Paper ID #19958Multidisciplinary Efforts Addressing Problem-Based Learning in a GraduateCourseProf. Hsiao-Wen Wang, National Cheng Kung University Hsiao-Wen Wang is an Associate Professor with the Department of Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering and the director of International Relations Division, Office of International Affairs in NCKU. Her fields of expertise include river mechanics and restoration, sediment transport, ecohydraulics, water environment planning and assessment, and geomorphology. Her recent research interests include innovative learning and teaching design in engineering education
high school administration setup a year-long robotics program. Thisprogram started in Fall 2014 and lasted for two years. Many adjustment, modifications, andimprovement were made during the two-year process. Two positive outcomes were firstdescribed here. First, a new robotics club was formed at the high school. Second, one femalestudent in the high school enrolled in the school of engineering and technology at WIT.The rest of the paper is organized as follows. Section 2 describes several key elements of theworkshop series including hardware platform, software programming languages, format of theworkshop, and detailed lesson plans. During the first-year offering, several issues and challengeswere encountered and these are discussed in Section
and can be implemented in a variety of ways to fitinstitutions’ particular aspirations.BackgroundThe authors’ involvement in LEED Lab was based upon their institution’s longstandingsustainability initiatives. Ball State University is signatory to the Talloires Declaration, whichstates: The first official statement made by university administrators of a commitment to environmental sustainability in higher education. The Talloires Declaration (TD) is a ten- point action plan for incorporating sustainability and environmental literacy in teaching, research, operations and outreach at colleges and universities. It has been signed by over 350 university presidents and chancellors in over 40 countries. 6Ball State
produce useful electrical power.The project requires knowledge in several technical and scientific areas and is conducted on astudent-team basis with a faculty advisor. IntroductionThis project is multi-disciplinary as it involves biology, chemistry, physics and engineering. Atleast one student from each of these disciplines is a member of the project team. The team meetsonce a week to discuss plans for designs, fabrication of test units, scheduling of tests anddiscussion of test results. The team is led by a student project leader with a faculty member asadvisor. At this point, initial tests have been conducted on a lab model for purposes of provingthat the concept does produce electrical power by
Implementing your Students will be able to construct a professional goal Engineering Plan and an educational goal 11 Complete your Final Project 12-16 This class has ended. Good luck with your other courses!Table 1: Course ScheduleThe design of the course was based on content pulled from previous iterations of this course inpast years, as well as best practices learned from the introduction to engineering courses at otherinstitutions (Brake 2016, Peuker 2016, ASEE 2017). The coursework was divided into two typesof assignments: weekly homework and a final report. The course schedule is presented in Table1.At our university, semesters are 16 weeks long, usually lasting from mid-August toearly-December, but we
University.Dr. Donna Harp Ziegenfuss, University of Utah Donna Harp Ziegenfuss, is an Associate Librarian in Graduate and Undergraduate Services in the J. Willard Marriott Library at the University of Utah. She has an Ed.D. in Academic Leadership/Higher Education and an MS degree in Applied Technology/Instructional Design. She has over 10 years of experience teaching, designing instruction, and doing qualitative research both in and outside of a library context. Her research interests focus on library and technology-based instructional planning and course design, assessment and evaluation topics, as well as online teaching and learning.Dr. Matthew W Roberts, Southern Utah University Dr. Roberts has been teaching structural
workplacelearning along three different dimensions: 1) location, 2) degree of planning, and 3) facilitatorrole. First, location can be either on- or off-the-job. This criterion helps distinguish experience-based learning (e.g., learning through doing) from classroom or training environments. Second,learning events can be structured or unstructured, where structured learning occurs within somekind of planned system. Last, the facilitator may be either active or passive. It is active if thefacilitator drives the learning experience (e.g., a software training program), but passive if thelearner needs to reach out to the facilitator to acquire new information (e.g., asking a coworker aquestion about a work task).Table 1: Initial categories of learning and
the department/school culture.The School of Engineering’s six year strategic plan (LEAD 2018) includes objectives inretention and graduation numbers. The team established the following goals (which were asubset from the institution’s strategic plan) that established the foundation for creating newinitiatives to address the most pressing issues: 1) enhance student retention, 2) expandengineering student enrollment, 3) enhance the non-traditional student experience bytransforming the delivery of student services, 4) expand veteran, reservists, and active dutyenrollments, 5) expand diversity, and 6) recruit and retain a diverse faculty and staff. Armed withthe new strategic plan, the leadership team began developing new programs and setting
