Conference Session

Faculty Tools

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua A. Enszer, University of Notre Dame; Jessica A Kuczenski, Century College; Kerry Meyers, University of Notre Dame; Jay B. Brockman, University of Notre Dame

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Computers in Education

by both the student andthe College of Engineering for assessment purposes. The e-portfolio can also serve as a tool tomake communication between students and advisers more efficient, and to help studentsformulate short- and long-term plans for their own career development. By prompting students toidentify and elaborate on such plans, students can more explicitly determine the resources,experiences, and attitudes necessary to be successful. As a portion of the academic advisingexperience, NDeP includes a set of surveys designed to help students consider their academiccoursework, in which we also have students assess their own progress in the program. Thesurveys address the ABET accreditation criteria as well as students’ individual goal

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Riddell, Baker College, Flint; Anca L. Sala, Baker College; Tom Spendlove, Baker College, Flint

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Computers in Education

student chapters ofprofessional societies. The paper will discuss features and statistics, and draw initial conclusionson the effectiveness of the above media in growing our engineering community. Future plans andrecommendations will also be outlined.IntroductionA majority of college students today belong to what is called the “millennial generation”,meaning those born during 1981 - 2000. Several books1 have described key characteristics of thisgeneration, such as being very much at ease with using computers and mobile devices, andstaying connected to each other in the virtual world almost 24/7. Taking these into account, it isnatural that colleges and universities have intensified their efforts to better reach their current andfuture students as

Conference Session

Best of Computers in Education Division

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kyle D. Lutes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Teresa A. Shanklin, Purdue University

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Computers in Education

worked for 16 years as a software engineer and developed systems for such industries as banking, telecom- munications, publishing, healthcare, athletic recruiting, retail, and pharmaceutical sales.Teresa A. Shanklin, Purdue University Teresa A. Shanklin has a Bachelors degree in Computer Science and graduated from Iowa State University with a Masters Degree in Information Assurance. She is currently a Ph.D. candidate at Purdue University in the College of Technology, where she is a research assistant in the Machine-to-machine (M2M) lab. Her research interests lie in the areas of indoor positioning and path planning, mobile devices and multi-agent systems

Conference Session

Faculty Tools

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher P. Pung, Grand Valley State University; John Farris, Grand Valley State University

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Computers in Education

. Function Structure Diagrams 6. Concept Generation 7. Estimation and Feasibility 8. Concept Selection 9. Project Planning 10. Math Modeling 11. Prototyping Strategy 12. Tolerance Analysis 13. Intellectual Property and PatentsMethodologyFor this study the CATME survey was administered in the middle of the semester and again atthe end of the semester. After the students received feedback from first survey, they were askedto compare their scoring of themselves to the scores they received from their teammates andformulate a plan to improve. Finally the students were surveyed at the end of the semester aboutthe

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chi N. Thai, University of Georgia

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Computers in Education

planned for Spring 2011: a. The formal class times will be changed from MWF (55 minutes each time) to a MW schedule with 2 back-to-back class periods on Monday and a single class period on Wednesday to allow more continuous discussions and hands-on opportunities on Monday. b. With the use of EMMA, when students work on their assignments outside of formal class times, for example they would be able to just use their cell phones to Page 22.1702.5 record video clips of the problems encountered and post them via EMMA. The instructor in turn

Conference Session

Hardware Applications

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven F. Barrett, University of Wyoming; Amos L. Purdy; Cameron H. G. Wright P.E., University of Wyoming

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Computers in Education

develop a series of practical, handson laboratory exercises to educate students on the fundamentals of PLC application design andimplementation. In conjunction with development of laboratory courseware, an IndustrialControl Laboratory was developed and equipped with state-of-the-art PLC and controlinstrumentation and test equipment. This paper discusses the development and content of the laboratory exercises andphysical laboratory. We have now taught this course twice and have gathered studentperceptions on the quality and utility of the Industrial Control course. Students have requestedadditional emphasis in this area. We conclude the paper with plans for future courseenhancements.Overview The Electrical and Computer Engineering

Conference Session

Best of Computers in Education Division

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carole E. Goodson, University of Houston; Susan L. Miertschin, University of Houston; Barbara L. Stewart, University of Houston

