Conference Session

Mobile Devices and Apps

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kefei Wang, Gonzaga University

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Computers in Education

Paper ID #13774Enhancing The Teaching Of CS 1 By Programming Mobile Apps In MIT AppInventorDr. Kefei Wang, Gonzaga University Computer Science Department Gonzaga University Page 26.671.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Enhancing the Teaching of CS 1 by Programming Mobile Apps in MIT App InventorAbstractThis paper presents the development of a curriculum of CS 1 course, which conveys the basicsof programming techniques and concepts of Computer Science (CS). To build a solid

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Course Development / Curriculum Development

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alisa Gilmore P.E., University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Computers in Education

increase students’ success, persistence and engagement wasintroduced into our department with an NSF funded project to adapt and augment the TekBoT®mobile robot platform developed at Oregon State University to the undergraduate curriculumfrom freshman through senior year in a vertically integrated manner. 1 By the end of this verticalarticulation project spanning 2005 – 2008, the TekBot was completely integrated into thefreshman year sequence, in one sophomore lab, and in one junior level experiment. 2 In thisproject, it was discovered that the TekBot was not well suited for the department’s upper levelclasses.2 As a result of this discovery, in 2008, a team of students and faculty came up with anew design for a brand new robot learning platform

Conference Session

Software and Programming

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald J. Hayne, The Citadel; John I. Moore Jr., The Citadel

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Computers in Education

of the design are a subroutine STACK and a higher capacity, 4K word by16-bit, memory (MEM). The complete data path is shown in Figure 1. STACK BUS A BUS B BUS C 12 PC IR A1 A2 1 REGS 2 2 MUX

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Best of Computers in Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cameron H. G. Wright P.E., University of Wyoming; Thad B. Welch III P.E., Boise State University; Michael G. Morrow, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Abstract For students learning a new topic, being able to use existing knowledge and mental models in the context of the new topic leads to faster learning and a deeper understanding of the new concepts. This paper describes how teaching a graduate-level course providing an introduction to optical engineering for students from multiple engineering majors can be facilitated by using existing concepts and knowledge of linear systems theory, which are common to them all.1 IntroductionThis paper presents an effective and efficient method of teaching a subject (optical engineering)which is new to students from various engineering disciplines. In particular, this method lever-ages existing student knowledge of linear

Conference Session

Computers in Education Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fernando Garcia Gonzalez, Florida Gulf Coast University; Janusz Zalewski, Florida Gulf Coast University; Gerardo Javier Pinzon P.E., Texas A&M International University

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Lines, and Hough transforms to detectcircles, random noise addition, image moment computations, and image negative generation.The engineering of the vision system is not performed by the tool, it is only assisting in theprocess.Keywords: Robotics education, robotic vision simulator, image processing.1. Introduction1.1. General BackgroundThis tool is specifically designed to teach the basic Introduction to Robotics course. Manyrobotics books such as1-8 over this material. The course generally covers roboticsfundamentals including history, robot types, and degrees of freedom, robot kinematicsincluding the transformation matrix, forward and inverse kinematics, and the Denavit-Hartenberg (D-H) parameters, differential motions, robot dynamics

Conference Session

Virtual Instruction and Collaboration

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shahnam Navaee, Georgia Southern University

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Computers in Education

LabVIEW Virtual Instrument into a HTMLfile are shown in Figure 1. These stages are briefly outlined below. (1) Initiating the publishing process by selecting the Web Publishing Tool from the Tools menus. (2) Indicating the location of the “VI” residing on the server in the Web Publishing Tool dialog Page 26.5.3 box as shown, so that this program can be accessed over the web. (3) Selecting an optional title, header, and footer for the HTML files to be generated. At this stage, the author is provided with an opportunity to view the HTML file before actually publishing it. (4) Indicating the location of the LabVIEW

Conference Session

Best of Computers in Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew West, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Mariana Silva , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Geoffrey L. Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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process is illustrated in Figure 1.Each exam is identified by a unique exam key, such as ACAEDD, which is printed on the front ofthe exam paper. Students copy this code onto the Scantron forms by using each letter in the key asthe answer to one question on the Scantron form (typically the final questions). The keygeneration algorithm (see Appendix A) produces keys which differ in at least 3 letters from allother exam keys (that is, keys have Hamming distance of at least 3 from each other). This meansthe set of exam keys forms an error-correcting code, which is able to detect and correctsingle-letter errors and to detect, but not correct, double-letter errors. In the use of randexamover several years and thousands of students, we have never

