Conference Session

Software and Hardware for Educators I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rosario Gil, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia; Elio Sancristobal, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia; Sergio Martin, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia; Antonio Colmenar, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia; Gabriel Diaz, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia; Martin Llamas, Universidad de Vigo; Edmundo Tovar, Polytechnic University, Montegancedo; Alfonso Duran, Carlos III University of Madrid; juan peire, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia; Manuel Castro, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia

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wishing to study in this new education plan. This mobility ofpeople might foster the economy and create jobs.This new model is voluntary and while it was initially accepted by the countries present inBologna, there have been countries that have signed up later and others who for country-specificreasons have been rejected. Page 14.1040.2Of course the adoption of this new model implies a number of negative aspects, thus eachprospective adopting country must weight the relative costs and benefits to reach a decision.The clear disadvantages common to most countries are: ̇ Economics implications of the change of the educational system of each

Conference Session

COED: Gamification and Introducing Students to Programming

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farzana Rahman, Florida International University

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Computers in Education

to solveauthentic problems with an inquiry approach. We wanted the students to develop problem solvingand self-directed learning abilities while they also remain motivated to learn increasinglychallenging topics. To incorporate experiential learning in our curriculum, each module beginsfrom concrete experience to reflective observation, then to abstract conceptualization to activeexperimentation. In other words, the first stage is where the learner actively experiences anactivity. The second stage is when the learner consciously reflects back on that experience. Thethird stage is where the learner attempts to conceptualize a theory or a model of what is observed.The fourth stage is where the learner is trying to plan how to test a model or

Conference Session

Computing Technology Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Ryan Smith, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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evaluating the work of their classmates.3. Peer Review – Each student applies the same Calibration rubric to the submissions of three classmates.4. Self Review – Each student now applies the rubric for the seventh application, this time to her own submission. Students are encourages to use reflection in this stage and to construct a plan for improvement.CPR1 workflow instantiates the educational goal of teaching students to mirror expert behaviorby learning to apply performance standards, as demonstrated by assessments done by theinstructor. Basically, the scoring for each phase is a function of how far the student’sassessments are from the instructor’s in the Calibration, and how far from the group’s norm inassessing a particular colleague’s

Conference Session

Technical Session 12: Teaching and Learning

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nina Schiffeler, IMA - RWTH Aachen University; Valerie Stehling, RWTH Aachen University; Frank Hees, Cybernetics Lab IMA & IfU; Ingrid Isenhardt

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whenthe presentation and, thus, end of the role-play approach. The non-AR team uses the verbalcommunication (e.g. in the introductory round and first planning phase) particularly duringthe conception phase of the shared apartment’s model in order to discuss who takes whichtask in order to meet all the requirements given. The AR team, in opposition, does not useverbal communication for conceptualising their model of the shared apartment, butimmediately takes the tablets with the AR app into usage.When comparing the timestamps creating different phases of the collaboration, it is identifiedfrom the given data that the process divides into three phases for both teams that, however,differ in their length and contents: the first phase for the non-AR

Conference Session

Modeling and Simulation

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shahnam Navaee, Georgia Southern University; Junsuk Kang, Georgia Southern University

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developedcourse discussed in the paper, a state-of-the-art commercial software package is planned to beutilized to further enhance the marketability of the students upon graduation. Along with this choicecomes the challenge of developing suitable tutorials and examples to familiarize the students withvarious important tools and special features of this sophisticate package in the minimum amount oftime possible. The submitted paper explores one possible strategy to accomplish this task. Thiscourse is designed for exploring the civil engineering applications focusing specifically on analysisof structural components, rather than solving problems related to other fields such as fluid mechanicsor heat transfer. The planned projects in the course explore

Conference Session

Online, Hybrid, and other Virtual Learning Environments

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hazim A El-Mounayri, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Christian Rogers, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Eugenia Fernandez, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Jesse Connor Satterwhite, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

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,particularly one who said they “typed T6 to change the tool but nothing happened”. While the command“T6” is recognized by the machine, an improper input placed before could have caused the machine tocease operation. This information is useful in a pilot study, as it allows such bugs to be found prior tomore widespread studies.Conclusions & Future WorksFuture plans for this project see it proceeding in two directions: first, further development on theenvironment itself will be completed; and second, additional technologies will be tested with theimproved environment.Some development changes to the environment have been discussed in prior sections of this paper—forexample, the issue of the machine no longer receiving input after an incorrect input

