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New Engineering Educators 2: Success In and Out of the Classroom

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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David Gau, University of Pittsburgh; Deanna Christine Easley Sinex, University of Pittsburgh; Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Steven Abramowitch, University of Pittsburgh; Sylvanus N. Wosu, University of Pittsburgh

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Paper ID #30340Implementation of a Future Faculty Development Program: Impact andEvaluation of Years 1 & 2Dr. David Gau, University of Pittsburgh David Gau, PhD is a Postdoctoral Associate in the bioengineering department. Dr. Gau earned his BPhil in bioengineering and BS in Mathematics from the Pitt in 2012. After, he was awarded a Whitaker Fel- lowship and Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship to study and work in Australia for a year before returning and completing his PhD in bioengineering at Pitt in 2018. His pre-doctoral research focused on screening and developing novel agents to target aberrant and excessive

Conference Session

Off the Beaten Path

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Summer Dann , Louisiana State University; Paige Davis, Louisiana State University; Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University

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AC 2012-5142: IMPLEMENTING A BRIDGE CAMP AND INTRO. COURSE:LESSONS LEARNED FROM A PHASE 1 STEP GRANTMs. Summer Dann , Louisiana State UniversityPaige Davis, Louisiana State University Paige Davis has 22 years of experience in the College of Engineering at Louisiana State University. For the past two years, she has directed a study abroad program specifically designed for engineering students. In addition to teaching, she assists with the STEP program. She received her bachelor’s degree in engineering technology and master’s degree in industrial engineering.Dr. Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University Warren N. Waggenspack, Jr. is currently the Associate Dean for Academic Programs in the College of

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New Engineering Educators 1: Learning Aids

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Wendy Roldan, University of Washington; Schawnery Lin; Yuxin Xu, University of Washington; Andrea Jacqueline Sequeira; Jennifer A. Turns, University of Washington

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self-directed learners who make intentional choices about theiracademic endeavors. Prior research highlights the role of educators in designing active learningclassrooms [1], promoting a reflective culture [2], [3], and using project-based curriculum [4] tosupport student learning. We ask, what are smaller, more attentive opportunities for students todesign their own active learning experience within classroom settings? We take a provocativeapproach to supporting engineering student learning through visual notetaking.Visual notetaking is a method of representing ideas without always relying solely on words.Notetaking offers a large design space and opens up opportunities for metacognitiveconversations about student learning. Further, visual

Conference Session

NEE 1 - Innovative Teaching & Learning Strategies

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Alexander Mendoza-Garcia, University of Florida; Heather Maness, University of Florida

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knowledgeand skills that are crucial to succeed in creating high quality online learning environmentsbecause, as the famous quote from Joel Barker says, “When a paradigm shifts, everyone goesback to zero” and then “your past success guarantees nothing [1].”This is a reflective paper, in which I, the instructor (the first author), will narrate my experienceon transitioning from teaching in a face-to-face classroom to teach fully in an onlineenvironment. It will also explain how the support of an instructional designer (the second author)can make this transition smoother.About me, “the instructor”Before becoming an online instructor, I taught in face-to-face classrooms using teacher-centeredpractices and more recently the learner-centered (flipped

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NEE 1 - Innovative Teaching & Learning Strategies

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eliza A. Banu, University of Georgia; Colleen M. Kuusinen, University of Georgia

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as aprompt, student learning is aided because students are required to recall, rather than identify,pertinent information through identification of the context of the word and explain the conceptin their own words.Introduction:Passive students during lectures retain less, while active students perform better [1]. In recentyears flipped classrooms have become, to some degree, popular environments for teaching acrossdisciplines, though the investigations in assessing their effectiveness in comparison to thetraditional instructions is not conclusive. There are studies to report increase or no effect inperformance [1-4] in the flipped classes over the traditional lectures. Research is focused onstudents’ perspective [1, 5]. Instructors are

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NEE 1 - Innovative Teaching & Learning Strategies

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ahmed Dallal, University of Pittsburgh; Renee M. Clark, University of Pittsburgh

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promising indications these techniques were positively perceived bythe students.1. Introduction: Literature Review and Instructor BackgroundThe benefits and effectiveness of active learning for student problem solving, conceptual gains,exam scores, and engagement are well established [1]–[5]. Active learning is defined as in-classwork by students that goes beyond simply listening to the instructor and taking notes [6]. Despitethe known benefits of active learning, lecture-based teaching in STEM is still the prevalentapproach, with active learning in general propagating at a slow rate [5], [7], [8]. For example, inelectrical and computer engineering (ECE) departments, where the courses in the present paperare housed, a survey of U.S. faculty

