Conference Session

Computer Education Innovations II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Kuczenski, University of Notre Dame; Joshua Enszer, University of Notre Dame; Mark McCready, University of Notre Dame; Jay Brockman, University of Notre Dame

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to play a more direct role in their personaldevelopment, 2) enable students to link together diverse parts of their learning, including theformal and informal curriculum, and allow for reflection and awareness of learning strategies andneeds, 3) encourage students to create a professional portfolio of their achievements, both fromthe classroom and beyond, with the ability to publicize their achievements as evidence for futureemployers, etc. and 4) offer the academic department a meaningful mechanism for accessingand organizing evidence of student learning. The e-portfolio also serves as a tool to makecommunication between students and advisors more efficient. Figure 1 illustrates the proposedNDeP project. Figure 1

Conference Session

Computer Education Innovations I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia Fry, Baylor University; Donald Gaitros, Baylor University

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15.1028.6more majors in order to state that they hold the equivalent of that major. With the assistance ofthe CSF Director, Fellows should carefully plan their course of study in order to reflect theiracademic interests and career goals.Computer Science Fellows Requirements*The BSC with a major in Computer Science Fellows degree has the following courserequirements: ≠ REL 1310 and 1350 ≠ Two semesters of Chapel ≠ MTH 1321, 1322, 2311 ≠ Eight semester hours of science courses with associated labs chosen from among Biology, Chemistry, Geology, Neuroscience, or Physics. Each course must apply to a major in its department. ≠ STA 3381 ≠ Computer Science courses: o CSI 1430, 1440, 2334, 2350, 3334, 3344, 3471 o 5

Conference Session

Online and Web-based Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bridget Smyser, Northeastern University; David DiBiasio, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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-Class Survey. The Pre-Class survey was designed to determine the prevalent learningstyles2 in the class, as well as to gain information on their attitudes toward and expectations ofthe class. The Midterm survey allowed the students to give students a chance to provide feedbackto the instructor on what was and was not working in the class. The Post-Class survey assessedstudents’ perceptions of the course after the fact, as well as soliciting suggestions for changes tofuture courses.The Pre-Class survey questions are listed in the Appendix. This survey was taken by 15 of the 16registered students. Figure 1 shows the makeup of the class in terms of learning styles. The classas a whole tended toward the reflective dimension, meaning that

Conference Session

Online and Web-based Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Miertschin, University of Houston; Carole Goodson, University of Houston; Susan Schroeder, University of Houston

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directly involved in planned organizational or socialchange.1 Hansen, et al, provide examples of AR that match this description and place theorganizational change in a higher education program assessment context.6 Another characteristicis that the researchers participate in the process or problem being studied, as opposed to adoptingan external observation-only role.5 A third characteristic of AR is that it generally involves aniterative process of cycles that include steps of planning, implementing and observing, andreflecting and assessing.1 The reflecting and assessing phase of a cycle generates the problem tobe solved by the next cycle of AR or it results in termination of the AR process. For the ARprocess results presented here, there were

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Igor Verner, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology; Leonid Revzin, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

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Page 15.815.8skills of working in automated environments. With this, high positive results the comparativelylower evaluation of the third assertion reflects that the students do not associate the developeddevices with that used in industry laboratory. 4.6 4.4 4.2 Mean 4 3.8 3.6 3.4 3.2 e il ls d ng

Conference Session

Robotics in Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenny Fotouhi, University of Maryland; Susan Cooledge, University of Maryland Eastern Shore

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Computers in Education

≠ Backward Walking – Basic back steps only ≠ Coordinated Walking – A routine where the robot took a few steps forward then turned and then took a few steps backward Page 15.871.5 ≠ Turning Around – Simple pivot steps to turn the robot around ≠ Light Compass – The toddler pointed in the direction of the brightest part of the room with the help of two photo resistors, capacitors and resistors in a circuit ≠ Follow the Light – The Toddler followed a flashlight in the dark ≠ Object Detector – This was tested by using an infrared light to detect objects by the reflectance of the light to an object and staying away from

Conference Session

Tablet and Portable PCs for Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julia Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; M. Hossein Hariri, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Sudipa Mitra-Kirtley, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Shannon Sexton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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classrooms offers apromise of improved student learning and faculty teaching. To this point, however, assessmentof the impact of digital ink technologies (both hardware and software) has only begun. Ourproject focused on student note-taking strategies during course lectures. The use of tablet PCsand DyKnow Vision software provided faculty the opportunity to share prepared notes whilestudents could annotate those notes during class. Our results regarding the impact on studentnote-taking strategies indicate that students must re-imagine their traditional classroom role,from scribe to reflective learner.Measuring the Impact of Digital Ink on Students’ Note-taking StrategiesRecent developments in educational technology have provided instructors with an

