many of the other non-traditional activities, two exchange trips are made with teammembers traveling to their opposite foreign location. Ideally the first trip occurs near the initiation of theproject for planning, organizing and conceptualization. This early face to face meeting has been found tofacilitate the formation of personal relationships that endure during the project execution and enhanceboth the outcome of the project and the cultural experience. To further enhance the experience, duringeach visit, the visiting students are lodged with the host students for a total emersion into the culture ofthe country. The framework of this international capstone project addresses key variables identified asnecessary for maximum impact: customers
Paper ID #16659International vs. Domestic Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU):A Three-Year Assessment of the Preparation of Students for Global Work-forcesDr. Cheryl Matherly, The University of Tulsa Dr. Cheryl Matherly is Vice Provost for Global Education at The University of Tulsa, where she has responsibility for the strategic leadership of the university’s plan for comprehensive internationalization. Dr. Matherly’ co-directs the NanoJapan program, funded by the National Science Foundation in order to expand international research opportunities for students in STEM fields. She is the recipient of two
activities.Background of the PartnershipIntroduction of quality higher education resources from the western countries to China can betraced back to the early 20th Century. The purpose was to rapidly develop an effective model forChina’s higher education system to train talents that were desperately needed by the country. Inthe spirit of China’s reform and opening policy, the Chinese central government approved a 5-year strategic plan from the Ministry of Education in 2004 that emphasized the importance offurther opening the education system and encouraging international cooperation as one of thekey strategies of China’s educational development. One year earlier, the State Council passed theRegulations of People’s Republic of China on Chinese-Foreign
continues to study the pharmaceutical e-marketing space.Edgardo Torres-Caballero, Hewlett Packard Edgardo Torres-Caballero. Joined HP in June 2004 as a Business Planning Manager for the Ink Supplies Business, Americas Hub. Since July 2005, Torres-Caballero has been working as Government Affairs Manager / Public Sector Advocacy business alignment for Latin America and Caribbean, where he supports HP’s business units in this region and is responsible for advancing HP’s interests on public policy issues, access to markets, access to technology and advocacy efforts before government entities. Edgardo is a former deputy secretary of Economic Development and Commerce of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. He
) technique combined with a multinationalexperience. PBL is based on the idea that a problem or a question, guide learning activities forthe construction of a particular device in a real context7. In this process, students seek solutionsto open problems by formulating research questions, plan design, collection, analysis andintegration of information, explanations and building models, and creating artifacts or productsof their understanding. Students also have the opportunity to control the learning process,making decisions about the pace, sequence and content of learning, and evaluating the results oftheir efforts and their learning strategies. This learning context involves both vertical learning(referring to the accumulation of knowledge of the
in conserving the environment, Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Housing & the Environment, St. Johns, Antigua, Available online http://www.environmentdivision.info/?q=node/168 2. Antigua and Barbuda Environment Division, 2011, SIRMM Outcome 1 delivers EIMAS, Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Housing & the Environment, St. Johns, Antigua, Available online @ http://gefantigua.org/press-room/sirmm-outcome-1-delivers-eimas/ 3. Antigua and Barbuda Environment Division, 2011, SIRMM Outcome 2: A Sustainable Island Resource Management Plan developed and in place, Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Housing & the Environment, St. Johns, Antigua, Available online @ http://gefantigua.org/sirmm
to process information and absorb knowledge. This is also determined by relationshipbetween an instructor and a learner as well as relationship among learners.The solution lies in creating a learner-centered community that encourages students to assumemore of the learning responsibility. Now roles of an instructor and a learner vary in thisrelationship. An instructor is no longer a mere transmitter of knowledge. In this learningenvironment a learner is not entirely dependent on what the instructor says or does. A learner hasjust become an educator rather a recipient. The learner is assisted in becoming autonomous andbeing able to plan his/her learning. On the other hand, a learner can play more active role inanother learner’s learning as an
