Conference Session

Computers in Education Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James E. Lewis, University of Louisville; Jeffrey Lloyd Hieb, University of Louisville

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Computers in Education

more technology without always providing them with the basiccommon knowledge needed. The Department of Engineering Fundamentals has long believed increating a common baseline in the beginning courses for the students’ mathematical instruction.The department is starting to believe that the Introduction to Engineering course would be a goodplace to add a common knowledge scaffold for technology. This common knowledge willinclude some software dependent modules on Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, but also needs toinclude topics on maintaining your own computer; managing your online profiles, accounts, andprivacy; learning about campus computing resources; and ethics in using computing / technologyresources.The maintenance module will include

Conference Session

Data Analysis and Assessment

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David B. Knight, Virginia Tech, Department of Engineering Education; Cory Brozina, Virginia Tech; Eric M. Stauffer, Virginia Tech; Chris Frisina, Virginia Tech; Troy D. Abel, Virginia Tech

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Computers in Education

account explaining that, “Students' needs and their learning preferences arecomplex and vary over time; something similar can be stated about their engagements withprinted text, to say nothing of their interactions with online and/or multimedia content” (p. 10).Similarly, George Siemens9 suggests that, “The most significant challenges facing analytics ineducation are not technical. Concerns about data quality, sufficient scope of the data captured toreflect accurately the learning experience, privacy, and ethics of analytics are among the mostsignificant concerns” (p. 394) leading many in the field to look at ways of including students inthe research and design process. Our overall approach, summarized by Figure 1, meets this call

Conference Session

Software and Programming

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

]. Traditionally, case studies have been used as educational tools in areas ofbusiness, law, ethics, economics, systems engineering and medicine but not so much common insoftware engineering. Case studies have many unique and distinct advantages in softwareengineering education including:  Application of knowledge or skills in a real-world setting  Identification and clearer definition of the problem  Participative, collaborative, inclusive and team based approach  Opportunities for creative brain storming, and  Developing solution of a problem.Therefore, the hypothesis presented in this paper is that the case studies would be effectiveeducational tools to introduce real-world professional practices into the classroom which

Conference Session

Mobile Devices and Apps

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kefei Wang, Gonzaga University

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Computers in Education

collaboration within a team setting.The Java programming session would be brought into the class right after the App Inventor session.Java was used as a general programming language to reinforce the proficiency of programming andproblem solving skills among students. It also played as a transitional programming language forstudent to continue their study in Computer Science.In addition to programming and problem solving skills, the designed modules also include consid-erable contents on teamwork, social responsibility and ethics. Followings are brief descriptions ofdesigned App Inventor modules:Module 1 is based on the ”Hello Purr” project from Wolber’s book 11 with a few extensions. Itworks as a quick start for students to explore the life cycle of

Conference Session

Computers in Education Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amber Shanice Solomon, Clemson University; Sekou L Remy, Clemson University

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Computers in Education

to modern problem solving andprogramming methods using C. Students use appropriate tools and discuss ethical issues arisingfrom the impact of computing upon society. Topics in this course include Unix; representation ofinteger, floating point, and character data; declarations; loops and conditionals; functions andparameter passing; searching and sorting; structured data types; and pointers. The students usedIaaS to implement one of the three programming assignments during the course.The learning objectives for this class are as follows: 1. To demonstrate understanding of the basic problem solving process of implementing a computer program to solve a problem. 2. To write and run simple computer programs using C 3. To appreciate

Conference Session

Virtual Instruction and Collaboration

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pilar Pazos, Old Dominion University; Nina Magpili

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Computers in Education

undergraduatecourse is Ethics in Engineering and the graduate course is a systems analysis class at the graduate Page 26.754.7level. Both courses have a team project that accounts to approximately 50% of the total coursegrade.Next, we describe the samples used to test the hypotheses.Control group: baseline data collection using the same courses and projects as the treatmentwithout using the collaboration platformUndergraduate n=40, Graduate n=24Treatment group: students enrolled in the same selected courses participating in the same type ofprojects without using the collaboration platformUndergraduate n=33, Graduate n=40We analyzed the impact of the

