Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computing and Information Technology Programs II

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norman Pestaina, Florida International University; Tiana Solis, Florida International University; Peter J. Clarke, Florida International Univeristy

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Computing & Information Technology

University of the West Indies in his native Barbados, W.I. A member of the FIU-SCIS faculty for more than 30 years, Mr. Pestaina has taught at all levels of the curriculum, receiving awards for excellence in teaching on five occasions. He served the School as an Undergraduate Advisor for 15 of those years, and has served continuously as a member of the School’s Curriculum/Undergraduate Committees. Mr. Pestaina was a principal architect of the School’s program assessment processes, and the SCIS undergraduate program Assessment Coordinator from 2006 through 2013, leading successful re-accreditation of the BS in Computer Science program in 2004, and 2010. Mr. Pestaina has been a Reader and Question Leader of the College

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computing and Information Technology Programs I

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Francis Giraldeau, Polytechnique Montreal; Michel R. Dagenais, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal; Hanifa Boucheneb, École Polytechnique de Montréal

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Computing & Information Technology

one hundred scientific publications, as well as numerous free documents and free software packages in the fields of operating systems, distributed systems and multi- core systems, in particular in the area of tracing and monitoring Linux systems for performance analysis. In 1995-1996, during a leave of absence, he was the director of software development at Positron Indus- tries and chief architect for the Power911, object oriented, distributed, fault-tolerant, call management system with integrated telephony and databases. In 2001-2002 he spent a sabbatical leave at Ericsson Research Canada, working on the Linux Trace Toolkit, an open source tracing tool for Carrier Grade Linux. The Linux Trace Toolkit next

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computing and Information Technology Programs II

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

MD B. Sarder, University of Southern Mississippi

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Computing & Information Technology

Wimba. Professors at our institution strive very hard tokeep their knowledge up to date and explore new ways of effective and efficient teaching bylearning.Technological advancement in classroom equipment provides an edge to teaching. This bringsflexibility to both teachers and the students. Audio-visual aids like using power point slides, lasertechnology, video clips to emphasize important points, and using WebCT, Wimba are effectivelearning tools with proven impacts. Due to the availability of these technologies, more studentsare able to take courses via online. In our online courses, we made the course curriculum suitablefor online students. Students were allowed to view the lectures, performed group projects,appeared quizzes and exams

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computing and Information Technolog Programs

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James P Cohoon, University of Virginia; J. McGrath Cohoon, University of Virginia; Luther A Tychonievich, University of Virginia; Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants

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Computing & Information Technology

participants, the content is intendedas a resource for teachers to use when talking with principals, parents, school boards, andcolleagues about why computer science should be offered in their school.After defining computing, its intellectual merit, and its wide ranging applications, the content ofthis session is primarily data showing the unmet need for computing professionals and how thatneed could be better met by drawing on women and minorities, populations that are severelyunderrepresented in computing. Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational projections arecontrasted with Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System15 reports on numbers ofstudents earning degrees in computing. The contrast shows an extreme shortfall. Further, mostother

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computing and Information Technology Programs I

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott A. Kuhl, Michigan Technological University; Robert Pastel, Michigan Technological University; Ryan George, Michigan Technological University; Chad M. Meyers, Michigan Technological University; Matthew L. Freitag, Michigan Technological University; Jacob M. Lund, Michigan Technological University; Michael Paul Stefaniak

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Computing & Information Technology

-semester projects. Third, HGDshould provide an environment where student managers can manage their peers and find ways toresolve unforeseen problems. Fourth, we hope that innovative methods used in HGD might attractmore students interested in computer science, art, and entrepreneurism to Michigan Tech.A significant body of research suggests that integrating gaming programming and project-basedlearning into computer science curricula can capture student interest in computer science. For asummary of institutions which have attempted to integrate these ideas into curricula, see.1 Forexample, some2 have found that teams of students working collaboratively on game projects canpositively impact students’ attitudes about computer science, programming

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computing and Information Technology Programs I

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Chastine, Southern Polytechnic State University (ENG); Charles Richard Cole, Southern Polytechnic State University; Christopher Welty, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Computing & Information Technology

such collaboration is the integration of gaming elements into different disciplines, commonlyknown as gamification. This topic is relatively new in academia - as is awarding university de-grees in computer game design; the discipline of game design has largely been an investigationwithin the discipline itself. Likewise, architecture, though much older as a degree-granting disci-pline, has also used, primarily, conventional architectural projections of orthographic projectionand perspective and, more recently, animation. The underlying argument of this paper is that acollaborative, cross-disciplinary approach to a design and presentation project - specifically, ar-chitecture and game design - has a synergistic value in the “overlap” or common

