engineering solutions but be grounded in the course materials we are teaching. But what is also important is to

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Teaching Tools: Student Experience and Reflection (NEE)

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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benefits in that regard. Thefollowing section details that experience from the perspective of impacts on new facultyworkload and additional benefits that participation in the program offered to career andprofessional development. 3.1. Program Benefits on Teaching The weekly reflections provided an opportunity to further improve the course content and themethod of creating the groups for class activities and projects and following the progress ofstudents on their group project. Some specific examples are provided below.Monitoring in-class success on course learning objectives The weekly reflections were helpful for faculty to provide targeted learning objectivesand guidance. For example, one of the reflections asked students what

Conference Session

Faculty Development and Research Programs (NEE)

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Renee M. Desing, Oregon State University; Abigail Clark, The Ohio Northern University; Rachel Louis Kajfez, The Ohio State University; Cassie Wallwey, The Ohio State University

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interdisciplinary STEAM collaborations?” From this data, we synthesized fourrecommendations, which are further discussed in this paper.Research Context & MethodsIn 2018, our project commenced that facilitated and studied higher education researchers’experiences with science communication with the public on interdisciplinary teams. The projectteam selected sixteen STEAM faculty members from a pool of applicants at a large, public,midwestern university who expressed interest in participating in interdisciplinary collaborationsand engaging with the public around science communication. We targeted early careerresearchers, and at the time the project began, thirteen of the participants were tenure-track butnot yet tenured while three of the participants

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Teaching Tools: Problem Solving and Hands-On Teaching (NEE)

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patricia Caratozzolo, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico; Luis Alberto Mejía-Manzano, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico; Rebeca Maria Garcia; Maria Ileana Ruiz-Cantisani, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico; Patricia Vázquez-Villegas, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico; Vianney Lara-Prieto, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico; Edgar Omar Lopez-Caudana; Jorge Membrillo-Hernández, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico

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Paper ID #37682Instructor Profile in Global Shared Learning Classroom: Development ofCompetencies and SkillsPatricia Caratozzolo, Tecnol´ogico de Monterrey, Mexico Patricia Caratozzolo received her Ph.D. from Universitat Polit´ecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona. She is a Full Member of the Institute for the Future of Education and an Assistant Professor at Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico. She leads projects in Educational Innovation, Critical Thinking, Cognitive Flexi- bility, and the development of Social Oriented Interdisciplinary Skills in STEAM. Dr. Caratozzolo is a Senior Member of IEEE, a Member of the Executive

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Teaching Tools: Problem Solving and Hands-On Teaching (NEE)

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Ritenour, Western Carolina University; Yanjun Yan, Western Carolina University; Hugh Jack, P.E., Western Carolina University

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degree program at Western CarolinaUniversity. This ensures that students have primarily used their individual lab kits as part of in-person courses, rather than online courses. Students prior to the 2021-22 academic year wouldhave used their kits as part of remote courses, and not had access to traditional benchtopequipment, both of which might affect their perceptions of individual lab kits.The survey catalogued the types of activities that the student had engaged in with the M2K (labexercises, post-lab exercises, homework, projects both personal and for other classes). The M2Kdoes require installation and setup which is not required for benchtop devices, so the ease ofsetup was surveyed with a three-level Likert scale (easy, challenging

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Teaching Tools: Student Experience and Reflection (NEE)

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeremiah Pina, Smith College; Glenn W. Ellis, Smith College; Rebecca Mazur

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students in 11both the 2018 (n = 10) and 2022 (n = 13) versions of the course. Six assignments comprised thetotal coursework for the EGR 340 course: (1) Homework assignments, (2) the Borrow/Fillsimulation project, (3) The Atterberg project, (4) Gravity Dam project, (5) a midterm, and (6) acourse final assessment. The projects–Borrow/Fill, Atterberg, and Gravity Dam–are detailedabove (see the section titled Development & Delivery of EGR340). All six assignments wereequally weighted in both 2018 and 2022. All quantitative analyses were carried out using Rsoftware (R Core Team 2020).Qualitative analysis followed a process of grounded analysis of themes

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Teaching Tools: Student Experience and Reflection (NEE)

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Taru Malhotra, University of Waterloo; Carolyn G. MacGregor, University of Waterloo; Richard Li, University of Toronto, Canada; Alexander Edwin Kay Glover