Conference Session

Simulation

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gonca Altuger-Genc, State University of New York, Farmingdale

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Computers in Education

programmingstructure”, were “usually not compatible with the existing experimental systems”, the “hardwaregenerally contained small-scale testing devices”, and “usually housed behind a panel thatprevented the students experiencing the real-life devices and the visual benefits of directexperimentation”1. As the capability of the computers, hardware-wise and software-wise,increased, engineering educators were able develop better-integrated and interactive visualizationcomponents to support the theory in their courses. Educators developed and adoptedtechnologies to create remote laboratories, and virtual platforms to provide students with theapplication experience. Although some of these set-ups were developed to support the onlinecourses, many of the set-ups

Conference Session

General Technical Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nebojsa I. Jaksic, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Pratik Dilip Desai; Ryan Van Deest; Jude L. DePalma, Colorado State University, Pueblo

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Computers in Education

attitudes towards independent designs via exposures tomodern technologies like 3D printing and PSoC (Programmable System-on-Chip) programming,was achieved. The following workshop students’ outcomes: (1) an ability to successfully designand 3D-print an object that is a part of an assembly; (2) an ability to successfully wire/solderLEDs and sensors to a PSoC, and (3) an ability to successfully program a PSoC as demonstratedby creating a smart lamp were also met as substantiated by pre- and post-tests, attitudequestionnaires, and informal short interviews with participating students.Introduction Computer and 3D-printing revolutions are in full swing. As a result, the need forengineers educated in both of these technologies is increasing. The

Conference Session

Mobile Devices and Apps

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammadjafar Esmaeili, University of Dayton; Ali Eydgahi, Eastern Michigan University; Ilkhomjon Amanov, Eastern Michigan University

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Computers in Education

exceptAnxiety have positive relationships with students’ behavior of using smartphones in classrooms.1. IntroductionOne of the main technologies that have dominated the classroom is the smartphones. Page 26.1224.2Smartphones are one of the most popular devices that allow the users to connect to the internet,check emails, connect to social medias, etc.. Due to these functionalities, smartphones have beenwidely used by new generations and college students. Many researchers are debating whetherusing technologies such as laptops help students to learn better. Although several studies havebeen done to show the impact of different technologies on students

Conference Session

Computers in Education Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaobing Hou, Central Connecticut State University; Shuju Wu, Central Connecticut State University; Karen Coale Tracey, Central Connecticut State University

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industry change moretimely than the fundamental courses.The department’s connection with industry also set up a channel for students to exploreinternship opportunities, which is required for their graduation. The IAB members are invited tovisit our classroom frequently and interact with students directly. Their presentations givestudents an insight to what industry is looking for. It’s worth mentioning that this connection isalso set up at school level [1] and university level [2] collaborated with the department,providing students multiple but consistent channels to industry. In addition, donation from thelocal industry helps upgrade the NIT laboratory with cutting-edge equipment.In summary, the industry has provided the new program with various

Conference Session

Innovative Use of Technology II

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Jamieson, Miami University; Jeff Eaton, Miami University

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

the mind map to see if there is evidence of learning, and in this work, we combine ideas from two of the most successful of these metrics by creating a new tool that checks if small sub-graphs exist in both a student and the criterion map (an experts mind map). By analyzing the results of these matches, we create a global metric that we then compare to our previous metrics and find that this new metric has similar behavior. This is positive since this metric provides a means for more interesting feedback to students.1 IntroductionIn this paper, we evaluate a new mind map analysis metric that compares an experts mind map(called the criterion map) to a students map to evaluate how similar the two maps are. In

Conference Session

Computers in Education Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve E. Watkins, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Theresa Mae Swift, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Amardeep Kaur, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla MO

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analysis.” Prerequisite: Calculus III with a grade of “C” or better.While the course has a good coverage of the statistical topics listed in the catalog description,most of the examples fall into the physical or social sciences rather than engineering. Thestudents learn statistical techniques but they do not see the correlation with their own curriculum.Statistics becomes, in their minds, a separate course with little or no application beyond passinga requirement for their degree16.The degree sequences, especially with regard to the mathematics content, are similar for bothmajors as shown in Figure 1. The course is recommended to be taken in the junior year when thestudents are taking their core electrical or computer engineering courses. Many do