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computing and Information Technology Programs II

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reneta Davina Lansiquot, New York City College of Technology; Ashwin Satyanarayana, New York City College of Technology; Candido Cabo, New York City College of Technology/CUNY

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Computing & Information Technology

Paper ID #8722Using Interdisciplinary Game-based Learning to Develop Problem Solvingand Writing SkillsDr. Reneta Davina Lansiquot, New York City College of Technology Reneta D. Lansiquot is Associate Professor of English and Assistant Director of the Honors Scholars Program where she earned her first degrees, an A.A.S. in Computer Information Systems and a B. Tech in Computer Systems, New York City College of Technology, City University of New York. She earned her Ph.D. in Educational Communication and Technology at New York University after completing her M.S. in Integrated Digital Media at Polytechnic University (now The

Conference Session

Emerging Information Technologies

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara E. Brazon, Penn State University; Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Computing & Information Technology

worldwide has an estimated annual cost of $6.2 trillion dollars2. TheDepartment of Information, Sciences and Technology (IST) at The Pennsylvania StateUniversity recognized the importance of project management and problem based learning as anecessary component required to support the needs of the business community. Employers andHuman Resource recruiters have communicated to us that their organizations are interested inemploying IST graduates that have studied project management and systems integration anddesign. A course in project management was developed and first offered in the Fall semester2003 at the Penn State Hazleton Campus. Students in the integration option of IST have beenrequired to take the IT project management course and software

Conference Session

Potpourri

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University; Paymon Sanati-Mehrizy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Ali Sanati-Mehrizy

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Computing & Information Technology

programs have been challenged with adaptingtheir curricula to the rapid developments in technology without increasing the number of credithours for their programs. Resulting from the demands made from students, employers, and therapid advancement of technology has been a tendency to develop more specialized curricula thatcontain fewer common courses among the engineering disciplines. Specialized courses havebeen added to the curriculum at the expense of an incomplete foundation of mathematics, Page 24.306.2science, and engineering principles3. In order to have professionals that can respond successfullyto the contexts of global economy and knowledge

Conference Session

Emerging Computing and Information Technologies I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Texas State University - San Marcos; Mina Guirguis, Texas State University

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Computing & Information Technology

to solve problems. They also call for students to make physical system modelsthat demonstrate their learning and understanding [9, 10]. PBL as an instructional practicemeets these objectives and can result in a novel curricular approach that include flexiblystructured activities and learning objectives around distinct learning standards in mathematics,science, engineering, or computer science.Research also indicates that using an interdisciplinary or integrated curriculum providesopportunities for more relevant, less fragmented, and more stimulating experiences forlearners [11]. Recently, there has been a particular interest in finding the overlap betweenengineering education and science, mathematics, and even the social sciences. While

Conference Session

Embedded Systems and Mobile Computing

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Francis N Mensah, College of Engineering and Technology, Brigham Young University; Richard G. Helps, Brigham Young University

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Computing & Information Technology

to classical music.Prof. Richard G. Helps, Brigham Young University Richard Helps is an associate professor in the Information Technology Program at BYU. He has research interests in embedded systems, human-computer interaction and curriculum design. He is a member off ASEE, IEEE, IEEE-CS, ACM-SIGITE and an ABET PEV for Information Technology. Page 23.1057.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Security Analysis of CPS: Understanding Current Concerns as a Foundation for Future

Conference Session

Emerging Computing and Information Technologies II

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debra Lee Davis, Florida International University, School of Computing and Information Sciences

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Diversity

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Computing & Information Technology

traditional approaches [2,3].The Department of Physics at FIU conducted a series of studies that applied a number of thoseapproaches and found that 3 of them improved student retention and learning in introductoryphysics courses [10,11]. These included: • Peer-Led Learning Assistants in an Active Learning classroomCombining Active Learning Approaches for Improving Computing Course Outcomes • Collaborative, active learning (i.e., flipped) within the classroom • Online, just-in-time, tutorials as an integrated part of the curriculumIn our approach, we expanded and customized these approaches for use in an introductoryprogramming course for Computer Science Majors. By using this approach, we expected thefollowing outcomes:Outcome