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NEE 1 - Innovative Teaching & Learning Strategies

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patricia Caratozzolo, School of Engineering and Sciences, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico; Alvaro Alvarez-Delgado, Language Department, School of Social Sciences, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico; Samira Hosseini, Writing Lab, Center for Educational Innovation, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico

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the American Association of Colleges and Universities,AAC&U, were applied. The obtained results have shown that the designed approach promotedboth desired abilities, a better understanding of scientific concepts among engineering studentsand also a higher capability to transform ideas and solutions into entirely new forms.KeywordsCreative thinking, cognitive and metacognitive tools, STEAM, educational innovation, highereducation.IntroductionThe Future of Jobs report released by the World Economic Forum [1] includes a table of theskills required by future professionals in order to face the challenge of the Fourth IndustrialRevolution. The report uses the concept of skills stability to illustrate the degree to which, by theyear 2020

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Laura D Hahn, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Chris Migotsky, University of Illinois

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from the model in Buskit et al.:1. A pre-observation meeting with the Collins Scholar and two observers.2. The observation itself, often videotaped.3. Observer debriefing: The two observers discuss and write up a summary of their findings.4. Self-reflection: The Collins Scholar is invited to watch the video, and writes a self- Page 26.789.2 analysis of the class session.5. A post-observation meeting to discuss the class observed, the participants’ impressions, and strategies for continued improvement.The findings from Brinko’s review of the literature on the effectiveness of peer feedback haveframed and guided the way we train our observers

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New Engineering Educators Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vishwas Narayan Bedekar, Middle Tennessee State University; Ahad S. Nasab, Middle Tennessee State University; Walter W. Boles, Middle Tennessee State University

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modern technology, course redesign, grade distributions, andpedagogical techniques. The authors also report improved student evaluations and performancedata, and correlate them to the continually improved teaching practices adopted by a new facultymember, who was mentored by a senior faculty member and the department chair. Thepercentage of DFW grades earned by students were improved from 60% for Fall 2013 to 24% inSpring 2014 and further to 8% in Summer 2014. The midsemester feedback and suggestionsreceived from the students are also presented in this paper. The outcomes of this study over aperiod of three semesters emphasize: (1) connecting early with students, (2) using adequatemodern technology to assist classroom teaching, (3) giving timely

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New Engineering Educators Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Byron G. Garry, South Dakota State University; Suzette R Burckhard, South Dakota State University

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hypothesize that improved learning shouldresult.” This process may be called scholarly teaching.SoTL can be defined6 in relation to three types of knowledge that teachers may possess:(1) content knowledge - knowledge of the facts, principles and methods in the disciplinethat is being taught, (2) pedagogical knowledge - understanding of the learning processand the conditions that facilitate and hinder it, independent of the discipline in which thelearning takes place, and (3) pedagogical content knowledge. This last term was coinedby Shulman9 to denote knowledge and understanding of the learning process in thecontext of a particular discipline. SoTL encompasses studies intended to advancepedagogical content knowledge that are made available for peer

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New Engineering Educators Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Juan C Morales, Universidad del Turabo; Michael J. Prince, Bucknell University

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faculty development program discussed in this paper, the SummerFaculty Immersion Program (SFIP), can be traced to the outcomes assessment process that wasstarted in 1999 at the School of Engineering to meet the requirements of ABET accreditation(refer to [1] for a full description of this assessment process). The first assessment instrumentthat uncovered teaching issues was the exit survey of graduating students. The students regularlycommented that there was “too much theory without context” presented in classes. Assessmentat the course level echoed the same issue. The desire to satisfy what seems like a reasonablestudent expectation led to the creation of this faculty development program. The proposal to obtain funding for SFIP was based

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New Engineering Educators Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donald P. Visco Jr., University of Akron; Dirk Schaefer, University of Bath

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looked at as a negative by a tenure committee and others, since goodteaching requires a time investment – time the tenure-track faculty member might better havespent on writing another research proposal, for example).If you have the perspective of an undergraduate student, on the other hand, a faculty member’sshortcomings in their ability and training to effectively run a course might encourage you toemphatically state that “yes”, there is a problem. Students (and their parents) will voice theirdispleasure through formalized teaching evaluations, through external instructor rating sites,through emails/phone calls to administrators, through letters in the newspaper, etc. However,many/most undergraduate students will “play the game”1 – which means

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NEE 1 - Innovative Teaching & Learning Strategies

