Conference Session

How Are We Preparing Our Students for the 21st Century Workforce?

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David R. Mikesell P.E., Ohio Northern University; David R. Sawyers Jr., Ohio Northern University; Jed E. Marquart, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

valuable experience on how studentinvolvement can enhance undergraduate engineering education, and provides insight into somecommon advantages and disadvantages of such involvement. Page 25.624.2Several authors write of the many-faceted benefit of competition projects. Sulzbach writes thatthat the Concrete Canoe competition1 enhances the educational experience by producing anatmosphere of school pride among team members, fostering creativity, and encouraging peer-to-peer learning as students pass along the cumulative team knowledge and experience.Competitions such as these put students in many real world situations which are “typically

Conference Session

Stops and Starts in the Development of Cooperative Education Programs

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

college students do not know how to take effective notes. Although various strategies and formats for effective “note-taking” have been identified. The fact is that “note-taking” is seldom taught; 3. The listening, language, and/or motor skill deficits of some students make it difficult for them to identify important lecture content and write it down correctly and quickly enough during a lecture; 4. Instructors sometimes get off-track from the primary objectives of the lecture. Professors—especially those who really know and love their disciplines—are famous for going off on tangents during a lecture. Although getting off-track would break the monotony, it could make it difficult for even the most skilled

Conference Session

What Are We Learning About Co-op and Experiential Education Experience?

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Marshall, University of Southern Maine

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

Papers" should be included.3. Closure Letter to Hosting Firm - Include a copy of the letter you write to the hosting firm that: 1) thanks them for the opportunity to gain outstanding experience and; 2) identifies the last day you will be at their facility working for them. This letter should be submitted to your employer two weeks in advance of your last day.4. Presentation - Each intern will make a presentation based on his or her professional experience. The presentation format combines the formal presentation and round table discussion concepts. This should allow interactive participation from the audience and still permit the interning student to