Conference Session

Computing & Information Technology Division Technical Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alireza Farahani; Mudasser Fraz Wyne, National University; Lu Zhang, National University

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Computing & Information Technology

in placefor assessment5. It is easy to collect evidence for assessment in preselected courses so thefaculty will then consider how to evaluate student achievement of skills in these courses.This will help to identify classes in which appropriate assignments are already part of thecurriculum, usually in a class in which the student outcome was a primary emphasis ofthe course. In this way, it is made sure that assessment is not an additional burden to thefaculty. We would also like to agree with authors9 that state that the best source ofcurriculum change seems to be the competent and experienced faculty who reviewcourses and curriculum on their own and propose curriculum and courses changes bothsmall and revolutionary

Conference Session

Potpourri

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John (Lalit) Jagtiani, University of Bridgeport; Neal A Lewis, University of Bridgeport

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Computing & Information Technology

projects expected from students as part of course work. Make sure that metrics are Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Timely (S.M.A.R.T.)By adopting the above enhancements to required SE course curriculums, we can improve uponthe learning objectives:Recommendation #2: S.M.A.R.T. Leverage of Open Source Software (OSS) CommunitiesEffective external benchmarking activities must be encouraged and taught in SE courses in orderfor students to understand modern and relevant software benchmarking techniques. An easilyadaptable method is to use one of several large and reliable OSS repositories. These repositoriesare easily accessible on the internet without cost. In this paper, we discuss an example of such arepository (SourceForge.net) and

Conference Session

POTPOURRI

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Duke Mejia Bulanon, Northwest Nazarene University; Stephen A. Parke P.E., Northwest Nazarene University

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Computing & Information Technology

to study applications using unmanned aerial systems (UAS). The UASprimarily serves in military applications but recently has begun meeting civilian applications5, 6.These grants have provided great undergraduate research opportunities. A MVS will be used to Page 23.351.2develop the CMP. Mounting the CMP to the UAS could provide a powerful tool for farmers inthe future. This paper discusses the integration of this undergraduate research with teachingcontrol systems, specifically machine vision.2. Machine vision2.1 Generic machine vision modelMachine vision can be defined as a combination of an imaging sensor with image processing toprovide

Conference Session

Information and Network Security

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Iem Heng, New York City College of Technology; Farrukh Zia, New York City College of Technology, CUNY; Andy Zhang, New York City College of Technology

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Computing & Information Technology

Institutional Research Office was also asked to provide a seminar and workshopfor the CET Department on how to integrate Program Outcomes with curriculum learning Page 22.1690.16outcomes.5. Project OutcomesThe success of the comprehensive project will be measured by students’ ability to do thefollowing: A mastery of the hands-on knowledge, techniques, and skills in design project An ability to apply concurrent engineering concepts in product design applications Technical expertise in selecting electrical/electronic components, and materials in building and implement processes An ability to analyze, design, and implement hardware and software

Conference Session

Information and Network Security

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chengcheng Li, University of Cincinnati; Rucha Kulkarni, University of Cincinnati

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Computing & Information Technology

preparedcybersecurity workforce to defend IT infrastructure and fight against cybercrimes. It’s projectedthat the US is in an urgent demand of thousands of information security workers. The NationalScience Foundation has established a number of grants to award projects that promotecybersecurity education and curriculum development. Some of these projects have reportedsuccess of teaching hands-on skills through Gamification, a game-like learning environment.CTF (Capture-the-Flag) events are particularly successful in attracting college students, evenfrom non-IT/CS major and high school students into cybersecurity. This paper summarizes thecurrent popular Gamification technologies and the practice of using CTF and competitionprojects in classroom

Conference Session

Emerging Information Technologies

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard G. Helps, Brigham Young University

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Computing & Information Technology

discussion or chooses to present a topic to them or challenges them to find materials to match the subject under discussion.Change F Change management is a decision relating to how the professors allocatemanagement their time to curriculum change, whether they do it as a regulated on- going activity or in bursts of intense effort.Data Management F Data relative to the course must be managed and handled. Most[Data professors see this as an independent function and delegate it to aManagement] separate system, such as a learning management

Conference Session

Embedded Systems and Mobile Computing

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Rafiq Muqri, DeVry University, Pomona; Brian Joseph Lane

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Computing & Information Technology