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Computers in Education

quality assurance and improvement initiatives oftenbegin with identifying areas of quality concern, stating goals for each area, identifying indicatorsof goal achievement, and planning measurements for the indicators.4 Developed qualityframeworks support this overall process and are adaptable, as opposed to prescriptive. As anexample, a set of guidelines was developed by the Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C), an organizationwhose purpose is to help e-learning organizations continually improve the quality of theirofferings.5 Sloan-C guidelines identify “five pillars” of quality in on-line education. These pillarsare learning effectiveness, cost effectiveness and institutional commitment, access, facultysatisfaction, and student satisfaction. The intent

Conference Session

Tablet PC use in Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leanna M. Horton, Virginia Tech; Kahyun Kim, Virginia Tech; Shreya Kothaneth, Virginia Tech; Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech

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Computers in Education

, classroommanagement, and overall learning experiences 12.Application of FindingsBased on the findings the COE plans to undertake several initiatives to improve usage of TabletPCs. While professional development sessions are already offered to faculty, the college plans tooffer sessions that could be conducted within each academic department, such as softwaredemonstrations or simple training sessions incorporated within regularly scheduled departmentfaculty meetings. These training sessions could be framed around how various Tablet PCfeatures can benefit them, such as how the Tablet PC can increase their flexibility through usingvirtual office hours. By doing so the college hopes that these workshops will decrease thecomplexity of the new technology and

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy D. Ropp, Purdue University, West Lafayette; David M. Whittinghill, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Raymond A. Hansen, Purdue University; Erin E. Bowen, Purdue University; Joshua L. Holmes

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Computers in Education

twoMaintenance Repair and Overhaul organizations and a major U.S. Air Carrier componentoverhaul facility in 2009, revealing planning, work distribution and documentation of job taskswere often still accomplished using traditional paper-based job task management systems.Product Data Management systems of various sorts are not new. Computerized aircraft data andcomputer workstations are currently used by the aircraft maintenance industry to delivertechnical aircraft data to front line technicians. However in aircraft maintenance operations, this Page 22.1705.4information has been observed to be largely delivered in linear pdf or similar formats that

Conference Session

Tablet PC use in Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James E. Lewis, University of Louisville; Jeffrey Lloyd Hieb, University of Louisville

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Computers in Education

successful, and plan to offer theseminar and TFLC again in the future. All of the participants acknowledged receiving somebenefit from the seminar or the TFLC. After conducting the seminar twice, the authors foundthere to be very little additional information that should have been included and would leave theseminar largely unchanged for now. There is obviously some institutionally dependentinformation in the seminar, but in general the material is readily adaptable to be used by otherinstitutions. The presentation approach, three screens with three views, was central to thesuccess of the seminar.Though there is no specific evidence to suggest it, the authors’ opinion is that the seminar alonewould not have any impact on tablet PC adoption, and is

Conference Session

Best of Computers in Education Division

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marcial Lapp, University of Michigan; Jeff Ringenberg, University of Michigan; Kyle J. Summers, University of Michigan; Ari S. Chivukula, MPS; Jeff Fleszar, University of Michigan, Ross School of Business

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Computers in Education

categories of devices: 1. Mobile Phones – Students can respond to questions posed by the instructors using text messages, also known as the short messaging service or SMS. To respond, students simply text their answer to a 5-digit short code (i.e. a shortened telephone number) with their desired response. It should be noted that most students have text messaging plans and do not incur extra charges. Actual data regarding the number of students with text messaging plans was collected in an introductory course and detailed further in §5. 2. iPhone/iPod/iPad and Android Smartphones – Many student possess high-powered mobile devices ranging from smartphones to iPods. The MPS provides an installable application

Conference Session

Computer Science Applications

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norena Martin-Dorta, University of La Laguna; Isabel Sánchez Berriel, University of La Laguna; David López Rodríguez; Héctor Amado; Jose Luis Saorin, Universidad de La Laguna; Manuel Contero, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Instituto Interuniversitario de Investigación en Bioingeniería y Tecnología Orientada al Ser Humano (I3BH)

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Computers in Education

of exercises have been developed so far, which basically consist of building 3Dmodels with cubes:• Type 1: Coping 3D Model. This consists of copying the proposed 3D model (as seen on Figure 3).• Type 2: Three views. This consists of building a 3D model using three orthogonal views, front, top and right. To develop this project we used the first angle projection, the ISO standard primarily used in Europe with three standard views: front view, top view and right view (see Figure 4).Figure 3. Type 1: (a) Screen 1: suggested task (b) Screen 2: 3D plan where the student solves the taskFigure 4. Type 1: (a) Screen 1: suggested task (b) Screen 2: 3D plan where the student solves

