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Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT) Technical Session 1

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mudasser Fraz Wyne, National University; Alireza Farahani; Lu Zhang, National University

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Paper ID #41786Examining ChatGPT in Educational Settings: Ethics, Challenges, and OpportunitiesDr. Mudasser Fraz Wyne, National University I hold a Ph.D. in Computer Science, an M.Sc. in Engineering, and a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering. Currently, I am honored to serve as a Professor of Computer Science and as the Chair for the Department of Computer Science and Information Systems at the School of Technology and Engineering, National University, San Diego, USA. Additionally, I am entrusted with the role of Academic Program Director for the MS in Computer Science. Over the years, I have played key leadership roles

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Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT) Technical Session 5

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alireza Kavianpour, DeVry University

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paper discusses how an instructor can enhance teaching an undergraduateprogramming course, specifically C++ programming language, utilizing ArtificialIntelligence (AI) tools, such as ChatGPT.The teaching experience and a collection of data from a C++ programming course,with and without ChatGPT, will be analyzed. Several guidelines to use AI toolsmore efficiently for a programming course will be presented. In this programmingcourse, homework assignments were modified to address the use of ChatGPT.Most undergraduate engineering students must take this programming course withCalculus course as a prerequisite.A neurological study has shown that “curiosity makes people morereceptive for learning, and that as we learn, we enjoy the sensation

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Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT) Technical Session 2

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Barry M. Lunt, Brigham Young University; Mudasser Fraz Wyne, National University; David A Wood, Brigham Young University

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. This paper looks at these 427 papers as a whole, providing descriptive statistics, givingthe top institutions and authors that have contributed to these papers, and providing informationregarding the impact of the top ten papers, as measured by their citations and downloads. We havealso used the ChatGPT version 4.0 to provide categories for the 427 papers, providing insight intothe most popular topics for papers in the CIT division.Introduction The American Society for Engineering and Education (ASEE) Computing & InformationTechnology (CIT) Division's existence spans several decades, and it continues to be a stalwartadvocate for numerous research papers and sessions featured at the ASEE Annual Conference andExposition. The ability

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Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT) Technical Session 3

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Venkata Alekhya Kusam, University of Michigan, Dearborn; Larnell Moore, University of Michigan, Dearborn; Summit Shrestha, University of Michigan, Dearborn; Zheng Song, University of Michigan, Dearborn; Jin Lu, University of Georgia; Qiang Zhu, University of Michigan, Dearborn

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2 School of Computing, University of GeorgiaAbstractProject-Based Learning (PBL) is a pedagogical method that combines theory and practice byinvolving students in real-world challenges. Continuous feedback is crucial in PBL, guidingstudents to improve their methods and foster progressive thinking. However, PBL faceschallenges in widespread adoption due to the time and expertise needed for effective feedback,especially with increasing student numbers. This paper presents a novel approach usingGenerative AI, specifically an enhanced ChatGPT, to provide effective PBL feedback. For anundergraduate Web Technology course, we integrated three methods: 1) fine-tuning ChatGPTwith feedback from various sources; 2) using additional course-specific

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Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT) Technical Session 6

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sreekanth Gopi, Kennesaw State University; Nasrin Dehbozorgi, Kennesaw State University

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]. Anotherstudy indicates that ChatGPT-4 outperforms ChatGPT-3.5 and BARD by Google Inc. in several reasoning tasks,particularly in abductive reasoning, mathematical reasoning, and commonsense reasoning [46]. Therefore, in thisstudy, we chose GPT-4 as our preferred LLM model.Educational Implications in Engineering Easy access to psychological monitoring and measurement is imperative in engineering education due to theunique stressors associated with this field. Studies have shown that the engineering culture, often perceived asmasculine, competitive, and exclusionary, can lead to significant stress and mental health challenges for students,particularly for women and students of color [47]. This environment is characterized by a belief in enduring

Conference Session

Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT) Technical Session 1

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kwansun Cho, University of Florida; Umer Farooq, Texas A&M University; Saira Anwar, Texas A&M University

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may not be helpful for advanced skills.For example, a peer mentor mentioned:“MATLAB is for computations and modeling so a lot of the programming fundamentals youwould like to build as an engineer are not emphasized.”Discussion and ConclusionWhich programming language should be introduced to novice programmers, particularlyengineering students? It is an open debate and requires constant revisitation. This revisitation isessential today, where the boom of AI technologies and tools like ChatGPT have taken the worldby storm. Such tools have diversified the need for engineers trained in programming, making it anecessary skill in the industry [10].Considering the relevance and importance of the revisitation, this study presents the perceptionsand

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Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT) Technical Session 2

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie Jill Lunn, Florida International University; Edward Dillon, Morgan State University; Zubayer Ahmed Sadid, Florida International University

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awareness of the process. As one educatordetailed: I know, one of the complaints my students have about the technical interviews is that if we are coding in real life, we can just look stuff up, and so they don’t like the being put on the spot-ness of it. I mean, I don’t know how to incorporate that because I was trying to tell them, we’re talking about like, ChatGPT and how AI is taking jobs and things like that. And I was like, ‘People while you can still put things out, people still have to know that you have that thinking process, that critical thinking process. So that’s why these technical interviews are important and necessary.’ And some of them were like, ‘Oh okay, I get it, I see it.’ But yeah