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Computers in the Laboratory

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Marie Catchpole; Steven F. Barrett, University of Wyoming; Cameron H.G. Wright P.E., University of Wyoming

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currently serves as Associate Department Head, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Page 25.643.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 For Students By Students: Labware and Courseware DevelopmentAbstractWe have successfully implemented a program whereby students develop labware andcourseware for other students. We have called this approach “For Students By Students orFSBS.” In this program students as either for a senior design or graduate level project design,prototype and implement laboratory equipment and courseware for use

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Computers in the Laboratory

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erik A. Mayer, Pittsburg State University

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Table 4 Significant Significant Class Major Topic Areas Laboratory Student Outcomes Objectives Objectives Students completing Validation of Student Students completing Students completing course acquire level Outcomes will be course will show they course laboratory will appropriate content measured in a process

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Computers in the Laboratory

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Biswanath Samanta, Georgia Southern University; Jonathan G. Turner, Georgia Southern University

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AC 2012-5457: DEVELOPMENT OF A MECHATRONICS AND INTELLI-GENT SYSTEMS LABORATORY FOR TEACHING AND RESEARCHDr. Biswanath Samanta, Georgia Southern University Biswanath Samanta is in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Ga. His expertise and research interests include broad areas of system dynamics and control, robotics, mechatronics, intelligent systems, advanced signal processing, prognostics and health manage- ment, and applications of computational intelligence in engineering and biomedicine. Samanta has de- veloped and taught numerous courses in these areas and supervised students at both undergraduate and graduate levels. He has more than 100 refereed research

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Computers in the Laboratory

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Babatunde Isaac Ishola; Olawale Babatunde Akinwale, Obafemi Awolowo University; Lawrence O. Kehinde, Obafemi Awolowo University; Kayode Peter Ayodele; Oluwapelumi Olufemi Aboluwarin

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nodes in wiring up a particular circuit, the client utilizes a depth-first-search algorithm to construct circuits from an arbitrary number of student node-to-nodeconnections. An attempt was made to prevent student disorientation by employing the use ofintuitive control actions to zoom and pan the view, as well as hide interface elements as desired.Lab assessment was done in two phases. First, a questionnaire was administered to students afterusing the lab. Their responses were compared with those for a previous generation of theoperational amplifier lab. Secondly, a small study was carried out to verify a previous argumentthat realistic interfaces improved students’ laboratory experience. The results of the study arediscussed and attempts are

Conference Session

Computers in the Laboratory

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Oluwapelumi Olufemi Aboluwarin, iLab Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife; Kayode Peter Ayodele; Lawrence O. Kehinde, Obafemi Awolowo University; Babatunde Isaac Ishola

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liberty to investigate systems that are difficult to model1. Unfortunatelyhowever, for a variety of logistic and economic reasons, conventional telecommunicationscourses in Nigerian educational institutions are often unable to include sufficient laboratorycomponents to serve their students 2.A possible remedy to this problem is the use of remote laboratories (rlabs). Rlabs arearchitectures in which users interact with remote real equipment using appropriate webbrowser-delivered user interfaces 3, 4. They facilitate more efficient sharing of a wide rangeof lab resources like unique and expensive equipment and greatly simplify the logisticrequirements of laboratory work like scheduling of equipment, lab space, staffing and safetyof the users and

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Online Learning

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael E. Auer, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences; Diana Vasilica Pop; Danilo Garbi Zutin P.E., Carinthia University of Applied Sciences

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AC 2012-3676: OUTCOME OF AN ONLINE LABORATORY TO SUPPORTA MASTER PROGRAM IN REMOTE ENGINEERINGProf. Michael E. Auer, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences Since 1995, Michael Auer has been professor of electrical engineering at the Systems Engineering De- partment of the Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Villach, Austria, and has also held teaching positions at the universities of Klagenfurt (Austria), Amman (Jordan), Brasov (Romania), and Patras (Greece). He was invited for guest lectures at MIT Boston, Columbia University, and the technical uni- versities of Moscow, Athens, and others. He is a senior member of IEEE and a member of VDE, IGIP, etc., author or co-author of more than 180 publications, and a

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CoED General Technical Session II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jonathan M. Hill, University of Hartford; Ying Yu, University of Hartford