Conference Session

Computer Science Applications

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Li, Northern Arizona University

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Computers in Education

methodology. The coretopics are assessed through theoretical questions including true/false questions, shortanswers, and algorithm simulations. Table 2 shows the comparison of student scores oncore topics in Fall 2008 and Fall 2010 course offerings, respectively. From the table, theimprovement on student scores is tremendous. The D&F rate has dropped from 50% to21%. Even though with the limited number of samples we cannot simply conclude thatthe practice-oriented approach is the mere contributor to this improvement, without anydoubt, the hands-on experiments do help students digest the core theoretical data miningconcepts. In future, we plan to develop a detailed assessment rubric to evaluate theeffectiveness of course delivery systematically

Conference Session

Computers in Education General Technical Session II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Willie K. Ofosu, Pennsylvania State University, Wilkes-Barre Campus

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Computers in Education

by providing the students with realizable concept ofelectromagnetic radiations. The versatility of the computer enables different types of antennameasurements to be made, and various parameters to be determined. This paper discusses theusefulness of computers in antennas laboratory exercises in a Telecommunications course. Italso discusses student design experiments, and experiments planned for the next step of thelearning experience.IntroductionExplosion of information transmission in the information age is evidenced by the dependenceon information in all spheres of life. In its electrical form, information may be in the form ofvoice, video, or data and transmissions of these require different ranges in the frequencyspectrum. As a result of

Conference Session

Pedagogical Issues in Computing

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chia-Lin Ho, North Carolina State University; Dianne Raubenheimer, North Carolina State University

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Computers in Education

, North Carolina State University Dr. C. Dianne Raubenheimer is Director of Assessment in the College or Engineering and Adjunct As- sistant Professor in the Department of Adult and Higher Education at NC State University. Within the College of Engineering she serves as the coordinator of ABET and other accreditation processes, acts as a resource/consultant to faculty in the different programs, develops and implements assessment plans, and serves as the primary educational assessment/data analyst adviser on the Dean’s staff. A particular interest is in helping faculty to develop and implement classroom-based assessment and action research plans to establish the effectiveness of instruction and to use the data to

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Neelam Soundarajan, Ohio State University

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Computers in Education

givendiscipline, and what they need to do to move to the next level. As Royer et al. 37 put it, “metacogni-tive skills are cognitive activities that allow an individual to reflect on and to control performancein a useful and efficient manner. Skilled performers within a domain possess the capability of plan-ning their activities, and altering behavior in accordance with the monitoring activity. Less skilledperformers are far less proficient at this monitoring process and, correspondingly, less successfulat applying the skills they do possess.” In a real sense, it is the ability to reflect on one’s perfor-mance, learn from the results of that performance, and refine one’s knowledge or skill that not onlyhelps improve the performance but marks the

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norman Moses Joseph, Purdue University; David M. Whittinghill, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kathleen C. Howell, Purdue University, West Lafayette; David William Braun, Purdue University

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Computers in Education

AC 2011-2064: WORK-IN-PROGRESS: 3D STEREOSCOPIC VISUALIZA-TION AS A TOOL FOR TEACHING ASTRONOMY CONCEPTSNorman Joseph, Purdue University Graduate Student, Computer Graphics Technology, Purdue UniversityDavid M Whittinghill, Purdue University, West LafayetteKathleen C. Howell, Purdue University, West Lafayette Professor Howell is the Hsu Lo Professor of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering at Purdue Uni- versity. Besides an active research program in Astrodynamics involving spacecraft mission planning and maneuver design, she teaches Orbital Mechanics and Attitude Dynamics for spacecraft applications.David William Braun, Purdue University

Conference Session

Computer Science Applications

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey A. Jalkio, University of Saint Thomas; Dan R. Schupp

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Computers in Education

ishappening. Page 22.136.5The professor teaching the education students found that it was advisable to run the simulationtwice with different input values. On the first pass, the students focus on learning the conceptsbeing presented and on the second pass they focus on how they could incorporate the game intotheir own syllabi. The education students found the simulation confusing during the first pass,but were more comfortable with it on the second.Based on the results so far, we plan to continue to use this game in course for both majors andnon-majors. It is an activity that students enjoy and that achieves its educational goals.AcknowledgementsThe

Conference Session

Faculty Tools

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter W. Schilling, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Computers in Education

