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Continuing Professional Development Division Technical Session 1

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Mitchell L. Springer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kathryne Newton, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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-majority’ of America (or the ‘majority-minority’) wherethe non-Hispanic White population becomes the minority overall for the first time in U.S.history. Figure 1 depicts this transition. Figure 1. Changing U.S. Demographics 2016 – 2060 (000)As with any country, the youth of the U.S. reflect the bench strength of the nation. Thesemembers backfill for the aging and are the primary workers for sustaining age-related socialprograms. They are the strength of the working class and hold the keys to our innovation. Thisgroup must be sufficiently educated and capable of sustaining a country.In the year 2020 (Figure 2), less than one-half of the children under 18 years of age wereCaucasian (thus, a minority). This crossover comes with a

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Continuing Professional Development Division Technical Session 1

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Moses Olayemi, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Collins N. Vaye, Florida International University; Viyon Dansu, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Jennifer Deboer, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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and persistent gap between the demand for STEMskills and the supply include, “the low quality of basic education in Science and Maths withinSSA; (and) a higher education system skewed towards disciplines other than STEM such asthe Humanities and Social Sciences” (p. 4). This finding indicates that reforms in educationshould likewise be geared towards STEM literacy. 2Since then, many recommendations have been made to improve STEM literacy in SSA [11],[14], [15]. International agencies that support governments in the implementation ofeducational reforms (e.g. development banks, donors, NGOs, philanthropic organizations,etc.) urge such governments to reflect a shift in priorities in their policies

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Continuing Professional Development Division Technical Session 1

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Oludare Adegbola Owolabi P.E., Morgan State University; Oludayo Samuel Alamu, Morgan State University; Jumoke 'Kemi' Ladeji-Osias, Morgan State University; LaDawn E. Partlow, Morgan State University; Mehdi Shokouhian, Morgan State University; Kathy Ann Gullie, Gullie Consultant Services LLC; Krishna Bista; Sotonye Ikiriko, Morgan State University; Mulugeta T. Dugda, Morgan State University

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] investigated the relationship between learning settings (classroom,laboratory/home) and instructional use of the Analog Discovery Board on potential studentoutcomes. Their study noted that faculty and students benefited from the use of the AD Boardsand there were increases in constructs reflecting required affective pre-requisites to learning,including interest in content, motivation to learn, and confidence in ability to learn.Fowler and Schmalzel [8] stressed the importance of measurements in the STEM field asmeasurements are precursor to control, management, and improvement of engineering systems.They also noted that instrumentation is needed to perform the measurements. Hence, for effectiveinstrumentation, sensors must reliably and accurately

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Continuing Professional Development Division Technical Session 2

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Mitchell L. Springer, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Keith Plemmons, MBAS, Inc.

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can make required changes to anexisting process to increase either efficiency or effectiveness. Proper measurement requires thatwe identify sufficient measurement points throughout our process, and, that these measurementpoints are reflective of how the process is running.Step #3 – The Assignment of PeopleOnce disciplines have been identified and defined, the final step is to allocate human resources tothe vertically identified disciplines/functions. To be optimal, this step must occur as the finalstep, after Step #1 and Step #2 above.Why is the allocation after step #1 and step #2 above important? The answer resides in thecultural implications of change. Change management is premised on the idea change happens allthe time and is no more

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Continuing Professional Development Division Technical Session 1

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Bekir Mugayitoglu, University of Wyoming ; Mike Borowczak, University of Wyoming; Andrea Carneal Burrows Borowczak, University of Wyoming

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reuse. These lessons can guide professionaldevelopments for not only K-12 teachers, but also for engineering educators in cybersecurity andcomputer science.Funding:This work was supported by the Wyoming Department of Education (WDE) and theNational Science Foundation (NSF) through the CS for All: RPP - Booting Up ComputerScience in Wyoming (WySLICE Award #1923542) and Sustaining Wyoming’s AdvancingReach in Mathematics and Science (SWARMS Award #1339853). Any opinions, findings, andconclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do notnecessarily reflect the views of NSF.ASEE 2021 ReferencesAbramovich, S. (2016). Understanding digital badges in higher education