Paper ID #43080Perception Study of an Online Electricity and Magnetism Course for WorkingStudentsRodrigo Alonso Vergara, Universidad Andres Bello, Chile Rodrigo Vergara is an electronic engineer who has dedicated his professional life to teaching physics and electronics at the university level in various institutions. He has two master’s degrees, one in electronic engineering and the other in university teaching. He has a particular interest in using and applying new technologies for education.Prof. Genaro Zavala, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico; Universidad Andres Bello, Chile Genaro Zavala is the leader of the Socially
. But in most cases, it could be perceived as a possibledistraction from course content and could inhibit learning for some individuals.Regardless of whether instructors opt to or have the ability to restrict cell phone usage, the authorbelieves it is critical that instructors adapt to new learning techniques and appeal to the interests ofthe students. With cell phone usage averaging 8-10 hours per day for college-aged men and women[1, 2], delivering content via digital media may provide another way to reinforce classroomlearning goals. In particular, using online videos appeals to students because it allows adaptationto individual learning needs (exam preparation, missing lectures, homework help), manageability(pausing material, skipping
, depression, and anxiety) and personal resources (self-efficacy, engagement, and motivation) using an online survey. Students also provided permissionto record their grades on course assignments for analysis. Following the end of the semester,participating students’ scores were recorded for the following: (1) Average of scores forhomework assignments; (2) Average of scores on quizzes; (3) Average of scores for each of threephases of the term project; (4) Average of scores for three midterm exams; (5) Score for classparticipation. Data will be analyzed using multiple regression models. The proposed paper willdescribe the course structure and design of the course assignments, which differ in their level offlexibility, as well as the results and
, promoting legitimacy andintellectual authority, and centering critical reflection.Creating a community of learningOne of the main ideas that hooks puts forward in Teaching to Transgress is the importance ofcreating a community of learning in the classroom. A community of learning for transformativepedagogy involves “making the classroom a democratic setting where everyone feels aresponsibility to contribute” [1, p. 39]. My efforts to build a community of learning in ENG 3020began on the first day of class. After going through the course syllabus, I devoted time toclassroom conduct and norms. First, I highlighted main ideas from Arao and Clemens’s chapter“From Safe Spaces to Brave Spaces” [5], as they have noted that “safe spaces” may hinderstudent
threeunexcused absences. While these policies are not unreasonable, they tend to motivate students toparticipate in these activities. We recommend similar policies adapted to your courses toincentivize students (e.g., those who benefit from more guiding structure or who are tempted toprocrastinate) to stay engaged and not fall behind.Observations and Tips: This is a very different grading structure that many students are notfamiliar with, so it is helpful to review the grading structure and the retesting process more thanonce (e.g., after the first testing session when they may have more motivation to understand thestructure than on the first day of class when the syllabus was presented). In the end, we didn’timpose grade deductions if a student gave a
students’ junior and senior years.While this course focuses on increasing the technical skills of students, it also intends to improvetheir abilities to work in a team and think critically about product design. These goals of thecourse are explicitly stated in the course objectives. To quantify the efficacy of the ClinicalObservations and Needs Finding course as it specifically relates to our geographical location andavailable resources, pre—and post—course surveys were analyzed both qualitatively andquantitatively. To directly tie the methods of analysis to the nature of the course, the learningobjectives remained forefront during the survey creation portion of the process. The objectives ofthe course as listed in the syllabus are as
inadvertentlyadvantaged students of their own background [6]. Some schools have developed programs thatattempt to increase the feeling of belonging for historically marginalized groups, but most ofthese interactions occur outside the classroom [3]. The purpose of this study is to quantify andevaluate the efficacy of a clinical observations and needs-finding course on historicallymarginalized groups, to create a more welcoming and equal learning environment.Methods:To measure students’ perceptions before and after completing the course, a Qualtrics survey wascreated with Likert scale questions and open-response questions that directly aligned with thecourse objectives as stated in the syllabus. The survey was administered to all 75 junior-levelundergraduate
focus on community building within engineering. Thenuances of my experiences inside and outside of the classroom over the course of my four yearsat this university inform my following recommendations and speak to the impact of positive andnegative teaching experiences encountered during my educational journey.Preliminary Findings and RecommendationsOur analysis of the instructors’ guide revealed that several policies have been implemented withthe intent of supporting student learning, but their impact falls short in terms of aligning withhigh-impact teaching practices and fostering inclusive learning environments. Syllabus languagewas the first item addressed in the instructors’ guide, with the following recommendationsstanding out to us: 1
. • State and Review Late Submission Policies at the beginning of their classes (requirements by immigration law and school academic policy) and read the course syllabus. Understanding the policies related to late submissions in your course and institution is essential. This policy can be in the course syllabus, online classroom, and the instructor's policies regarding late submissions. It is practical to clearly state that any late submission or missing deadline can cause instructors to deduct a certain percentage of the grade each day until zero. • Policy execution matters. Instructors must stay calm and assess the situation when late submission or missing deadline occurs. Working with international