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Petr Johanes, Stanford University; Larry Lagerstrom, Stanford University

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development program offered toworking engineers. In order to test the learning efficacy of online education, develop a set ofbest practices, and provide more scheduling flexibility to students by scheduling multipleinstances of a course during the year, the Department proposed to develop online versions ofa number of these courses over a three-year period. The proposal was accepted and the “EEOnline Program” started in academic year 2012-2013 with course planning and development.Student learning patterns, outcomes, and satisfaction are being measured both quantitativelyand qualitatively. This work-in-progress paper reports on the mid-point results of the EEOnline (EEO) program.B. Program and Course DevelopmentThe proposed plan for EE Online course

Conference Session

Course Development / Curriculum Development

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alisa Gilmore P.E., University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Computers in Education

Page 26.460.9Subsumption Architecture in the 1980’s at MIT. This paradigm for controlling robots wasrevolutionary in its treatment of the three robot primitives - sense, plan, and act, which up untilthat time involved a heavy planning and world modeling component. Behavior based controlprograms did not rely on planning, but they separated the robot’s brain into modular behaviorsthat were triggered by sensor inputs. The output of the behaviors sent commands to the actuators,and these commands could be suppressed by other behaviors. The simplest manner in which tochoose which behavior the robot executes at any time is to list behaviors in an order of priority.The behaviors cooperate in that any behavior can be executed at any time, if the right

Conference Session

Re-Imagining the Higher Ed Classroom -- Tablet PCs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dewey Spangler, Virginia Western Community College; Kimberly Filer, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Computers in Education

information gained from this pilot study, activities can be further developed using theTablet PC to enhance the learning of mechanical engineering students. With the study expandingin spring 2008 to include a control group, our goal is to better understand the Tablet PCs impacton the teaching and learning process. Using a refined assessment instrument in a pretest/posttestdesign, we will measure the change in student learning strategies from the beginning to the endof the semester and determine if the table PC is changing the way in which future engineers useinformation to learn.The mechanical engineering department at Virginia Tech plans to increase implementation ofTablet PC based learning in the fall of 2008 when additional ME 2024 instructors

Conference Session

Web-Based Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eugene Ressler, U.S. Military Academy; Stephen Ressler, U.S. Military Academy; Catherine Bale, U.S. Military Academy

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occur when the contest was advertised in metropolitannewspapers and other media with large audiences as planned for the Bicentennial. Some furtherback-of-the-envelope calculation indicated that a 0.03 second service time provided anacceptable performance margin. The same calculations indicated that an inexpensive0.4 megabit per second Internet uplink would serve all purposes except downloads of the clientsoftware. The client has therefore been distributed through volunteer educational institutions,including ours, through their high-bandwidth connections to the Internet.Special technical requirementsA few fascinating problems in software design are inherent in the rules of the contest. One isthe need to reject bridges that are duplicates of

Conference Session

Development of Computational Tools

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yizhe Chang, Stevens Institute of Technology; El-Sayed S. Aziz, Stevens Institute of Technology (SES); Sven K. Esche, Stevens Institute of Technology; Constantin Chassapis, Stevens Institute of Technology (SES)

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scenarios, planning the story line, assigning avatars for players and non-playercharacters (NPC) and modeling necessary gadgets. Although most game engines are designed forentertainment purposes, the basic functions for graphics, physics simulation and story plots arecapable of supporting the design of educational video games. In addition, nowadays, many gameengines are not game-specific but rather are developed to support a wide range of games. Basedon their 3D graphics and real-world physics simulations, such game engines not only allow forthe development of game environments that give the users a feel of reality and being immersed,but they are also designed for ease of developments based upon them. A good example is the‘Source’ game engine

Conference Session

Topics in Computer Science and Programming

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter W. Schilling Jr., Milwaukee School of Engineering; Mark J. Sebern, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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7. design and implement software systems using OOD techniques 8. generate clear, consistent, and reasonably complete documentation of a software system 9. be able to use computer-aided software engineering (CASE) tools 10. develop basic software test plans and reports Page 25.1257.4 11. work effectively as part of a team 12. apply simple quality project monitoring techniques 13. describe the purpose and goals of the SEI Capability Maturity Model Figure 4 Initial SE2890 Course Outcomes Table 1 SE2890 Initial Course