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, usability testing and human-computer interactions, and pedestrian and driver safety. Past projects include the development of virtual trailblazing techniques for human naviga- tion, as well as the development of the ”veball”, a 3D input device with haptic feedback for manipulating virtual objects in 3D applications. Professor MacGregor’s main areas of teaching focus on human factors engineering, user-centred design, user research methods, and cognitive ergonomics. As a discipline, human factors engineering is a com- bination of engineering, psychology, kinesiology and anthropology. The field of cognitive ergonomics strives to understand how humans process and manipulate information so that their limitations and capa

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Teaching Tools: Communication (NEE)

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nicole Becklinger, University of Southern Indiana

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family members(children, siblings, parents, etc.).Courses Included Students from three courses at the University of Southern Indiana were eligible to takethe survey. These courses were selected because the same HyFlex course format was used for theentire Spring 2022 semester and all courses were taught by the principal investigator. A fourthcourse taught by the PI, Systems Engineering and Freshman Design (ENGR:108), was notincluded in the analysis because the second half of the course was a project build and could notbe taught using HyFlex format. The first class included in the study was Fundamentals of Engineering (ENGR:107). Thisclass is a 3-credit-hour introductory engineering course typically taken during freshman year.The

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Teaching Tools: Communication (NEE)

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maryam Mirabolghasemi, Mississippi State University

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oral presentations,videos, and modified reports.Poster presentationPoster presentation is often assigned as one of the final deliverables of project-based engineeringcourses (Sweeney et al., 2004; Stagg-Williams et al., 2021). Poster presentations are usuallyassigned in addition to a final report in engineering design courses and are expected to enhancestudents’ presentation skills (Davis and Wilcock, 2003; Sibley et al., 2012).Tranquillo and Cavanagh (2007) argue that short assignments such as posters allow the studentsto think about the content instead of solely focusing on writing a long lab report, which they referto as “busy work”. They point out the time and space limitations that restrict technicalcommunication in the real world and

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Teaching Tools: Student Experience and Reflection (NEE)

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Morgan R. Broberg, Purdue University; Jose Capa Salinas, Purdue University; Danielle N. Wagner, Purdue University

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: Fostering Interest in EngineeringAmong High School Students and Developing Future Engineering EducatorsABSTRACTThe development of the engineering workforce is a priority of engineering educators acrossdisciplines. Domestically, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that approximately 25,000new civil engineers will be needed each year of this decade. Given recent infrastructurelegislation, many more civil engineers will likely be required to design, build, and maintain theseproposed projects. Well-developed pre-college engineering curricula have been proven toincrease student enrollment in engineering majors. However, these benefits depend on effectiveclassroom technologies, tools, and techniques. This multi-year study looks at a one

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Teaching Tools: Communication (NEE)

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Meghan Williams, Elizabethtown College; Elizabeth Dolin Dalton; Mark Brinton, Elizabethtown College

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) C+ E2: Identify common op-amp circuits, find the output voltage (or gain) for several cascaded amplifiers. 1/3 of a B- E3: Find the analytical solution describing the voltage (and current) in a RC grade or RL circuit as a function of time. increase for E4: Use Mesh analysis to find V, I and/or P in complex circuits with multiple B each sources. additional E5: Use source transformation to simplify and then analyze a circuit to find skill passed B+ the V, I, P or a R. A1: Design an op-amp circuit project to transform input signal to meet A- specified output

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Teaching Tools: Communication (NEE)

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alexis P. Nordin, Mississippi State University; John Aaron Louis Grimes, Mississippi State University; Amy K. Barton, Mississippi State University; Shelly Sanders, Mississippi State University

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nefariouspurposes or that these publishers/platforms and their boards and employees are generating self-serving content. Rather, Bezos has said a key reason he bought the Washington Post is topreserve the sanctity of its reporting [22]—although Forbes has somewhat pessimisticallytermed Bezos and proclaimed like-minded owners as “philanthropic white knights” [23, para. 2].But it is worth noting to students that media content is created by people, who may need—if notfrom a legal, at least from an ethical standpoint—to disclose conflicts of interest or work tocounteract their own intrinsic biases. Class conversations about media ownership are alsoworthwhile. As Heidi Legg with Harvard’s Future of Media Project asks, “If information wantsto be free and

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Teaching Tools: Student Experience and Reflection (NEE)

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anu Singh, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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engineeringknowledge and skills. In the course, students were assigned the role of associate engineers fora consulting group. The associates were responsible for providing engineering expertise torural communities to assist in developing local small agricultural and food manufacturingbusinesses and start-ups. Students were informed and familiarized with the course design,their roles, and activities in the early weeks of the semester. In class, limited time was allottedfor lectures on technical content and more on engaging students in workplace-like activitiessuch as discussions, training problems, and projects. Students were expected to completetraditional course lecture material outside of class so that class time could be efficientlyutilized to answer

