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2021 Northeast Section Meeting

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Saurav Basnet; Amir Poudel

should be taken care of soon. cannot be left out for the course • Based on the existing class pace and effectiveness,• Changes in the topics: Students were in confusion about prepare a weekly plan of the revisited syllabus the limit and extent of changes they could undertake in the • For topics posing huge challenge in an online setting, they proposal and research. While several students showed no should be skipped during this crisis and once/if the college intentions to change topics, many concurred that their resumes, it should be taught through extra classes. Worst research

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2021 Northeast Section Meeting

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Courtney D. Giles

course project (40%). Course projectsrequired student teams to propose a solution to an engineering problem. Specific engineeringproblems were initially identified by student teams and project work typically occurred duringlab periods or outside of class.3.2 Input from Project-Based-Learning Faculty CohortFive faculty from Civil and Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, ComputerScience, Mathematics, and Statistics attended the Worcester Polytechnical Institute workshop onProject Based Learning in June 2019 [9]. In this institute, faculty learned the benefits of project-based approaches and strategies for developing and scaffolding interdisciplinary projects. Thisfaculty cohort drafted the first syllabus and outcomes for the course

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2021 Northeast Section Meeting

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Kriti Bhargava; Phillip G. Bradford; Nandor Verba

learning activities inphysical labs. Certain coding platforms have been designed in recent years that allow for the easeof experimentation in online labs. These platforms offer quick feedback, code-review, andgrading. These platforms have been shown to improve student’s learning experience [5].Although the online labs cannot afford physical engagement with hardware due to logisticchallenges, they offer some detailed understanding of emulating hardware. Therefore, with slightmodification to the course syllabus, online classrooms can provide several learning opportunitiesfor kinesthetic learners. The activities may be designed to realize the same course objectives,while developing a slightly different skill set among students. KLAs are expected to