Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sara Hooshangi, George Washington University

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Continuing Professional Development

series of foundation courses in mathematics, computing, writingand communication. This is equivalent to the junior year of a traditional undergraduate degree.During the second year, students have the opportunity to choose one of the program tracks andspecialize in their area of interest. This is equivalent to the senior year of an undergraduatedegree. A capstone project (senior thesis) provides the students with the opportunity to tackle areal world problem and work on an independent project for an entire year. Table 1 provides anoverview of the structure of this program and how the courses are distributed over the two years. First year Foundation courses in: Mathematics and statistics

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Future Directions of Continuing Professional Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gonca Altuger-Genc, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

techniques; self-directed learning started to become an importantcomponent of undergraduate engineering education from freshman to senior level. In manycases, educators benefited from the open-ended nature of the capstone senior design course andimplemented self-directed learning modules to introduce students to the concept of lifelonglearning.6As the application areas of self-directed lifelong learning expanded, researchers started to lookinto the disposition, characteristics and behaviors of the self-directed learners. When examined,it was seen that the people who successfully employ lifelong learning are motivated andengaged.7 Continuous lifelong learning needs to be lifelong, life wide, voluntary and self-motivated.8 The difference between self