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Teaching Tools: Problem Solving and Hands-On Teaching (NEE)

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ashish D. Borgaonkar, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Samuel C. Lieber, P.E., New Jersey Institute of Technology; Mohsen Azizi, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Education. His research focuses on increasing diversity in STEM education and the STEM workforce. He has received multiple grants to run workforce development training programs as well as undergraduate research experience programs to train underrepresented minority and first-generation students. He is the Founding Director of NJIT’s Grand Challenges Scholars Program. He also has worked on several research projects, programs, and initiatives to help students bridge the gap between high school and college as well as to prepare students for the rigors of mathematics. He is also involved in various engineering education initiatives focusing on the integration of novel technologies into the engineering classroom, and

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Teaching Tools: Student Experience and Reflection (NEE)

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christine B. Masters, Pennsylvania State University; Ibukun Samuel Osunbunmi, Pennsylvania State University

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remind them that these objectives tie directly to whatyou will ask them to do on exams and projects and will drive how you weigh things in yourgrading rubrics. By doing this, you clarify to students why they are doing what they are doingand what to study. For example, when they ask, ‘What will be on this exam?’ you can say, ‘Thisexam will test you on objectives 4, 5, and 6.’ Using objectives as a study guide to studentsincreases the probability that students will learn the objectives[10]. Through this practice, youare not only clarifying how students prioritize their time for your course, but you are alsosimplifying and focusing your work in creating the assessments and activities. In addition, clearobjectives allow you to describe “intended

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Teaching Tools: Communication (NEE)

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sean St. Clair, Oregon Institute of Technology; Dave Kim, Washington State University, Vancouver; Charles Riley, P.E., Oregon Institute of Technology

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researchers trying to obtain a sample to represent all engineering faculty.Participants who were self-motivated to use the modules and provide feedback were selected toparticipate in this formative development project regardless of their backgrounds.All of the participants had taught at least one lab in the previous year and all of the participantsassigned written lab reports. The participants received funding to attend the Community ofPractice retreat at Washington State University Vancouver.Community of Practice Community of Practice is a loaded term that means different things to different people.“Confusion exists in the broader educational…fields about the different uses and meaningsimplied by the concept ‘community of practice’.” [21] Some CoPs

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Teaching Tools: Problem Solving and Hands-On Teaching (NEE)

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yanjun Yan, Western Carolina University

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"tests" in order to better manage my time around other classes and projects. Especially around finals week with everything being hectic and due at the same time, it would have been more difficult to find a 4 hour block of time rather than multiple 45 min/ 1 hour time blocks. • The exams were challenging but fair. • Solving a complex problem in stages, knowing what the next answer is supposed to look like, really helped visualize the overall process.Won’t matter: • The different parameters for each student is useful in an in-class setting as it encourages independent work. But in an online format such as during the pandemic, everyone is home alone so it wouldn't be necessary

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Faculty Development and Research Programs (NEE)

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Denise Wilson, University of Washington; Jennifer J. VanAntwerp, Calvin University

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faculty found their jobs interesting andconsistent with their own passions and under their own control for how they selected andexecuted their job duties. Table 5 summarizes the perspectives on workplace autonomy sharedby faculty. Study participants spoke to autonomy needs being satisfied or frustrated along threemajor subthemes: freedom to express themselves and to pursue interesting work, sufficientresources to pursue their interests, and absence of extreme work stress.Need for freedomFaculty expressed autonomy need satisfaction when they felt the freedom to choose theparticular projects or tasks on which they worked. They appreciated being allowed to establishtheir own approach to courses they taught: It’s actually been pretty beneficial

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Teaching Tools: Communication (NEE)

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jiaxi Li, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Colin P. Lualdi, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Yijun Lin, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Aarya Bhatia; Jihong Cai, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Sujit Varadhan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Rob Kooper, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Lawrence Angrave, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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representation. For example, lecture content could be presented in a video or a text file of audio transcription. • Multiple means of expression. For example, students are allowed to demonstrate the course project through written report or oral presentation. • Multiple means of engagement. For example, students can ask questions and share opinions in the classroom or through the online forum.2.3 Active Learning Active Learning is a well-known and widely studied set of educational practices and prin-ciples that suggests students create higher order knowledge and understand more effectivelywhen they engage in learning activities that are beyond passively receiving information[6].Active Learning is supported by