Conference Session

Develop Course / Materials / Topics for a Global Engineering Education / International Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashley Ater Kranov, Washington State University

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International

among four-year higher education institutioncampuses and while there are an increasing number of graduate writing centers nation wide, theyare not legion. The research has generally shown that the writing center peer tutoring model isnot only cost-effective, but also effective in helping students increase their writtencommunication abilities and in fostering the life-long learning skill of seeking feedback fromothers for continual improvement.75, 76Most undergraduate writing centers face the problem of overcoming a wide-spreadmisconception that such centers primarily provide proofreading and editing services, which mostcategorically do not. Rather, their primary purpose is to help the student understand the writingtask, its parameters, and how

Conference Session

Faculty and Program Exchanges: Internationalizing, Collaborations and Interactions

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fanyu Zeng, Indiana Wesleyan University; Chao Liu, Southeast University; Xiaodong Zhang, Southeast University

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International

. Page 14.9.4According to “Transferable Skills Survey”, published by Knowledge Management Center atUniversity of Minnesota,4 over the years a student develops many skills from coursework,extracurricular activities, and his/her general life experiences. A student uses these skills whileresearching, writing, editing, and presenting papers for various classes. More importantly, thisset of skills is not limited to any academic discipline, knowledge area, or college study, but isbuilt up and applied to professional career. A prospective employer expects a graduate to be ableto apply all the skills that he/she has learned in college to the work environment. This survey hasbecome the foundation for identifying and selecting needed knowledge and human

Conference Session

Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace & Successful Graduates for a Flat World: What Does It Take?

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aisling O'Sullivan, University of Canterbury; Thomas Cochrane, University of Canterbury

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International

(team-based) research project 1 Generate a detailed budget, timeline and project management strategy 1 Write and present a mini research proposal examined by programme academics 2,3 Generate, collate and critique data for a defined problem. Perform necessary statistical analyses/modelling 2,3,4 Design a sustainable solution for the defined problem incorporating triple- bottom line considerations (integrated ecological, economic and cultural facets) 3,4 Produce sound conclusions and a substantial literature review Page 14.973.5 4 Deliver final technical report, oral

Conference Session

Measuring the Impacts of Project-based Service Learning on Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University; Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Chris Swan, Tufts University

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International

engineering education Focus Possible ImpactsStudent Knowledge Facts, procedures, connections, metacognitionStudent Skills Design (application, invention, creation), communication (speaking, writing, listening, visual), observing, needs assessment, resource assessment, problem definition and analysis, collaboration, interpersonal, intercultural, project management, impact analysis, feasibility, foreign languageStudent Attitudes and Identity Confidence, empowerment, engineer as citizen, ethics

Conference Session

Faculty and Program Exchanges: Internationalizing, Collaborations and Interactions

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Imre Rudas, Budapest Polytechnical Institution; Peter Toth, Budapest Tech.

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International

facilitate the sharing of information.- Email is a store-and-forward method of writing, sending, receiving and saving messages over electronic communication systems.- Synchronous conferencing is the formal term of online chat technologies (e.g. IRC). It has arisen at a time when the term chat had a negative connotation. Today it is occasionally also extended to mean audio, video conferencing or instant messaging systems, given they provide a text-based multi-user chat function. The word synchronous in this case is not to be considered a technical term, but rather describing how it is perceived by humans – chat happens in real time before your eyes.- Wiki enables participants to work together on web pages to add, expand and change

Conference Session

International Initiatives, Partnerships, Teaching Strategies & Collaborative Networks (IUCEE, IFEES, LACCEI.... )

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ivan Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University; Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University

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International

recognized agencies, and• Using the proposed multi-tier model to facilitate assessment of the maturity of the processes of the engineering program, and locating peer institutions at same level.To this end, LACCEI proposed at the 2005 Engineering for the Americas Symposium a fivelevel model, called Engineering Education Capability Maturity Model3, which can be used by anengineering program preparing for accreditation. This model is an extension of the CapabilityMaturity Model (CMM) developed at Carnegie Mellon University, shown in Figure 1. The goalof the CMM is to increase the process capability, i.e., the inherent ability of a process to produceplanned results. Figure 2 shows the structure of Levels 2-5.LACCEI’s Engineering Education Capability

Conference Session

Engineering Education in Africa, Asia and the Mid-East Region

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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International

active learning requires students to take part in “pre- Page 14.930.6planned” learning-related activities, believed to spark and stimulate their learning, while in theclassroom.(17,18) These activities would include: reading, writing, solving problems, answeringquestions, participating in a discussion, etc.; and most important, students must be engaged inthinking tasks while actively involved. It is generally understood that during active learning, lessemphasis is placed on transmission of information and more on developing students’ skills.Additionally, during an active learning cycle, emphasis is placed on students’ exploration oftheir own