Conference Session

Computational Tools and Simulation III

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Crown, University of Texas, Pan American; Arturo Fuentes, University of Texas, Pan American; Robert Jones, University of Texas, Pan American; Rajiv Nambiar, University of Texas, Pan American; Deborah Crown, San Jose State University

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thisinteractive online learning environment is to encourage students to think reflectively on coursefundamentals. Although providing students with access to a complex artificial intelligencefocused on course fundamentals is a valuable byproduct, the greatest value lies in the studentmotivation and engagement associated with development of the knowledge base. Studentinvolvement in the process of building Anne's knowledge base has proven to be instructional andfun. The knowledge base is built from individual and cooperative student interactions. As part ofassigned coursework students formulate questions based on their perceptions of coursefundamentals and attempt to provide responses that are consistent with their own knowledge andin a way that other

Conference Session

Computer Education Innovations I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Ahlgren, Trinity College; Igor Verner, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

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Computers in Education

competition_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________3. StrategiesPlease reflect on matching of the assistive robotics competition goals by the current RoboWaiter contest. Suggeststrategies that can improve the RoboWaiter._______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________4. ReasonsThe first of the tables below is intended for contestants and the second (reverse side) for supporters. Please answerin the proper table. The tables are similar: the first column includes a list of possible reasons for participation in orsupport of the RoboWaiter. In the second column please estimate the

Conference Session

Computer Education Innovations II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Ryan Smith, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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learning containing real-world contexts that combine science and mathematics “to solve a human problem, met a societal need, or develop a product (p. 161).19Most of our users think of PRISM as a knowledge management tool to help them address theemerging emphasis on the Academic Standards, as required by the Indiana Department ofEducation (http://www.doe.state.in.us/). Indiana is one of a handful of states in the USrecognized for realigning academic standards and graduation requirements to meet real-worlddemands.20 While PRISM was established for Indiana teachers, the portal is free and open toall. Teachers from other states find the system useful because most states have very similarstandards, which reflect the reforms begun by the U.S

Conference Session

Computer Education Innovations I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Gehringer, North Carolina State University

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Computers in Education

programming class found and presented to their classmates.Proceedings of the 2010 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition 9Copyright  2010, American Society for Engineering Education Figure 15. Some of the interesting facts uncovered during a Web “scavenger hunt”One very useful application is to have the class create a grading rubric that will be used toassess their own homework. This amounts to a two-step exercise in creating tables, as describedbelow. It is useful because it forces the students to think more reflectively about the assignmentthey have been given, and it also helps them to “buy into” the rubric that is ultimately developed,which lends more credibility to the grading.In Step 1, the

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Punch, Michigan State University; Richard Enbody, Michigan State University; Colleen McDonough, Michigan State University; Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University

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Computers in Education

particular,we are looking for a better motivator to attract students who are struggling and help them in away that they feel more directly addresses their problems.AcknowledgementsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under award0757020 (DUE). Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation (NSF).Bibliography[1] T. J. Cortina. An introduction to computer science for non-majors using principles of computation. In SIGCSE’07: Proceedings of the 38th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education, pages 218–222, New

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Easley, Louisiana Tech University; David Hall, Louisiana Tech University; Nicholas Beard, Louisiana Tech University; Glenn Fardsalehi, Louisiana Tech University; Nathan Wallace, Louisiana Tech University; Michael Swanbom, Louisiana Tech University

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promote the sustainability our curriculum, we implemented a student-runhelp desk. The data collected over the past three quarters clearly show that the help deskprovides a significant amount of assistance for our students and significantly contributes to thesustainability of our project-based freshman engineering program.Acknowledgement and DisclaimerPartial support for this work was provided by the National Science Foundation’s Course,Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) program under Award No. 0618288. Anyopinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those ofthe authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.Bibliography1. Nelson, J. and Napper, S., “Ramping

Conference Session

Signal Processing Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Leiffer, LeTourneau University; Joonwan Kim, LeTourneau University; R. William Graff, LeTourneau University; Don Willcox, LeTourneau University

