Conference Session

Computers and Learning

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hoda Baytiyeh, American University of Beirut

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Computers in Education

week of internet use and Assist in preparing exams; 28% student’s exam performanceTo examine the impact of internet use on their learning, engineering students were asked to rate22 items reflecting aspects of academic and non-academic skills that are needed for the pursuit ofan engineering career. The 22 Likert-scaled items revealed a reliability of 0.913. Descriptivestatistics were calculated to obtain the measures of central tendency as well as the measures ofvariability for each of the identified items. An Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) was employedto the data to determine which of the 22 items formed related subsets. EFA was

Conference Session

Computers in Education (CoED) Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexander Hans Nagl, Penn State Berks; Rungun Nathan, Penn State Berks

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Computers in Education

doors, to ensureyou have your seat belt on, house alarm systems, traffic monitoring and control,almost every industrial process and many more applications. Using sensors andsensor data in engineering classrooms is becoming increasingly beneficial forengineering education. It motivates students to pursue science and engineeringdisciplines as well as associated career paths1. Lessons in the classroom quicklybecome more interesting2 and engaging3. Advances in mobile devices, education, business and research have resultedin the use of powerful microprocessors with an array of capabilities and sensorsbuilt in4. Mobile devices are capable of word processing, Internet access, andsome are even capable of preliminary human motion analysis4. It seems

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division - General Technical Session 2

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Oscar Antonio Perez, University of Texas at El Paso; Mike Thomas Pitcher, University of Texas, El Paso; Pedro Arturo Espinoza, University of Texas, El Paso; Hugo Gomez, University of Texas, El Paso; Virgilio Gonzalez, University of Texas, El Paso; Herminia Hemmitt, University of Texas at El Paso; Randy Hazael Anaya, University of Texas, El Paso; Peter Golding, University of Texas, El Paso

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Computers in Education

done on the lasting impacts of the concepts taught during Exam 2 (i.e. doesthe perceived value of an iPad on specific course objectives substantially impact content retentionof those concepts later in the student’s academic career?) As we progress into the fourth year ofthis ongoing research, some of the questions to be addressed include: does engaging a student withtechnology on a difficult learning objective give them better mastery of that content area later inthe academic career; how does changing the perceived value of a course with technology, impactthe long-term perception of students value of essential learning objectives and their performanceand mastery of them throughout their career; does exciting students early on with

Conference Session

Robots and K-12 Computer Applications

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl D. Seals, Auburn University; Earl B. Smith, Georgia Southern University

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Computers in Education

initiatives to improve CS education at all levels by a focused approach to increase the computing pipeline by getting students interested in STEM disciplines and future technology careers. One of these initiatives is the STARS Alliance (starsalliance.org) with programs in K-12 outreach, community service, student leadership and computing diversity research.Dr. Earl B. Smith, Georgia Southern University Dr. Earl B. Smith is a visiting assistant professor in Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Southern Univer- sity. He graduated with a bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech, a master of science in Engineering from Prairie View A&M University, and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M

Conference Session

Robots and K-12 Computer Applications

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christina Gardner-McCune, Human Centered Computing Clemson University; Darrryl Bryant DUPE McCune II, YES Beyond Limits; Chanteal Maria Edwards; Cedric Stallworth, Georgia Institute of Technology, College of Computing

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Computers in Education

design and arduino development.Miss Chanteal Maria EdwardsMr. Cedric Stallworth, Georgia Institute of Technology, College of Computing Cedric Stallworth’s 20 year career as an educator has centered on helping students and their parents make successful transitions from high school to college and from college to the work place. He has developed and run bridge programs that give students and parents practice at the college experience. He has run mentoring programs that contribute to the academic and personal development of students and provide parents with supportive feedback. He is in constant contact with high school and undergraduate students, providing them with encouragement, advice and a sympathetic ear. He considers

Conference Session

Online Learning

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mihaela Vorvoreanu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Geovon Andre Boisvenue, Purdue University; Francisco Javier Portela II; Anna Bao

