curricula for introducing the LEWAS into multiple courses at Virginia Western Community College and Virginia Tech. He also has international collabora- tion experience in first-year course development, engineering education research, and real-time watershed monitoring.Mr. Daniel S. Brogan, Virginia Tech Daniel S. Brogan is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. Working under Dr. Vinod K. Lohani, he has had a leading role in the development and implementa- tion work of the Learning Enhanced Watershed Assessment System (LEWAS) Lab for more than three years. His dissertation research involves the development and classroom integration of the Online Wa- tershed Learning System
Paper ID #16908Comparing Different Learning Activities in a Global Neuroscience MOOCMs. Casey Lynn Haney, Purdue University, West Lafayette Casey Haney is an undergraduate student in junior year at Purdue University and a research assistant in Dr. Jennifer DeBoer’s Lab as a part of the Purdue’s INSPIRE Research Institute for Pre-College Engineering.Ms. S. Zahra Atiq, Purdue University, West Lafayette S. Zahra Atiq is a PhD student at the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University, West Lafayette. Her research interests include: computer science education specifically on teaching computer programming to
SCI is a ten-week domestic research program in which sophomore and juniorstudents complete quantum-related research internships with faculty at an urban university.This study is timely given that science and engineering (S&E) research is an increasinglyinternational effort. In its 2015 Science Indicators, the most recent year available, the NationalScience Board noted that 33% of science and engineering papers published in the U.S. in 2013were internationally coauthored; at the same time international citations among papers by U.S.authors increased from 43% to 53% between 1996 – 2012 [1]. This shows the increasingimportance of international research and collaborations for science & engineering researchers inthe U.S. Furthermore, in
the whole program - tend to fail 5, 8.Charney and Libecap 9 assessed impact of entrepreneurship education and found that theeducation produces self-sufficient and innovative enterprising individuals.Simpeh10 examines various entrepreneurship theories including psychological entrepreneurshiptheories. The psychological theories highlight personal characteristics that defineentrepreneurship. Simpeh has included “traits theory” and “need for achievement theory” in thepaper 10. The “trait theory” hypothesizes that an individual has inborn qualities or potentials thatnaturally make him an entrepreneur. The issue with the trait model is that, there is no consistentevidence of unique entrepreneurial characteristics 11. Simpeh also quotes McClelland‟s
programs best provide students from diverse backgrounds with a variety ofinternational experiences to maximize their global preparedness? These are questions we haveset about to answer as part of a large, multi-university study5.Specifically, in this NSF funded study of the effectiveness of various forms of internationalexperiences, we have used a nationally recognized and normed instrument to survey both firstyear and senior engineering students initially at four partner institutions, and more recently at anadditional dozen engineering programs throughout the U. S. In doing this, questions arose thatwe needed to address if we were going to better understand the impact of the various forms ofinternational educational experiences available to
collectivistic cultures? A purposive sampling was used to recruit the qualitative participants who met minimumcriteria. Seventeen participants met the criteria (lived experiences of international assignment(s)in MENA) and provided the answers to the interview questions. The study includes a sub-question that give depth and detail in relation to the phenomenological research question. Thepurpose of the qualitative research question (RQ) and sub-research questions (SRQ) was togather participants lived experiences of American global expansion. An open-ended interviewquestions developed from the research questions. SRQ 1: How do business leaders and decision makers working outside the United Statesdescribe the experience of changes in
work has been financed by FEDER funds through the Competitivity Factors OperationalProgramme - COMPETE: POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007136 and POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007043 and FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia within the Project Scope:UID/CEC/00319/2013.References[1] Simão, J. V., Modernização do ensino superior da ruptura à excelência, , Fundação das Universidades Portuguesas, 2003.[2] Simão, J. V., Santos, S. M. & Costa, A. A., Ensino superior: uma visão para a próxima década, Gradiva Publicações Lda., 2003.[3] Simão, J. V., Santos, S. M. & Costa, A. A., Ambição para a Excelência A oportunidade de Bolonha, Gradiva Publicações Lda., 2005.[4] Leandro S. Almeida, Rosa