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karin Jensen, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Jennifer R. Amos, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Lawrence Angrave, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign; Karle Flanagan; David Mussulman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Christopher D. Schmitz, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Wade Fagen-Ulmschneider, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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excellent instructor by his students for the past ten years. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Adoption of an online queue system for education: a case studyIntroductionAcross the country, student enrollments continue to increase. A major concern with increasingstudent numbers is maintaining quality of the student experience. Faculty employ bothpedagogical approaches and educational technologies to reach ever-increasing numbers ofstudents. While numerous approaches have been successfully deployed in the classrooms oflarge enrollment courses (e.g. iClickers [1]), office hours are often administered in the traditionalmethod which does not account for, nor take advantage of, large student

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators 1: Learning Aids

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Lawrence Angrave, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Karin Jensen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Zhilin Zhang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Chirantan Mahipal, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; David Mussulman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Christopher D. Schmitz, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Robert Thomas Baird, University of Illinois Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning; Hongye Liu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Ruihua Sui, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Maryalice S. Wu; Rob Kooper, NCSA / University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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(Full Paper)Improving student accessibility, equity, course performance, and lab skills:How introduction of ClassTranscribe is changing engineering education at theUniversity of IllinoisAbstractThis paper presents three case studies that examined the use of ClassTranscribe in a diverse setof undergraduate engineering classes in 2019 and 2020 at the University of Illinois atUrbana-Champaign. ClassTranscribe, a video viewing system designed with accessibility andlearning in mind, was first presented to the ASEE community in 2019 ​[1]​. The pedagogicalfeatures of the tool include: pause, leave and resume viewing; captions available in multiplelanguages; downloadable transcriptions; shareable links to video moments; and searchablecontent within

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New Engineering Educators 1: Learning Aids

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Edward F. Gehringer, North Carolina State University

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to come by, but many observers have noted that large classes seem tobe becoming more common. Several reasons are cited, including the desire to democratizehigher education by enrolling students from a wider range of socioeconomic backgrounds,declining per-student support from governments after the Great Recession, and the growingpopularity of STEM majors such as Computer Science. All of these factors make it more likelythat engineering educators will be called on to teach large classes, which depending on thediscipline, may comprise 80 to 800 or more students.Conventional wisdom says that this is unfortunate. Large lectures depersonalize education.Students’ attention dwindles quickly [1, 2]. Their grades are not as good [3, 4]. Student

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New Engineering Educators 1: Learning Aids

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Mariana Silva, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Eric G. Shaffer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Nicolas Nytko, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Jennifer R. Amos, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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one homework and two quizzes were used in this study, a total of 9 features wereavailable to train the prediction model.We first performed feature extraction using an Extra-Trees Classifier to identify the mostimportant features for the prediction model. Figure 1 shows all 9 features, and theircorresponding scores in terms of feature importance. Day count corresponds to the day thestudent started the assessment. For example, a student that takes the quiz on the first day has aday count equal to zero whereas a student that takes the quiz on the last day has a day countof three. duration is the time that a student takes to complete the assessment and score is thefinal grade in the assessment. Day_count_q1

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Enhancing Teaching and Research

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Timothy Aaron Wood, The Citadel; Dan D. Nale P.E., The Citadel; Kweku Tekyi Brown P.E., The Citadel

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facilitate engagement in contingent teaching, knowledge scaffolding, formativeassessment, and collaborative learning strategies, but in ways that encourage student motivation,interaction, and engagement in learning. Plickers [1], an innovative SRS consisting of studentresponse cards and an instructor website and instructor app, combines many of the features ofpre-technological, clicker, bring-your-own-device, and gamification SRSs. Instructors shouldcarefully implement any SRSs with full awareness of the benefits, limitations, and best practices.New instructors might find Plickers to be an easy to implement SRS to meet their students’learning needs.This paper presents a brief history of SRSs and an evaluation of the benefits and challenges ofSRSs

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Tools and Strategies for Teaching Online Courses

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Alyson Grace Eggleston, The Citadel; Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel

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important as course modalities hybridize and proliferate. This paper would appealto new and experienced instructors, program assessors and coordinators, administration, and ingeneral, curriculum developers.Background and RationaleCOVID-19 radically altered the landscape of higher education, which for many institutions,resulted in the adoption of a hybrid-flexible (Hyflex) lecture model. In traditional, pre-pandemicimplementations of Hyflex, the mode is defined as “class sessions that allow students to choosewhether to attend classes face-to-face or online, synchronously or asynchronously,” creating atruly blended learning environment [1]. On-the-ground implementation of Hyflex at The Citadeland other US institutions has been more nuanced and

Conference Session

Working Together: Approaches to Inclusivity and Interdisciplinarity

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Kenya Z Mejia, University of Washington; Yen-Lin Han, Seattle University; Jennifer A. Turns, University of Washington