Education” (INTERTECH), Member of Administrative Committee of Education Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electron- ics Engineers, Inc (IEEE-EdSoc) in (2002-2005), (2005-2008) and (2009-2012), Member of Strategic Planning Committee of Education Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc (IEEE-EdSoc) and Board Member of ”Global Council on Manufacturing and Management” (GCMM) She was President of Brazilian Chapter of Education Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc (IEEE-EdSoc), State Councilor of SBPC - Brazilian Association for the Advancement of Science and Manager of International Relations of SENAC School of Engineering and Technology. She is
debate during 2008 was devoted to outline energy policy, it was clear thatboth candidates have studied the energy challenges facing the nation. President Obamaproposed his New Energy for America plan and signed the American Recovery andReinvestment Act (ARRA). The realization is that the component of energy policy mustprepare a technical workforce in the alternative energy areas. We must involve all ourefforts to ensure the outcome of ARRA to help create five million new jobs bystrategically investing $150 billion over the next ten years, to catalyze private efforts tobuild a clean energy fixture, to have more oil than we currently import from the MiddleEast and Venezuela combined with 10 years to put 1 million Plug-in-Hybrid cars with upto 150
award process often extends over multiple years, making it very difficult to plan research activity. The few Universities that have a research component in their activities, generally receive funds directly from the sponsors, and allocate them internally (and thus without undergoing a comprehensive competitive selection process). It is thus significantly more difficult for faculty at non-government funded universities to develop a research portfolio within the
, was designed to expose primarily science and engineeringmajors to types of professional writing common to their fields. The course rationale was asfollows19: The ability to communicate clearly and effectively is an invaluable life skill, as well as one of the biggest indicators of an individual’s future success. Strong English writing and speaking skills will help students planning to study or work in the U.S. succeed in their courses and later in their professions. While this course alone cannot guarantee successful English communication skills (students must practice for the rest of their academic careers to graduate with those), it can at least set students on the road to developing
chairs USC’s STEM Consortium.Dr. Cheryl Matherly Dr. Cheryl Matherly is Vice Provost for Global Education at The University of Tulsa, where she has responsibility for the strategic leadership of the university’s plan for comprehensive internationalization. Dr. Matherly’ directs the NanoJapan program, funded by the National Science Foundation in order to expand international research opportunities for students in STEM fields. She is the recipient of two Fulbright grants for international education administrators (Germany and Japan.) She has an Ed.D. in Education Leadership and Culture Studies from the University of Houston.Dr. Lisa Benson, Clemson University Lisa Benson is an Associate Professor of Engineering and
personal and professional life. IV.2 Use of observations and discussions to examine, appraise, compare, contrast, plan for new actions, or propose remedies to use in and outside of structured learning experiences Metacognitive V.1 Demonstrate examination of the learning process V.2 Show what & how learning occurred V.3 Show how new knowledge altered existing knowledgeFindingsAfter the four authors finished their data analysis, the codes were tallied and summarized asgiven in Table 4. The codes were tallied as a way of getting a more global sense for what kindsof topics students most frequently commented on, while also providing
. - Page 23.840.12Guatemala Trip ParticipantStudents often needed to discuss their design plans and the technology it included with people ofvarying levels of technical knowledge. For example, in Guatemala students were installingbiosand filters in people’s homes and needed to explain to the family how to use it and why itwould be beneficial to them. Students had to gauge which aspects of this technology the familiesunderstood, and how to explain the parts they did not. This task was complex because they wereworking across language barriers, cultural barriers, and technical levels. They recruited twosocial workers to assist in this process but were still struggling with how best to approach thissituation. This is discussed in quote 13 and 14. The
planned before the pandemic, the changes in oursupport systems and the focus of our team due to the pandemic were necessary items to considerin our research. This led us to include COVID-19 specific interview questions, and the resultsfrom these questions are discussed in their section within the results.4. Participants For this study, we interviewed 8 participants in various academic standings enrolled inengineering programs at a mid-Atlantic US university. The participants comprise 4 female and 4male students who hail from 6 different countries. Table 1 provides information on the studentsinterviewed with their home country, grade, and involvement. TABLE I PARTICIPANT BACKGROUND