acknowledgement, a policy on academic integrity,family education rights and privacy act (FERPA), mental health resources, disability resourcesand services, policies on religious observances, and sexual misconduct reporting obligations.Each institution may have their own recommended syllabus statements and instructors caninquire about recommended or required statements. An example instructor philosophy isincluded below. Your success and development throughout this course is my priority. Below you will find several beliefs that are paramount to achieving this goal: • All students are valuable and important; this course is designed to be accessible and inclusive. • Student-centered active learning is key to mastery and
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least usedpractices also included classroom techniques that could encourage participation from all studentsmore often, which could also improve the in-classroom experience. Some of the most usedpractices from the menu included not judging student responses which directly contributes to theclassroom climate. However, some of the other highly used strategies focused on elements of thecourse outside of the classroom experience such as creating availability to meet with studentsand having explicit goals in the course syllabus. The open-ended responses from the facultysurvey expressed that faculty were grateful for the experience, but they also wanted moreinclusive teaching resources which could help them employ some of the practices that
to the liftingof travel restrictions and the growing demand for in-person experiences from both students andeducational institutions. While the core structure remained unchanged, an 8-day onsite programin Indonesia was introduced for the social science learning component. Participants now had theoption to select either a fully online virtual course (VAx) or a hybrid model consisting of halfvirtual and half onsite courses (HAx). The onsite courses were designed to be affordable for allinterested participants, as out-of-pocket costs only included round-trip transportation to and fromSurabaya International Airport. Onsite accommodation, ground transportation, and regularlyscheduled meals were sponsored by ITS. This effective utilization of the
human-centered design approach, (2) the intersection of socialjustice and design thinking, and (3) the implications of design choices on historicallymarginalized groups. Course artifacts, student reflections, and instructional team reflections areused to understand the growth in mindset of the students and instructor through this course.Additionally, these resources are used to present key learnings for future implementation.This project focused on examining systems. Groups historically excluded from engineering,including people of color, disabled, LGBTQ+, and women, were recentered through the humancentered design process. Students evaluated engineering systems for exclusion and ideated on thesource of these design flaws. In doing so, they
areavailable at no cost online. Understanding the IM selection practices of STEM college instructorswould assist librarians in selecting more relevant materials for student use, aid publishers andproducers of OER in the development of new textbooks and other materials, and lead toimprovements in curated online collections of OER and other IM. However, these practices arenot well documented in the literature [4], [5], [6].Our research questions are: ● What criteria do STEM college instructors use when choosing instructional materials for students in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medical science (STEM) courses? ● Where do instructors get information/suggestions for instructional materials?Literature ReviewRecent
demonstratehow ChatGPT could serve as a valuable guide for students [29]. Davis et al. performed a similarstudy with questions suited for introductory programming courses in C [30]. Other researchershave explored students’ use of LLMs and their varied perceptions. Liu et al. integrated AI toolsin an introductory course (Harvard CS50) to aid teaching and learning [31]. A user study byVaithilingam et al. explored how students and programmers utilize and perceive Co-pilot [32].Considering that students use Copilot to learn code, Puryear and Sprint investigated its impact onstudents’ code learning process within introductory computer science and data science courses[11]. In another online introductory programming course, Hellas et al. assessed the
. Forexample, comparing the course syllabus for Data Structures, the US faculty noted how datacollection for accreditation was explicitly built into the syllabus for more consistent outcomesassessment. A document on the differences between how the course is taught at the twoinstitutions, prepared by one of the Indian faculty members, provided many points for discussion,which resulted in much retrospection and metacognition for the US faculty. From the US side,the effort was mainly on the paperwork front as the faculty from India needed to be appointed aszero-pay adjuncts to get institutional credentials to be added to the LMS. The weekly meetingswere an additional time commitment for the US faculty members.Overall, everybody involved reported this as
the engineering power industry and education sectors and is known for his thought leadership in capacity building and engineering education.Bolaji Ruth Bamidele, Utah State UniversityAbasiafak Ndifreke Udosen, Purdue University, West Lafayette Abasiafak Udosen is a professional Mechanical Engineer in Nigeria and a doctoral research scholar at ROCkETEd laboratory, Purdue University, United States. He earned a B.Eng in Mechanical Engineering and an M.Eng in Energy and Power Engineering both in Nigeria. Over the years he has had the privilege of teaching courses such as Thermodynamics, Measurement and Instrumentation, Engineering Metallurgy, System Design, and Quantitative research methods at the University of Nigeria
with this proposal and will consult students and alumni via online surveys. The faculty will then consider the responses from all constituents before reaching a decision. IF accepted, action will be taken starting in Fall, 2021.With those modifications, the final consensus that the department … i) should move to the use of CAS calculators for work where students need to use calculus in engineering technology courses while ii) having students learn to perform calculus operations by hand before moving to the calculator; this can be done in the required calculus course.was approved unanimously by the IAB members present.The process continued with seeking input from alumni and from students. This was
could practice their skills and attempt to makeimprovements to their classroom teaching style to find what would be most beneficial to thestudent's learning as well as their own comfort. They also found that they were able to developskills beyond being able to convey material, but also learned how to develop a course from theground up, which included the opportunity to construct a syllabus and lesson plan, run aclassroom taking into account time constraints and student and abilities, and how to account forstudent expectations for the course. As many had not had the chance to teach prior to theSPECTRA experience, the lower-stakes environment of a research course may have providedthem opportunity to develop their identities and skills as
