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Deborah B. Kaufman; Hugh Fuller; Richard M. Felder

tasks (e.g. homework assignments, laboratory experiments, or design projects) underconditions that meet five criteria: positive interdependence, individual accountability, face-to-face interaction, appropriate use of collaborative skills, and regular self-assessment of teamfunctioning. Many studies have shown that when correctly implemented, cooperative learningimproves information acquisition and retention, higher-level thinking skills, interpersonal andcommunication skills, and self-confidence (Johnson, Johnson, and Smith, 1998).Holding each student individually accountable for work done in a team setting is a cornerstoneof cooperative learning. One way to meet this goal is to adjust team project grades for all teammembers according to how

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Yousry S. El-Gamal; Sherif M. Tawfik; Abd-Elhamid Elmaghrabi

files issimilar to the Perl code that has been used in loading the main chapter HTML file. Onthe other hand, the next Perl code depicts the operation of creating the Web page forthe selection item for one student. This page contains two-entry selection field. Thefirst is a selection field that contains all the e-mail address for all students registeredin the course. The second is the item selection for the information that the instructorcan activate.6. Testing the SystemSeveral tests have been carried out to examine the functionality of the systemcomponents using special set-up in a computer lab as follows:6.1 ConfigurationThe system has been implemented and run in a computer laboratory in the College ofEngineering at AAST. The lab contains 10

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Neil D. Opfer; John Gambatese

. Both the University andthe College are undergoing tremendous growth, adding significant numbers of students andfaculty each year. These resources were expected to play a key role in getting the graduateprograms started.Obtaining funding and resources for the program was a key issue in the development of theprogram. Functioning graduate programs can be quite costly with required support for facultytime, space, graduate student support, laboratory needs, and computer acquisition. The graduateconstruction program as proposed was based primarily on existing in-house resources with onlyminimal requirements for additional resources. Requesting funding can be a very real dilemma.One strategy is to ask for significant resources but risk not gaining

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Kenneth Bryden

programs, undergraduate research assistants in traditional researchprograms, laboratory assistants, undergraduate teaching assistants, undergraduate graders, and ahost of other opportunities. The common bond between these experiences is developing apersonal connection between the professor and the student and enabling the student to participateas a stakeholder in their education. The student still does the class work, still gains a strongfoundation in the fundamentals of engineering, but the classroom experience is supplementedand strengthened by working directly with a professor implementing one or more aspects ofher/his education. Rather than regarding these experiences as “extra-curricular” activities, theseactivities should be regarded as “off

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Nathan W. Scott; M. A. Mannan; H. P. Lee; Brian J. Stone; A. Y. C. Nee

then nearly 300 students will come knocking on your door.In the event the server was equally reliable for both courses and this was not a cause forconcern. Notes on the WWW were available to both classes. Significant use was made ofanimation programs in the lectures.The students at UWA had access to a laboratory with 128 Macintosh machines of which 64were booked for the times when a human tutor was in attendance. At NUS there was a roomwith 40 pc’s available for the equivalent session. The computer software was diagnostic in thatif students entered an incorrect answer the computer would sometimes be able to offer adviceon what had been done wrong. It should be noted that each student had a different set ofnumerical values for the parameters in

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Tze-Leong Yew; Kian-Huat Tan; Kurt C. Gramoll

, companies, research laboratories, homes and government offices.The World Wide Web is the graphical user interface to the Internet. One can access theInternet using a wide variety of applications; the most common of which are the Webbrowsers.The amount of data that can be transmitted increases as the bandwidth of the Internetgrows. This allows for more 3D-model visualization over the Internet that can be CPUintensive in addition to accommodating large file sizes. For example, even in VRML, acommon 3D file format for web use, the files are generally designed to be small but eventhese files can quickly become complex when trying to realistically model an actualobject or system. Thus, it is expected that the increase in bandwidth will be offset bymore

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Lorraine Holub; G.V. Loganathan; Craig Moore; Bill Greenberg

provided with a complete set ofnotes on the experiment to be performed. The ESP instructors also assign problems emphasizingthe current experiment. Each laboratory session entails the following elements.MotivationA faculty member presents a 5-minute clear exposition of the application of the experiment(beam) in real life with a set of visual aids. The role of geometrical and material properties isthen introduced. With the aid of Figure 1, the question to ask is “Which beam will bend more?” 1 ton load Large diameter beam Small diameter beam Figure 1. Role of GeometryAfter receiving a response from the students, it is revealed that the large