. Appendix A contains the Bluetooth Project Class Definitions and Pairing Methods.The Cocoa EnvironmentCocoa is a set of object-oriented frameworks that provides a runtime environment forapplications running in Mac OS X and iOS. Cocoa is the preeminent application environment forMac OS X and the only application environment for iOS. An integrated developmentenvironment called Xcode supports application development for both platforms. Thecombination of this development environment and Cocoa makes it easy to create a well-factored,full featured application. One can use several programming languages when developing Cocoasoftware, but the essential required language is Objective-C (a superset of ANSI C).The most important Cocoa class libraries come

Conference Session

Information and Network Security

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

john pickard, East Carolina University; Te-shun Chou, East Carolina University; Philip J Lunsford II P.E., East Carolina University; John Spence

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Computing & Information Technology

the European Commission found that IPv6training and studies at universities were not rigorous enough and were not providing studentswith the IPv6 knowledge or skills necessary to have any critical impact.8 As a result of thisfinding, the IPv6 Forum launched the IPv6 Education Certification Logo Program in 2010.11The IPv6 Forum encourages colleges and universities to play a key role as part of this program toaccelerate the adoption and integration of IPv6 in the Education Curriculum Worldwide.“We believe IPv6 Training will be quite necessary for the whole Internet industry and its users.There is huge demand in China, where IPv6 Internet is now considered as a national strategy”,states Liu Dong, Chair China IPv6 Council.11The Importance of

Conference Session

Emerging Computing and Information Technologies I

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Afrin Naz, West Virginia University Inst. of Tech.; Mingyu Lu, West Virginia University Institute of Technology; Shahed Mustafa, BridgeValley Community and Technical College

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Computing & Information Technology

the survey results arepresented in this section.After the workshop, 47% of our participants agree on “the workshop achieving a sense ofcommunity.” We find it an encouraging result, as it proves that it is possible for online teachingto be as accommodating as regular face-to-face teaching. 63% of our participants specified thatthey will recommend our workshop to others, whereas the remaining 37% were neutral. In thepost-workshop surveys, the participants were asked a question “if you are a teacher, what portionof what you learned in this course you will incorporate into curriculum?” We are very delightedto see that, 60% of the participants plan to use at least 25% of our activities and resources in theirteaching. Indeed during the workshop

Conference Session

Information and Network Security

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yujian Fu P.E., Alabama A&M University; Di Ma, University of Michigan - Dearborn

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Computing & Information Technology

activities toimprove learning outcomes by a project based learning paradigm. The designed labs will be usedthrough the class content and flow into the course context through the semester so that an activelearning and engagement of the student will be reached.Mobile Security Laboratory DevelopmentWe have initiated the mobile computing and security projects and labs and integrated them toclassroom since Spring 2012. Most of the labs were developed and applied in the softwareengineering and senior design classes, which are senior courses for computer science andelectrical engineering students. Later, with new labs developed more courses continued, weapplied in wireless computing and graduate courses. The mobile computing and security labswere developed

Conference Session

Embedded Systems and Mobile Computing

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard G. Helps, Brigham Young University; Scott Pack

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Computing & Information Technology

Paper ID #7263Introducing Information Technology Students to Cyber-Physical Systems Us-ing a Lab ExperienceDr. Richard G. Helps, Brigham Young University Richard Helps is an associate professor in the Information Technology Program at BYU. He has research interests in embedded systems, human-computer interaction and curriculum design. He is a member off ASEE, IEEE, IEEE-CS, ACM-SIGITE and an ABET PEV for Information Technology.Mr. Scott Pack Page 23.818.1 c American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Emerging Information Technologies

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abul K. M. Azad, Northern Illinois University

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Computing & Information Technology

courses as a part of a regular curriculum. Experiences from these courseofferings will also be presented.2. Shortcomings of Internet Accessible Remote LaboratoryWhat are the issuesAs mentioned in the introduction section, researchers are pursuing this problem in an abruptmanner and are not yet coming up with a sustainable solution that can popularize the use ofremote laboratories. The major issues are: a) Integration of a number of disciplines into remote experimentation design; b) Modularity in designs; c) Readily available commercial products; d) Integration of learning management system; e) Maintenance and training; f) Administrative awareness and support; and g) Industry applications.a) Integration of a number of disciplines into

Conference Session

POTPOURRI

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lifang Shih, Excelsior College; Jane A LeClair, Excelsior College