studentscombined with the challenge of participating in international programs without the risk ofdeferring graduation. In this paper, we propose a programmatic model geared specificallytowards engineering students: the short-term experiential program abroad. This model featuresan academic course which presents a technical subject within a global context, coupled with anintensive ten day to two week intensive study abroad experience that provides first-hand insightsthrough site visits to corporations and academic institutions, lectures, and planned interactionswith both international and host country students.Short-Term Experiential Program DesignExperiential education programs and short-term study abroad courses are becoming particularlycommon ways for
is the Director of the First Year Engineering program in the Faculty of Engineering at McMaster University, Hamilton, ON. Her responsibilities include supervising staff and instructors in the ENG1 Program, curriculum development, and planning and implementing programs to enhance retention. She is also a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering and is a registered professional engineer in the State of Michigan. She has her Ph.D. in environmental engineering from Harvard University and is co-author of the textbook, Principles of Environmental Engineering and Science (McGraw-Hill). Page
Sustainable Irrigation Projects for Rural South Africa Recognizing the need and tremendous benefit of the ram pump irrigation Zakhe Agricultural College system, the Engineers without Borders chapter at Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University initiated the South Africa Project in the Autumn of 2005. After an initial assessment in January 2006, the team worked throughout the school year to plan the logistics. Fundraising was a major effort. During the past three years student teams have returned annually to install irrigation systems in KwaZulu-Natal and to identify other
discuss logistics and classlevel issues. This includes discussions on teamwork and project management and culturaldifferences between Mexico and the US. Individual groups meet on their own or with theadvising professor as often as necessary to work on their projects. The seemingly lost class timeis regained during the travel phase.PreparationOne of the first assignments for each group is to prepare a project plan which serves as a contractbetween themselves and the professor to provide a basis for determining grades. The plan mustdescribe the project objective, specific tasks required to accomplish it, deadlines for each task,and a description of the qualifications and duties of each group member. Along with the projectplan, each group is
. Most of them had never attempted non-technical writing taskssuch as descriptive writing. However, they also reported to the instructor that, whilewriting in this style was difficult and unfamiliar to them, it was enjoyable.Of course, the instructors didn’t simply collect open-form essays and move on. Theseessays were meant to be considered alongside the argumentative, researched essayswritten earlier in the program. The instructors’ plans were for these essays, bothargumentative and creative, to be scaffolding for the video assignment that finished thetrip. The approaches, creative and expressive in the open-form essays, and formulaic andthesis-driven in the closed form, were meant to be complementary.E3 BlogStudents were required to create an
from this section were to (1) explainmulti-disciplinary facet of design, (2) draw functional (sub) systems, and (3) construct proposed simplemechanical/ mechatronic systems. The students were required to build a DC regulated power supplycircuit, convert 230 volt AC to 5 volt DC, use the regulated DC power supply circuit developed to drivetwo DC motors, and disassemble and assemble a gearbox. Project Management. Outcomes from this section were to (1) summarize the importance of teamwork in project management. (2) plan a project using relevant project management tools like checklists,timelines and Gantt charts, and (3) document deliverables of project. Student activities included an artistic
human information interactions and be able to apply them in explaining various techno-societal phenomena. 2. (Learning Outcome 2) be able to analyze and interpret social media contents and social network structures. 3. (Learning Outcome 3) be able to understand their professional responsibility in sustainable development as information engineers. 4. (Learning Outcome 4) be able to understand the impact of information engineering solutions in a global and societal context. 5. (Learning Outcome 5) be able to stay abreast of contemporary issues and formulate professional recommendations and/or action plans based on human information behaviours.The course spans 14 weeks and is focused on 4 topics (Table 1