didactic staff of the science ofpedagogy constitutes the basis of the essential pedagogical competencies of engineeringteachers, along with specialized competencies. The basic teaching model of the Science ofEngineering Pedagogy follows the principles of an iterative process, making it an effectivetool for the design of a study program, study plan, syllabus, course, or conference. Finally,the integrated quadruple instruction model of Engineering Pedagogy Sciences is the basisof integrated course design and one of the preconditions for effective teaching and learning,as well as the basis of the teaching competencies expected of engineering teachers.Teachers’ pedagogical competencies are becoming increasingly important in evaluating thequality of
. Specifically, if a course offered by the commu-nity college has substantially similar learning outcomes to some course offered by the university,a student successfully completing the community college course can petition to have this courseaccepted as transfer credit by the university. The work involved in establishing these so-calledcourse equivalences typically involves a review of the community college course syllabus by afaculty member in the department that offers the potentially equivalent course at the university.This is often a time-consuming process that can take months to complete and is sometimes re-ferred to as credit recognition. Unfortunate bias can also be introduced at this stage. For instance,we have heard university faculty claim
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expertise research and design inspiration); and the final two weeks on thestudents supporting themselves as future designers who are aware of their design processes (9.Design awareness and design signatures, 10. Presenting final ideal design signatures andreflection). These topics as well as class activities and assignments are presented in Figure 1 andcan be found on the Design Signatures website at the following address:https://www.designsignatures.org.The seminar was a 2-credit optional course offering that students applied to. It was graded ascredit/no credit. The first instance of the seminar was delivered in the winter quarter (January -March) 2020 in person, with a pivot to online for the final class as the pandemic started. Allother
Monday. The lab experiment related to the material and homeworkstarts on the Monday following the due date and continues through that week. All lecture notes,homework, projects, and labs are posted prior to the start of class in multiple formats. Thetextbook is presented online in the TopHat engagement tool and includes videos, sampleproblems, and example data to provide multiple routes to learning the material. This course doesnot have exams as the grades are determined by the homework, in-class work, lab reports, and aterm project done with their lab group.In Fall 2020, in response to the pandemic, the course was taught in a hybrid mode whichcontinued through Spring 2021. During that time the university launched a campaign to raiseawareness
, she also participated as an invited expert in an online official meeting organized byone of the local authorities in Buenos Aires. At this meeting, she shared some observations andinput for future policies based on her research. (1.3)E-waste workers and general public: In an attempt to popularizing "expert" knowledge -that isusually confined to governmental, scientific, and academic spaces- and respond to the e-wasteworkers' questions and interests, Schlezak developed workshops for them and gave lectures inacademic courses. She addressed topics such as e-waste management, chemical risks, andprevention measures. During the development of the thesis, she presented in two differentrecycling facilities in Buenos Aires with more than 37 workers
specialty products (lube oils, asphalts, waxes, cokes) at Petroleos de Venezuela, PDVSA (1983-1998). He is a founding member of Universidad Monteavila (Caracas, Venezuela) (1998—2018) and became the Chancellor of this university (2005-2015), and the President of the Center for Higher Studies (2015-2018), including teaching in the Humanities. After rejoining the University of Pittsburgh, he has been teaching Pillar courses on Reactive Process Engineering, Process Control, Process Control Lab, Process Design, and Green Chemical Engineering and Sustainability. In addition to technical courses, his service extends over curriculum development, outreach programs, alumni network, team and leadership skills development
Assistant Systems Engineer from 2011–2012 in India. He has worked as an Assistant Professor (2014–2018) in the department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, KLE Technological University, India. He is a certified IUCEE International Engineering Educator. He was awarded the ’Ing.Paed.IGIP’ title at ICTIEE, 2018. He is serving as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Engineering Education Transformations (JEET). He is interested in conducting engineering education research, and his interests include student retention in online and in-person engineering courses/programs, data mining and learning analytics in engineering education, broadening student participation in engineering, faculty preparedness in cognitive
Paper ID #41608Board 278: Faculty and Staff Ideas and Expectations for a Culture of Wellnessin EngineeringMs. Eileen Johnson, University of Michigan Eileen Johnson received her BS and MS in Bioengineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She previously worked in tissue engineering and genetic engineering throughout her education. She is currently pursuing her PhD in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan. After teaching an online laboratory class, she became interested in engineering education research. Her current research interests are in engineering student mental health & wellness
, I took liberties to construct excitingopportunities that would allow me to learn and grow.To do so, I had to change advisors to find the right person to support my path, write essays tovalidate my efforts, and meet with administrators to get approval for unconventional approachesand opportunities. Most of my PhD professors approved requests to modify projects targetedtoward faculty preparation to be more entrepreneurial. For example, for the anchor course,Content Assessment and Pedagogy, instead of developing a detailed course syllabus (which wasthe assignment), I pitched an idea to my client to write new curricula that would go on to be myfirst product in a ~million-dollar portfolio for them. That's right! I got paid to do a