Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Teaching I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephan A. Durham, University of Colorado, Denver; Wesley Marshall, University of Colorado, Denver

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New Engineering Educators

ideas for class activities, projects, and other methods ofengaging students.Teaching is a skill that few faculty excel at upon becoming an Assistant Professor. Becauseengineering educators are hired as teachers does not mean they instantaneously become effectiveteachers. Some people are “born teachers” and know how to teach by intuition (4). Though itmay be a slow process, others must learn how to teach effectively. Some faculty consistentlywork to improve their teaching by finding better ways of engaging students in their classes whileothers spend their careers teaching unproductively. One growing set of resources are theteaching workshops, videotaped lectures, and teaching consultants that many universities nowoffer. However, these programs

Conference Session

Training and Support for NEEs

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Te-shun Chou, East Carolina University; John Barry DuVall, East Carolina University; Kamalesh Panthi, East Carolina University; Tijjani Mohammed, East Carolina University

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New Engineering Educators

. John Barry DuVall, East Carolina University Dr. DuVall is a Full Professor and facilitator of TECS-TRAIN in the Department of Technology Sys- tems at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. DuVall currently teaches online classes to practicing professionals at the undergraduate, Master’s and PhD levels in areas such as strategies for technology management and communication and industrial supervision. He served as Director of a NSF/ARPA/TRP research project called The Factory as a Learning Laboratory – A Practice-Based M.S. Degree Program for Black and Decker (U.S.) associates and defense industry scientists and engineers. In 1994 this led to the development of the first Internet programs for East

Conference Session

Been There, Done That: Advice for New Faculty

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melissa Roberts, Michigan Technological University; Amber Kemppainen, Michigan Technological University; Gretchen Hein, Michigan Technological University

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New Engineering Educators

the program ≠ Graduates do receive compensation commensurate with their teaching commitmentsThe program is described in detail below, as well as a dialog with a previous mentee/mentor pair.EF Mentoring StructureThe mentoring program within Engineering Fundamentals has two possible structures: 1)Masters students who typically teach for one or two semesters and 2) Doctoral students whoteach for multiple semesters throughout their course of study. Typically, the Masters students, asexpected, receive more guidance than the Doctoral students and have less responsibility.Prior to teaching in the department, the graduate students are paired with a mentor who has theprimary responsibility for the basic course material, class projects, exam

Conference Session

Tips and Tricks for Actively Engaging Students

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daria Gerasimova, George Mason University; Margret Hjalmarson, George Mason University; Jill K. Nelson, George Mason University

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New Engineering Educators

received asemester-long training from the project research team on pedagogy and FLC leadership. Theresearch team identified people within their departments who had an interest in interactiveteaching and were known to be trying new teaching methods. The leaders then recruitedcolleagues from their departments who they knew were interested in teaching generally andinteractive teaching. The leaders were responsible for participant recruitment, organization ofmeetings, and facilitating discussions during them. The leaders received a small stipend for theirrole as facilitators. Participation in the groups was voluntary. In this study, we explored the firstyear of the TDGs functioning. The four groups consisted of 4-9 members including the leaders.The

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators 3 - Grading: Grate or Great

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jennifer Pascal, University of Connecticut; Troy J. Vogel, University of Notre Dame; Kristina Wagstrom, University of Connecticut

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New Engineering Educators

. Meeting deadlines, despite the students being given a detailed due datematrix, was the biggest challenge observed by the instructors. The data analysis assignment wasthe assessment students most likely did not meet the minimum B+ level to earn credit. This islikely due to poor time management and underestimating the amount of work required tosatisfactory complete data analyses. One co-author also implemented specifications grading to assign grades forundergraduate researchers in the lab. In a given semester, 15-30 students participate inundergraduate research in the lab in question working on projects that are undergraduate-ledrather than shadowing a graduate student. The broad course objectives include (1) studentsdeveloping skills in

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators: Tricks of the Trade I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University; Jason Keith, Michigan Technological University; Donald Visco, Tennessee Technological University