, where previousversions of an exam are listed. An additional add-on feature, Packrat, will keep an unlimited Page 22.709.4 Figure 3 Sample Dropbox version history.number of deleted files and old versions of the data from your directory. Thus, it is possible topotentially never lose an item of work.9Dropbox also supports file sharing, webhosting, and online access as well.Dropbox has a distinct advantage of being easy and inexpensive to install and use. The softwareis freely available, including both desktop and mobile applications. A basic plan, which allows auser to synchronize and store up to 2 GB of data

Conference Session

Computational Tools

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joel Esposito, U.S. Naval Academy; Carl E. Wick, U.S. Naval Academy; Kenneth A. Knowles, U.S. Naval Academy

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Computers in Education

open sourcelibraries to control the robot from a variety of high level programming languages, such as C,C++, Python, or MATLAB. In particular, the authors have had many years of experience usingMATLAB as the development environment of choice in their classes. MATLAB has beenespecially useful since robots are rarely stand alone systems. As such, they are frequentlyinterfaced with existing image processing or path planning routines, which may likely have beenwritten in one of these higher level languages.In contrast, the latest Scorbot model, the ER 4u, is no longer controlled through an RS232 typeserial link. The new interface requires connecting a PC to the control box via a Universal SerialBus (USB). This provides superior data transfer rates

Conference Session

Computers in Education General Technical Session II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mihaela Vorvoreanu, Purdue University; Quintana Clark, Purdue University; Geovon Boisvenue, Purdue University; Stephen Paul Woodall, Purdue University

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Computers in Education

increasing foreign competition alreadythreaten U.S. students’ chances of employment. A negative online reputation can beanother source of risk – but one that is within students’ reach to manage. This paperestablishes the need for teaching social media literacy at the college level, as part ofpreparing students for entering the job market. It discusses the impact of onlineinformation on employment, and presents original research data collected fromtechnology and engineering undergraduate students about their online identitymanagement practices. The paper argues for the need to teach students social medialiteracy and proposes a specific plan for online identity management that can be easilyintegrated into undergraduate curricula.The use of online

Conference Session

Computers in Education General Technical Session II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Anne Macdonald, University of Technology, Sydney; Julie E. Mills, University of South Australia

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Computers in Education

learning multi-disciplinarydesign. The authors therefore plan to introduce the concepts of BIM and associated softwaretools at earlier stages of the curriculum.Another hurdle to be overcome, in terms of introducing any new technology at University level,is that faculty members do not always remain up-to-date with technical software applicationsused in industry. This may be alleviated with closer integration between industry and academia.Many of the institutions surveyed by the authors are keen to develop strong industry links andalready have visiting tutors and lecturers from industry, and this could extend to the teaching ofBIM processes and technologies.The authors aim to determine the most effective curriculum strategies that should be adopted

Conference Session

Pedagogical Issues in Computing

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tumkor Serdar, Stevens Institute of Technology; El-Sayed Aziz, Stevens Institute of Technology; Sven K. Esche, Stevens Institute of Technology; Constantin Chassapis, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science)

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Computers in Education

AC 2011-2478: EDUCATIONAL USE OF VIRTUAL WORLDS FOR ENGI-NEERING STUDENTSTumkor Serdar, Stevens Institute of Technology Serdar Tmkor is affiliated as a research scientist and adj. professor in Mechanical Engineering Department at Stevens Institute of Technology. He had been a full-time faculty member of Mechanical Engineering Department at Istanbul Technical University since 1996. Dr. Tmkor received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Istanbul Technical University in 1994. His teaching interests are Machine Design, En- gineering Design, and Engineering Graphics. His current research interests include Design of MEMS devices with polymeric nano-composites, computer integrated design, process planning and manufactur

Conference Session

Simulation

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joe Guarino, Boise State University; Seung Youn Chyung, Boise State University; Charles Adams, Boise State University; Rey DeLeon, Boise State University, Mechanical & Biomedical Engineering Department; Marion Scheepers, Boise State University, Department of Mathematics; Francisco Castellon, Boise State University; Michael G. Wiedenfeld, Kuna High School; Paul Williams, Boise State University

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Computers in Education

hosts 4. Share and Disconnect the cloud hostIt’s also very important to establish protocol for use of the cloud resource, and also to providedetailed instructions for accessing and using the cloud resource. Finally, we implemented aformative survey plan to assess our effectiveness in delivering the cloud resource. MethodsThe methods used to implement each requirement are detailed below.Installation of facilitating softwareFront-end processing and small commitment for client resources are technical hallmarks for aneffective cloud resource. Remote Graphics Software (RGS), which can be purchased fromHewlett-Packard, was used to create our cloud resource. At the time of this article, RGS

