Conference Session

Curriculum Reform with Cooperative Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Walsh, California Polytechnic State University; Jon Whited, St. Jude Medical; Robert Crockett, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

Whited, St. Jude Medical Jon Whited graduated from San Diego State University with a BS in Engineering Management. He is currently Manager, University Relations and Recruiting for St. Jude Medical, Cardiac Rhythm Management Division. He has worked as a Software Test Manager and Systems Test Manager for General Electric Space Systems and as Manager of Software Product Assurance for TRW’s military space programs. Mr. Whited has developed engineering recruiting programs with universities through Co-Op programs, Sr. Projects, offering students the opportunity to take St. Jude Medical e-learning classes in clinical applications for engineers, and providing jobs on campus as University Associates

Conference Session

Curriculum Reform with Cooperative Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl Cates, University of Cincinnati; Kettil Cedercreutz, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

Development of a Corporate Feedback System for Use inCurricular Reform. The duration of the grant is three years during which theUniversity is scheduled to receive a total of $ 555,133 (57%). The matchingcontribution of the University of Cincinnati will be $421,396 (43%). Includingmatching funds the University of Cincinnati will be investing $ 0.976 M inindustry integrated curriculum development. The objective of the grant is to builda closed loop system that measures student performance while on co-op anddirects this feedback into curricular development. This project developsmethodologies to use assessment data of student work term performance incurricular development, thereby continuously aligning experiential- orcooperative-education based

Conference Session

Cooperative Education Addresses ABET

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Mathews, Mississippi State University; Donna Reese, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

Use in Curricular Reform: Experience of Year One,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Problem-Based Learning, Lahti, Finland, June 9-11, 2005.2. Cedercreutz, Kettil, Cates, Cheryl, Maltbie, Cathy, Miller, Richard, Uwakweh, Benjamin, “The Development of a Corporate Feedback System for Use in Curricular Reform: Progress Report Fall 2005,” Presented at the 2006 CEIA Annual Conference, Cincinnati, OH, April 23-35, 2006.3. “Developing a Corporate Feedback System for Use in Curricular Reform,” FIPSE Project P116A040276, Cheryl Cates and Kettil Cedercreutz PI’s, http://www.uc.edu/propractice/fipse/abstract.html.4. Educational Benchmarking, “Engineering Education Exit Assessment,” http://www.webebi.com

Conference Session

Cooperative Education Addresses ABET

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Stwalley, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

AC 2007-2033: DEVELOPMENT OF AN OUTCOMES-BASED ASSESSMENTINSTRUMENT FOR USE BY THE SUPERVISORS OF PROFESSIONALPRACTICE STUDENTSRobert Stwalley, Purdue University Robert M. Stwalley III, Ph.D., P.E. is the Director of the Purdue University Office of Professional Practice. Dr. Stwalley has been involved in education for over twenty years at three different institutions of higher education. He is currently the President of the Lafayette School Corporation Board of Trustees. Dr. Stwalley maintains a private consulting practice where he specializes in renewable energy projects and property transfer issues. He is married to Dr. Carol S. Stwalley, and they have four children: Kathryn, Robert IV

Conference Session

Collaboration Provides the Best Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl Cates, University of Cincinnati; Anita Todd, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

loop that shows theimpact of teaching through student co-op performance. This information is beingused in curricular reform projects around campus to both illuminate areas forreform and to measure the impact of changes on co-op student performance. TheUniversity of Cincinnati has been awarded a $1 million US Department ofEducation Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education [FIPSE] grantto be used for the Development of a Corporate Feedback System for Use inCurricular Reform.Using aggregated data from employer assessments of cooperative educationstudent work performance to measure curricular effectiveness forms a cornerstoneof outcomes based assessment at the University of Cincinnati. One problem is thatresults may get buried in both