to $2500 foronly one research presentation, and up to $2500 for only one faculty developmentopportunity (workshop, conference attendance) per year and only with a detailedprofessional development plan established with the department head prior to the currentyear of funding. Additionally, new assistant professors could apply for one grant in eacharea, associate professors on track to achieving full professor could apply for two out of thethree grants and full professors and long-term associate professors could only apply for oneout of the three faculty development grants.Initially the full and long-term associate professors expressed concern at the loss of anexpected college-wide benefit. However, further research into benefit use noted that
a water table experiment. The planned course evaluation and assessment ofstudent learning are presented. The course is taught at the University of California Davis inSpring Quarter 2017 for the first time.IntroductionMechanical and aerospace engineering are multi-disciplinary sciences. Many engineering topicsand the principles behind them are sophisticated, so that real-world applications have to be basedon theoretical concepts, numerical computer simulations, and experimental verification.Undergraduate students are usually presented with a lot of theory in their classes, but fewapplications, computer simulations and experiments and rarely all of these topics in acomprehensive, integrated course. In general, the engineering workforce is
throughlectures/lecture notes in an attempt to transfer all the factual material within a prescribed time.Since the legacy course suffered from the sin of coverage, we knew our course needed to beredesigned as logically derived from the results sought, not inferred from the methods, books,and activities with which we are most comfortable. This way, curriculum lays out the mosteffective ways of achieving specific results.We believe that the most effective curricular design is “backward”. Backward design arose intandem with the concept of learning standards, and it is widely viewed as a practical process forusing standards to guide the development of a course. As a strategy for designing, planning, andsequencing curriculum and instruction, backward design
4 Triple Bottom Line/Sustainability 5 Social impacts of infrastructure 6 Teamwork 7 Ethics I 8 Ethics II 9 Traits of effective written and oral communication 10 Financing public works 11 Safety/licensure 12 Land use and planning/growth/forecastingThe process to create these lessons is as follows. Team assignments – teams of faculty members were assembled to create each lesson. Faculty members were asked to give preferences to the 12 lessons they would like to develop. Teams contained three
McNair Program, 17 of the 27 students indicated that they did intendto pursue graduate studies, and another seven were undecided. Only two students stated thatthey did not plan to pursue graduate studies after completing their baccalaureate degrees. Incomparison, the post-summer survey showed 17 students intending to pursue graduate studies,six undecided, and two not planning to do so. Even though the aggregate numbers of replies areconsistent, quite a few students changed their intentions, indicating that they were impacted bytheir participation in the McNair Program. Half of the students who were undecided before theprogram decided to pursue graduate studies. Conversely, three students who planned to pursuegraduate studies became undecided
time for adequate preparation. We are exploring a solutionto this challenge that will serve to increase the participation of our STEM outreach volunteersand provide the recipients with a more complete STEM experience. The proposed solution is theadvance preparation of stand-alone kits, complete with a scalable lesson plan, that will fit in acontainer with the approximate size of a ‘shoebox’ and will be stored and catalogued in theengineering and science library.The original intent of the kit approach was to facilitate the College of Engineering’s collectiveinclusion of more stakeholders at the university (the library and maker space, for instance). Inaddition, teachers in the local school districts have had valuable input and look forward to
, integrated teaching andscholarship program focused on community engagement. Several research and capstone projectsaimed at improving efficiency and reducing operational costs at the food bank are summarized.Then, opportunities for expanding the scope and impact of the research agenda are discussed.Specifically, these opportunities focus on interdisciplinary collaborations centered on the use ofsustainable urban agriculture as a means to increase access to fresh produce within theemergency food network, improve health outcomes for socially disadvantaged people, revitalizeneighborhoods, and alleviate urban poverty. Finally, plans to incorporate formal assessment andreflective activities related to community engaged learning are presented.1