Conference Session

Computer-Based Tests, Problems, and Other Instructional Materials

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alex Daniel Edgcomb, University of California, Riverside; Joshua Sai Yuen, University of California, RIverside; Frank Vahid, University of California, Riverside

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Computers in Education

a "5" on a 1 to 5 scale(5 is best) by a professor / professional animation author. Furthermore, some studentsshowed the ability to effectively rate student-created animations; the top 10% of studentratings was strongly correlated with the professor ratings with R-value = 0.88 (p-value <0.001).For questions, we conducted experiments involving 25 participants from an introductoryembedded programming course. Students were asked to create and rate practice questionsfor various embedded programming topics. Some students could effectively ratequestions: the average of the top 20% of student ratings was strongly correlated with theprofessor rating with R-value = 0.82 (p-value = 0.02). However, students did not showthe ability to create good

Conference Session

Data Analysis and Assessment

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cinda Heeren, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Wade Fagen-Ulmschneider, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Computers in Education

lab hours attended by instructional staff. Students visit theopen lab to work on computer-based assignments, and staff address questions as they arise,thereby providing just-in-time instruction and removing barriers to student progress. We havedeveloped an online queuing system that we use to schedule student assistance in many of ourcore computing courses. While electronic queuing systems have been used in computing labs fordecades, our web tool is instrumented to record a complete historical log of interaction timesbetween students and staff. The analysis presented in this paper is our first attempt to understandwho uses the open labs, and when, and what benefit they receive by doing so.1. Introduction: Dramatically increasing

Conference Session

Innovative Use of Technology I

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhou Zhang, Stevens Institute of Technology; Mingshao Zhang, Stevens Institute of Technology; Yizhe Chang, Stevens Institute of Technology, School of Engineering and Science; Sven K. Esche, Stevens Institute of Technology, School of Engineering and Science; Constantin Chassapis, Stevens Institute of Technology, School of Engineering and Science

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comparison between the traditionalmethods and the proposed procedures, it was demonstrated that the latter significantly sped up theprocess of creating virtual laboratory implementations.1. IntroductionAlthough the concept of virtual reality (VR) has not been universally defined, VR is used torepresent the real world by a computer-simulated virtual representation of it. 1 Many forms of VRcan be found at present, and they can be divided into four main types: desktop VR, immersive VR,distributed VR and augmented VR. In the environment of VR, multiple users can manipulate andshare the virtual representations of the real world. At the same time, they can also cooperate witheach other. VR systems are inherently safer and less failure prone than their

Conference Session

Online Teaching

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan L. Miertschin, University of Houston (CoT); Carole E. Goodson, University of Houston (CoT); Barbara Louise Stewart, University of Houston

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Paper ID #11964Time Management Skills and Student Performance in Online CoursesProf. Susan L. Miertschin, University of Houston (CoT) Susan L. Miertschin, M.Ed., M.S.I.S., is an Associate Professor teaching in the Computer Information Systems program at University of Houston. Her teaching interests are in the areas of (1) information systems applications development and the complementary nature of back-end developer and front-end developer skill sets and (2) managing IT services. Her research interests are program and student as- sessment, the impact of instructional technology on student learning, and the improvement of e

Conference Session

Computers in Education Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Goldsmith P.Eng., University of Calgary

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Computers in Education

platform may be used to create dynamicexams and textbooks in which students can physically interact with exam questions andinstructional examples. This work in progress describes the educational requirements of thesystem and the technical challenges involved in the initial development of the first FLATLABmodule.1 ObjectivesEffective instruction can be Assessment-centered (A), Student-centered (S), or Knowledge-centered (K) 1 , but these models need not be mutually exclusive. In this work in progress, wepropose a visuo-haptic learning platform that integrates these three models into a unified (ASK)paradigm suitable for assessment, study, and teaching.The platform is called FLATLAB, a Focused Learning, Assessment, and Teaching Laboratory

Conference Session

Computers in Education Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abul K. M. Azad, Northern Illinois University; Syed Abdul Hadi Razvi, Northern Illinois University

