Conference Session

Embedded Computing

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rathika Rajaravivarma, Central CT State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

2006-1382: PEER ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES FOR ALABORATORY-BASED COURSERathika Rajaravivarma, Central CT State University Page 11.987.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006Peer Assessment Methodologies for a Laboratory-Based CourseAbstractAdvances in technology and the explosive growth of the Internet have called fornew ways of learning environment. The content delivery is no longer the passiveapproach of lecture emanating from the teacher to the student. It is imperativethat computer networking courses taught at the undergraduate level containadequate hands-on implementation based projects and experiments in order tobetter train students. The computing curricula 2001 (CC2001

Conference Session

Issues in Computer Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jun Luo, Ohio Northern University; Robert Hovis, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

4.00 course? 2. Does writing a paper help you understand programming language concepts? 3.29 3. Does presentation help you understand programming language concepts? 3.71 4. Does the peer evaluation help you improve the quality of your paper? 4.43 5. Are the scores from the peer evaluations for your paper objective and fair? 4.57 6. Does the peer evaluation help you understand programming language 3.29 concepts?The responses to the questions 1, 4, and 5 confirm our observations 1, 2, and 3, respectively.The responses to the questions 2 and 6 indicate that students need more guidelines and help forwriting

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ece Yaprak, Wayne State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

giving a lecture and students listening and writing notes. Interaction betweenthe instructor and students has been viewed as an essential learning element within thisarrangement. However, recent progress and rapid deployment in networking andinformation technology is allowing educators with a wide variety of choices in deliverymethods. The distance learning platform today is becoming very different from even a Page 11.795.2few years ago. The synchronous distance learning infrastructure, for example, is 1becoming more and more widespread due to the pervasive

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Jones, Southwest Tennessee Community College; James M. Northern, Southwest Tennessee Community College

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

areconverted to PowerPoint presentations and more problem-based case studies that support criticalthinking, interactive learning, and team/peer instruction are added. The Engineering Technologycurriculum has many problem-based courses and laboratory exercises that can be used to supportactive and collaborative learning while using the wireless tablet PC.The wireless capability of the tablets allows for the quick conversion of a regular classroom to acomputer lab. All that is required is the wireless tablets and an access point connected to theInternet if Internet access is desired. The instructor can use the tablet PC and projector to makepresentations. Using the pen input, the instructor can easily annotate PowerPoint slides duringthe presentation