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Neelam Soundarajan, Ohio State University

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givendiscipline, and what they need to do to move to the next level. As Royer et al. 37 put it, “metacogni-tive skills are cognitive activities that allow an individual to reflect on and to control performancein a useful and efficient manner. Skilled performers within a domain possess the capability of plan-ning their activities, and altering behavior in accordance with the monitoring activity. Less skilledperformers are far less proficient at this monitoring process and, correspondingly, less successfulat applying the skills they do possess.” In a real sense, it is the ability to reflect on one’s perfor-mance, learn from the results of that performance, and refine one’s knowledge or skill that not onlyhelps improve the performance but marks the

Conference Session

Computers in Education 4 - Online and Distributed Learning 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Juliana Lynn Fuqua, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Faye Linda Wachs, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Paul Morrow Nissenson, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Deanna Miranda Barrios; Cecilia Nguyen, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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areplacement for professors and peers when they needed help. Nearly all students (96%) providedfavorable ratings about the trustworthiness of the video library and most students trusted the MEOnline videos more than other videos available online. They were particularly happy whenfinding videos by their favorite instructors who were clear, engaging, and knowledgeable. Moststudents plan on using ME Online as alumni for both professional and personal reasons – 88% ofthe students reported they expect to use ME Online to study for licensing exams, graduate schoolwork, professional work, and/or just to learn new things.The study also explores the potential for video libraries like ME Online to help addressachievement gaps among historically disadvantaged

Conference Session

Work-in-Progress Posters: Computers in Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tara N. Kimmey; Thad B. Welch, Boise State University; Cameron H. G. Wright P.E., University of Wyoming

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covered to ensure the understandingof the complete standard.SOL 4.1 and 5.1 states: The student will demonstrate an understanding of scientific reasoning,logic, and the nature of science by planning and conducting investigations in which: a. items such as rocks, minerals, and organisms are identified using various classification keys; b. estimates are made and accurate measurements of length, mass, volume, and temperature are made in metric units using proper tools; c. estimates are made and accurate measurements of elapsed time are made using proper tools; d. hypotheses are formed from testable questions; e. independent and dependent variables are identified; f. constants in an experimental situation are identified

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shekhar Sharad, National Instruments

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engineers.However, here is a case where high-school students and teachers and freshmen engineeringstudents get their applications running on the DSP board within one lab period. This is possiblebecause the program uses the NI LabVIEW graphical programming environment, an industry-standard, which has been customized to suit the needs of the Infinity Project. The NI LabVIEWfor the Infinity Project software is shown in figure 4. Figure 4. The NI LabVIEW for the Infinity Project Software Launch Screen Page 12.1376.5The launch screen shown in figure 4 has a lot of innovative features that enable teachingconcepts. First, it has a lesson plan organizer that

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nabil Lehlou, University of Arkansas; Nebil Buyurgan, University of Arkansas; Justin Chimka, University of Arkansas

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Computers in Education

, the soil can tell the water that it is thirsty. This vision became aninspiration for one of the research topics: “Everything is alive1,” also known as EiA. “Everythingis Alive” is a concept that says that all objects in the world can be connected to a network calledthe “Internet of Things2” and be intelligent enough to communicate with humans as well as otherobjects without human intervention. Once these abilities are acquired by an object, it is called an“EiA agent,” and it is said alive because it can interact with humans and agents.While many people think that the vision of the future is just a dream and may not be feasible atall, EiA does have a plan to make it come true. Ideally, one can integrate a microchip into anobject, program it to

Conference Session

Computer Simulation and Animation I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Othoniel Rodriguez-Jimenez, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico; Carlos Pacheco, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico; Nelson Reyes-Aviles, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico; Marisol Mercado, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico

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of SQL injectionattacks. Other features like search for available courses to view or edit by using partial coursecode entry, or data validation, are not discussed here as these are considered standard usabilityfeatures.ConclusionThe Unisyllabus application was designed to address some of the problems that plague themanagement of syllabi for a program, a department or a campus. Besides tackling the syllabiconsolidation problem, it also seeks to make syllabi users more aware of ABET and similaraccreditation bodies issues. The developers have started to populate the system with the syllabifor their Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. Once all the syllabi are in place andwe do not find any major concerns we plan on deploying

