Conference Session

Research in Graphics Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Derek Yip-Hoi, Western Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

-ended individual projects where students get to select a mechanism to modeland analyze are presented. In addition an overview of the strategy adopted and experiences inconducting a collaborative team project for creating a complex mechanism will be discussed.This strategy enables a realistic model of an assembly with over 100 components to be modeled,simulated and analyzed within a 10 week term.The paper concludes with a discussion of observations made on how students benefit from theinstruction, assignments and project work in this advanced area of CAD. This includes theirability to assimilate and apply both the mechanics and strategies of advanced assembly modelingand the challenges faced in collaboratively creating large

Conference Session

Spatial Ability and Visualization in Graphics Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diarmaid Lane, University of Limerick; Niall Seery, University of Limerick

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

hemisphere” visual attributes to reduce theinfluence of the symbolic “left hemisphere” [27].The ability of the cognitive architecture to retrieve information through “distalaccess” [26] of the symbol system, where the processing of one symbol evokes furtherprocessing of other symbolic structures, is significant in terms of teaching andlearning in technology education. The construction of a mechanism or pedagogicstructure to help students maintain, access and transform symbolic structures that arenot immediately driven by sensory input or motor output has significant implicationsand has the potential to transform teaching and learning in areas such as design,problem solving and communication graphics.MethodologyThe approach for this research project

Conference Session

Spatial Ability and Visualization in Graphics Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheryl Sorby, Michigan Technological University; Norma Veurink, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

AC 2010-617: ARE THE VISUALIZATION SKILLS OF FIRST-YEARENGINEERING STUDENTS CHANGING?Sheryl Sorby, Michigan Technological University Dr. Sheryl Sorby is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics and Director of the Engineering Education and Innovation research group at Michigan Technological University. She recently served as a Program Director within the Division of Undergraduate Education at the National Science Foundation. Her research interests include graphics and visualization. She has been the principal investigator or co-principal investigator on more than $5M in external funding, most from the National Science Foundation for educational projects. She was the

Conference Session

Research in Graphics Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Wiebe; Theodore Branoff; Mark Shreve

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

Paths to Learning: Understanding how students utilize online instructional resources in an introductory engineering graphics courseABSTRACT This presentation focuses on an ongoing instructional innovation research and development project centered around an introductory engineering graphics course. Over the past few years, the researchers have looked at ways that pedagogical innovations could be used to both improve instruction and do so more efficiently with fewer resources. These goals has led to the creation of pilot sections of the course that are “hybrid”—meeting one day and week and then having students use an online learning management system (i.e., Moodle) for

Conference Session

Spatial Ability and Visualization in Graphics Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Connolly, Purdue University; James Beeler, Purdue University; Pat Connaughton, Purdue University; Jared Price, Purdue University; Ben Trefz, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

provide more statistical power to results data.Another future recommendation would be to involve other academic majors in similar research.Due to a restricted participation of the participant population, there was a limit on discoveringthe variation from major to major. It is anticipated that students from different majors wouldhave different spatial ability norms. In general, this research project has suggested that the lower Page 15.1077.9the initial spatial ability skill level, the higher the impact of the augmented reality tool. Thisanalysis may not be consistent across all majors and with those that have a significantly lowerstarting

Conference Session

Spatial Ability and Visualization in Graphics Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rui (Celia) Pan, Purdue University; Shih-Ping Kuo, Purdue University; Johannes Strobel, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

solving exercise problems and designing projects like identity logo, flyer, calendar, and postcard. Program: In Design 19 17 Design single and multiple- page (8 females; (6 females; 11 documents for business, advertising 11males) males) such as identities, flyers, brochures,CG02 forms, catalogs, newsletters and booklets. Program: In Design 65 45Total Table 1We