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Computers in Education

Engineering Education, 2013 Integrating Online Identity Management Tools in a Complete Social Media Literacy Curriculum for Engineering and Technology StudentsThe management of one’s online identity - defined as the sum of information available about aperson online - is becoming very important for engineering and technology students entering acompetitive job market. In an age when employers review Google search results, LinkedIn andFacebook activity, in addition to the traditional resume1, students need to be able to craftprofessional online identities that represent their skills and personalities accurately while servingtheir career goals. However, with the abundance of social media accounts, online information,and the complexity of

Conference Session

Best of Computer in Education Division

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hatem M Wasfy, Advanced Science and Automation Corp.; Tamer M. Wasfy, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Riham M Mahfouz, Thomas Nelson Community College; Jeanne Peters, Advanced Science and Automation Corp.

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Computers in Education

same thing,in the same way, at the same pace, at the same sequence, at the same time42. This focus on massproduced uniform learning hinders learning when students are forced to learn in a way, at a pace,at a sequence, or in a time they are uncomfortable with. Mass produced uniform learning alsoproduces a lot of inefficiencies since students often learn topics they are not interested inlearning, or that they do not need based on their career goals, or that they already know but areforced to relearn anyway with the rest of the class.The student’s learning goals can range from learning an entire standard curriculum, to learning asingle course, or even a single or multiple nodes from a single or several courses. In case thestudent chooses

Conference Session

Robots and K-12 Computer Applications

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Laut, Polytechnic Institute of New York University; Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic Institute of New York University; Magued G. Iskander P.E., Polytechnic Institute of New York University

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Computers in Education

review, 51 journal articles, and 100 confer- ence papers. He has mentored four doctoral students, eleven masters students, 25 undergraduate research students, and 11 undergraduate senior design project teams; over 300 K-12 teachers and 95 high school student researchers; and eighteen undergraduate GK-12 Fellows and 53 graduate GK-12 Fellows. More- over, he directs K-12 education, training, mentoring, and outreach programs that currently enrich the STEM education of over 2,000 students annually.Dr. Magued G. Iskander P.E., Polytechnic Institute of New York University Dr. Magued Iskander is a professor of Civil and Urban Engineering at NYU-Poly. Dr. Iskander is a recip- ient of NSF CAREER award, Chi Epsilon (Civil

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division - General Technical Session 2

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles H. Forsberg, Hofstra University

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Computers in Education

theirengineering career.""Maybe you could designate a certain period of time within the class meeting to experiments andhold one once a week or once every other week.""The use of experiments is good. It gives students a visual instead of watching a computerscreen. The only way to improve experiment use is to add more!""Use more experiments. Helps me to understand the concepts.""Some students can either be hands-on or visual learners. Use of experiments increases studentinteraction as well as the understanding of the material because there is physical proof of whatmay go on in a problem, instead of just taking it from a textbook and accepting it.""I think experiments are good for the course because they add variety to class time and activities,and students

Conference Session

Tablets, Mobile and Technology

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wanda Eugene, University of North Carolina - Charlotte; Shaundra Bryant Daily, Clemson University; Tiffany Barnes, NC State University; Richard Burns, West Chester University

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Computers in Education

and Conference on Human Computer Interaction.Tiffany Barnes, NC State University Dr. Tiffany Barnes is an associate professor of Computer Science at N.C. State University and received her Ph.D. from N.C. State in 2003. Dr. Barnes received an NSF CAREER Award for her novel work in using data to add intelligence to STEM learning environments. Dr. Barnes is co-PI on the $9 million NSF STARS Alliance grants that engage college students in outreach, research, and service. She has received ˜$2 million in funds as PI from the National Science Foundation, NASA, and industry sources to research effective ways to build serious games for education, exercise, and environmental awareness; promote undergraduate research; and

Conference Session

Computer Hardware and Simulation

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Biswanath Samanta, Georgia Southern University; Jonathan Gregory Turner, Georgia Southern University