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lecture and laboratory format. In response tosuch pressure, we have adopted CPLDs in our introductory logic course.We use a CPLD module to provide an alternative to using TTL devices or adopting a fieldprogrammable gate array (FPGA). While both the FPGA and CPLD are configurable, theFPGA is a system component with the capability of many CPLDs, as such the FPGAdemands the use of a development board. We found that when our colleagues adopted anFPGA, the purely hands-on TTL experience is replaced entirely by the use of an FPGAdevelopment board where no actual wiring is involved. Rather, the CPLD module providesa viable third option, allowing for some hands-on experience, along with that of computeraided design tools. Students use a CPLD module with

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Online Learning

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Grant Huang, University of Texas, San Antonio; Andreas Gampe, University of Texas, San Antonio; Arsen Melkonyan, University of Texas, San Antonio; Murillo Pontual, University of Texas, San Antonio; David Akopian, University of Texas, San Antonio

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Antonio (UTSA). He joined UTSA in 2003 where he founded Software Communication and Navigation Systems Laboratory. He re- ceived the M.Sc. degree in radio-electronics from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in 1987 and Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the Tampere University of Technology (TUT), Fin- land, EU, in 1997. From 1999 to 2003, he was a Senior Engineer and Specialist with Nokia Corporation. Prior to joining Nokia in 1999, he was a member of teaching and research staff of TUT. His current re- search interests include digital signal processing algorithms for communication and navigation receivers, positioning methods and mobile applications, and remote labs

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CoED General Technical Session II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christopher R. Carroll, University of Minnesota, Duluth

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synthesis software.Otherwise, digital design degenerates into just another programming exercise, albeit using ahardware description language rather than traditional software languages.During Fall semester 2011, programmable logic devices were used for the first time1 as the basisfor lab exercises in a second semester, advanced digital design laboratory at UMD, replacingdesign using discrete digital integrated circuits. The experience exposed some limitationsimposed by the technology. For example, when circuits must avoid logic hazards (momentary“glitches” during transitions) as in asynchronous finite state machine design, FPGAs cannot beused properly, and CPLDs must be coerced into working by clumsily “fooling” the synthesissoftware. These specific

Conference Session

CoED General Technical Session I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dirk Schaefer, Georgia Institute of Technology; J. Lane Thames, Georgia Institute of Technology; Robert Donald Wellman Jr., Georgia Institute of Technology; Dazhong Wu, Georgia Institute of Technology; Sungshik Yim, Georgia Institute of Technology; David W. Rosen, Georgia Institute of Technology

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undergraduate and Graduate Research Assistant during the first two years of his graduate education. Before taking his current staff position at Georgia Tech, Thames spent 18 months working for VeriSign’s Communication Services Division. Thames also serves as a research collaborator and lead infrastructure/systems architect for Dr. Dirk Schaefer’s initiative on remotely controlled physical laboratory experiments and collaborative design education.Mr. Robert Donald Wellman Jr., Georgia Institute of Technology Robert Wellman is the Manager of the Information Technology Department at Georgia Tech’s Savannah campus. Wellman earned his bachelor’s of science in computer engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Upon

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Computers in Education Division Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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xue zhang; Debbie Vogel, Sprint; Mahesh K. Banavar, Arizona State University; Shuang Hu; Andreas S. Spanias, Arizona State University; Photini Spanias; Jayaraman J. Thiagarajan, Arizona State University

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Learn. Available online at: http://www.blackboard.com/Platforms/Mobile/Products/Mobile-Learn.aspx5. Sprint ID, Available online at: http://ria.sprint.com/ria/pages/index.jsp?ms=SprintID&id16=Sprint%20ID#/learn6. A. Spanias and V. Atti, “An introduction to Java DSP (J-DSP),” Tech. Report, School of ECEE, Arizona StateUniversity. Available online at: http://jdsp.engineering.asu.edu/MANUAL/m1_generalinfo.pdf7. S. Ranganath, J. J. Thiagarajan, K. N. Ramamurthy, S. Hu, M. Banavar and A. Spanias “Undergraduate SignalProcessing Laboratories for the Android Operating System,” ASEE2012 Annual Conference, San Antonio, Texas,June 10-13, 2012 (Accepted).8. J. Liu, S. Hu, J. J. Thiagarajan, X. Zhang, S. Ranganath , M. K. Banavar and A. Spanias

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Online Learning

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hatem M. Wasfy, Advanced Science and Automation Corp.; Tamer M. Wasfy, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Jeanne Peters, Advanced Science and Automation Corp.; Hazim A. El-Mounayri, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