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disadvantaged, [and]multi-minority female [1].” More recent contributions have brought to the fore the experiences ofblack, male students [2], international students grappling with mental health issues [3], andstudents with disability [4] . Such accounts provide a foundation for understanding what needs tobe addressed in order to move from exclusion to inclusion.Approaches for promoting inclusion. In addition, a growing body of work offers potential actionsor practices that can be pursued in order to work toward inclusion. For example, a recent blogpost for the ASEE Commission on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion [5] summarizes some of theirown work on the experiences of marginalized students and offers three kinds of actions that thosein engineering can

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Enhancing Teaching and Research

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Kweku Brown P.E., The Citadel; Dimitra Michalaka P.E., The Citadel; Nandan Hara Shetty, The Citadel; William J. Davis P.E., The Citadel

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whiletrying to retain the material already learned. Professors, on the other hand, are constantly tryingto find ways to help students learn and evaluate their gained knowledge. This research aims toanswer the following questions: 1) Do students’ knowledge acquisition and retention decreasethrough the semesters? 2) Does studying for a final exam help to add more knowledge to what astudent had already acquired throughout a semester? and 3) Is there a correlation between thegained knowledge and students’ grade-point-averages (GPAs)? A total of 1218 Pre-tests andPost-tests were administered to at least 242 different students over the course of four years. Someof the post-tests were pre-announced to the students while others were not. Data was

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Perspectives on Engineering Education During COVID-19

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Keven Alkhoury, New Jersey Institute of Technology ; Ahmed Z. Edrees, University of Jeddah & New Jersey Institute of Technology; Jaskirat Sodhi, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Ashish D. Borgaonkar, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Prateek Shekhar, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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efficacy of instructional practices in two different courses: a computer-basedlab course and a hands-on activity-based lab course. Over the past two years, both these courseswere offered in different modalities- a face-to-face mode (Fall 2019), partially face-to-face, andpartially asynchronous (Spring 2020), and a fully synchronous remote mode (Fall 2020). Morespecifically, we try to understand the impact of remote learning on both these courses in theabovementioned modalities using the Student Response to Instructional Practices (StRIP) survey[1-2]. The two sections of the instrument are- (1) Types of instruction: We first study the students’response to the types of instruction (interactive, constructive, active, passive); and (2

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Enhancing Teaching and Research

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Nicole Erin Friend, University of Michigan; Cassandra Sue Ellen Jamison, University of Michigan; Aileen Huang-Saad, Northeastern University

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Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Low-Barrier Strategies to Increase Student-Centered LearningAbstractEvidence has shown that facilitating student-centered learning (SCL) in STEM classroomsenhances student learning and satisfaction [1]–[3]. However, despite increased support fromeducational and government bodies to incorporate SCL practices [1], minimal changes have beenmade in undergraduate STEM curriculum [4]. Faculty often teach as they were taught, relyingheavily on traditional lecture-based teaching to

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Perspectives on Engineering Education During COVID-19

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Ahmed Dallal, University of Pittsburgh; Mohamed A. S. Zaghloul, University of Pittsburgh; Amr Hassan, University of Pittsburgh

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and computerengineering classes.1. IntroductionThe COVID-19 pandemic has affected education in different ways. Because of the closure ofuniversities and schools, in-person instructions transitioned to online instruction. Instructors andstudents had to adapt to remote teaching swiftly. Previous studies on distance education haveshown that online teaching requires a different pedagogy and set of skills from that of the in-personclassroom [1], [2]. Educators are faced with new pedagogical issues regarding student interactionsand communications, course content design and delivery, adopting new types of assignments andperformance expectations, and different assessment and evaluation techniques [3]. This new teaching environment urged decisions and

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Tools and Strategies for Teaching Online Courses

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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John Alexander Mendoza-Garcia, University of Florida

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thinking, problem-solving and algorithmic thinking. Dr. Mendoza-Garcia’s research interests include investigating how to nurture in students these skills. He also worked in Industry before transitioning to academia. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021Redesigning a large enrollment online course using a learner-centered approach.This paper is a follow-up to my experience redesigning my online course in problem-solving CGS2531Problem-Solving Using Computer Software [1]. In that paper, the instructional developer and I describedthe design decisions to improve students' engagement. In this second paper, I am reporting what hashappened after its implementation.My

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Tools and Strategies for Teaching Online Courses

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Edward F. Gehringer, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Ashwini Menon; Guoyi Wang