the course. Future data collection will also provide the opportunity to assess thecourse’s long-term viability and effectiveness as either a stand-alone course within thecurriculum or as an incubator that can be integrated into existing courses.References1. Streveler, R. A., Smith, K. A. & Pilotte, M. Aligning course content, assessment, and delivery: Creating a context for outcome-based education. K. Mohd Yusof, S. Mohammad, N. Ahmad Azli, M. Noor Hassan, A. Kosnin S. K, Syed Yusof (Eds.), Outcome-Based Educ. Eng. Curric. Eval. Assess. Accreditation. Hershey, Pennsylvania IGI Glob. (2012).2. Wiggins, G. P. & McTighe, J. Understanding by design. (Ascd, 2005).3. Dewey, J. Education and experience. (1938).4
, we decidedto summarize and report the data using graphs and charts in order to be able to visually displaythe results of the study.Overall, the survey proved to be a successful way in which to measure and meet our projectgoals of determining the learning effectiveness of student participation in FLEAPs versus thetraditional on ground classroom.Student Feedback and Survey ResultsThe results have been categorized by the focus areas that have been previously discussed. In anattempt to display the results as clearly as possible, we first organized the results of the 26 totalsurvey questions into categories, as can be seen in Appendix 3. Special attention should be paidto questions a, b, o, r, and s, as they were designed to quantify gains in
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), as higher competency is demonstrated for each construct. For example, for Cultural SelfAwareness (Knowledge), criteria for meeting the Benchmark Level is “Shows minimal awareness of own cultural rules and biases (even those shared with own cultural group(s)) (e.g. uncomfortable with identifying possible cultural differences with others.)” To achieve the Capstone level of this construct, one must articulate “insights into own cultural rules and biases (e.g. seeking complexity; aware of how her/his experiences have shaped these rules, and how to recognize and respond to cultural biases, resulting in a shift in selfdescription.)”. Overview of diversity and inclusion awareness in monthly program meetings Since February 2015, most monthly
examples of community needs as well as success storieswhere sustainability was considered. The group visited 6 different wineries (see Figure 4) tolearn about their processes, best practices and current issues with respect to sustainability. Theproduction of wine in Ensenada dates back to the early 1900’s when Russians from the Molokangroup established in the Guadalupe Valley. The quantity and quality of the wines has increaseddramatically in the last decades; this has brought an economic boom as it attracts tourism anddetonates other activities such as arts, sports, gastronomy, culture, entertainment and education.This growth challenges the resource in the region, specifically water. Figure 4 Field trips to the Valley of
world. Retrieved from The Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/large-hadron-collider/3351899/Large- Hadron-Collider-thirteen-ways-to-change-the-world.html4. Khan, S., & Kissick, B. (2008). Beating the Competition Down with the Stick of Education: A Winning Strategy for a Global World. AC 2008-2662, (p. 9).5. Esparragoza, I., Larrondo Petrie, M. M., Jordan, R., & Paez Saavedra, J. (2007). Forming the Global Engineer for the Americas: Global Educational Experiences and Opportunities Involving Latin America and the Caribbean. AC 2007-576, (p. 20).6. Esparragoza, I., Larrondo, M., & Sathianathan, D. (2008). : Global Engineering Education in the Americas
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and skills. Finally, the students gave qualitative feedback on the way in which the EWB Challenge was taughtat Colorado State University, picking up on some of the same failings in implementation due to the pilotnature of the program but also providing ideas for improvement for future course offerings. A graphicrepresentation of their feedback shown in Figure 8 below, illustrates the feedback in collated form, withthe most repeated words being the largest. It is interesting to see that design, culture, ideas, group,problem(s), learning and working were common themes rather than the technical aspects of the designproblems themselves, reflecting on the engagement with professional skills (ASEE, 2013) the instructorshoped would be focused on