influenced theoutcomes for students, and that international experiences tended to be more intense [23]. In ourcomparison, the China program provided more cultural intensity, but both programs seem tohave provided research intensity (i.e., opportunities to be challenged and develop). However, thecultural experience may have outshone the research challenges for the China participants, as theycertainly focused more on those topics during their interviews.Both IRES programs have several more years remaining, and we plan to continue collecting datafrom both programs. As we build up a larger pool of participants across years, we will alsoexplore the results of the pre/post surveys for cultural intelligence that we have administered. Weare curious to see
sessions suchas panels, round tables, workshops and training sessions such as Safe Zone training. The ADChas a vision, mission and published strategic plan, [2] and is an entity to which authors candirectly submit papers.The development of, and institutionalization of the Best Diversity Paper award within ASEE wasa major undertaking that required drafting of the process for soliciting and identifying bestpapers, judging them on a consistent rubric, and disseminating the top papers. The ASEEDiversity Committee crafted a proposal, vetted it internally, worked with ASEE IT staff tocustomize the paper handling system, Monolith, and then vetted with the ASEE Board ofDirectors. The ASEE Board of Directors approved the award and institutionalized it as
Acculturative Stress Components and Their Relationship with Depression Among International Students in China. Stress and Health, vol.32, pp.524-532, Dec. 2016.[18] W. Wen, D. Hu, and J. Hao, “International students’ experiences in China: Does the planned reverse mobility work?” International Journal of Educational Development, vol.61, pp.204-212, July. 2018.[19] X. J. Ding, “Exploring the experiences of international students in China,” Journal of Studies in International Education, vol. 20, pp. 319-338, Apr. 2016.[20] M. Tian and J. A. Lowe, “Intercultural identity and intercultural experiences of American students in China,” Journal of Studies in International Education, vol.18, pp.281-297, July. 2014.[21] H. C. Sheu
IME Elect (END XXX) 3 Prod Plan. and Control IME 483 (END 421) 3 Integr. Eng. Design IME 490 (END 492) 3 Plantwide Process Control IME 476 3 Eng. Ethics & Prof. PHIL323 (ITB 217E) 3 Introduction to Industrial/Organizational Interdisciplinary Studies IS XXX 3 3 TOTAL 15 18The number of credit hours taken at SIUE is 67 and the number of credit hours taken at ITU is 76,making the total 143. Although this number is well above the SIUE’s requirements, it is the
Taiwan’s. The students will also go on cultural field trips. These trips willimmerse the students in Taiwanese culture.Overall, there were 70 students from the United States, Taiwan, China, and the Philippines.Students from SJSU, Beijing Institute of Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, MapúaInstitute of Technology, Republic of China (ROC) Air Force Academy, and CYCU were mixedinto ten groups which collaborated on business projects. The students were split into teams andhad three weeks to come up with a business plan to present to the judges by the end of theprogram. Unless there was a field trip, the students had class on Monday through Friday from 8-12pm, a lunch break, and then lab from 2-5pm. Needless to say, the SJSU students spent a
, and the program does not require scholarships or subsidies for itto operate and grow. For both the German and US students, the added cost of spending theBSME senior year abroad instead of at home is approximately US$3,400 — which includes the Page 25.896.4cost of two transatlantic round-trip tickets!The standard study plans for US and German students are shown in Appendices A and B,respectively. In the case of the US student, it assumes no advance placement credits, transfercredits, or prior German language instruction. It also assumes that the student waits until his orher 6th semester to start learning German, which is that last opportunity
toget to know each other. This assignment helps to jump start the GV team experience as studentsare compelled to plan and to get to know one another. Learning new technology also becomesimportant for team members to communicate and share documents with one another. While thetendency is to focus on the task, team members must take the time to develop on-linerelationships with team members they likely will never meet outside of this project. Thisrelationship building becomes critical as the project proceeds and team members requireassistance and support from one another during stressful and critical times. It also increasesstudent commitment to the GV team project. Upon completion of the course students should reflect on what they have
-profit colleges may be left out of emerging highreputation online course networks. However, the continued growth ofconventional online programs can benefit the credit ratings of brand-name andniche institutions, especially if the well-reputed institutions band together aroundonline offerings to reduce operating costs (Martin, 2012). On the other hand, ifthe reputable institutions rush too carelessly into MOOCs, they could end upreducing their educational stronghold by diluting their brand. Thus, it is importantfor universities to plan carefully their long-term goals in entering the the MOOCmovement, and control the quality of the courses being posted (Lewin, 2012b).This paper is organized as follows: Section 2 reviews and compares the