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2013 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Tony Kerzmann; Gavin Buxton

3060 (3cr) Energy and Society SOCI 3270 (3cr) Organizational Viability and Sustainability ORGL 3900 (3cr)Table 1:Courses for the Alternative Energy and Sustainability minor at Robert Morris University 3III. Course Layout and ObjectivesThe students, who have completed four of the lower level minor courses, including the first tworequired core classes, are left with the final capstone course, the “Energy Research Seminar”.This course is designed to primarily consist of a semester long research project. We taught thefirst Energy Research Seminar course in the spring semester of 2013, and we

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2013 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Steven Chetcuti; Hans Thomas; Brent Pafford

to progress beyond thelower tiers of Bloom’s taxonomy. [3] Over the past year, we have developed and implemented an instructional method thatemploys blended classroom methods to improve student learning. Dubbed “Thayer 2.0,” [Figure2], the method leverages technology and blends some of the best characteristics of the C&MEMethod, the original Thayer Method, and the Khan Academy. In conjunction with a literaturereview, a beta test of Thayer 2.0 was conducted during the spring semester of academic year2013 to gauge student feedback and to establish operating procedures and instructional best-practices for a broader implementation. The lessons learned from development and student inputare discussed in this paper. A broader test, which

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2013 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Alan Wheatley; David Baglee; Mike Knowles; Alastair Irons

and guidance for all 11- to 14-year-olds that promotes the diversity of engineering careers available and the variety of routes to those careers, and includes opportunities to experience the workplace. • Support for teachers and careers advisors in delivering careers information so that they understand the range of career paths, including vocational/ technician, and have the opportunity to experience a 21st century engineering workplace for themselves. • This programme is best achieved if Government works in partnership across the engineering industry, professional bodies and third sector.The first key hurdle here is practical implementation. Discussions are ongoing about howlong would it take for

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2013 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Aiman S. Kuzmar

assess this way of teaching courses. This is especially the casewith very short time periods like one, two, and three week intervals. Not only do we needcontributions from educators on specific courses, but we need much more contributions frompsychologists, behavioral experts, and policy makers among others.Aside from a few and sporadic comments from students, there is very little research wherestudents evaluate this educational technique. The opinions of students who are currently takingshort term courses may be biased for various reasons. Opinions of students at a later stage likefive, ten and fifteen years after graduation are important and needed.That is, there is a strong need to investigate this topic holistically. Nonetheless, this should