Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Virtual Instruction in the First Year II

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Dani Fadda P.E., University of Texas at Dallas; Oziel Rios, University of Texas at Dallas

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First-Year Programs

delivery during the pandemic.2. Online Course OrganizationThe online version of the introduction to mechanical engineering class is offered through theeLearning Black Board learning management system similarly to a previously designed onlinecomputer-aided design course [6]. The top of the course’s homepage, shown in Fig. 1, includes alink to the course syllabus. Immediately below that link is a schedule for the entire semester asalso shown in Fig. 1. The schedule is pasted directly on the homepage and “strikethrough” is usedfor the contents of the past weeks as a quick reference for students. The screen print, shown in Fig.1, indicates that it was taken during Week 9 because all entries in the schedule, up to Week 9 havethe “strikethrough

Conference Session

The Best of First-year Programs Division

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

John Charles Minor, Clemson University; Elizabeth Anne Stephan, Clemson University; Abigail T. Stephan, Clemson University

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First-Year Programs

strengthen students’ skills asfuture engineering professionals. In an effort to bolster the chances of achieving these goals, theengineering math course outlined below was introduced in Fall 2019.Course content and materialsRatton & Klingbeil’s Introductory Mathematics for Engineering Application [11] and Stephan etal.’s Thinking Like an Engineer [12] are the primary texts used to guide the course. Theoverarching course outcomes listed within the syllabus include preparing students for the rigor offuture engineering and mathematics classes, providing students with a solid foundation of basicengineering skills, and introducing students to the different engineering majors and careeroptions. As seen in these outcomes, the course attempts to draw

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Deana R. Delp Ph.D., Arizona State University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

semester forall sections of first-semester and second-semester engineering classes. Through the run of thestudy, 279 students total received a survey towards the end of the semester regarding thesemodifications. The survey followed the standard Likert scale with Strongly Agree, Agree,Neutral, Disagree, and Strongly Disagree options. The results for each question are givenbelow:  Did it help your understanding of the class procedures/requirement to break thesyllabus into three parts at the beginning of the semester? 76% of the students appreciated(Strongly Agree and Agree) the syllabus broken down into smaller parts and presented overthe course of three class periods. This really helped the students understand the gradingsystem, and the rules