theirmethodology. The difference between the two approaches is that the PjBL covers a broaderscope and may include several problems. In addition, PjBL focuses on the final product byapplying or integrating previous knowledge while the emphasis of PBL is on the acquisition ofnew knowledge [3].Currently universities are utilizing entrepreneurial-minded learning (EML) as well. ThroughEML students get to solve a problem in a fashion that creates value, which helps to createengineers to make an impact in the workplace [4, 5]. EML course modulus can be created byincorporating behavioral or complementary skills into student-centered pedagogy. Examples ofsuch skills are demonstrating constant curiosity, exploring a contrarian view of acceptedsolutions, assessing
: Programming, Teacher Experiences, and Student Outcomes in a Partner Hub Abstract The K12 InVenture Prize program has been creating the next generation of engineers andentrepreneurs through invention education since 2013. Its key components include teacherprofessional development, a semi-structured curriculum, an online platform for students toreceive periodic feedback on their inventions, and a culminating state competition event at theGeorgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). The program is actively trying to reach more rural areas by engaging urban and small-town hubs located within rural counties. A total of 35 schools, 55 teachers, and over 200 studentsfrom a new hub were
2020” and “increase the number offormalized partnerships by 20% by 2020” [6]. The engineering curriculums have an untappedpotential to help in achieving these goals.There are limited studies available in the literature on the effectiveness of service learningpedagogy particularly in engineering courses and programs [3]. Warren (2012) [8] analyzed 11research studies on the effectiveness of service learning in improving learning in a variety of fields,including communication, English, sociology, psychology, political science, and pharmacy. Thesestudies utilized a wide variety of tools to measure student learning. The results indicated thatregardless of measurement tools, service learning improved student learning. This type of study iseven more
technology that has been under increased research scrutiny is VR. VRprovides learners with a sense of spatial presence and immersion that is incomparable to othermedia [7], [8]. For example, Thorsteinsson and Shavinina found that immersing students in VRexperiences aligned with the class’s textbook increased their conceptual and experientialknowledge [9]. The benefits of including VR in a classroom go beyond the cognitive dimensionto benefit the emotional as well. The implementation of VR in the classroom environment is stillin its early stages and often analyzed through case-by-case research. Further research needs to beperformed to evaluate its benefits in an engineering curriculum. With this research opportunity, the authors of this
for crowd- sourcing bicycle and pedestrian conflict data, transportation public health performance measures, policy and infrastructure improvements resulting from bicycle and pedestrian fatality crashes, linking physi- cal activity levels to travel modes, transportation mobility for the transportation disadvantaged, and the development of planning and transit performance measures for access to opportunities, integrating sus- tainability into the engineering curriculum and creating an engineering sustainability minor. He has published several articles in the Transportation Research Record, other journals and conferences on these and other related topics. He is currently serving on the Transportation Research Board
changes to the department curriculum and course structures,departmental interactions and community-building efforts, departmental mentoring efforts,student recruitment, department recruiting efforts, and departmental partnerships withcommunity colleges.Due to the overlapping nature of the individual program goals and the department’s efforts tocreate broad change, adhering to the Program Evaluation Standards of utility, feasibility,propriety, and accuracy (Yarbrough et al., 2011) necessitated taking a comprehensive evaluationapproach. This approach would enable an understanding of not just individual programs, but alsoallow us to gain an understanding of the ways in which the department was, and was not,changing as a whole.Researchers have noted
Learning Outcomes Specific, detailed learning outcomes for personal and interpersonal skills, and product, process, and system building skills, as well as disciplinary knowledge, consistent with program goals and validated by program stakeholder 3 Integrated Curriculum A curriculum designed with mutually supporting disciplinary courses, with an explicit plan to integrate personal and interpersonal skills, and product, process, and system building skills 4 Introduction to An introductory course that provides the framework for engineering practice in product, process, and Engineering system building, and
related to the conception and institutionalization of a minor in engaged engineering. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Building Community Engaged Programs in Curriculum - A Short Review of Brazilian ApproachesIntroductionEngineering schools have established a variety of ways of how community engagementprograms (CEP) are built into curriculum [1]. But what are the conditions for establishing CEP inengineering schools? And how can we explain the different ways in which CEP programsthrive? From the perspective of the social systems theory, there is an interplay in the dimensionsof constraints (structural coercion), free choices, and contingencies, allowing actors a set ofoptions