Conference Session

Innovative Use of Technology I

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel Louis Kajfez, Ohio State University; Krista M. Kecskemety, Ohio State University; Max Kross, Engineering Education Innovation Center

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Computers in Education

students to theengineering design process while teaching them fundamentals related to problem solving,communication, teamwork, ethics, etc. The first course in the sequence focuses on problemsolving using tools such as Excel, MATLAB, and C/C++. Additionally, students participate indifferent labs each week, each of which highlights a different discipline of engineering givingstudents a place to work in a hands-on environment. Following the labs, students completeabstracts, lab memos, or lab reports on the content of the labs in order to enhance their technicalwriting skills. Some of these assignments are done individually to give students an opportunity

Conference Session

Course Development / Curriculum Development

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carlotta A. Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

humanoids, emotion,teaming, ethics, machine learning, natural language processing, robot control, safety, userinterfaces, user-centered design, social behaviors, the Uncanny Valley, and HRI metrics.Murphy et al. states that one challenge in creating such a course is identifying a cost-effectiverobot and case studies to illustrate these key principles of HRI2.The HRI Young Researcher Workshop was part of the inaugural ACM/IEEE Conference onHuman-Robot Interaction (HRI’06)3. This workshop provided a means for young HRIresearchers to present their current research and provide students with the opportunity to presentwhat they feel are challenges to a career in HRI. This allowed for the formation of collaborativerelationships across disciplines and

Conference Session

Best of Computers in Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew West, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Mariana Silva , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Geoffrey L. Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

. CS1 Calc 2 non-Eng Calc 2 Eng Comp Arch CS CoP Stoc Proc CS Ethics Dynamics TAM CoP MatSE Mech CS Systems Statics Solids MatSE CoP Therm & MechFigure 10: Spread of the randexam system from its

Conference Session

Innovative Use of Technology I

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carolyn Kusbit Dunn, East Carolina University

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Computers in Education

Paper ID #11285Beyond Margin Notes: Utilizing Technology to Improve Feedback to StudentWritersDr. Carolyn Kusbit Dunn, East Carolina University Carolyn Kusbit Dunn is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Technology Systems at East Carolina University. Dr. Dunn teaches Technical Writing and Technical Presentations, and centers her research on the pedagogy of technical writing and the ethics of risk communication. Page 26.279.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015Beyond

Conference Session

Mobile Devices and Apps

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammadjafar Esmaeili, University of Dayton; Ali Eydgahi, Eastern Michigan University; Ilkhomjon Amanov, Eastern Michigan University

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

benefits.Future studies could focus on the instructors’ point of view of the role of smartphones inclassrooms and how instructors perceive the influences of smartphones on students’ learning andperformances to determine why many instructors are banning the use of smartphones inclassrooms.References[1] Brown, D. G., Burg, J. J., & Dominick, J. L.; A strategic plan for ubiquitous laptop computing, Communications of the ACM, 41, pp. 26-35, 1998.[2] Brown D.G., & Petitto, K. R.; The status of ubiquitous computing, Educase Week, 38, pp. 25-33, 2003.[3] Melerdiercks, K.; The dark side of the laptop university, Journal of Ethics, 14, pp. 9-11, 2005.[4] Young, J. R.; The fight for classroom attention: professor vs laptop

Conference Session

Simulation

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie L. Cutler, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Wendi M. Kappers, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach

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Computers in Education

. How does student interaction with a simulation transition the students to the application of skills in the real world?2. What skills can students identify and connect between the simulation and a real-world application?II. Literature ReviewSimulations in the Classroom“The pedagogical value of the hands-on experience that a laboratory provides is ubiquitouslyendorsed by educators,”7 (p. 541). However, true hands-on activities may not exist or beavailable for all type of industries, such as within health care and core engineering sciences fieldsdue to cost, access, or ethical obligations. For these fields where direct hands-on experience isnot available, simulations can offer many benefits over learning environments that provide