tolerances were defined individually based on each answer’s precision.Sequential question setIn general, the open-ended mechanics problems are constructed with a narration of givenconditions and values to be determined, then expect test-takers to find suitable solving methodsand appropriate equations following the process of interpretation, planning, and execution (IPE)[10] until they determine the values of the required ultimate parameter. The ordinary open-endedproblems give test-takers freedom in this IPE step and thus develop their own IPE skills.However, considering that students in the low-level courses need to first build a sturdyfoundation before personalizing their own methods, the author has bravely tried to reform thegeneric IPE steps and
greatway for older students to get involved and boost their resumes. Although they were thrilled withconcept of the program, some parents worried about the logistics. They discussed barriers thatwould keep them and their children from participating. Their main concerns were transportation,cost, parent work schedules, and children’s commitment to other extracurricular activities. Thisreinforces the importance of meeting families within their community and offering low costprogramming.Future DirectionThe next steps are to continue conversations with parents in the local community. Beyond thatour plan is to transform the participating churches into EPICC STEMulation Zones, which serveas informal STEM centers where students can continue to their
acceleration. The electrical stuff is coming in now that I'm taking ELEE 2500. I actually plan to go over my notes because what we're doing in class definitely reminded me of things we did in ENGR 1234. Literally, all the math involved in ELEE right now, I can remember having done work like that in 1234. I didn't know anything about circuits then so it was gibberish to me, but now it clicks! Totally recommend keeping the class. I actually saw some homework my friend was working on for statics and it looked something similar to what we did in 1234. I'm definitely holding on to my notes for the next couple of semesters. • When I took ENGR 1234, the class was challenging because a lot of the material was new
revitalized to accommodate current workforce demands, faculty andadministrators of the program commenced further research and analysis of mechanicalengineering education reform with the expectation of creating a revolutionized course of studyfor their students. This process was officially initiated at the department’s 2017 Fall facultyretreat, where attendees began with the discussion of personal principles, then professionalvalues, and concluded with the development of a three-year strategic plan of action. Likeuniversities before them, it was decided early on that the ASME Vision 2030 report would bespecifically used as a blueprint for the new mechanical engineering degree [6] at BSU. Thosedevoted to the POPs Committee designed potential curriculum
Research Group (IRG). In addition to the Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, Dr. Barrella holds a Master of City and Regional Planning (Transportation) from Georgia Institute of Technology and a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Bucknell University. Dr. Barrella has investi- gated best practices in engineering education since 2003 (at Bucknell University) and began collaborating on sustainable engineering design research while at Georgia Tech. Prior to joining the WFU faculty, she led the junior capstone design sequence at James Madison University, was the inaugural director of the NAE Grand Challenges Program at JMU, and developed first-year coursework and interdisciplinary electives.Dr. Mary Katherine Watson, The Citadel Dr
reasons, and this phrase can be an encouraging way of helping them continue their thought process. • Discussion poker. If you have more time to plan, consider giving each student three multi-colored poker chips, a red, green, and blue chip (or other distinguishable tokens of your choice) when they enter the room. When a student answers a question or makes an observation, they cash in the red chip. When a student makes a comment which builds on another student’s comment, they cash in the blue chip. When a student asks a question about something they did not understand, they cash in their green chip. This controls the participation in a concrete way and provides for a range of responses. • Don’t be afraid to
groups depending on the how thegroup interacted.AcknowledgmentThe project team wants to acknowledge Virginia Space Grant Consortium for continuous fundingfor ODU BLAST program.References:[1] E. T. Mather, UVA Team Receives Governor’s Programs that Work Award, University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science, (2016). [Online]. Available: https://engineering.virginia.edu/news/2016/02/bringing-stem-life, [Accessed Jan. 31, 2020].[2] J. M. Trenor, S. L. Yu, C. L. Waight, K. S. Zerda, and T. L. Sha, "The relations of ethnicity to female engineering students' educational experiences and college and career plans in an ethnically diverse learning environment,'' Journal of engineering education, vol. 97, no. 4