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panels, and tires. She has also worked on numerous projects to create advanced engineering design and learning environments, which include mul- timodal user interfaces for space systems. As Vice President of Information Technology, Peters directs the development of advanced virtual reality applications, including scientific visualization applications and web-based multimedia education/training applications.Dr. Hazim A. El-Mounayri, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis Hazim El-Mounayri is an Associate Professor of M.E. and the Co-director of the Advanced Engineering and Manufacturing Laboratory (AEML) at IUPUI. The AEML is currently conducting research in virtual manufacturing and intelligent (multiscale

Conference Session

CoED General Technical Session I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jonathan M. Hill, University of Hartford; Devdas Shetty, University of Hartford

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. Page 25.904.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Low Cost Educational Laser Based Vibration Measurement System with Improved Signal Conditioning, Python and MATLABAbstractThis project involves a laser based vibration measurement system that has educational value andcan be used in a student laboratory. The system must be small, inexpensive, and convenient touse, without extensive programming. The LabJack U3 acquisition system was used with a laptopand a netbook computer. Our use of Python and MATLAB are suitable software choices for thissystem. The vibration measurement system provides cross-disciplinary educational opportunitieswith hands

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Computers in Education Division Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katherine G. Nelson, Arizona State University; Jenefer Husman, Arizona State University; Refika Koseler; Stuart Graham Bowden, Arizona State University

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the world. Bowden presently heads up the silicon section of Arizona State Univer- sity’s solar power laboratory (http://pv.asu.edu/). Page 25.1495.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Work-In-Progress: Towards the development of a model for beneficial use of educational technology through a photovoltaics engineering website Abstract Photovoltaics (PV) engineering is an emerging field within the schools of engineering.To meet the needs of a new field, learning resources need to be

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Best of Computers in Education Division

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Autar Kaw, University of South Florida; Ali Yalcin, University of South Florida; Gwen Lee-Thomas, Old Dominion University and Quality Measures, LLC; Duc T. Nguyen, Old Dominion University; Melinda R. Hess; James A. Eison, University of South Florida; Ram Pendyala, Arizona State University; Glen H. Besterfield, University of South Florida; Corina M. Owens, Battelle Memorial Institute

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- lished articles (in referred journals, conference proceedings, and technical reports), and funded projects Page 25.58.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 (approximately $3.5 million funded projects, from various government research laboratories, industrial sectors, and universities) in numerical methods, large-scale parallel algorithms and software develop- ments, finite element analysis and optimal design, and linear/nonlinear equation and Eigen-solutions have led to several international (1989 Cray Research, Inc. GigaFlops Award), national (NASA Langley Re- search

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Computers and Simulation

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Xiaobo Peng, Prairie View A&M University; Blesson Isaac, Prairie View A&M University; Richard T. Wilkins, Prairie View A&M University

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nanotechnology has nowbrought urgent challenges to undergraduate engineering education: How to integrate theemerging nanotechnologies into classroom teaching? How to prepare our students fortomorrow’s highly competitive global job markets? And how to maintain the US’s leadershipand dominance in science and technology in an era of globalization?Funded by Department of Education, a project is carried out to integrate nanotechnology into theundergraduate science and engineering curricula through a sequential preparation approach fromintroductory freshman to the advanced senior level. The curricula are reinforced by innovativecomputer simulations and state-of-the-art nanomaterials laboratory experiments anddemonstrations. The work presented in this paper is

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thalia Anagnos, San Jose State University; Alicia L. Lyman-Holt, Oregon State University; Sean P. Brophy, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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include a course management system (Moodle embedded in NEEShub), WebEx video conferencing, and a 3D virtual world called QuakeQuest. For the online interaction to be most effective, students 1) need to understand why they are using the tools, and 2) be coached in how to critique each other’s work and contribute to threaded discussions.IntroductionThe George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) networkconsists of 14 large-scale earthquake engineering laboratories, housed at universities across theUS. These laboratories provide research hubs for large-scale earthquake engineering research inthe areas of structures, soils, and tsunamis and are linked together with a sophisticatedcyberinfrastructure. Each site

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yogendra M. Panta, Youngstown State University; Hyun W. Kim, Youngstown State University; Param C Adhikari, Youngstown State University; Sanket Aryal, Youngstown State University

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, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), microfluidics/lab on chip, and energy research.Dr. Hyun W. Kim, Youngstown State University Hyun W. Kim is a professor of mechanical engineering in the Department of Mechanical and Indus- trial Engineering at Youngstown State University. He has been teaching and developing the Thermal Fluid Applications course and the companion laboratory course for the past few years. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Ohio and is currently conducting applied research in hydraulics and micro gas turbines. He helps the local industry and engineers with his expertise in heat transfer and thermal sciences. Kim received a B.S.E. degree from Seoul National University, a M.S.E. from the University of