Conference Session

Signal Processing Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thad Welch, Boise State University; Cameron Wright, University of Wyoming; Michael Morrow, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Computers in Education

reasons.While a number of other excellent example systems exist, the popular press regularly points outin such articles as “Clues for the Clueless” by Daniel McGinn and Temma Ehrenfeld that mostAmerican adults do not understand the foundational concept of compound interest.2 McGinn andEhrenfeld go on to state that “. . . research shows that people who can answer questions like these(calculating compound interest) do better at planning for retirement, saving and managing theirdebts.”So, given the need for more understanding of basic financial concepts, this important, yet verysimple DSP system can be made to be much more motivational if we allow α to be greater thanone. This seeming contradiction to the stability requirements associated with the poles

Conference Session

Computational Tools and Simulation I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sam Shearman, National Instruments

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input signal frequency past the Nyquistrate. Watching the frequency-domain plot, they will see the input signal peak cross the Nyquistrate and continue to increase as an alias peak breaks off and starts to decrease. At the same time,the time domain plot will show the input signal, the alias and the location of the signal samples.Plotting the three signals together emphasizes how an alias can be thought of as an alternativeinterpretation of the signal samples.Digital numeric controls could have been chosen as alternatives to knobs for the input signalfrequency and sampling rate parameters. Such controls allow users to set specific values throughkeyboard entry. This type of action can be useful if the exercise that you plan for yourdemonstration

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yoon Kim, Virginia State University; Shahzad Akbar, Virginia State University

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Computers in Education

. Page 14.417.11Figure 11: Spectrums of accelerometer response placed at R3 without compromise. Page 14.417.12 470Hz 630Hz 720Hz 390Hz 630Hz 690Hz Freq Freq Freq Diff 2 Diff 3 Diff 1Figure 12: Comparison of safe and damaged bridge spectra Page 14.417.13Future WorkThe bridge monitoring system is a convergence design that provides a better design solution toexisting monitoring systems. The design plan implements vibration analysis

Conference Session

Online Teaching

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Morrow Nissenson, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Angela C. Shih, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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workThis paper demonstrates that it is possible for a public PUI to develop and deliver a successfulMOOC for relatively low cost using local resources. For this plan to be replicated at other publicPUIs, the instructor(s) must be willing to be only partially compensated for their time; theSummer 2012 workshop stipend and six units of release time received by the lead authorrepresents a fraction of the total time put into the creation of the hybrid course and MOOC. AMOOC developed using the model discussed in this paper would have to be a “labor of love.”While this may turn off many faculty members from creating their own MOOC, the lead authorexperienced a tremendous amount of personal satisfaction from helping hundreds of peoplearound the world

Conference Session

Computer Education Management Tools

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Curtis Carver, USMA

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received some publicity in the popular pressand a similar exercise was run by the State of New York in 2005 after they became aware ofCarronade3. The Department of Veterans Affairs is likewise planning a similar exercise for20074. We are exploring expanding Carronade to other delivery means such as instant messengerand community of practice discussion boards. Due to requests, we are also considering a publiclyreleasable version of Carronade that can be installed at other institutions. Our experiences withCarronade suggest additional experimentation is warranted to explore its effect on organizationalculture. Coupled together, SISOs and the Carronade exercise can significant improve studentlearning of modern information assurance

Conference Session

Computer Education Innovations II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Kuczenski, University of Notre Dame; Joshua Enszer, University of Notre Dame; Mark McCready, University of Notre Dame; Jay Brockman, University of Notre Dame

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thestudents, their advisors, and ultimately the department. A major goal for this section of thesurvey was to communicate which courses a student plans to take in the upcoming semester. Foreach course, they are asked to prepare short term goals and relate these goals to their longer termcareer ambitions. For the younger students, (sophomores at present) a drop down list of example Page 15.1116.4short term goals for the core courses is available to help them create their own short term goals.We hope that as the students gain experience in making course goals, they will not need to beprompted in this manner. The survey also asks them if they are

Conference Session

Computers in Education General Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sushil Acharya, Robert Morris University; Priya Manohar, Robert Morris University; Walter W Schilling Jr., Milwaukee School of Engineering; Ali A. Ansari, Virginia State University; Peter Y Wu

