Conference Session

Online Teaching

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carlotta A. Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Computers in Education

focus of this presentation.MethodIn order to maintain consistency with the on-campus version of the electrical systems course, thesame syllabus, calendar and lab manual were used. The only changes made were thosenecessary in order to deliver the course online. The on-campus course met 4 times per weekincluding three 50-minute lectures and one 150-minute lab. The online version of the course hadthe video version of the same lectures delivered by using partial lecture notes. There were 3 Page 26.1464.4midterms, 2 lab practical exams, 8 labs, 10 quizzes, 10 homework assignments and a final exam.Students were required to successfully complete all of

Conference Session

Online Teaching

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Omaima Almatrafi, George Mason University; Khondkar Islam; Aditya Johri, George Mason University; Karthik Nagappan, George Mason University; Aref Modanlu, George Mason University

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

content delivery, store assignments, sendannouncements, create discussion forums, and manage grades. BB is the official LMSof the institution and is used by instructors to upload the course materials (e.g.lecture slides, lecture and lab videos for the distance learner, syllabus, etc.), conductquizzes, and communicate with the students. Students used it to download andsubmit their assignments, complete the quizzes, access course materials, and seetheir grades.In this paper, section 2 is a literature review of online and face-to-face class Page 26.182.2comparisons. We describe our study in section 3 where we elaborate on the dataand methods used. Section 4

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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Computers in Education

be based on unproctored quizzes(one per week) and an unproctored Final Exam. Although numerous online proctoring servicesare available, they require participants to pay an additional fee and it was decided to forego thisextra feature for the first offering of the MOOC. Additional information about the course can befound in the course syllabus in Appendix A.The lead author was given two units of release time (from a 12-unit teaching load) to develop theMOOC website and recruit participants during Winter Quarter 2014. During the enrollmentperiod, which began on January 20, 2014, participants were able to self-enroll in the coursethrough CourseSites and were recruited through various means including:• A story about the MOOC was featured on the

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

. Eachbehavior requires an appropriate sensor to trigger the activation of the behavior, a component tocontrol what the robot should do based on the sensor data, and computing the appropriatecommands for the left and right wheel motors for robot actions.Analysis of Student FeedbackThe mobile robotics course was first taught with these three enhancements in fall semester of2010. At the end of this semester, a voluntary survey instrument was administered to gatheranonymous feedback using Survey Monkey, a free online survey provider. A link to the surveywas emailed to students during the last two weeks of the semester by the department secretary.To provide motivation to complete the survey, bonus points were awarded to all students basedon the percentage

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

on HRI design as it applies to mobilerobotics. This presentation will summarize the course format, learning objectives as well as thedetails of the assignments necessary to meet those objectives. These assignments includedweekly readings, discussions, quizzes, labs and projects. A big part of this course involved theimplementation of the HRI concepts on an actual robot platform. The Arduino robot wasselected due to the large online community and access to sample code to help students get startedon assignments9. The labs included creating a robot dancer, music machine, touch free robotracer, robot conga line, Braitenberg vehicles, and robot remote control. The first phase of thefinal project involved the creation of an urban search and rescue

Conference Session

Data Analysis and Assessment

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cory Brozina, Virginia Tech; David B. Knight, Virginia Tech, Department of Engineering Education

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Computers in Education

-warningsystem to allow faculty to notify students who may be at risk of failing a particular course19.Also, data have been used to understand differences across students in online learning strategiesto allow course designers to build a more personalized experience for different subgroups oflearners20,21. With an increase in the number of available data sources, colleges and universitieshave a great opportunity to explore how data can shape, enhance, and direct learning at all levels.Despite the need to investigate multiple categories of data from different areas of studentlearning, learning analtyics projects have relied heavily on learning management systems tocapture student learning processes. For example, Macfadyen and Dawson (2012)22 did a

Conference Session

General Technical Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John P. Mullen, New Mexico State University

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Computers in Education

Paper ID #13310Helping Students Develop Better Skills in Solving Word ProblemsDr. John P. Mullen, New Mexico State University Dr. Mullen has been at NMSU since 1990. He currently teaches and does research in stochastic and deterministic OR. Most of his courses are distance or online courses, though he does teach a few blended courses. Page 26.842.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Helping Students Develop Better Skills in Solving Word ProblemsIntroductionStudents often