construction management courseat California Polytechnic State University that was designed to incorporate service learning goalsand objectives into a hands-on construction experience. Students were tasked with completingvarious small renovation projects in their local community, which included the full spectrum ofconstruction management responsibilities, including safety planning and assurance, clientrelations, project scope development, estimating, scheduling, project tracking anddocumentation, construction execution, and project closeout. Post-completion student surveyshighlighted the success of the course, with comments such as “It was a great feeling to applyprevious class materials while at the same time helping families in need.”Study AbroadThe
Education, 2017Evaluating the Success of Peer Led Student Interventions in a Freshman Year Experience ProgramAbstractThis paper is a Work in Progress and will discuss the process and assessment of a structured peermentor intervention plan implemented in a Freshman Year Experience (FYE) program at NewMexico State University, a Hispanic serving institution. The FYE program was implemented inFall 2014 as an attempt to increase retention. After the first year of implementation, retentionsrates from freshman to sophomore rose by 14.6%.The FYE program has several different components, including a hands-on introductory course,peer mentoring and tutoring, exposure to the engineering disciplines on campus, and othersuccess initiatives. In Fall
final yearand it is not yet finished. Some qualitative data analysis and educational activities are not yetfully completed. Therefore, the researcher will request an extension for the project for one moreyear. Self-regulated learning (SRL), or self-regulation, is defined broadly as a complexrepository of knowledge and skills for planning, implementing, monitoring, evaluating, andcontinually improving the learning process [1]. The effective use of self-regulation helps astudent oversee his or her learning process by interpreting requirements, planning andmonitoring ongoing cognitive activities, and comparing outcomes with internal and externalstandards [2]. The influence of SRL in learning and problem solving has been demonstrated
addition, afixed plan of study with a technology leadership and management concentration is offered that isfully on-line. The program is housed at the College level and not at the academic departmentlevel. Most students enrolled in the program take a full load of 9 credit hours and the programgraduates over 60 students per year. Over 95% of these graduates obtain employment withinthree months.This paper discusses the strategies of initiating, implementing, and sustaining such graduatedegree program in Technology with various concentrations. Further, a fiscal model for theoperation of the program by maintaining the program quality, high enrollment, and highemployment rate of graduates is also discussed.IntroductionPurdue University Northwest
agreed to take it on as aproject. Composer Herron plans to incorporate the musical bridges designed by the students intoher composition and performance.Goals, Objectives, and RequirementsThe main goal of the project was to have students apply the theory discussed in class to design,analyze, and build sound-generating or musical bridges in small groups. Additional goals for theproject were: to engage a broader demographic of students (specifically women andunderrepresented minorities), help students build connections between engineering and music,and encourage students to be creative.In addition to designing and building bridges, students analyzed the forces, stresses, anddeflections expected in their bridges for a given load and calculated
local high school student who was interested in learning more about both electronicsand military applications.The ultimate goal of the Jammer Project is to create a functional set of equipment that includesboth a mock RCIED and jammer. They are planned to be used for demo purposes at high schoolrecruiting activities.This paper covers the first two phases of the Jammer Project: creating a mock RCIED and thecircuit to control the jammer. It begins with a short description of the course in which the lab istaught, how the link to high school students came about, plus some background information onmilitary applications and what the military terms “electronic warfare”. Then it describes thedesign and construction of both devices, followed by the
UTEP in 2001. He received the UT System Board of Regents Outstanding Teaching Award in 2012. From 1996 to 2001 he was the Technology Planning manager for AT&T-Alestra in Mexico; and before that was the Telecommunica- tions Director for ITESM in Mexico. His research areas are in Communications Networks, Fiber Optics, Wireless Sensors, Process Automation, and Engineering Education.Mr. Mike Thomas Pitcher, University of Texas, El Paso Mike Pitcher is the Director of Academic Technologies at the University of Texas at El Paso. He has had experience in learning in both a traditional university program as well as the new online learning model, which he utilizes in his current position consulting with faculty about the