development and management,etc. so as to develop and introduce tailored innovative teaching practices for engineeringtechnology majors. For engineering technology education, hands-on real-world problems andapproved applied learning techniques were emphasized and integrated into student learningexperiences. At the time being, engineering faculty is serving as agent for change in hisdepartment by assisting colleagues through instructional coaching method and by developing aplan sensitive to department’s needs.Master Educator Program (MEP)One of the strategic goals of the School of the Professions is to provide an excellent educationinside and outside the classroom. The Master Educator Program (MEP) is a key action step toachieve such a goal. The MEP is
elements of electronic product design and production for an OPD.Electronic products and systems are ubiquitous. From an electric pencil sharpener to the firecontrol system on a Trident nuclear powered submarine, these products utilize electricalcomponents packaged in a mechanical assembly. During product or system operation, there isinput from a human, robot or another product or system, causing a desirable output from theproduct or system to a human, robot or another product or system. The input data, both analogand/or digital, are processed, and the resultant output is some form of work – electrical,mechanical or both (the path integral of a force over a distance) – e.g., a useful pencil point iscreated, or a missile is fired at a target. These
Koretsky is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Oregon State University. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from UC San Diego and his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley, all in Chemical Engineering. He currently has research activity in areas related engineering education and is interested in integrating technology into effective educational practices and in promoting the use of higher-level cognitive and social skills in engineering problem solving. His research interests particularly focus on what prevents students from being able to integrate and extend the knowledge developed in specific courses in the core curriculum to the more complex, authentic problems and projects they face as professionals. Dr. Koretsky is one of
equivalent content for all students and may lack a substantive researchcomponent that fits well with information literacy instruction. Finally, many engineeringprograms are hesitant to integrate a substantive information literacy component into an alreadyoversaturated first-year curriculum. As a result, many of the in-person ILI programs described inthe literature take the form of large, generic orientation sessions presented in a lecture hall [16].The assessments of these training programs often rely on multiple-choice assessments, whichwhile scaling effectively, cannot provide insights into student achievement of higher level skills[17]. In order to gain more nuanced understandings of student learning, the literature suggestsdesigning authentic
mergedstudio art and computer-aided engineering. This course was intended to meet Loyola’s core(general education) requirements in the fine arts area, while also satisfying an “engineeringelective” requirement for any engineering students who chose to take the course.Different approaches for integrating art and engineering in an educational setting have beendescribed by several investigators. Some incorporated modules or projects into existing art orengineering courses [1-4] or labs [5,6]. Others developed new courses that combined thedisciplines in particular ways [7-12]. Still others conducted studies outside of courses [13] ormodified entire curricula [14]. The aims and methods associated with these efforts were quitevaried. For example, Benson and
Undergraduate Security Project Garry Ingles and Aaron Carpenter {inglesg, carpentera1}@wit.edu Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering Wentworth Institute of TechnologyRecent studies have shown new opportunities for the integration of cybersecurity courses andprojects into Electrical and Computer Engineering (and related) departments. This is followingthe growth of the field in both industry and research. While past research discusses what does anddoesn’t work, from the perspective of faculty and the department, they leave out an importantviewpoint by not including the perspective of the student researcher.In this work, the authors fill that knowledge
need to be in Excel? o Very proficient; able to manipulate, analyze, summarize, and interpret large amounts of data o Use databases from which to analyze dataThe engineers at one of the manufacturing firms outlined three essential skills thatgraduates should have include: critical thinking - to be able to adapt to every changingenvironment; the ability to communicate - when to use an email versus text versus faceto face; and flexibility, as technology changes every two years.The faculty team then were engaged in a short curriculum design camp to outline goalsand outcomes of new courses that would fit an engineering technology focus, with anoverarching purpose to integrate coursework in math, physics and engineering as