, and the World Bank.These forces have led to dramatic increases in global trade and the rise in scale and influence ofmulti-national companies. According to the World Trade Organization, the growth of world tradewas more than double the growth of world GDP from 1995 until the recession in 2008.6 Sincethat time the ratio has been less than 2.0 but greater than 1.5. In 2015, 35 of the world’s largestone hundred economies were not countries but companies.7 A recent article in the popular pressindicates that for the S&P 500 companies, 48% of their 2014 revenues came from abroad.8Technology-based companies were even higher. Examples of prominent engineering-basedcompanies which receive a majority of their revenues from abroad include Intel (82
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quality improvement systems of the program may well require acultural shift of the institution’s administrators and faculty.ConclusionsFor continuous improvement processes, ABET’s Criterion 4 focuses the primary mechanismprogram improvement on appropriate assessment and evaluation of student outcomes (whatstudents need to know and be able to do at the time of graduation), e.g., data driven improvementactions based on demonstrated student learning (or lack of such learning). The AUN-QA criteriahave a much broader focus on quality improvement, asking programs to use a wide variety ofinputs within their quality system. Some of the measures of quality included in the AUN-QAcriteria include traditional output measures, e.g., Criterion 10’s
devoted to science and mathematics; the only engineeringand technology instruction was C programming and an introduction to microprocessors. Theengineering content in Year 2 was fairly high and included a course with a challenging mixedsignal design project. It was clear that students from both Year 1 and Year 2 of the GlasgowCollege, UESTC would be eligible to participate in the summer OIP. However, it was notknown how many students and from which years would select this particular OIP as this wasone of four OIPs organized by the Glasgow College, UESTC. Another unknown was whetherany UESTC students would attend the OIP – let alone information on their year(s) of study inwhich degree programme(s). While the majority of UESTC students were
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partnerships with universities in the developing countries will have a major impact on the quality of education.vii. There are many youngsters who are looking for jobs; it will be productive to investigate ways to create jobs and seek solutions for this problem.viii. Educational services are expensive; therefore, it is essential to debit the financial aspect of education system in the country. 6. References1. Baha, B., Baha, Z., “Technical Vocational and Engineering Education in Afghanistan,” Proceedings of the 2008 American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Conference, Pittsburgh, USA, June 2008.2. Samady, R. S., ”Education and Afghan Society in the Twentieth Century,“ United Nations Educational
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faculty interviewed) inthe process by which the course content is delivered during the lecture period, and more of aconcern whether the rate of delivery would allow the instructor to finish the course on time.The views expressed by the faculty and the impression(s) arrived at by the author, leads oneto believe that it is highly unlikely that new more effective teaching-learning strategieswould be deployed any time soon, unless drastic measures are undertaken. The author ismore convinced now than ever, that classroom reformation, including deployment of activelearning strategies, would happen only if the institution mandates it and providesopportunities for faculty to experience the advantages of active learning strategies.The Pros and Cons of the
. Since 1950-s, there was intensive international cooperation inthe area of training Vietnamese students in Soviet universities for industrial companies inVietnam. Training of students was accompanied by academic mobility of Soviet engineerswho contributed to the implementation of industrial projects in Vietnam.The decay of the Soviet Union resulted in drop in the number of joint projects in engineeringeducation. Vietnamese students also shifted their focus to other countries (such as the U.S.)offering a good system of engineering education. Russia is trying to progress in internationalcooperation with Vietnam and has almost returned its position in the number of students.Table 1 represents selected statistics of Russia, Vietnam and their
program can provide guidance in ensuring that the appropriate balance oftypes of activities are included in plans so that students can develop in a variety of ways.References 1. Johri, A., & Jesiek, B. K. (2014). Global and international issues in engineering education. In A. Johri & B. M. Olds (Eds.), CHEER: Cambridge Handbook of Engineering Education Research New York, New York: Cambridge University Press. 2. Downey, G. L., Ruff, S., Lehr, J. L., Nichols-Belo, A., Lucena, J. C., Moskal, B. M., Miller, J. (2006). The globally competent engineer: Working effectively with people who define problems differently. Journal of Engineering