Conference Session

Engineering and Technology for Everyone

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

AC 2009-1307: INSTRUCTIONAL BENEFITS OF A COURSE MANAGEMENTSYSTEM IN K-12 EDUCATIONPatricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Patricia A. Carlson has taught a variety of professional writing courses at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and has held ten ASEE Summer Research Fellowships. She is on the editorial board of three professional publications for advanced educational technology and has served as a National Research Council Senior Fellow at the Air Force Human Resources Laboratory. Email: patricia.carlson@rose-hulman.edu Page 14.745.1© American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Engineering Courses for Non-engineers

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley Bishop, United States Naval Academy

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

scientists in many circumstances not because they want to, nor because they lack the intellectual capability to analyze the situation more closely, but because they must make decisions. Key to understanding the certainty trough is the idea that groups socially close to knowledge production (engineers, scientists, technical writers, etc.) show more uncertainty than non-technical peers, with those very far (socially) from knowledge production showing the greatest uncertainty and distrust. The uncertainty for knowledge producers takes two forms: personal uncertainty (knowing enough to know what is unknown) and group uncertainty (when multiple engineers disagree on some aspect of a technological