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Computers in Education

server. The proposedsystem uses an Arduino board to reduce the implementation costs and design complicacy as wellas the physical size of the system. The development process has allow the group to understandthe capabilities and challenges of microcontrollers for remote laboratory applications.Considering this is a work-in-progress, this paper provides a development description of thesystem; full details will be reported at a later stage.1. IntroductionWith the advent of the Internet of Things (IoT) we are not far from a time in which objects,animals, and people will be provided with a unique identifier, through which they cancommunicate from anywhere-anytime via a network connection.1,2,3 This philosophy is alreadybeing used in education

Conference Session

Data Analysis and Assessment

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cory Brozina, Virginia Tech; David B. Knight, Virginia Tech, Department of Engineering Education

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Computers in Education

questions to answer:1) How do the number of learning management system sessions per student vary based on coursegrade, gender, lecturer, and workshop leader?2) How do the number of learning management system sessions per student for different toolsvary based on course grade, gender, lecturer, and workshop leader? Theoretical frameworkWhile learning analytics approaches have sought to understand the effective learning processesof students, which as noted helps students, such projects can also help faculty members byproviding them with a more in-depth portrayal of their students. However, the value toeducational researchers has not been fully realized because of the lack of educational theorywithin learning

Conference Session

Online Teaching

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Morrow Nissenson, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Angela C. Shih, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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Computers in Education

, an expanded version of the MOOC will be offered during Spring 2015.1. IntroductionDuring the past few years, many universities have developed and offered massive open onlinecourses (MOOCs) for a variety of reasons including outreach, extending access to education,promoting the university brand, increasing revenues, improving educational outcomes for bothMOOC participants and on-campus students, and conducting research on innovations in teachingand learning.1 MOOCs have the attractive characteristic of being able to reach thousands ofpeople per offering and may play an important role in higher education in the future. Mostuniversities do not offer official university credit through MOOCs, but participants often areeligible to receive a

Conference Session

Computer-Based Tests, Problems, and Other Instructional Materials

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dongdong Zhang, Prairie View A&M University; Xiaobo Peng, Prairie View A&M University; Bugrahan Yalvac, Texas A&M University; Deniz Eseryel, North Carolina State University; Uzair Nadeem, Prairie View A&M University; Atiq Islam, Prairie View A&M University; Deron Arceneaux, Prairie View A&M University

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Computers in Education

(1) investigates the development of higher-order thinking and complex problem-solving competencies following a comprehensive framework that includes cognition, metacognition, cognitive regulation, motivation, emotion, and epistemic beliefs; (2) develops innovative assessment methods that can benchmark progress of learning and the development of com- plex problem-solving competencies; (3) develops new and effective approaches to design state-of-the-art digital learning environments (such as intelligent tutoring, system dynamics modeling, simulations, vir- tual reality, and digital games) to facilitate complex problem-solving competencies; and (4) investigates effective ways to prepare teachers and administrators

Conference Session

Simulation

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Camilo Vieira, Purdue University; Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Anindya Roy, Johns Hopkins University; Michael L. Falk, Johns Hopkins University; Michael J. Reese Jr., Johns Hopkins University

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Computers in Education

description of how we implement IPS. Weargue in this work that computational literacy can be acquired more effectively when weintroduce computational tools and methods in the context of solving disciplinary engineeringchallenges.MethodsThe CourseThe CPMSE course was designed using the How People Learn framework4. It is knowledgecentered, learner centered, and community centered. It uses MATLAB as the programmingenvironment and the learning objectives are5: (1) Write MATLAB programs to execute well-defined algorithms. (2) Design algorithms to solve engineering problems by breaking these into small tractable parts. (3) Model physical and biological systems by applying linear systems and ordinary and partial differential

Conference Session

General Technical Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremy Wayne Gilreath, Guilford College; Chafic Bou-Saba, Guilford College

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Computers in Education

continue to place increasing emphasis on supporting open-source hardware andsoftware, and the Raspberry Pi provides an affordable, flexible, multi-purpose platform for bothbeginners and experts to personalize into a wide range of useful and specialized products.IntroductionThe Raspberry Pi, see Figure 1, is an inexpensive and small-sized single-board computerinvented by the Raspberry Pi Foundation, 1 a registered charity in the United Kingdom whosemission is to use the Raspberry Pi in classrooms to promote affordable education in the computersciences worldwide. Students of all ages across the world use this open-source device to learnand experiment in computer science, programming, and electronics. 2 A variety of Linux-basedOS's are supported on

