Conference Session

Issues of Persistence in Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carol Burger, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

abilities required to complete anundergraduate engineering degree at the institution; essential educational experiences; strengthsand weaknesses of the institution in supporting undergraduate education; and what those beinginterviewed perceived as efforts that could be made to promote the recruitment and retention ofwomen in undergraduate engineering majors and into future engineering careers. During thefocus group meetings with undergraduate women in engineering, we asked about theirperception of the university and college environment for women in class and out-of-class, factorsthat had led them to decide to major in engineering, and the careers they planned for themselves.The interviews and focus group discussions were audiotaped with the

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Goodarz Ahmadi, Clarkson University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

impaction. The sections on interactions of particles with turbulence and turbulent depositionare normally taught in the second course. Computational modeling of turbulent flowswas discussed, and classical models of turbulent deposition were described. In additionthe process of aerosol charging and transport under the action of electrical forces and Page 14.942.3turbulence were presented. 2 A number of computational modules were added to make the coursepresentations of the materials more interactive. The plan was to have sufficient numberof calculation modules for the student to experiment with. As a

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education: Intercultural Awareness and International Experience

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dietmar Tatzl, FH JOANNEUM, University of Applied Sciences

Tagged Divisions

International

country. In this way, they should be encouraged to conceive the plan to go abroad themselves at some stage in their studies or for a future employment. This activity may also foster an understanding of potential changes in personal habits that would result from living abroad. It should thus facilitate the perception of international Page 14.1003.7 experience as an enrichment of students’ personal lives and cultural identities. The example of New York City may be replaced by any other city, depending on course

Conference Session

The Best of Design in Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marjan Eggermont, University of Calgary; Meghan Armstrong, University of Calgary

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Design in Engineering Education

Sketching: An Introduction (New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 2004) 8. 7. Gabriela Goldschmidt, "The Backtalk of Self-Generated Sketches," Design Issues 19.1 (2003): 88. 8. Steve Garner and Miquel Prats, "Observations on Ambiguity in Design Sketch," Tracey the online journal of contemporary drawing research (2006). 9. Fish and Scrivener, "Amplifying the Mind's Eye: Sketching and Visual Cognition." 10. Jonathan Fish and Stephen Scrivener, "Amplifying the Mind's Eye: Sketching and Visual Cognition," Leonardo 23.1 (1990). 11. Nicolaides, K. The Natural Way to Draw: A Working Plan for Art Study. (Houghton Mifflin, Oxfordshire, 1990). 12. Riley, H. Mapping the Domain of Drawing. International Journal

Conference Session

Innovation in Construction Engineering Education II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erdogan Sener, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; D. Tom Iseley, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Construction

the Construction Engineering Division of ASEE, and is a registered Professional Engineer in Indiana. Prof. Sener was awarded numerous teaching awards including the Indiana University President's Award for Distinguished Teaching in 1993,the IUPUI Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching in 1994, Trustees Teaching Award for several years, the William P. Jungclaus Memorial Award for Teaching Excellence for several years, and the Departmental Outstanding Teaching Award.D. Tom Iseley, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis Dr. Tom Iseley has over 35 years of experience in the planning, design, and construction of underground infrastructure systems. From 1982 until 1995, he served

Conference Session

Design Cognition

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Pappas

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

subject to sustainability criteriawe developed for student projects. All our students are trained in the use of design tools, bothelectronic programs as well as hand tools and power tools. More specifically, following a general introduction to the foundations of cognitiveprocesses found in psychology, and creative process found in two- and three-dimensional artinstruction, we offer developmental instruction in the following areas: Metacognition and thinking processes—students engage in activities that requirethem to plan, reflect upon, and modify their own thinking processes and strategies, as well asadapt these methodologies to meet the needs of a specific design problem. Structured and unstructured thinking

Conference Session

Faculty and Program Exchanges: Internationalizing, Collaborations and Interactions

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

International

. As a result of theproject, the processing of the education technology and multimedia syllabuses was completed indistant teacher training and took place in a blended form in full time teacher training. At thebeginning of the term students received the electronic syllabus on CD first and later also in aform downloadable from an FTP server.The electronic syllabus package was comprised of the following parts: - Basic skills module: it presents the basic terminology of educational technology and multimedia development and expectations towards such materials. - Editing Individual media module: its purpose is to learn the skills necessary for the activities related to the planning and editing of digital media. This module consists of

