Conference Session

Two Year-to-Four Year Transfer Topics Part II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia F. Mead, Norfolk State University; Gwen Lee-Thomas, Quality Measures, LLC; Abe Eftekhari, Northern Virginia Community College; Ji Hyon Mun, Thomas Nelson Community College

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Two Year College Division

. Gwen has conducted over 30 workshops and presentations on cultural, racial, and generational diversity; assessment, evaluation, and accreditation; teaching and learning; and leadership. Gwen teaches organization administration and culture, internship experiences, multicultural university, project management capstone course, and strategic planning and institutional effectiveness at Old Do- minion University in the graduate program of the Darden College of Education. Prior to ODU, she was the Executive Assistant to the President from 2004 2005 and Director of Assessment from 1998 through 2004 at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technologya small private STEM college in Indiana. She has also served as an editorial associate of

Conference Session

Two-Year College Special Topics Potpourri

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Minichiello, Utah State University; Tracy D Blake, Utah State University; Wade H. Goodridge, Utah State University; David Dwight Sam PhD, Utah State University

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Two Year College Division

combine engineering with otherfields, namely business, mathematics, and the natural sciences 3,9,10. New emphasis on learnercentered strategies for improved Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)instruction10,11 is reflected in recent articles documenting the use of multi- and inter-disciplinaryinstructor teams to enhance introductory and capstone undergraduate engineering courseoutcomes 12,13,14. The largest instructor team (15 instructors) noted was used to teach anmultidisciplinary course in advanced building design to senior engineering students 15.Evidence of use of team teaching pedagogy in synchronous and asynchronous distance educationis documented. In the case of synchronous delivery, video conferencing was used across

Conference Session

Female Faculty, Learning, NSF, and ABET Issues at Two-Year Colleges

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas Massa, Springfield Technical Community College; Michele Dischino, Central Connecticut State University; Judith F. Donnelly, Three Rivers Community-Technical College; Fenna D. Hanes, New England Board of Higher Education

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Two Year College Division

required of all TEE undergraduates at CCSU and studentsmust have taken at least one practicum course in the program and achieved junior status prior toenrolling.Similar to the online course, students will work to solve three STEM PBL Challenges, first as astructured problem, then as guided and open-ended. As a capstone project for the course,students will use the pedagogical strategies and technical skills they acquire throughout the Page 22.397.17semester to develop an original multimedia PBL Challenge on a STEM topic of their choosing.As a result, a collection of STEM-related PBL learning tools will evolve and will bedisseminated through the

Conference Session

Female Faculty, Learning, NSF, and ABET Issues at Two-Year Colleges

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Eileen Smith, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board; David Walton Gardner, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board; James K. Nelson, University of Texas, Tyler

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Two Year College Division

AC 2011-2251: ”TUNING” ENGINEERING PROGRAMS IN THE CON-TEXT OF ABET ACCREDITATIONMary Eileen Smith, Ph.D., Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Mary E. Smith has been employed with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board since 1987 and now serves as Assistant Deputy Commissioner for Academic Planning and Policy. She is responsible for the administration and management of matters related to the Board’s higher education academic planning and policy functions, and she provides leadership on key projects, reports, and studies that cut across divisions of the agency. She has taught at The University of Texas at Austin, and she currently is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Communication at St. Edward’s