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/are used in Asian and European countries by both governmental and non-governmental organizations. Acharya has a M.Eng. in Computer Technology and a D.Eng. in Computer Science and Information Management with a concentration in knowledge discovery, both from the Asian Institute of Technology in Thailand. His teaching involvement and research interest are in the area of Software Engineering education, Software Verification & Validation, Data Mining, Neural Networks, and Enterprise Resource Planning. He also has interest in Learning Objectives based Education Material Design and Development. Acharya is a co- author of ”Discrete Mathematics Applications for Information Systems Professionals- 2nd Ed., Prentice

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shreya Kothaneth, Virginia Tech; Ashley Robinson, Virginia Tech; Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech

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Computers in Education

wasinterrupted by a technology malfunction. This malfunction occurred during the second phase ofthe training module, while the participants were role-playing as instructors and students.Interestingly enough, the three respondents whose usability scores dropped after the secondsession all belonged to that session. This might suggest that although this type of training moduleseems effective when it comes to training faculty members, it is extremely sensitive to and canbe negatively impacted by technology malfunctions.The evaluation data collected and analyzed thus far has been helpful for informing future traininginitiatives. The Instructional Technology team now plans to conduct this study with a largergroup as well as across different training classes

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norman Moses Joseph, Purdue University; David M. Whittinghill, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kathleen C. Howell, Purdue University, West Lafayette; David William Braun, Purdue University

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AC 2011-2064: WORK-IN-PROGRESS: 3D STEREOSCOPIC VISUALIZA-TION AS A TOOL FOR TEACHING ASTRONOMY CONCEPTSNorman Joseph, Purdue University Graduate Student, Computer Graphics Technology, Purdue UniversityDavid M Whittinghill, Purdue University, West LafayetteKathleen C. Howell, Purdue University, West Lafayette Professor Howell is the Hsu Lo Professor of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering at Purdue Uni- versity. Besides an active research program in Astrodynamics involving spacecraft mission planning and maneuver design, she teaches Orbital Mechanics and Attitude Dynamics for spacecraft applications.David William Braun, Purdue University

Conference Session

Computer Science Applications

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey A. Jalkio, University of Saint Thomas; Dan R. Schupp

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Computers in Education

ishappening. Page 22.136.5The professor teaching the education students found that it was advisable to run the simulationtwice with different input values. On the first pass, the students focus on learning the conceptsbeing presented and on the second pass they focus on how they could incorporate the game intotheir own syllabi. The education students found the simulation confusing during the first pass,but were more comfortable with it on the second.Based on the results so far, we plan to continue to use this game in course for both majors andnon-majors. It is an activity that students enjoy and that achieves its educational goals.AcknowledgementsThe

Conference Session

Best of Computer in Education Division

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacob Bishop, Utah State University; Matthew A Verleger, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach

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the University of Michigan have joined theCoursera partnership, which has expanded its offerings to 42 courses [10] . MIT has also upgradedits open educational initiative, and joined with Harvard in a $60 million dollar venture, edX [19] .EdX will, “offer Harvard and MIT classes online for free.”While online education is improving, expanding, and becoming openly available for free, univer-sity tuition at brick-and-mortar schools is rapidly rising [56] . Tuition in the University of Califor-nia system has nearly tripled since 2000 [32] . Naturally, this is not being received well by univer-sity students in California [2] . Likewise, students in Quebec are actively protesting planned tuitionhikes [13] . In resistance to planned tuition hikes

Conference Session

Computers in Education (CoED) Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexander Hans Nagl, Penn State Berks; Rungun Nathan, Penn State Berks

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justification for eliminating laboratories. When the secondauthor compared several ABET approved programs in the country, he found thatthey have fewer laboratories in their recommended academic plans than they dida few years ago. The reduction or elimination of real touch, feel and seeexperiences of laboratories havecontributed to the loss of “gut instinct”for many engineers. Using the common smart phonewith cost effective hardware,experiments have been designed tobring back some of the touch, feel andsee experiences to the classroom. Figure 1. Trace of acceleration from theAlmost every smart phone on the accelerometer obtained from an iPodmarket has two sensors that can beused for creating in-class experiments:a