Conference Session

Integrating Design into the BME Curriculum

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristine Csavina, Florida Gulf Coast University; James Sweeney, Florida Gulf Coast University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

achieving learning outcomes and a perspective from thestudents now in the capstone design sequence.Course ContentTopics in bioengineering product design are introduced using in-class activities, most of whichfocus on the HLPR Chair or the Benchmarking project, detailed on the following pages. Thefirst eight classes introduce steps of the design process as outlined in the text (product planning,customer needs, product specifications, concept generation & selection, and concept testing).The students and instructors approach the design process as a design team tasked withidentifying improvements to developing the next generation of the HLPR Chair based oncustomer needs and previous testing. Once such activity is described in the following

Conference Session

Using Technology to Enhance Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Farahani, National University, San Diego; Ronald Uhlig, National University, San Diego

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

activity students were asked to insert a key into a heap structure. Theobjective of the instructor here was to force students to think about the heap structure andwork through a seemingly simple algorithm. Although all the students indicated that theyunderstood the algorithm, a good portion of them failed to correctly demonstrate theinsert algorithm (see the sample submission slides in figure 4). This is another goodexample of where the student response helped the instructor to spontaneously digressfrom the planned lesson to take advantage of the information received from the studentsubmissions. An important part of lecturing is adjusting material in response to audiencereactions and developing spontaneous examples and explanations to clarify and

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mihaela Radu, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Clint COLE, Washington State University, Pullman; Mircea Dabacan, Technical University of Cluj Napoca, Romania; Joe Harris, DigilentInc; Albert Fazekas, Technical University of Cluj Napoca, Romania; Ioana DABACAN, Technical University of Cluj Napoca, Romania

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

companies produce state of the art PLDs boards and CAD tools.This paper summarizes five years of experience at the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca andtwo at Rose Hulman Institute of Technology , organizing such competitions. The logistics andchallenges of the competitions, results of the past editions and plans regarding the future of thesecompetitions at both schools are presented. Evaluations of the competition and students’perceptions as an alternative learning experience were investigated through student surveys.IntroductionAs the complexity of microelectronic systems is steadily increasing, universities must updatetheir curricula to cope with the increased demands of research and development required inindustry. By integrating Digital

Conference Session

Concluding Thoughts in Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harry Petersen, Minnesota State University, Mankato; William Peterson, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

almost completely to an on-lineformat, with each class requiring only a single on-campus face-to-face meeting.Converting Traditional Face-to-Face Classed to Web-Based On-Line ClassesThe first step in putting classes on-line was to decide which classes would be converted to on-line over the web. By the time our Manufacturing Engineering Technology students finish theirjunior year, they have had most of our hands-on engineering and laboratory-based courses. Wehad six traditional Industrial Engineering-based face-to-face classes in the senior year:Manufacturing Resource Planning and Control, Ergonomics and Work Measurement, IndustrialSafety, Project and Value Management, Logistics and Transportation, and Quality ManagementSystems. There was a total

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics - Courses and Curricula

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seamus Freyne, Manhattan College; Micah Hale, University of Arkansas

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

people from 10 institutions in 9 states provided responses to thesurveys. The respondents included all academic ranks, deans to assistant professors.Several references about engineering ethics education were useful in the development of thesurvey.1,2,3,4,5 With this survey, the authors hoped to capture a sense of engineering ethicseducation in terms of courses, content, assessment, and future plans. The following questionsappeared on the survey: • Do you feel an ethics course taught specifically to engineering students is necessary, or can ethics best be taught to engineering students as a general education requirement or learned on the job? • Do any of your engineering departments have a full course in ethics? • Excluding any

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seamus Freyne, Manhattan College; Micah Hale, University of Arkansas; Stephan Durham, University of Colorado, Denver