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Martin Bowe; Daniel Jensen

Engineering Education, pp. 327-330, Oct., 1996.2. Behr, Richard A., “Computer Simulations Versus Real Experiments in a Portable Structural Mechanics Laboratory,” Computer Applications in Engineering Education, Vol. 4 (1), pp. 9-17, 1996.3. Bonwell, C.C., “Active Learning and Learning Styles,” Active Learning Workshops Conference, USAF Academy, Co, July, 1998.4. Brickell, J.L., Porter, D.B., Reynolds, M.F., Cosgrove, R.D., “Assigning Students to Groups for Engineering Design Projects: A Comparison of Five Methods”, Journal of Engineering Education, pp.259-262, July 1994.5. Carlson, L. E., “First Year Engineering Projects: An Interdisciplinary, Hands-on Introduction to Engineering, Proceeding of the ASEE Annual Conference, pp. 2039-2043

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George M. Swisher; Corinne Darvennes

digitalsystem simulation course. Simulation, employing a sophisticated computation system, lendsreality to the solution process and matches the procedures used by practicing engineers in thatME speciality.I. IntroductionOn the quarter system, the ME faculty taught a classical vibrations course emphasizing one andtwo degrees of freedom systems and their mathematical solutions. A follow-on, one-credit hourdigital simulation laboratory (requiring the vibrations class as a pre-requisite) emphasized thenumerical solutions of differential equations using such higher-level programs as SL-1(developed by Xerox in the late 1960’s), CSMP (developed by IBM in the late 1960’s), ACSL1,and now MATLAB®2; this evolution followed the introduction of each new package

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Teresa L. Hein; Dan Budny

addition, the course includes both strong conceptual and problem solvingcomponents.Physics for the Modern World is a 3-credit course and consists of a lecture and a laboratorycomponent. Students meet twice a week for class sessions that are 75 minutes long. On alternateweeks students meet for a two-hour laboratory. Approximately 120 students, with 60 students ineach of two sections, enroll in the course each semester.Many students who enroll in Physics for the Modern World are liberal arts majors. A typical classconsists of a mixture of students from the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of PublicAffairs, the School of International Service, and the Kogod College of Business Administration.Students enroll in Physics for the Modern World to

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Shih-Ming Lee; Sergio Martinez; Anabel D. Ramos; Martha A. Centeno

Page 4.557.3Although a secondary input, facilities influence the learning process (Gupta (1994); Gilbert et al.(1993)). Hence, they should be considered during course planning and be evaluated; theadministrative support system has an important role on this aspect. Facilities include theclassrooms where the classes are delivered, laboratories, etc. as well as the environment inthose places (Gupta, 1994). They also include equipment needed such as computers,audio/visual, and lab equipment. Nonetheless, a professor should understand that preparationand enthusiasm are key to teaching; the equipment merely supports it.Learning objectives define specific topics for the learning outcomes that must be achieved. Thelearning outcomes are the specific

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Gearold R. Johnson; Dueb M. Lakhder

work because Technisa has no laboratory or workshopfacilities and this situation is common at many of the residential colleges. In addition to theSouth African distance learning system, an open university is in place in Tanzania.Distance Learning in EuropeWe have already provided some information on the UK Open University. However, it is usefulto mention that other countries also have open universities such as the Netherlands, Germany,Italy, and EuroPACE in Belgium. One of the more interesting is the program in Italy whichalso serves Albania.NETTUNO 8 is a consortium of universities and companies promoted by the Ministry of theUniversity and Scientific and Technological Research. The consortium sets out to arrangedistance learning courses on

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Nancy White

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Robert Borchert; David Yates; Daniel Jensen

Structural Mechanics Laboratory,” Computer Applications in Engineering Education, Vol. 4 (1), pp. 9-17, 1996.6. Bonwell, C.C., “Active Learning and Learning Styles,” Active Learning Workshops Conference, USAF Academy, Co, July, 1998.7. Boyer, E. L., “Assessing Scholarship,” ASEE Prism, Vol. 4, No. 7, pp. 22-26, Mar., 1995.8. Brereton, M. F., Greeno, J., Lewis, J., Linde, C., Leifer, L., “An Exploration of Engineering Learning,” Proceeding of the ASME Design Theory and Methodology Conference, Albuquerque, NM, Sept., 1993.9. Brickell, J.L., Porter, D.B., Reynolds, M.F., Cosgrove, R.D., “Assigning Students to Groups for Engineering Design Projects: A Comparison of Five Methods”, Journal of Engineering Education, pp.259

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Thomas G. Stanford; Donald Keating

through a transition in higher education for thecreative development and leadership of technology which is beyond the “technology is applied science” paradigm.12As Wulf, president of the National Academy of Engineering, has pointed out, “Engineering is not applied science”— nor are creative engineers applied engineering scientists. Wulf further noted that, “Science is analytic — it strivesto understand nature, what is. Engineering is synthetic — it strives to create what can be.”13Whereas, Bush recognized that the primary responsibility for scientific progress is dependent upon that small bodyof high caliber men and women in the research universities and in the government research laboratories, whounderstand the fundamental laws of nature and are