participant)were retained in their current majors for the investigated fall semester. Follow up investigationon spring semester is planned as more data become available. Table 3 lists the participantretention rates by cohort for 2018, 2019 and two-year average.Table 3. Participant retention by year of participation and cohort class. Cohort Class 2018 Workshop 2019 Workshop Two-year average Participant Retention Participant Retention retention rate (persist (persist / total) (persist / total) / total) Senior 100% (1/1) NA (0/0) 100% (1/1) Junior 100% (1/1
help many universities to achieve their mission statements and thegoals of their strategic plans. For example, at California State University, Sacramento University,this approach is perfectly aligned with the University Mission to “prepare students for leadership, Page 2 of 11service, and success” and to “commit to engaging the community by building enduringpartnerships that strengthen and enrich the region” [6]. Also, one of the strategic goals is to“incorporate and expand experiential learning opportunities (e.g., internships, service learning)”.Two of the “indicators of achievement” of this goal are “increase student participation in creditbearing internships and service learning projects by 20% by
for the acquisition of basic knowledge” [5]. According toDrăghicescu et al. [6], problem-based learning involves presenting students with problemsdesigned to evoke critical thinking, planning, and communication. Problem-based learningencourages students to further involve themselves in the process of developing results, as itallows each other to be accountable and support when a road-block arises [6]. Steps such as theinterpretation and researching of information yield an increase in critical and creative thinking[7]. One benefit of problem-based learning, as a pedagogical method, is that it can be applied toany discipline. In mathematics, students tend to have an outlook based solely on computation,focusing on obtaining an answer from
initial knowledge and starts from there, creating an individualizedlearning plan that guides them throughout their review process, assessing their performance aswell.The additional homework was divided in three parts each one due before the previous knowledgewas needed in Statics.Part 1 consisted of 29 topics related to trigonometric equations and vectors. The average ofstudents’mastering for these topics was 24.30. Part 2 contained 23 topics related to lines andsystems of linear equations of which 21.6 were mastered by students, and Part 3 reviewed 18topics of inequalities, geometry, and quadratic functions (students mastered 17.5 in average) SeeFigure 1.Figure 1. Total Attempted and Masterd Topics (ALEKS)The students spent an average amount of
updated. If a videomust be updated, the previous version must be deleted from YouTube, and the updated versionposted as a new video with a different URL. In the one instance this has happened in week one ofthe Spring 2020 implementation, the older version was made private so that students could nolonger view the video and the URL for the new video was replaced on all course websites. Thisis not ideal, since the URL must then be updated on all individual LMS course pages. Severalsolutions are being analyzed currently. One option is to create playlists of YouTube videos andlink to the playlist on the course websites, since playlist URLs remain the same even if a video isadded or removed.Eventually the authors plan to make the Review Video Library
these questions were not selected by students during the prioritization process. Thecategorized list of priority questions was revised during the last class of the term; students wereable to either answer the questions related to the properties of materials in renewable energyapplications, or to identify which ones were beyond the scope of the course, e.g. “How pollutantis the extraction/production of RE materials compared to fossil fuels?”The timeline prepared by the students at the beginning of the term was more aspirational thanorganizational. It was observed that students with more detailed timelines were the most likely tostick to their plan of progress, at least partially.The papers from Group 1 were, as expected, focused on applications
Paper ID #30435Real-World Examples and Sociotechnical Integration: What’s the Connec-tion?Jacquelene Erickson, Colorado School of Mines Jacquelene Erickson is a fourth year undergraduate student at Colorado School of Mines pursuing a major in Electrical Engineering. After graduation in May 2020, she plans to work in electrical distribution design at an engineering firm.Dr. Stephanie Claussen, Colorado School of Mines Stephanie Claussen is a Teaching Professor with a joint appointment in the Engineering, Design, and Society Division and the Electrical Engineering Department at the Colorado School of Mines. She ob
instructors, course assessments, and course content. In this study,efforts were taken to minimize effects from the above mentioned. Structuring a blended courseinto weekly modules and planning ahead on the breakdown of videos and class lectures to bepresented each week can aid in the smooth delivery of a blended course especially when teachinghigh enrollment courses. Writing down equations and problem solving steps was essential fordeveloping engaging videos, as it helps in better comprehension of complex concepts. Thetechnology used for writing in videos can have a small but not substantial impact on studentengagement as was seen with a slightly higher acceptance rate for Lightboard videos in contrastto Voiceover PowerPoint with annotation videos