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

current students. They are savvy in themysterious and sometimes frightful ways of campus politics. Never miss a chance to receiveguidance from your colleagues. Walk down the hall every day and where you find an opendoorway, say hi. Plan regular activities with a few colleagues away from the office such as acasual morning run or a weekly lunch.Improve your teaching skills. Almost every university has various kinds of colloquiums. TheASCE supports a workshop called Excellence in Civil Engineering Education (ExCEEd), wherenew professors spend an intensive six days learning the latest teaching methods.10 Ask acolleague to attend one of your classes and provide some suggestions. Attend the lectures ofother good teachers, even those outside your

Conference Session

Engineering Courses for Non-engineers

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University; Terence Geyer, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

how it fit into your hand orhands along with how it actually felt like it wanted to do its job. Students need to be exposed to,and made aware of, how a technology works before they can move on to actually recreatingthem.The third phase, which is planned but not yet implemented, involves the actual student recreationof ancient and other historical artifacts. This would include making stone tools, different types ofarmor, compound bows along with arrows, pioneer objects, and a host of other artifacts from rawmaterials. This process could then be expanded to replicate technologies that are of a more recentnature over time. The challenge is how to fit these projects into a lecture based course. Without a

Conference Session

Assessment and Continuous Improvement in Engineering Technology: Part II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nripendra Sarker, Prairie View A&M University; Mohan Ketkar, Prairie View A&M University; Cajetan Akujuobi, Prairie View A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

(wordings) in the objectives should be used to prepare aquestionnaire. Any questionnaire larger than two pages in length is repelling to respond.The Educational Benchmarking Inc. (EBI) does business to conduct opinion surveys. It has asmany as 83 questions with lot of redundant and boring questions. It is difficult to relate thesequestions to the objectives and assessment plan. During designing a questionnaire (instrument),the psychology of the respondent should be carefully thought about. It is likely that a respondentmay not respond to a long list of questions. Even if he does, he may not put his valuablethoughts. To obtain meaningful response from a targeted person, a survey instrument(questionnaire) needs to be prepared with adequate judgment

Conference Session

Information and Network Security

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nestor Osorio, Northern Illinois University; Andrew Otieno, Northern Illinois University

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

Principal Investigatoror Director. Several working groups will focus on specific tasks such as: a technical group; aprocurement and selection group; a metadata group; a publicity group; etc. Finally,administrative procedures, a strategic plan, a plan for securing funding, and assessment strategieswill be developed.Preserving the Literature of Engineering EducationThe literature of engineering education is complex and extensive. Powell1 describes thecomponents of engineering education in a recent publication: "Engineering education encompasses a number of categories, including students, faculty, practitioners and alumni, courses and programs, and assessment and evaluation. Topics relating to students include learning resources

Conference Session

Programs That Serve Industry and Academia

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Baldwin, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; John Ludwick, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Kevin Marshall, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

each clip, with some asbrief as a few seconds, was projected in front of all departmental supervisors, the director offeredhis verbal feedback. Afterwards, any department involved in the execution of that particular shotwas given these notes and planned to revise accordingly. In most cases, improvement wasexpected during the next daily session. This activity, not often seen by the public, allowed theauthors to glimpse the instigating forces of the R+H pipeline. Although silence was strictlyenforced, the dailies allowed faculty to fully comprehend the level of expectation, layers ofdepartmental involvement, utilization of proprietary software, and perhaps most importantly thelevel of time management enforced for these large budget productions

Conference Session

Starting the Last Day with New Ideas

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shengyong Wang, State University of New York, Binghamton; Mohammad Khasawneh, State University of New York, Binghamton; Krishnaswami Srihari, State University of New York, Binghamton

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

Page 14.470.4Course SelectionIn order for the curriculum to best suit the need of the healthcare industry and to equip studentswith the best applicable knowledge, an advisory board was formed to provide advice in thecurriculum development. The advisory board members came from various healthcare sectors,such as Mayo Clinic, United Health Services, Virtua Health, Greater New York HospitalAssociation, and Mount Sinai Hospital. To transform their knowledgeable experience andvaluable inputs into consensus and action plan for curriculum development, nominal grouptechnique was used to narrow down the courses that would benefit both the healthcare industryand the students. Among the many suggestions provided by the advisory board members, aunique

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Montserrat Rabago-Smith, Kettering Univeristy; Jennifer Aurandt, Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