Conference Session

Virtual Instruction and Collaboration

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Obasegun Tekena Ayodele, Obafemi Awolowo University; Lawrence O. Kehinde, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State; Olawale Babatunde Akinwale, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria

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great distances.A sketch of a typical remote lab model is shown in figure 1. Figure 1: Typical Remote Lab Structure 21.1 Issues of Remote LabsSeveral advances in laboratory education have been credited to remote labs3. Remote labs havebeen found to be successful in teaching and research in several different areas such as digitalprocess control4, 5, 6, aerospace applications5 , PID control7, 8 , digital electronics9, robotics10, 11predictive control, embedded communication systems12 and real-time video and voiceapplications. Despite the successes of remote labs, they face a number of challenges. In ourexperience, one of the most prominent challenges to remote labs is the rapid loss of interest bythe students when

Conference Session

General Technical Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Geoffrey Brown, University of Michigan

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using theScience of Science toolkit27. From this sample, an actor-paper citation network wasextracted, as well as a bibliographic coupling network. These networks were thenexported into R for analysis and visualization. The author paper citation network allowedfor the identification of the most popular publication venues. Those results then drove thedevelopment of a journal-seeding network. Each approach is described in further detailbelow.''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''1'It'is'worth'noting'that'a'similar'search'in'Google'Scholar'returns'7,790'articles.'However,' Page

Conference Session

Software and Programming

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Priya Manohar, Robert Morris University; Sushil Acharya, Robert Morris University; Peter Y. Wu, Robert Morris University; Ali A. Ansari, Virginia State University; Walter W. Schilling Jr., Milwaukee School of Engineering

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careful handling of two types of knowledge called episteme byAristotle (meaning theoretical knowledge) and phronesis referring to practical knowledge [1]. Itis the practical knowledge that is interesting to the student and immediately useful to thecommunity. However, it has been realized that the practical knowledge cannot be easily taught ina class room setting as it requires lots of time and experience. The use of case studies is thereforeimportant because it taps into practical knowledge and real world experiences that students areable to relate to and learn from. Among many other educational tools that have been developedto realize the learning objectives in computing field, tools based on case studies are definitely inshort supply [2

Conference Session

Computers in Education Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nannan He, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Han-Way Huang, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Navya Mereddy

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Computers in Education

BoosterPack plugin-in modules is a flexible, cost-effective,well-supported platform for teaching embedded networking and developing IoT applications.1. IntroductionThe recent industry survey shows that around 60% of new embedded designs include networkingcapabilities 1. As IPv4 is giving way to IPv6, every device on the Internet can have its ownunique IP address. The number of connected devices on the Internet is predicted to surpass 50billion by 2020. Such growing interconnected web of devices is often referred to IoT. Thesedevices vary from personal electronics to industrial machines and sensors. The majority ofdevices in the IoT contain 32-bit MCUs with large flash memory and the wide range of standardI/O interfaces including networking. As IoT

Conference Session

Online Teaching

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Omaima Almatrafi, George Mason University; Khondkar Islam; Aditya Johri, George Mason University; Karthik Nagappan, George Mason University; Aref Modanlu, George Mason University

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Computers in Education

system, and determine their relation with studentperformance. The number of times the material was accessed and the time durationspent on assessments are some of the examples of the data that were included in thestudy. The results show that there is a correlation between students’ use ofBlackboard and student performance. We found a significant statistical differencebetween course grades of the face-to-face and distance learning sections. We didnot find any evidence for significant difference across a range of demographicfactors.1. IntroductionOver the years, as the available technologies and student demographics [6] havechanged, higher education institutions have begun offering more and more distanceeducation (DE) classes to their students

Conference Session

Computers in Education Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Neelam Soundarajan, Ohio State University; Swaroop Joshi, Ohio State University; Rajiv Ramnath, Ohio State University

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Computers in Education

the next version of the tool.1 IntroductionIt seems a contradiction in terms. How can conflict even coexist with cooperation, let alone be thedriver of cooperative learning? Piaget’s classic work 1 on children’s learning provides the answer. Itshows that cognitive conflict arising from differences between different learners’ understanding ofimportant concepts, and the exploration and possible resolution of these differences by having thelearners engage in critical discussion with each other, can be a powerful force in driving students’learning and in helping them develop deep understanding. The key question that our work tries toaddress is, can we develop an approach based on the idea of cognitive conflict driving cooperativelearning