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Topics in Computer Science and Programming

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Te-shun Chou, East Carolina University

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an explicitor implicit security policy and classified incidents into the probe, scan, account compromise, rootcompromise, packet sniffer, denial of service, exploitation of trust, malicious code, and Internetinfrastructure attacks in 1997. In 1999, Lincoln Laboratory at MIT created the KDD99 data set,which is known as “DARPA Intrusion Detection Evaluation Data Set”7. The data set includesthirty-nine types of attacks that are classified into four main categories: denial of service (DoS)attacks, probe attacks, user to root (U2R) attacks, and remote to local (R2L) attacks.The goal of this paper is to provide a detailed analysis of those four categories of attacks. Theexperiments simulate attacks that are conducted by attackers in the real world

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Social Media and In-class Technology: Creating Active Learning Environments

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Xin Chen, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mihaela Vorvoreanu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Krishna Madhavan, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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design class using open-ended questions and identified aspects of theirexperiences that could lead to improved student retention in engineering13. Using multiple surveyinstruments, Demetry and Groccia evaluated and compared mechanical engineering students’experiences in two introductory materials science classes with one implementing active learningand cooperative learning strategies14. Torres et al. presented students’ experiences of learningrobotics within a virtual environment and remote laboratory, where students knowledge wasassessed via automatic correction tests and students opinions were collected using self-evaluationquestionnaires15. Grimes et al. evaluated civil engineering students’ experiences in a visualclassroom named VisClass

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Tablets Large and Small

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Virginia Tech; Christopher B. Williams, Virginia Tech

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availablecourse management software primarily to distribute course content (e.g., slides) to students. Inaddition, the software can be used to implement various instruction interventions including polls,electronic ink, and screen broadcast. Limited instructor training is available for the software.New instructors are encouraged to observe more experienced instructors classrooms for TPCincorporation strategies.The first-year engineering program consists of a two-semester course sequence. Each semester-long course is composed of one 50-minute large lecture (ranging from 75-300 students) and onetwo-hour, hands-on laboratory (approximately 30 students) each week. This research studyinvestigates a new instructor assigned to teach one of the large lectures (93

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Computers in Education Division Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John M. Jones, East Carolina University; Te-shun Chou, East Carolina University

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the ASCENT Security Teaching Lab,” Proceedings of the 13th Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education, pp.124-132, Seattle, WA, June, 2009.2. W. Du, K. Jayaraman1, and N.B. Gaubatz, “Enhancing Security Education with Hands-On Laboratory Exercises,” 5th Annual Symposium on Information Assurance (ASIA ’10), pp.56-61, Albany, NY, June 2010.3. L. Tao, L.C. Chen, and C. Lin, “Virtual Open-Source Labs for Web Security Education,” Proceedings of the World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science (WCECS 2010), Vol. I, San Francisco, CA, October, 2010.4. R. M. Cassado, The Virtual Network System. Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education, New York, 2005.5. VMware, “How Does Fencing Work, VMware

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Computers in Education Division Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lin Li, Prairie View A&M University; Jaime Israel Juarez, Prairie View A&M University; Yonggao Yang, Prairie View A&M University

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attractive while still retaining the underlying contents2. Improve the delivery of laboratories and lectures, make abstract and non-intuitive programming concepts “visible”, “touchable”, and thereby, easy to understand3. Increase students’ passing rate in programming courses4. Foster students’ interest and promote active learning inside and outside class meetings.To achieve the goal and objectives, we designed and developed a learning module managementsystem to manage the learning modules and schedule teaching and training activities. The projectconsists of state-of-the-art technologies that simplify the process of complicated conceptsdelivery and facilitate teaching innovation.Flash Animations and Learning ModulesWe adopted Adobe Flash