% Could not be determined (Unknown) 26 3.0%Since the course only provided graduation credit for EE and CpE degrees, it is assumed thatstudents enrolled in the course who are not EE or CpE majors fall into one of three categories:(1) transferring into ECE and enrolled in the course before they officially changed majors,(2) already enrolled in the course but changing out of EE/CpE with their major change alreadyhaving been processed, or(3) taking the course because of curiosity in the ECE profession with no current (or immediate)plans to change their major to EE or CpE.The membership of non-ECE students into these three categories was not ascertained.Since all students in the both the EE and CpE programs must ultimately take the
usability.Second, instructors sometimes are hesitant to try and experiment with new approaches duringclass time, fearing that this time will be wasted and might impact how much material they willcover during the semester. The original plan of the experiment included the use of the VRlearning modules multiple times in the class throughout the semester, but due to the above-mentioned challenges, the authors implemented the experiment at the end of the semester. Theuse of any new technology in the classroom will face similar challenges. This is because somepeople’s innate nature is to avoid and resists change, even if the change will ultimately benefitthem and the learning process and outcomes (e.g., resistant to implementing computers in theclassroom
associate information based on the ChainAssociation Method, which chains items inside a memorable story, promoting retrievalwithin the flow of a story. Thoughtfully planned MM efficiently direct one idea to another.Although a series of information can be reasonably remembered using only a connectionbetween two ideas, matching the links within a story minimizes the potential of forgettingone respect and thereby omitting the rest of the list. Furthermore, Danny P. Wallace used the relationship, data-to-information-to-knowledge-to-wisdom (AKA DIKW pyramid), to explain a topic. The DIKW pyramid mapsdata such as words, numbers, and images into sentences and concepts that hold meaning andpurpose is defined as information, connecting the
the other integrated modules as a whole were collected, but not considered for thispaper. Because this module was developed while the class was being taught, certain logisticalissues could be avoided on subsequent iterations. For example, the placement of this module inthe course schedule could be more strategic. The low in-class attendance could be a result ofstudents attending conferences, the class occurring directly after an exam, and students beingaware that their instructor’s planned absence. Lastly, integration of feedback about theaccessibility case studies was elicited from professionals with expertise with the disabilitycommunity but not enough time was given to incorporate that feedback before the class wastaught. Future iterations
be more open-minded towards females asking for those positions. Theymay not have “enough experience” because they are not offered enough opportunities to gain“enough experience”. Female faculty need to be encouraged to improve their leadership skills byattending training, workshops, conferences, etc.Conclusions and Future WorkAutoethnographic narratives of three female faculty in engineering who have experienced genderbias have enabled this topic to be explored. The findings from this research are consistent with thelarge body of literature on gender bias in academia. The recommendations indicate the need forfurther research, support, and awareness for female faculty who face these biases.The authors plan to continue their work on gender
professional competenciesin the Next-Gen Engineering segment. The data suggests that they lack the ability to demonstrateself-initiative. Today’s work environment with rapid change and disruption demands anopportunity-seeking mentality and self-drive. This is also a point of potential conflict betweenGen Zers and Gen Xers. Just as the Next-Gen Leaders segment scored low on creativity andinnovation, the Next-Gen Engineers do as well. The fact that both groups score so poorly in thisarea should be a wakeup call for both educators and industry leaders to begin to address theseneeds.These findings suggest that educators and industry leaders should join forces to review currentcurriculum methods and develop an action plan to strengthen the creativity and
Mechanics Project across the three constituent courses was doneover a period of three years, as illustrated in Fig. 3. By accident of history, we implementedDynamics first. In one semester, we put in place all four of the major changes of (1) moving tothe flipped recitation using UGTAs and one lecture per module, (2) creating course materials—notes and examples—that allowed (3) the implementation of mastery-based grading, and (4) theintroduction of computing projects as a major component of the course. A year later we hoistedup Statics, and a year after that Deformable Solids.While not part of an intentional plan, there was some advantage to working through Dynamicsbefore Statics. For example, many of the notational decisions were made to support
