Conference Session

Writing and Portfolios

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Warren Hull, Louisiana State University; Warren Waggenspack, Louisiana State University; Lillian B Bowles, Louisiana State University; Jennifer Farrell, Louisiana State University; David Bowles, Louisiana State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

led by faculty members who have experienced success in their classrooms or whofeel that their experiences may be valuable to other faculty members. Engineering faculty haveserved as leaders for three workshops.Searchable Database. CxC also offers an online searchable database for faculty interested inlooking at syllabi, rubrics, and assignment ideas. The resources in the database are produced byfaculty at this institution and are also gathered from other universities, providing a wide scope ofideas, discussion, and viewpoints on issues regarding communication.The Engineering Communication Studio (ECS). The ECS assists Engineering faculty throughconsultation on syllabus and assignment generation, help with meeting C-I course requirements,and

Conference Session

Design: Content and Context

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald McEachron, Drexel University; Fred Allen, Drexel University; Elisabeth Papazoglou, Drexel University; Mustafa Sualp, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

∃# !(∗(26 2− #∃1∀0(!∃ 2∋∃ 1.∃∀(%(∀ 2(−,1 ,# −.∃0 2(−, −% +∃ 130(,& ∃/3(.+∃,2How are such maps created? While there is no one best method, a reasonable approach beginswith course syllabi. Every course should have a syllabus and as part of that syllabus, courseobjectives. Many of these objectives can be directly related to the performance criteria set up ascomponents of the student learning outcomes. A first pass at mapping performance criteria intoclasses can be done by a faculty committee, such as the curriculum or assessment committee,based upon available syllabi. After preliminary maps for coverage and tracking

Conference Session

Writing and Portfolios

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Turns, University of Washington; Kejun Xu, University of Washington; Matt Eliot, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

in general. As a result, theannotations need to make it clear what the reader is learning about the student. In the followingexample, a casual reader reading the first part of the second paragraph might jump to theconclusion that the point is going to be about the class. Fortunately, the student does bring theattention back to himself in the third sentence. MANUFACTURING PROCESSES When an engineer designs a product, he/she has to know how to manufacture the product economically. Many great inventions have been made, but they are not produced. Why? Because they are too expensive to build! That is why a great invention has to be relatively cheap to manufacture. The artifact below is a portion of the syllabus of the course