Conference Session

Innovative Adult and Technology Enhanced Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin James Wainwright, BC Institute of Technology; Barbara Ellen Endicott-Popovsky, University of Washington, Information School; Sarah A. Rajala, Mississippi State University

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Continuing Professional Development

Endicott-Popovsky, Ph.D., is the Director for the Center of Information Assurance and Cyber- security at the University of Washington, designated by the NSA as a Center for Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education and Research. She holds a joint faculty appointment with the Infor- mation School and Masters in Strategic Planning for Critical Infrastructure, following a 20-year industry career marked by executive and consulting positions in IT architecture and project management. Her research interests include enterprise-wide information systems security and compliance management, forensic-ready networks, the science of digital forensics and secure coding practices. Barbara earned her Ph.D. in Computer

Conference Session

Professional Development from a Distance

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamela L. Dickrell, University of Florida

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Continuing Professional Development

ofengineering research and education, such as ‘Energy’, and ‘Sustainable Engineering’, to allowthose in industry and the military to train themselves into emerging engineering fields withoutleaving their present location and career. Generally, certificates have a quick online applicationprocess, and a certificate can be completed in one year.Figure 3: Graduate certificates offered online through UF EDGE Program.5.2 Online Master’s Degree TracksOnline master’s degrees for distance learning students are offered from seven University ofFlorida engineering departments. A master’s degree consist of 10 courses, with some flexibilityto cross select elective courses from other departments to structure the master’s degree

Conference Session

Innovative Adult and Technology Enhanced Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suzanne M. Kresta, University of Alberta; Uttandaraman Sundararaj, University of Calgary; John A. Nychka, University of Alberta

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Continuing Professional Development

evaluations – All of us adopted some form of this approach at the Page 22.301.3 beginning of our own teaching careers and continued it as we mentored new professors, sometimes with the help of the student club. Our current role is to facilitate this process and provide people with several sample forms to use on their own, rather than taking direct action.• A University level Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF) proposal was awarded to support a workshop on educational assessment (2008-2009). Professor Royce Sadler (Griffith University, Australia) presented a plenary lecture and a two day workshop in April, 2009 along with individual

Conference Session

Professional Development from a Distance

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mitchell L. Springer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Gary R. Bertoline, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Continuing Professional Development

, would propel the career minded intoincreasingly greater senior-level opportunities. It has been readily recognized in industry, whenyou take a technical individual and move them into a leadership/managerial position, withoutproperly training them in leadership/management skills and techniques, you lose on two counts;you lose a good technical person and gain a less-than capable manager. The corollary to thisscenario is what happens to a leader when they become under pressure and have not beenproperly trained in leadership/management skills and techniques. In this scenario, the untrainedleader tends to resort back to micromanaging their technical subordinates. The untrained leaderdoes this because they were first and foremost good technical

Conference Session

Innovative Adult and Technology Enhanced Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eugene Rutz, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

, the students indicate that the program provides a betterbreadth to contribute to the workforce and opens opportunities for their careers. One studentrelated that when a recruiter realized the student would have both degrees the recruiter indicatedthat the range of positions open to that student was about double that of a student with just theBachelor of Science degree. Another student related that his employer offered 10% more insalary because of the MBA.All students indicated that peers (working professionals) recognized the value of the combineddegree and encouraged students toward completion.Conclusion Page 22.1011.9The combined BS