Conference Session

Tablet PC use in Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shreya Kothaneth, Virginia Tech; Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech; Glenda R. Scales, Virginia Tech

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Computers in Education

technology.This prevents them from getting introduced to complicated features and/or software if they arenot yet ready.The IT team plans to use identify interested users by targeting specific users from those who‟veattended any of the Tablet track offered by the FDI. Once they are identified, the IT team plansto offer additional training to the faculty members. The IT team also wants to extend the use oftablet PCs to graduate courses. If faculty members are interested, the entire class could be loanedtablet PCs too. Finally, there is a four-year longitudinal study on currently on faculty membersand their instructional strategies. The results of that study will be analyzed and used to guidefurther actions by the IT team.References 1. Garland, K. P

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris Smaill, University of Auckland; Colin Coghill, University of Auckland

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Computers in Education

, so that teachers can access practice and assessment data for theirstudents but not for others. The assessment generator will also be improved. In most respectsit is easy to use, but instructors wishing to provide different students with different questions(rather than different versions of the same questions) must currently follow a non-intuitiveprocedure. The question composer also requires some effort to master and a simplifiedversion is planned for 2011 in order to encourage greater teacher use. Once these changes areimplemented and School OASIS is operating smoothly, links will be added so students canreadily access information about engineering as a career, university engineering courses, andother relevant matters.With the above changes

Conference Session

Pedagogical Issues in Computing

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Perry Samson, University of Michigan

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Computers in Education

” becomevisible if, after class, the instructor uploads a podcast for this lecture. At “H” the student can listthe slides and their notes to print (3 slides to a page) for off-line review. Popup window “I” lists Page 22.532.11questions from students during class as they are answered by the teaching assistantFigure 3. Instructor view of LectureTools. Instructors upload their slides and they aredisplayed as thumbnails (example, Point “A”). These can be rearranged after upload by draggingand dropping to ne location. Instructor can also upload animations (MOV, MPG, SWF, DCR)they plan to show so students can access them as part of their lecture. These are

Conference Session

Hardware Applications

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alisa N. Gilmore, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Jose M. Santos, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Aaron Joseph Mills, Iowa State University

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Computers in Education

. This is just one example of how GPI developersneed to continue to work closely with students and educators to get a clear idea of how they hopeto use the software in school curricula. Looking forward, many other exciting tools and featuresare being planned. One which will probably come up in the near future is scheduling and thecapability for multi-threaded programs, something that should be neatly facilitated by theexisting chainlike form of user programs. Page 22.364.16 Figure 7Field Tests and Future PlansThe beta versions of the CEENBoT™ API, GPI and TI Calculator Interface were all deployedinto the

Conference Session

Computers in Education General Technical Session I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yizhe Chang, Stevens Institute of Technology; El-Sayed Aziz, Stevens Institute of Technology; Sven K. Esche, Stevens Institute of Technology; Constantin Chassapis, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Computers in Education

scripts for theassembly of the setups were discovered, but they have been fixed since. However, once theassembly of the experimental setups was completed, the remainder of the experimentalprocedure was carried out very smoothly. Nevertheless, the students felt an average of 70%satisfaction regarding the reliability of the setups.A more detailed assessment study of the learning effectiveness of the game-based virtualenvironment is planned for the Spring 2011 semester. If this more in-depth assessment generatessimilarly encouraging results, then further extensions of this pilot implementation of the virtuallaboratory environment to the design of other gear train types will be considered in the future.4. ConclusionsThis paper examined the potential

Conference Session

Computers in Education General Technical Session I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melissa A. Pasquinelli, North Carolina State University; Jeff Joines, North Carolina State University

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Computers in Education

carlo simulations can be used to explore these assumptions to determine if the have great effect on the output of interest.Future DirectionsIn the future, we plan to incorporate one or two more sophisticated computing problems into theassignments, such as a simulation for entropy; giving “skeleton” spreadsheets as a starting pointfor some problems, especially early in the semester; and more tutorial videos.In addition, a new research objective will be added to improve assessment. We will compare theperformance on exam problems that are correlated with specific computing skills, such as asensitivity analysis of thermodynamic properties. We will compare exam questions with similaraspects from years before and after computing was introduced