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2012 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Benjamin Cooper; Steve E. Watkins

Moore’s law are nowreaching both physical and economic limits. Pure object-oriented programming approaches offerbenefits for hardware that is highly parallel and that is of non-traditional design. This workdescribes the evolution of computational technology, explores features of pure object-orientedlanguages such as Squeak Smalltalk, and discusses proactive curricula options.IntroductionProgramming literacy and proficiency are key curricula concerns whether as an independentspecialty or as a fundamental component of other engineering specialties. Software educationtypically emphasized procedural-based programming languages. Such programming approaches,which use sequential calculations and simple decision-making processes, are the

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2012 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Eric D. Mead; Karen Reynolds; Lawrence Whitman

robotics coach. These workshops are part of an overall effort to encourage and support teachers and others interested in using robotics as a tool to engage students, teach STEM skills, and encourage teamwork. Summer Camps A key component of the College of Engineering’s K-12 outreach program is its summer camps program. At least six week-long camps are offered each year for students in grades 4- 12. Camps are filled with hands-on activities that promote learning, collaboration, and fun while introducing students to the science, engineering, and technology that is practiced by real engineers. In addition to robotics camps, offering include camps focused on bioengineering, building with Arduinos®, or designing and programming computer games. The

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2012 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Brett Meyer; Timothy Wei; David Jones; Stuart Bernstein

that community was at the core ofeducational philosophy and practice leading him to believe that learning results fromexperience that is contextually based and socially situated. Lipman (199114) argued that “theProceedings of the 2012 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for EngineeringEducation 11reflective model is thoroughly social and communal” (p. 19). As a result, social presence feltin the classroom can have a direct impact on student learning. According to Swan (200515) In traditional, face-to-face classrooms, educational researchers found that certain teacher immediacy behaviors, such as making eye-contact, smiling