, lubricants,consumer products, and polymers, and are familiar with chemical, physical, andinstrumental methods used to analyze and identify organic materials through thebiodiesel exercise.Assessment The plan for assessment is presented below. (The class is currently beingconducted so the results of the assessment will be presented at the meeting. Wehave documented the results from the assessment tools used thus far). Theassessment of student learning was performed by using a summativeassessment with a multiple choice test at the beginning to assess the prior levelof knowledge, and a post test at the end of class to determine the level ofknowledge obtained. The assessment test was given to all sections of theIndustrial Organic Chemistry class

Conference Session

Student Learning and Assessment

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anne-Marie Lerner, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

; Gagne’s learning theorydivides learning into eight different classifications, with the assertion that higher-order learningclassifications cannot be achieved without lower-order learning first having occurred3. However,this method was designed for engineering-specific homework evaluation, and in particularexamines the mistakes students make during the learning process.This error assessment is meant to be conducted on an on-going basis, where the instructor usesthe feedback in real-time to adjust lesson plans to address any deficiencies in students’understanding. Appropriate actions for error assessment depend on which group the particularerror code belongs to. A minor issue error is expected to pop up periodically throughout astudent’s work, and

Conference Session

IT-based Instructional Technologies

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Miertschin, University of Houston; Cheryl Willis, University of Houston

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

8 IF artifact is a reading assignment THEN return to Step 5 until all nodes are examined. Method for accomplishing goal of: Get Overview of Step 9 IF artifact describes an interaction assignmentClass Activities for TECH 1313 for the Week THEN follow the instructions provided in theStep 1 Select List of Planned Activities link (always the interaction artifact to prepare appropriate interaction first link in the upper left corner of the n X 4 array of content to submit for the interaction assignment. links) to retrieve pdf format artifact

Conference Session

Space Systems Design

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Albert Soto, Texas A&M University; Daniel Brown, Cornell University; Mason Peck, Cornell University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

and later as a demonstration on board the NASAMicrogravity Research Aircraft2, 9. Our testbed improves on this heritage by allowing studentsand researchers to gain physical results without having to invest in performing tests in space oron microgravity flights. In addition to costs, the opportunity to run tests in space or onboard amicrogravity flight is limited to once per year or less, keeping interested students from furtherdeveloping the technology. The CMG-robot testbed (Figure 1) provides several opportunities to students. First, itprovides access to cutting-edge research, encouraging students to think big6. Second, because theproject is not “canned,” students must develop careful experimental plans. Third, students can

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luis Godoy, University of Puerto Rico

path, and regarding when would be the best moment to take thataction.Meeting personnel at the plant includes two main engineers (Level 4): Alex Stadopoulus, whodeals with the documents, and John Berger, who is in charge of operation of the facility. Thestudent can ask the first one for plans and documents about the design and construction of thetank, as shown in Figure 2. The choice of one of the documents leads to plans such as thatillustrated in figure 3 (Level 5). In another screen, the student may also ask for the company thatdesigned the tank, when was it designed and fabricated, and if it was a special design or if thosetanks are a standard structural model

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Chiou, Drexel University; Michael Mauk, Drexel University; Sweety Agarwal, Drexel University; Yueh-Ting Yang, Drexel University

. Six Sigma Methods 1. Define 2. Measure 3. Analyze 4. Improve 5. Control Benchmarking, Confidence Intervals, Affinity Diagram, DFSS, DOE, Kanban, Control Charts, Control PMEA, IPO Diagram, Measurement System Brainstorming, Cause Mistaken Proofing, Plan, Reaction Plan, Kano’s Model, Analysis, Nominal & Effect Diagram, e- PF/CE/CNX/SOP, Run Charts, Standard Knowledge Based Group Technique, test, F-test, Fault Tree Standard Work, Takt Operating Procedures Mgt, Project Charter, Pairwise Ranking, Analysis, FMEA Time, Theory of SIPOC Model, Physical Process Flow, Histogram, Historical

Conference Session

BME Laboratory Courses and Experiences

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Virgilio Gonzalez, University of Texas, El Paso; Eric Freudenthal, University of Texas, El Paso; Homer Nazeran, University of Texas, El Paso

