Conference Session

Computing in the First Year

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lizzie Santiago, West Virginia University; Oyemayowa Luqman Abioye, West Virginia University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

-defined functions. In module 10, students were asked to reflect on several ethical casespresented, and were required to post their reflections in a blog.Table 1. Content of each module Module Content of Each Module 1 Introduction to the course 2 Introduction to Matlab; description of windows (platform) available in Matlab. 3 Introduced students to basic built-in functions and to arithmetic operations in Matlab. 4 Introduced students to vectors and matrices. 5 Introduced students to calculations with vectors and matrices 6 Introduced students to script files, input and output commands 7 Introduced students to

Conference Session

Computer-Based Learning Models

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mihaela Vorvoreanu, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

arguesthat technology-based education must extend to all areas and settings of life, both formal andinformal 6. At the same time, nationally recognized experts agree that the integration oftechnology in education is not without dangers: “as innovations multiply, so do dangers” 7.Technological competencies include not only the skills needed to operate informationtechnology, but also critical consideration of “privacy, social, cultural, ethical, and ownershipissues associated with increasing use of cyberinfrastructure for learning, research, andscholarship” 3. Achieving successful results such as scientific and engineering innovation withtechnology requires more than operating tools: it demands “an ability to understand tools andmedia critically” 8

Conference Session

Computing in the First Year

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Meagan Eleanor Ita, Ohio State University ; Krista M. Kecskemety, Ohio State University; Katlyn Elizabeth Ashley, Ohio State University; Brooke Morin, Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

Page 24.297.3between computer and paper based exams, and, if so, what factors contribute to any differences?MethodsDescription of CourseThis study was conducted with students enrolled in the first of two courses of the FEH program.In this first-semester course, students studied problem solving by utilizing algorithmdevelopment and computational tools such as Excel, MATLAB, and C++ programming. Thecourse also covered the topics of academic integrity, engineering ethics, data analysis, teambuilding, and the engineering design process. The grade breakdown for the course is shown inTable 1. Table 1: Grade breakdown for a first-year engineering, first semester course. Grade Category

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce W. Char, Drexel University (Computing); Thomas T. Hewett, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

learning through fixed amounts of lab time in social interaction with staff and lab partners. There was not the development budget nor the inclination to use autograding as a kind of “intelligent personal tutor15,16” whereby a student works many hours being guided through programmed instruction until mastery of a skill is detected. Nevertheless, it was easy to come up with questions that would require far more time than the students thought they had for the course. In conventional instruction limiting the assigned work is also a way to avoid overloading the amount of grading effort for the staff, but with autograding this is not the case. The “retry until success” work ethic also may require more time than