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Computing & Information Technology

requirements.In addition to the Information Technology core requirements, students must complete a 3-credithour capstone course entitled, Integrated Technology Assessment (ITA), which involvesdevelopment and submission of E-portfolios. The Integrated Technology Assessment (ITA)process in Excelsior College’s BSIT Program provides students with an opportunity to create andmanage web-accessed electronic portfolios that document their knowledge, skills, andachievements from coursework, practical work experience, and other extracurricular activities.These portfolios support student reflection and provide a thoughtful accumulation of academicand non-academic work over a period of time.In order to continue to track the students’ progress after graduation

Conference Session

Embedded Systems and Mobile Computing

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Javad Shakib, DeVry University, Pomona

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Computing & Information Technology

23.1244.11underneath the board.Figure 5: Overview of power monitoring system and the power monitoring web interface. This interfaceis available through a URL that can be accessed from any web-enabled device. Page 23.1244.12 Figure 6: Full circuit board for the no-contact power monitor. Sensing circuit is labeled in red.A number of approaches that are used by twenty five universities to integrate wireless sensornetworks concepts into their curriculum were studied and published before11. Some institutionare utilizing the model of integrating Wireless Sensor Networks concepts as modules into theirexisting courses, as seen by the Massachusetts Institute of

Conference Session

IT-based Instructional Technologies

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard G. Helps, Brigham Young University

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Computing & Information Technology

and their Programming application combined with the core area of ProgrammingDevelopment in two (or System integration and “the ability to managemore) architectures architecture is a IT-specific complexity” and “extensive curriculum requirement capabilities for problem solving across a range of information and communication technologies and their associated tools” are both

Conference Session

Emerging Computing and Information Technologies

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dhana Rao, Marshall University; Rajeev K Agrawal, North Carolina A&T University (Tech); Venkat N Gudivada, Marshall University

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Computing & Information Technology

experiences for undergraduates. SIGCSE Bull., 40(1):466–470, March 2008.[12] Dmitry Davidov, Roi Reichart, and Ari Rappoport. Superior and efficient fully unsupervised pattern-based concept acquisition using an unsupervised parser. In Proceedings of the Thirteenth Conference on Computational Natural Language Learning, CoNLL ’09, pages 48–56, Stroudsburg, PA, USA, 2009. Association for Computational Linguistics.[13] Mary DeVito, Christine Hofmeister, Michael Jochen, and N. Paul Schembari. Undergraduate research in computer forensics. In Proceedings of the 2011 Information Security Curriculum Development Conference, InfoSecCD ’11, pages 61–68, New York, NY, USA, 2011. ACM.[14] John W. Eaton. GNU Octave. http://www.gnu.org

Conference Session

Embedded Systems and Mobile Computing

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Simin Hall, Virginia Tech; Clifford A. Shaffer, Virginia Tech; Eric Fouh, Virginia Tech; Mai Hassan ElShehaly, Virginia Tech; Daniel Breakiron, Virginia Tech

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Computing & Information Technology

for future testing and further development ofOpenDSA.2. Tutorial ModulesTutorial modules tested in this study represent a tight integration of content, interactive exercis-es, and assessment. This presents an innovative way to improve the state of the art in AV andteaching of DSA, as no project previously has tried to integrate AVs with text and assessment tothis degree. A module roughly corresponds to a section (a couple of pages) in a traditional text-book. A typical semester course might include over 100 modules. The vision for the completedelectronic textbook is for modules and their prerequisite structure to define a directed graph thatmakes up a Knowledge Map. It will characterize a viable self-contained electronic textbook. In

Conference Session

Emerging Computing and Information Technologies I

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Smitesh Bakrania, Rowan University; Brad Joseph Johnson, Rowan University

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Computing & Information Technology

assignment exercise during a relatively busy period of the term.With the planned refinements to the assignment algorithm, the solution promises to become arobust platform for future iterations of the overall project assignment process. Page 26.20.12References1. Kadlowec, J., Bhatia, K., Chandrupatla, T.R., Chen, J.C., Constans, E., Hartman, H., Marchese, A.J., von Lockette, P., Zhang, H., "Design Integrated in the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum: Assessment of the Engineering Clinics" Journal of Mechanical Design 129.7 (2007): 682-691.2. Von Lockette, P., Riddell, W., Dahm, K., Harvey, R., Courtney, J., Pietrucha, B., Diao, C., Accini