Conference Session

Engineering Education for Modern Needs Part I: Non-traditional Learning Methods and Expanding Student Markets

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary L. Fletcher, Johns Hopkins University; Allan W. Bjerkaas, Johns Hopkins University

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

- tion, and the Tate Geological Museum Advisory Board. She is also an instructor for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Casper College in the subject of the ”History of Mysteries.”Dr. Allan W. Bjerkaas, Johns Hopkins University Allan W. Bjerkaas holds a bachelor’s degree with a double major in physics and mathematics from the University of North Dakota and a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He joined the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in 1973 after completing a two-year postdoctoral appointment at the University of Pittsburgh. While at the Applied Physics Laboratory, Bjerkaas was a Project Manager in the Submarine Technology Department and

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development and Distance Learning Programs

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony P. Dalessio, Erie Community College; Elena V. Brewer, Erie Community College

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Continuing Professional Development

throughout the region. This has led to a several industry partnerships, inclusion onadditional relevant listservs, industry members offering to provide guest lectures or training inour laboratory courses, and grant opportunities with other faculty.Our next effort was to join (or rejoin) state and national professional organizations and join asmany listservs as possible. At the state level we joined the New York State EngineeringTechnology Association (NYSETA), and at the national level the Institute of Electrical andElectronics Engineers (IEEE), American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), and theInternational Association of Journals and Conferences (IAJC). There is a local IEEE chapter thathas monthly dinner meetings for $20, and once per year

Conference Session

Engineering Education for Modern Needs Part I: Non-traditional Learning Methods and Expanding Student Markets

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ioan Gelu Ionas, University of Missouri; Matthew A. Easter, University of Missouri; William H. Miller, University of Missouri, Columbia; Gayla M. Neumeyer, University of Missouri Research Reactor; Valerie Deitz Taylor, Center for Energy Workforce Development; Gwen K. Weakley, Kansas City Power & Light

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

implementation. Of these challenges, the most important was to design the learningscenarios considering the need to limit the feedback the learners receive on their answers to theopen-ended questions, thus accepting diminished returns for this type of intervention.While this course is designed to be led by an instructor and has a face-to-face component, it islikely possible to deliver the course with a strong online component. That is, it is conceivablethat potential future delivery might limit the face-to-face interaction to only those activities thatrequire physical presence, such as demonstrations, laboratory work, etc., with the theoreticalcontent being delivered in an online-only format. In this case, social interaction between learnerswill be