Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel B. Oerther, Missouri University of Science & Technology

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

Engineers.” The new course leverages available online materialsdisseminated by The Johns Hopkins University as well as materials disseminated by the NationalEnvironmental Health Association (NEHA) to emphasize environmental health practice indiverse communities – from urban settings in developed nations to rural villages in lessdeveloped countries. The new course employs a previously reported format including blendeddelivery, a flipped classroom, and mastery learning (D.B. Oerther, “Reducing costs whilemaintaining learning outcomes using blended, flipped, and mastery pedagogy to teachintroduction to environmental engineering,” in Proceedings of the 2017 ASEE AnnualConference & Exposition, Columbus, OH, USA, June 25-28, 2017. [Online

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathaniel P. Sheehan, United States Military Academy; Jeffrey A. Starke, United States Military Academy; David C. Zgonc, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

. Several students commented to their instructors thatthey watched online videos about treatment technologies discussed in class. Other studentsstated that they watched online videos on how to solve problem types presented in lecture. Inboth cases, students felt they understood course content better after watching this online content.This could serve as an opportunity to better instruct digital natives in a way they are willing tointeract with the material and could lead to better learning. However, the students sometimes over-relied on technology. One interesting phenomenonencountered by an author hit upon the worst stereotype of the digital native. One studentresponded to a problem by writing that they had entered the problem’s main question