has authored and co-authored several journal and conference publications in topics related to engineering education and course man- agement, design coordination, change management, site layout planning, constructability, claims and disputes, and simulation of design and construction operations.Miss Sarah Samir Sedra, United Arab Emirates university Sarah S. Sedra, a telecommunication engineer currently working at Etisalat UAE as mobile access plan- ning engineer. Worked previously for two years as an low voltage electrical engineer in AECOM middle east. Graduated in 2013 from Communication & electronics department in faculty of engineering Cairo university. After working for almost 4 years now I just started
universities and colleges that couldfoster student interaction. This information can provide a basic panorama of cross disciplinaryAEC education in the United States.MethodologyGiven this scenario, this study analyzes the core curricula of CM programs affiliated with theAssociated Schools of Construction (ASC) in an effort to determine overlaps and potentialoverlaps between required courses in the plans of study of CM and other AEC disciplines. Thisresearch involves curriculum analysis of construction management, architecture, and civilengineering programs of American universities that have CM affiliated programs. Researchersfocus only on bachelor’s degrees within those academic institutions.In order to provide a survey of the current state of cross
State University’s 2000-2005 Strategic Plan, which reflected an expanded mission with a focus on research. From itsinitial founding, the ECE department had significant collaborations with local industry and inparticular from two major technology corporations that surrounded it. As the program grew andexpanded, the need for a doctoral program was seen as a natural next step in the progress of theuniversity and critical to serving the needs of local industry.Since this would be the first doctoral program in engineering and only the third at the university,several challenges existed. The first was the high cost associated with such a program, thesecond was resistance to the university in moving from a comprehensive institution to a
allowed SPLs to encompass a more comprehensive view ofthe software to improve consistency and alignment with goals for the software [8], and theapplication of SPLs has been done in the classroom in dedicated classes. Effective planning forSPL development requires familiarity with relevant SPL methods and the core product beingdeveloped [18].SPLs have been developed for mobile applications previously. A product line architecture wasdeveloped for a role-playing game on an early smartphone that allowed developers to improveperformance and development speed through the incorporation of SPL development methods [21].Combining incremental prototyping and plan-driven development processes has also proveneffective for an SPL in a mobile game environment
already had a chromebook touse for these sessions. The teacher uses Google classroom. The middle school students werebused from the middle school and had to make up the work they missed.Connecting middle school students with teachers.The two middle school girls were interested in reaching out to the elementary school to sharewhat they were learning in coding in the middle school. After reaching out to the elementaryschool principal, they put together a one page proposal about their ideas. The principal thenconnected them with the elementary enrichment teacher who then connect them with a 4th gradeteacher. They scheduled two planning meetings and together they put a plan together about theactivities that would work best with the students and the
, airport operations, and transportation planning and evaluation. Her current research fo- cuses on sustainable planning and evaluation of public and rail transportation systems. Dr. Pyrialakou started working in the area of engineering education at Purdue University when she taught Introduction to Transportation Engineering in spring 2016. She currently explores topics related to undergraduate STEM education improvement, including connecting teaching, research, and practice; student retention in engi- neering; recruitment and retention of underrepresented students in engineering; and holistic engineering. Dr. Pyrialakou also teaches courses on transportation engineering, transportation/urban planning, and civil
inengineering.In this work-in-progress paper, we describe a design-based research project that explores howstudents adopt positive learning behaviors and dispositions through a course, because positivelearning behaviors and dispositions have been shown to increase persistence through challengesand setbacks4.We have designed a course titled Engineering the Mind as an eight-week, second-half semestercourse that is offered for one semester-hour of credit. We plan to pilot this course in Spring 2017to prepare for the Fall 2017 offering.BackgroundDesign-Based ResearchDesign-based research (DBR) is a research paradigm that attempts to bridge laboratory studieswith complex, instructional intervention studies5. DBR is described as “theoretically-framed,empirical
0.75 Element B: Documentation and analysis of prior solution attempts 0.76 Element C: Presentation and justification of solution design requirements 0.95 Element D: Design concept generation, analysis, and selection 0.89 Element F: Consideration of design viability 0.94 Element G: Construction of testable prototype 0.96 Element H: Prototype testing and data collection plan 0.96 Element I: Testing, data collection and analysis 0.95 Element J: Documentation of external evaluation 0.96 Element K