Conference Session

Scaling class size and technology – New Engineering Educators Division

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Allen Hayden Ph.D., Indiana State University; Randell W. Peters, Indiana State University

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New Engineering Educators

what you were taught. Go through the book, e.g., a chapter a week. Go through a list of topics, e.g., a topic a week.Ideally, course content is determined by planning the program’s curriculum so that the content ofeach course plays its part in achieving the program’s educational objectives [5], [6], [7]. This isunlikely to translate to any of the above bullets. Neither academic freedom nor faculty purviewimplies that the faculty member can teach whatever they want to [8], [9]. See Figure 1. In a well-functioning department, e.g., fully accredited with complete ABET approved syllabi, the newfaculty member should be able to focus on interpreting the bases of each pyramid in Figures 1and 2. In an imperfect scenario, e.g., the faculty

Conference Session

Classroom Strategies – New Engineering Educators Division

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vimal Kumar Viswanathan, San Jose State University; John T. Solomon, Tuskegee University

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one was about the student response. TIED UP involved several activelearning exercises and required a certain level of commitment from the students to complete. Based on thefeedback from several experienced faculty members, students’ response to innovative teachingapproaches such as a flipped classroom had not been completely positive. The second concern in theimplementation was the time commitment for developing the course materials for a complete course. InTIED UP, each course concept required very careful planning and preparation and this demanded a goodamount of time commitment from the instructor. This paper reports the experiences of a new faculty inthe implementation of the TIED UP class in an applied mechanical engineering course for

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators

because they tend to distract instructors from their main functions, i.e., theirteaching, research and service to the department and the college. On-campus facilitiesand institutional arrangements such as consulting and enterprise incubators should beinvestigated by appealing to other professional models, i.e., medicine, law, veterinarymedicine, etc. Some of these activities are at the very least self-supporting, but could,if properly planned, shed funds that could be used to support other academicendeavors.I believe there are feasible action plans that should be adopted to pave the way forpotential collaboration between industry and academe. These would include:i) First, seeding and propagating the idea, that: gaining practical experience

Conference Session

Scaling class size and technology – New Engineering Educators Division

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoffrey Recktenwald, Michigan State University; Allison Godwin, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Anant Sahai, University of California, Berkeley; Matthew West, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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enrollment by hiring networks of graduateand undergraduate teaching assistants and graders. This approach brings additionalorganizational and cost burdens into large-scale teaching. Students in the classroom must bealigned with the mission of the course for both inclusiveness and quality of education, specificcontent taught, expectations of students both behaviorally and academically, plans forassessment, problem and classroom management, and the course instructional structure28.These considerations have significant hours and costs for hiring, training, and replacingteaching assistants on a regular basis.The issues facing engineering education at scale have implications for student success. At theheart of the matter is meeting demands for higher

Conference Session

Assessment of Student Learning – New Engineering Educators Division

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hani Serhal Saad, Eastern Washington University; Kyle Frederick Larsen P.E., Eastern Washington University; Heechang Bae, Eastern Washington University; N.M. A. Hossain, Eastern Washington University

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New Engineering Educators

homeworkassignments enables students to develop greater cognitive level problem solving skills. Homework is a very valuable tool in learning engineering. Therefore, we are concernedwith our students whether they are copying the homework solutions available in internet and/orother sources. This has become especially evident when a student gets a perfect or near perfectoverall score for their homework grade, yet their test scores are very low. A study by Wichita StateUniversity [3] mentions that approximately 70% of students in the U.S. were involved directly orindirectly in cheating during exams, homework, term projects, reports, papers and presentationsusing different techniques. According to a paper [4] entitled, “The Theory of Planned Behavioras a

Conference Session

Classroom Strategies – New Engineering Educators Division

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Clifton B. Farnsworth, Brigham Young University; Jennifer Retherford P.E., University of Tennessee, Knoxville; David A. Saftner, University of Minnesota Duluth

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New Engineering Educators

obviously committed to teaching, enjoying his job (“truly amazing, themind of a child”) and accepting student feedback that spells trouble for him and the whole JediOrder. Yoda earns positive scores in each of these areas. The authors agreed that Yoda’sorganization was neutral. While having a clear lesson plan that captured the attention of so manyvery young students is impressive, allowing Obi Won to interrupt is a significant, if important,distraction. The authors disagreed on how to assess Yoda’s communication. While clearlyengaging young students at a level they could understand, “Yoda speak” is confusing to many.Ultimately, the largest Star Wars nerd among the authors insisted this not count against Yoda andassigned a positive score. However

Conference Session

Scaling class size and technology – New Engineering Educators Division

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven S Holland, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Jennifer L Bonniwell, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Joshua David Carl, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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New Engineering Educators

, collecting data, and analyzing the data. There is one formal report due inthe course that the students submit individually, in which the students must follow a strict outline.However, it still follows the main structure they have been using prior in the term. In future offer-ings of this course, I plan to have informal reports focus on specific documentation elements thatlead up to the formal report. This will give the students guidance when they prepare their formalreport.2.4 Instructor 3After finishing my undergraduate degree, I worked for a software company where I supported cus-tomers by helping them maintain and configure our software. As a company, we used a homegrownprogram to document nearly all functions of the company, including customer

Conference Session

Assessment of Student Learning – New Engineering Educators Division

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sara A. Atwood, Elizabethtown College; Arjun Singh, Gradescope

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New Engineering Educators

inaugural five faculty at each institution to register and use the tool receive alifetime basic version of the software for free. Outside of that, the basic version described in thispaper is currently $1 per student per course, following a two-term free trial for all new users. Anupgraded complete version that includes AI grading assistance and support for gradingprogramming assignments is priced at $3 per student per course. There are also team-teachingand institutional plans available.References[1] A. W. Chickering and Z. F. Gamson, "Seven principles for good practice in undergraduate education," AAHE bulletin, vol. 3, p. 7, 1987.[2] A. N. Kluger and A. DeNisi, "Feedback interventions: Toward the understanding of a double-edged