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classes, which often depended on employers, libraries, or testingcenters to supply proctors for individual students. This raised a great deal of concern thatcheating would undermine the integrity of exams, and thus subvert the validity of grades.Initial results seemed to bear out the concern. Jacksonville University [1] reported a sharp rise inspring-semester incidents. In the years 2015–2019, an average of 47% of the academic-integritycases were filed in the spring semester. In 2020, it was 61%, and 60% of those cases occurredafter the move to remote learning. Moreover, more of the incidents involved exams. In 2018–2019, only 7% of incidents involved exams, whereas in 2019–2020, 21% were on exams. Theonline proctoring company ProctorU reported

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Working Together: Approaches to Inclusivity and Interdisciplinarity

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Tawfik Elshehabi, University of Wyoming

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90% of my students (N=87) strongly agreedthat sharing my teaching philosophy is critical. Additionally, underrepresented students wereempowered and archived more than half the “A”s in my courses. In conclusion, since equal is notalways fair, instructors must make their expectations exceptionally clear to ensure that anystudent can succeed and earn an “A.” I believe it is time for educators to polish their teachingphilosophy, create appealing visual models, and share them with their students.IntroductionDeveloping a Teaching Philosophy Statement (TPS) is central in any academic career [1]. TPSdeclares the educator’s approach to teaching and learning. Creating a teaching philosophyengages educators in metacognitive reflection on what they

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Working Together: Approaches to Inclusivity and Interdisciplinarity

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Valeriya Yudina, Higher School of Economics; Yulia Skrupskaya, National Research University Higher School of Economics; Victor Taratukhin, SAP Silicon Valley and University of Muenster; Elvira Kozlova; Natalia Pulyavina, Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

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thinking and is the originator of thecreative archaeology lab at Stanford University, working closely with Design Thinking.Another speaker was Kakeru Tsubota, Principal and Japan Representative, SAP LabsSilicon Valley. Also, Tamara Carleton, the CEO and founder of Innovation LeadershipGroup LLC and a research associate at the Foresight & Innovation lab affiliated withStanford's Center for Design Research.During the Ideathon Challenge, there was a division into two time zones (European andAmerican) to provide an opportunity to pitch the project at a suitable time. The studentswere offered but not limited to three challenges.Case study 1: Learning and interaction in the post-COVID worldIsolation can often lead to a reduction in communication

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Enhancing Teaching and Research

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Lisa Benson, Clemson University; Rebecca A. Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Karin Jensen, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Gary Lichtenstein, Arizona State University; Kelsey Watts, Clemson University; Evan Ko, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Balsam Albayati

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as well as internalizing high standards of scientific research [1]. Asa field, EER benefits from diverse perspectives aimed at improving engineering education andchallenging existing models of professional formation of engineers. New faculty are oftensolicited to review journal manuscripts and grant proposals, but receive little to no formaltraining to develop their schema, or model, for conducting quality and constructive peer reviewsin their field. We have leveraged the knowledge and organizational structure of the first tworounds of the JEE Mentored Reviewer Program to create the EER PERT project. We anticipatedthat participants would experience benefits similar to those of the Publons Academy, a peerreview training program. Responses

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Tools and Strategies for Teaching Online Courses

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Maria Chierichetti, San Jose State University; Nataliya Grigoryan, San Jose State University; Radha Aravamudhan, San Jose State University; Joseph Rodriguez, San Jose State University

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) in Fall 2020. Theapproach seemed suitable to support students to master the class learning outcomes, by movingfrom a breadth to a depth learning priority. The available research indicates that competency-based learning is ideal to support weaker students while maintaining rigor. It allows them to moveat their own pace and be more successful and confident as they gain a higher level of understandingin the required topics [1], [2].This paper utilizes quantitative and qualitative methods to show whether competency-basedlearning generates positive results in achievements and learning, and to understand whetherstudents positively reacted to mastery learning. The authors will answer the following researchquestions 1. What is the impact of CBL on

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Perspectives on Engineering Education During COVID-19

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Ziyan Bai, University of Washington; Denise Wilson, University of Washington; Shruti Misra, University of Washington; Morgan Anderson, University of Washington, Seattle; Neha Kardam, University of Washington

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TAs did in the first term of remote learning worked;and carrying forward those practices into future remote instruction and instruction beyond theCOVID-19 pandemic may be recommended.IntroductionAccording to the 2019 Open Doors Report by the Institute of International Education (IIE), thenumber of international students studying in the U.S. was at its highest ever during the 2018-2019 academic year – almost 1.1 million students or 5.5% of the total population in highereducation [1]. In total, these students contributed over 44 billion dollars to the U.S. economy.And, of these students, over half pursued Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics(STEM) degrees, with engineering remaining the most popular academic discipline among