Technology Wade L. Robison is the Ezra A. Hale Professor of Applied Ethics at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He received his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with a minor in law. He was President of the Hume Society for sixteen years and was the first President and co-founder of the Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum. He has published extensively in philosophy of law, David Hume, and practical and professional ethics. His book Decisions in Doubt: The Environment and Public Policy (University Press of New England, 1994) won the Nelson A. Rockefeller Prize in Social Science and Public Policy. His latest book is Ethics Within Engineering: An Introduction (Bloomsbury Academic
University as an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering in 2004. She went on to achieve the position of Associate Professor and Associate Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2008. Dr. Filippas was appointed to the position of interim associate dean of Undergraduate Studies in 2010 and associate dean of Undergraduate Studies in 2015, and was promoted to Professor in August, 2016. As of August, 2019, Dr. Filippas is the Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing Professor. In this role, Dr. Filippas provides leadership in the area of Data Science in Advanced Manufacturing and is responsible for developing collaborations in this area between faculty and CCAM scientists.Dr. Rebecca Segal, Virginia
Mexico (UNM) Online has been offering an MS degree in Computer Engineering with a specialization in IoT [6]: o The program is consisted of 31 credits of 8 week long courses. The curriculum has good IoT content relevant to computer engineering. However, only one course is labeled with IoT in its title. o “Students will learn how to develop the software and hardware systems that allow devices to collect and exchange data on a massive scale”. o Students who successfully complete the curriculum will be prepared for entry into the computer industry or related fields of study such as autonomous and electric vehicles, smart grid, situational awareness for
integrating the makerspace into the existing curriculum are discussed, as well asthe guidelines for the revised class periods and final project.This paper also provides an analysis regarding whether integration of a makerspace into a first-year engineering course positively or negatively impacted first-year students developing: 1) anengineering or maker identity, 2) technical skills, and 3) general engineering skills such ascuriosity, problem solving, and/or teamwork. Students completed pre/post surveys regardingprior makerspace experience, their first-year makerspace experience, engineering identity, andgeneral engineering skills. The survey results of students who participated in the maker-sectionsof the course are compared with survey results of a
together through a cordof nerves called corpus callosum. One half of the brain helps the other to build an even proportion ofreason and emotion [6]. A host of examples can be cited showing that many scientists develop passion inmusic, such as Einstein, Planck and Bose. Medical doctors spend pastime in painting; mathematicians andphysicists, like Bertrand Russell and Werner Heisenberg, are good writers; and wartime heroes, such asSimon Bolivar and Winston Churchill, are prolific authors. These artistic faculties are worth integrating inengineering education and in engineering practice.Arts and Aesthetics in Engineering PracticePracticing engineers in design firms are often criticized for not making much room for the artistic and theaesthetic
Paper ID #28845Small Teaching via Bloom’sDr. Marjan Eggermont, University of Calgary Dr. Marjan Eggermont is a Teaching Professor and faculty member at the University of Calgary in the Mechanical and Manufacturing department of the Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary. She co-founded and designs ZQ, an online journal to provide a platform to showcase the nexus of science and design using case studies, news, and articles. As an instructor, she was one of the recipients of The Allan Blizzard Award, a Canadian national teaching award for collaborative projects that improve student learning in 2004. In 2005
Paper ID #29987Civil engineering students’ beliefs about the technical and socialimplications of global warming and when global warming will impact thempersonally and othersDr. Andrew Katz, Virginia Tech Andrew Katz is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech.Dr. Tripp Shealy, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Tripp Shealy is an Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech.Dr. Allison Godwin, Purdue University at West Lafayette Allison Godwin, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research
particularly focus on what prevents students from being able to integrate and extend the knowledge developed in specific courses in the core curriculum to the more complex, authentic problems and projects they face as professionals. Dr. Koretsky is one of the founding members of the Center for Lifelong STEM Education Research at OSU. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Work-in-Progress: An Online Journal Tool with Feedback for a Learning Assistant Program in EngineeringOverviewThis work-in-progress paper presents the development and pilot implementation of a computer-based reflection tool used in a Learning Assistant (LA) Program in