of their work, evaluatetheir performance by comparing to the ‘approved’ solution, and gives them the tools to controlfuture problem solving activities to elicit change in their approach. The faculty of the course havedone the metacognitive regulation planning for the students by structuring the homeworkevaluation process in a way that allows the other three processes to occur for each graded event.Figure 1: Metacognition conceptual framework[26]methodsStudents initially electronically submitted their homework on the given due date and a detailed“approved” solution is provided by the instructor at the same time. Students then mark errorsagainst the posted solution and submit both their original work as well as their mark-ups. To
) • Reservations attended: 3,589 (actual use of the platform) • Hours attended: 12,146.53Fig. 12. Use of the private cloud at the University of South Carolina between October 1, 2018 to September28, 2019. The platform was used to support academic classes, workshops, and research at the University ofSouth Carolina.The impact of this project is beyond cyberinfrastructure. While resources were placed forcyberinfrastructure courses, training workshops, and research, the Department of IntegratedInformation Technology (IIT) at the University of South Carolina is planning to extend the use ofthe platform to other areas, such as databases, programming, web systems, and others.Comparison between the private cloud and public clouds. Table 6 compares
’ projects. We were not sure about the impact of the settings in students’performance, however, there were no projects that were underperformed. We had a contingencyplan in place in case some teams were not delivering the appropriate quality, this plan includedextra monitoring from the faculty members and the PhD students that were teaching assistants inthe course but this was not required as every team performed accordingly. Furthermore, with thissetting the students were able to develop a project that was not only real, but more complex thatthe projects used in the past.The guidance from the engineering education researchers and instructors helped the teammembers to use several strategies to overcome the challenges. One of the strategies
wouldpatiently wait for them to finish – eager to get past the story they wished to present to the worldand into the complicated histories that have been buried along the way. It got me thinking aboutmy own narrative of how I came to be an engineer, and how tortured I felt to deliver a quick,understandable explanation for why I belonged in engineering. I remember trimming parts of thestory that did not go well in my conversations with others, eliminating the parts that didn’t fitwell, were confusing, or left doubts about my qualifications. I was curious to what extent I mightrecognize these efforts in the narratives of other women.I was also surprised when my opening question did not work as planned, when participants didnot seem to understand it as an
firstsemester of offering it in the new format and the modifications planned for future semesters. 11. IntroductionData communication, including data gathering, processing, and sharing, is one of the fields thatseems to have exponential growth, and it grows much faster than any other field, mostly due to thefact that it became lately an underlying technology for so many other fields. Research and businessalike are strongly dependent on the ability to access and process data. In addition, the ability tocommunicate with other computers and mobile devices through advanced data communicationtechnologies led to significant changes in everyday life and businesses. The Internet hasrevolutionized data
,” International Journal of Online Engineering, vol. 12, no. 9, pp. 14-21, 2016.[10] T. Tsiatsos, S. Douka, A. Mavridis, S. Tegos, A. Naddami, T. Zimmer and D. Geoffroy, “Evaluation Plan and Preliminary Evaluation of a Network of Remote Labs in the Maghrebian Countries,” International Journal of Online Engineering, vol. 10, no. 5. pp. 15-20, 2014.[11] I. Santana, M. Ferre, E. Izaguirre, R. Aracil and L. Hernandez, “Remote Laboratories for Education and Research Purposes in Automatic Control Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 9, no. 1, pp.547 – 556, 2013.[12] R. Heradio, L. Torre and S. Dormido, “Virtual and remote labs in control education: A survey,” Annual Reviews in Control, vol
throughoutthe planning and implementation phases. Since its launch, educators have used the materials in avariety of ways, some of which the development team had not previously considered. This paperwill particularly focus on the implementation and evaluation of the engineering content on thesite. We will present and discuss results from (1) educator feedback surveys, (2) websiteanalytics, and (3) educator focus groups. We will also reflect on the challenges and opportunitiesin promoting new web-based educator materials. Our team has implemented a number ofstrategies to reach teachers, including social media, conference attendance, and emailnewsletters. Now that the materials have been available for over 18 months, we are able to sharelessons learned