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

course in computerorganization and proficiency with a high level imperative programming language.The planned laboratory modules expose the student to the process of designing a biomedicalwireless data collection system where they are required to apply concepts from several areas. Ateam of instructors from CS, ECE and BME backgrounds will provide the foundation of basicconcepts required and then the student teams will collaborate to the final design. The approachattempts to exemplify the type of work that could take place in a real application.IntroductionThe University of Texas at El Paso offers bachelor programs in Electrical Engineering and inComputer Science. In recent years the College of Engineering began the process of creating

Conference Session

Manufacturing Division Poster Session / Our Future in Manufacturing: STEM Outreach

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Palmer, Kettering University; Douglas Melton, Kettering University; Henry Kowalski, Kettering University; Gerald Allen, Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

and the instructor as Good.Thus with the exception of basic cost analysis it is shown that all topics can be taught at anacceptable level.Analysis and Results of Key QuestionsKey Question 1) Can the "new" subject matter be learned effectively by freshmen? The resultsare shown in Table IV. Table IV: Performance in New Topics New Topic Winter 2008 Performance Summer 2008 Performance Electronic Manufacturing Good Good Design Methods and Acceptable Acceptable Methodologies Manufacturing Planning Acceptable Good (Work Design) Basic Cost Analysis Unacceptable

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kuang Xu, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Elizabeth Van Ruitenbeek, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

inresearch would also prepare freshman and sophomore students to perform more advanced andhigher quality research as juniors and seniors than would otherwise be possible.Related WorkThere has been extensive research on the impact of undergraduate research on education andstudent retention1,2,3. Studies have shown that undergraduate research participants are morelikely to pursue graduate education. For example, Lapatto examines the hypothesis thatundergraduate research enhances the educational experience of scientific undergraduates, findingthat over 83% of 1,135 participants began or continued to plan for postgraduate education in thesciences1.Most of the literature on undergraduate research focuses primarily on the implications ofundergraduate

Conference Session

New Research on Retention of URM Groups in STEM

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fredericka Brown, University of Texas, Tyler; Kristian Trampus, University of Texas, Tyler; Michael Odell, University of Texas, Tyler

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

twodecades about one-third of freshmen entering college planned to study STEM [2]. In 2006, 44.7%of Asian freshmen, 34% of Black freshmen, 35.9% of Hispanic of Mexican/Chicano/Puerto Ricandescent freshman, 34.4% of American Indian freshmen, and 29.5% of White freshmen reported thatthey intended to major in STEM [2]. These numbers represent an increasing trend of a diversedemographic composition of students planning to major in STEM. Page 14.242.2 Proceedings of the 2009 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2009, American Society for Engineering EducationThe National Science Foundation

Conference Session

Design Education in Manufacturing Programs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jaby Mohammed, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne; Jared May, Morehead State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

AC 2009-2150: APPLYING AXIOMATIC DESIGN AND KNOWLEDGE-BASEDENGINEERING TO PLASTIC DRUM DESIGNJaby Mohammed, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne Jaby Mohammed is a faculty at Indiana Purdue University at Fort Wayne, IN. He received his PhD in Industrial engineering from University of Louisville in 2006. His research interest includes advanced manufacturing; design methodologies, computer aided design, six sigma, and enterprise resource planning. He is a member of IIE, ASEE,ASQ, SME, POMS, ITEA, NAIT, KAS, and Informs.Jared May, Morehead State University JARED MAY is currently a junior at Morehead State University. He is pursuing his Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education III

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Asad Azemi, Pennsylvania State University; Nannette D'Imperio, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

. When they have a correct answer, we randomly choose ateam’s or a student’s work and share the solution, through Centra, with the rest of the class. Incase of a problem or coding question, the program is shared, through Centra, so that suggestionsor corrections can be made by the class. This feature was used extensively throughout thesemester. All of these activities are recorded by Centra and available for student downloadingand viewing.The instructor can view a list of all attendees on the Centra screen at all times during the event.Attendance time is logged and stored for later viewing via the Centra reporting mechanism.RemarksThe following items summarize our observations: • The time and effort needed to plan, develop, and deliver the