Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Wang, University of Nevada-Reno; Jeffrey LaCombe, University of Nevada-Reno; Ann-Marie Vollstedt, University of Nevada-Reno

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

engineeringundergraduates and some secondary science education majors. Traditionally these three courseshave a combined enrollment of approximately 100 students. During the last offering, theeducation students constituted 4% of the enrollment.As stated in the course syllabus: the overall goal of the course is for the student to learn thefundamentals of structured computer programming, the design process, and creative thinking. Inorder to accomplish this goal students create autonomous robots with LEGO bricks and acomputer program called ROBOLAB. By the end of this course students should be able to: writeROBOLAB programs that contain structures, variables, and multi-tasking; explain the designprocess in their own words; and describe several creative thinking

Conference Session

Computer Tools for Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vinod Lohani, Virginia Tech; Ricky Castles, Virginia Tech; Jenny Lo, Virginia Tech; Odis Griffin, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

paper describes integration of Tablet PCs into a required first semester freshman yearengineering course called EngE 1024, "Engineering Exploration." Assessment results from in-class clicker-based responses and online course exit surveys are presented to assess theeffectiveness of Tablet PC-based instruction. Problems encountered and plans for futureenhancements are also briefly discussed. A summary table showing Tablet PC related instructionactivities in various other academic programs is also presented.2. EngE 1024, Engineering Exploration – BackgroundEngineering freshmen at COE are required to pass two freshman engineering courses duringtheir 1-year long freshman engineering (also called General Engineering (GE)) program. Thefirst course is