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(PCB) layout and assembly procedures in order to limit extraneous noise. In verifying thecircuit’s performance, students characterized the transmission and reflection characteristics ofthe circuit using a vector network analyzer and redesigned the circuit to meet specifications asnecessary. Preselector design therefore emphasized electrical engineering skills.The variable gain amplifier (VGA) provides the receiver with a high dynamic range and theanalog-to-digital converter (ADC) module digitizes the analog radio signal for processing by the Page 15.426.4subsequent receiver stages. Development of the VGA/ADC module required students to

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hui-Ying Wu, Ching Yun University; HsinPiao Hsu, Kainan University

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Computers in Education

, 2008) 7. The students in the experimentalgroup were required to watch the podcasting instructions recorded from the other control group’sclass meetings within 18 weeks of the scheduled class. The content included the video and audiofootage from the class meeting, and the material was presented exactly as seen by students sittingin the classroom with the instructor. The undeniable benefit of podcasting instruction is its abilityto allow students to pause for reflection or to replay portions of a class for review (Chen, 2009) 1.The test was administered in the spring of 2009 during class time to ensure that all questions werecompleted at the same time and in the same setting. Each group had the same instructor who wastaught at Ching-Yun

Conference Session

Signal Processing Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hanjun Xian, Purdue University; Krishna Madhavan, Purdue University

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is returned, the interface will be redrawn to reflect the changes.We target our applications to mobile devices because of the encouraging and ready-to-use natureof mobile applications. We choose iPhone and iPod Touch because it provides higher computingcapacity, a larger display, and more innovative input peripherals and techniques than othermobile devices. Data Logger15 is an iPhone application that aims to visualize data from sensorsowned by users and allows data sharing across multiple users. Since data accuracy is neitherguaranteed by the sensor owner nor by Data Logger, the appropriateness of this service foreducational purposes is questionable.4. ImplicationsAvailability of large-scale real-world sensor data provides a chance to

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Wey Chen, Southern Taiwan University

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Computers in Education

instructional steps will be integrated into the Bayesian model toserve as a guiding framework to develop a rich and flexible web-based environment for Teachingand Learning Computer Programming languages.The Cognitive TheoryIt is widely known that programming, even at a simple level, is a difficult activity to learn. Why isthis so? Are novice difficulties really inherent in programming or are they related to the nature ofthe programming tools currently given to novices? Bonar and Soloway14 presented evidence thatcurrent programming languages do not accurately reflect the cognitive strategies used by noviceprogrammers. Instead, Bonar and Soloway14 have found that novice programmers possessknowledge and experience with step-by-step specifications in

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Baker, University of Kentucky; Vincent Capece, University of Kentucky; Keith Rouch, University of Kentucky

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Computers in Education

concatenated into a single video recording using theediting features available in Camtasia Studio.Two of the examples recorded were classical problems found in most textbooks. One was thedevelopment of the Rayleigh pitot-tube relation and its use to determine the test section velocityin a supersonic wind tunnel. The second was the regular reflection of an oblique shock wavefrom a wall.The other two problems supplemented the examples found in the textbook used for this course.The solution for one dimensional flow with friction and a normal shock wave was presented forone of the problems. This illustrated the solution of a problem with multiple compressible flowfeatures. The other example problem considered was the solution of a normal shock wave for

Conference Session

Signal Processing Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Santucci, Arizona State University; Tushar Gupta, Arizona State University; Mohit Shah, Arizona State University; Andreas Spanias, Arizona State University

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estimate the acoustic impulse response h(n) from theloudspeaker to the microphone including the reflection paths. A digital replica of the echo signaly(n) is estimated by filtering the received far end signal with estimated AIR w(n) which is thensubtracted from the observed microphone signal. The AEC is usually realized on a digital signalprocessor (DSP) which implies digital-to-analog conversion of the received far-end signal andanalog-to-digital conversion of the microphone signal. Since the echo path is unknown and,moreover, can change during the operation time, the linear filter has to be realized adaptively. Estimated room impulse response 0.7

Conference Session

Robotics in Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carlotta Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Computers in Education

Follow Center and Follow Robot behaviors.As part of each week‟s lab report, the student was to reflect on the essential theory, challengesencountered, how to address these challenges and how to improve the robot‟s behavior and/orlaboratory assignment. a. Follow Center b. Follow Robot Figure 2: Sample Robot BehaviorsIn spring 2009, the students were provided with starter Visual C# code for motor and servocontrol and polling sensor data from the Serializer including the IR sensors, sonar, thermopilearray, compass, line following sensor and pushbuttons. The starter code was provided in theform of a GUI with the underlying code. Figure 3 presents a sample of two of the GUIS that