problems beginning in the fifth week of a statics and dynamics courserequiring students to review material they were introduced to earlier in the course.13 Feedbackfrom students was positive but there was no assessment of the effectiveness of the reviewproblems on learning. Butler and Marsh demonstrated the effectiveness of integrating repeatedretrieval practice, spacing, and timely feedback in an upper-level electrical engineering course.Their study focused on spacing practice of content within the course and found that doing so“boosted student learning and retention in the course.”15 Hopkins et al incorporated questionsfrom previous content within a precalculus course on quizzes throughout the semester and foundstudent performance on the final
.). Exposure to the componentis measured by time. During the development of the fidelity checklist, the necessary timerequired for participants to gain the knowledge, skill or ability is predetermined. The actual timedevoted to the component is recorded on the checklist. Finally, the responsiveness of theaudience is also recorded. Here the evaluator is determining the audience’s engagement with thecontent (Gerstner & Finney, 2013). By assessing the training program in this way, a morethorough understanding of the program components can be assessed and the intended curriculumversus the presented curriculum can be evaluated holistically.An implementation fidelity assessment provides an environment where programmaticcomponents are articulated
” group, led by the secondauthor. The group provided a forum for brainstorming ideas and the course provided a platformfor testing these strategies. Four recommendations evolved from this effort: 1.) Education onteam function and bias in team dynamics is helpful. 2.) Teamwork skills and strategies forcollaboration and conflict resolution need to be taught. 3.) Mentoring and engaging withstudents is an important aspect of the process and can be enhanced to better serve women. 4.)Reflection and self-assessment exercises can be integrated to build self-efficacy and confidencein students. Assessment was done using data collected from mid-term evaluations, peerevaluations, self-assessment exercises, input from industry judges, and teaching evaluations
Paper ID #28920Improving Pass Rates by Switching from a Passive to an Active LearningTextbook in CS0Ms. Dawn McKinney, University of South Alabama Dawn McKinney, a Senior Instructor and Curriculum Coordinator for Computer Science at the University of South Alabama, has been conducting research on Teaching and Learning for over 23 years and has co- authored over 25 papers which have been presented at SISCSE, ASEE, FIE, XP/Agile Universe, Interna- tional Conference on The First-Year Experience, Southeastern Learning Community Consortium, Council on Undergraduate Research National Conference, and the South Alabama Conference
resiliency computations consisted of integrating a provided function givencertain boundary conditions to relate to loss of functionality given the occurrence of a hazardousevent. Data collection and results from student work are discussed in outcomes and resultssection of this report.CE 330 is only offered during the spring semester, at which time the implementation of thesustainability ALM was performed. Implementation only consisted of the sustainability ALM.The method of implementation was performed by lecture with accompanying Power Point. Afterthe lecture an in-class activity was given to the students, in which they could either workindividually or in groups. The activity consisted of comparing head loss and power generation ina section of pipe
IllinoisBridge Status Survey,” 2010.[12] Gleason, Jim et al., “Integrated engineering math-based summer bridge program for studentretention,” Advances in Engineering Education, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 1–17, 6/2010.[13] Raines, Joan M, “FirstSTEP: A Preliminary Review of the Effects of a Summer BridgeProgram on Pre-College STEM Majors,” Journal of STEM Education: Innovations andResearch, vol. 13, no. 1, p. 22, 2012.[14] Matthew E Elam, Brent L Donham, and Stephanie R Solomon, “An Engineering SummerProgram for Underrepresented Students from Rural School Districts,” Journal of STEMEducation : Innovations and Research, vol. 13, no. 2, p. 35, 1/4/2012.[15] Walton, Gregory M and Cohen, Geoffrey L, “A Question of Belonging,” Journal ofPersonality and Social
uploaded by students) and similar sites. Unfortunately, the informationavailable on sites like Coursehero without a subscription is limited, and even with a “Premier”subscription, an individual is limited to 30 course documents, so the author elected not tosubscribe. Thus, there were some courses for which only limited information could be found.ResultsFundamental Programming Languages The required programming courses fall into several categories as shown in Figure 1. Itwas not possible to identify any computer programming course or a reference to any computerprogram in the curriculum at just two universities, and for another it was not possible to tellwhether MATLAB or Object-oriented programming (OOP) was the required topic. At