Conference Session

CoED General Technical Session I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thad B. Welch, Boise State University; Cameron H.G. Wright P.E., University of Wyoming; Michael G. Morrow, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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, June 1997. Paper 1220-06. [3] J. H. McClellan, C. S. Burrus, A. V. Oppenheim, T. W. Parks, R. W. Schafer, and S. W. Schuessler, Computer-Based Exercises for Signal Processing Using M ATLAB 5. M ATLAB Curriculum Series, Prentice Hall, 1998. [4] G. W. P. York, C. H. G. Wright, M. G. Morrow, and T. B. Welch, “Teaching real-time sonar with the C6711 DSK and MATLAB,” ASEE Comput. Educ. J., pp. 79–87, July–September 2002. Page 25.1098.8 [5] T. B. Welch, C. H. G. Wright, and M. G. Morrow, “Experiences in offering a DSP-based communi- cation laboratory,” in Proceedings of the 11th IEEE Digital Signal Processing Workshop and the 3rd

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CoED General Technical Session II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Howard Whitston, University of South Alabama; Adam Thomas Moore, University of South Alabama

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with accessibility devicesfor the blind.After the current fall class of students finished the chapters in the textbook directly associatedwith Boolean Algebra, they were given a laboratory exercise using this program. After the usualstartup problems like getting Python correctly installed on their computers, they typed in sixBoolean Algebra expressions and noted their results. One comment we didn't expect was, “Wow,this program is awesome! Why didn't we have this program during those earlier chapters?” Othercommon comments were: 1) Where's the Help for this program? (mostly done) 2) Could the program gracefully exit and show an error message instead of crashing? (being worked on

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CoED General Technical Session II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert P. Brazile, University of North Texas; Kathleen Swigger, University of North Texas; Matt Ray Hoyt, University of North Texas; Brian Lee, University of North Texas; Brandon Nelson, University of North Texas

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] T. A. Finholt and G. M. Olson, “From laboratories to collaboratories: A new organizational form for scientific collaboration,” Psychological Science, vol. 8, no. 1, p. 28, 1997.[25] M. Bhandarkar et al., “BioCoRE: A collaboratory for structural biology,” Biochemistry, pp. 242–251, 1999.[26] C. P. Lee, P. Dourish, and G. Mark, “The human infrastructure of cyberinfrastructure,” in Proceedings of the 2006 20th anniversary conference on Computer supported cooperative work, 2006, pp. 483–492.[27] S. Lu and J. Zhang, “Collaborative scientific workflows,” in Web Services, 2009. ICWS 2009. IEEE International Conference on, 2009, pp. 527–534

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Online Learning

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lance Kinney P.E., University of Texas, Austin; Min Liu, University of Texas, Austin; Mitchell A. Thornton Ph.D., P.E., Southern Methodist University

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. (2009). "And Never the Two Shall Meet?: Student vs. Faculty Perceptions of Online Courses." Journal of Educational Computing Research 40(2): 171-182.15 Osborne, R.E. (2010) Personal communication, December 1, 2010.16 Gibbons, M. (2010). Resurgent Masters. ASEE Prism, 19(8), 22-3. Retrieved from Education Full Text database17 Grose, T. K. (2003). "Can Distance Education Be Unlocked?" ASEE Prism, 12(8): 18-23.18 Esche, S. K. (2006). "On the Integration of Remote Experimentation into Undergraduate Laboratories Technical Implementation." International Journal of Instructional Media, 33(1): 43- 53.19 Zhao, J. J., Alexander, M. W., Perreault, H., Waldman, L., & Truell, A.D. (2009

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Best of Computers in Education Division

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Xin Chen, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Adithya Raghavan; Ji Soo Yi, Purdue University; Krishna Madhavan, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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, so it is not possible to compare with other research tools. We dopartially address the evaluation issues, because in our study, we allow users to use the toolanywhere anytime and for their own research rather than limit the study in the laboratories. Inthis way, we gained valuable insight on how we can improve iKNEER in the future to addressresearchers’ real needs.2. 4 Web Information Seeking and ResearchersIn library and information science, lots of literature exists on how researchers use libraries andhow libraries influence their research21,22. There are also studies on how people seek informationon the web23,24. For example, studies have examined the gender differences and age differencesin information seeking on the web25–28; other

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Social Media and In-class Technology: Creating Active Learning Environments

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gerald C. Gannod, Miami University; Kristen M. Bachman, Miami University

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the searchfirst students as their questions are answered within a context. Likewise, the search first studentsperform better than ask first students as they are engaged in the learning process and are self-directing their learning. Finally, ask first students are merely seeking an answer without anyexploration.Virtual Office HoursStatus updates and comments are asynchronous forms of communication and require participantsto wait indefinitely for responses from others in the network. There are many instances whereimmediate feedback is necessary in order for students to proceed on a project or other learningactivity. In the inverted classroom model, that immediate feedback occurs in the laboratory,although there are other instances where