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Computers in Education

forcontroller implementation are reported. The students were asked to give their response to eachstatement in the scale of 1-5: 1: strongly disagree, 2: disagree, 3: neutral, 4: agree, and 5:strongly agree. All 10 students in the course responded to the survey. For the lab experimenteffectiveness, the average response was 4.8 out of 5, and positive response (agree or stronglyagree) percentage was 100%. For the FPGA based controller implementation, the average scorewas 4.1 and the positive response percentage was 80%. The students liked the lab experiments inthe course but a few students (2 out 10) had some difficulty in appreciating the FPGA basedimplementation, possibly because of their academic background unrelated to Mechatronics andtheir career

Conference Session

Robots and K-12 Computer Applications

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert L. Avanzato, Pennsylvania State University, Abington

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Computers in Education

freshmanintroduction to engineering course, an advanced robotics course, and outreach activities. Thegroup designed a small, low-cost robot, programmed in Python, which has ample sensors andcommunication capabilities. The customized robot platform is inexpensive enough to support a“one-robot-per-student” implementation. Applications such as Monte Carlo localization andparticle filters have been realized with this robotics system.Computer science researchers at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and CMU’s RoboticsAcademy actively support multi-robot technology education through tutorials, design challenges,programming examples, instructional videos, and teachers’ resources.5 One of the goals is topromote interest in computer science and STEM careers among a K-12

Conference Session

Computer Based Grading and Learning Styles

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Cernusca, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Clayton E Price, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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Computers in Education

the course.INTRODUCTIONThe development of digital media has made possible many varying and innovative deliverysystems and instructional methodologies for university courses. The motivations for developingfully online or blended courses are many. Some of the motivating factors are tied to the learners’needs while others are linked to organizational and social factors1.Addressing Learner Needs. A first need that online and blended instructional formats address isan extended access. The traditional student life does not work for all those seeking to learn. The“non-traditional student” includes older students wishing to resume an abandoned college career,employed people wishing to continue an education, students with family commitments

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division - General Technical Session 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Glenn W Ellis, Smith College; Yanning Yu, Northwestern University

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Computers in Education

 improving  ideas.    A  great  deal  of   working   groups   that   will   grow   and   change   based   upon   your  evidence  indicates  that  the  best  way  to   interests;   create   higher-­‐level   concepts   that   rise   above   the  prepare  for  such  a  career  is  to   discourse;   and   engage   in   a   meta-­discourse   that   assesses  participate  in  knowledge  building  (see   community   progress   in   knowledge   advancement.   I’ll   be   there   to   help   you   every   step   of   the   way,   but   I   won’t   be   the   arbiter   of  sidebar  below).    In  knowledge  building

Conference Session

Tablets, Mobile and Technology

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Chingnam Goh, University of Southern Queensland; Linda Ann Galligan, University of Southern Queensland; Harry Ku, University of Southern Queensland

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Computers in Education

boards including the QLD Division committee of Engineers Australia and its sub-committee on Education Linkage (input into K12 and Tertiary Education). His research inter- ests are in engineering education, engineering management, and renewable energy. He is a recipient of a USQ Faculty Award for Excellence in teaching-Early Career 2008, USQ Associate Fellow 2009, and USQ Senior Fellow 2010. He served as the 2012 QLD president of Engineers Australia.Dr. Linda Ann Galligan, University of Southern Queensland Dr. Linda Galligan is the Department of Mathematics and Computing’s academic liaison officer, se- nior lecturer and mathematics coordinator. She teaches mainly into first year statistics and mathemat- ics courses

Conference Session

Computers in Education (CoED) Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Neelam Soundarajan, Ohio State University

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Computers in Education

ideas (the “BP” of the lastsection) and requiring them, as PICOLA will, to engage in discussions that each student is requiredto summarize at appropriate points will enable all students to develop a good understanding ofthe material. At the same time, as noted at the end of the last section, cases where an entire 4 At the same time, many software engineers, especially early in their professional careers, tend to get carried awayand implement features simply because of their technical novelty rather than because they provide justifiable added Page 23.1391.11value to the users of the system. We will return to this point