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New Engineering Educators

efficient researchgroup quickly1. Unique research results need to be obtained almost immediately in order toincorporate them into manuscripts since the peer-review process can take over a year beforepublication. The new faculty likely has well-developed project plans for the beginning graduatestudent; however, the student also needs to be educated more extensively as they progresstowards their degree on independent problem solving and generation of ideas. While there is nosubstitute for experience in this endeavor, following certain guidelines can allow the new facultymember to optimize the development of their graduate students in these areas. To be as inclusiveas possible, we also discuss the development of undergraduate research students as

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Research

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University

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New Engineering Educators

Society for Engineering Education, 2006Journal Club: A Forum to Encourage Graduate and Undergraduate Research Students to Critically Review the LiteratureAbstractThis contribution outlines a strategy that the author has used to counteract literature lethargy andtrain beginning researchers how to efficiently learn from and critique articles. Journal Club is aweekly meeting with all members of the research group where a research article related to eachstudent’s project is discussed by the entire research group. Due to multiple projects in the lab,each researcher contributes to discussions of articles tangentially related to their own research;this is a long-term benefit because it increases the breadth of each individual’s knowledge

Conference Session

Been There, Done That: Advice for New Faculty

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University

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New Engineering Educators

AC 2010-1545: A NEW APPROACH: USING ELECTRONICS LABORATORYMORE EFFICIENTLY AND SAFELYFaruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University Page 15.63.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 A New Approach: Using the Electronics Laboratory More Efficiently and SafelyAbstractUse and administration of the electronics laboratories are very important due to safety concernsand variety of parts and equipment. There are a variety of components and devices which need tobe organized and monitored for different lab experiments. Electronics laboratories serve a varietyof students with different knowledge levels for their lab classes and various projects

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward F. Gehringer, North Carolina State University; Barry Wayne Peddycord III, North Carolina State University

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New Engineering Educators

large projects and portfolios, butthese are typically more time-consuming and difficult to evaluate. Page 23.1151.3 2The SurveyIn order to find out how others were using textbook exercises, we developed a web survey usingGoogle Forms and sent it to three listservs for college educators and educational researchers: thePOD Mailing List, the ACM SIGCSE Members List, and the Engineering Technology* listserv.Most of the questions on the survey were open-ended.The survey collected 142 responses. Due to the uncontrolled nature of a web survey, this

Conference Session

Educational Research and the New Engineering Educator

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Malcolm Drewery, National Academy of Engineering; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering; Stefani A. Bjorklund

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New Engineering Educators

and achieving certain learningoutcomes desired of engineering graduates. This paper provides preliminary analysis in thevalidation process of the E-FSSE survey that began in October, 2006 (see E-FSSE Survey inAppendix I). Thus far, three of the nine universities in the validation project have completed thesurvey, via the web. This paper provides some preliminary analysis in the validation process andnext steps. Several more validation steps are necessary before analysis is complete.IntroductionIn the wake of the National Academy of Engineering’s “Educating the Engineer of 2020” reportand the highly acclaimed National Academies’ “Rising Above the Gathering Storm” report,today’s engineering community is increasingly concerned with and attuned

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denise Wilson, University of Washington; Cheryl Allendoerfer, University of Washington; Rebecca A Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Tamara Floyd Smith, Tuskegee University; Melani I. Plett, Seattle Pacific University; Nanette M Veilleux, Simmons College

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New Engineering Educators

variety of engineering undergraduate students (freshman through senior) and has participated in several engineering education research projects, with a focus how faculty can best facilitate student learning.Dr. Nanette M Veilleux, Simmons College Nanette Veilleux is a Professor and Director of the Computer Science and Informatics Program at Sim- mons College, Boston, MA. Her research interests include pedagogy in STEM disciplines, particularly with respect to women students and computational linguistics where she investigates the use of intonation in human speech. Page 26.854.1

Conference Session

Faculty Development: Tenure & Promotion

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Hodges, Virginia Military Institute; Jon-Michael Hardin, Virginia Military Institute

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New Engineering Educators

Supervision” which included thecategories of Post-doctoral Research Programs, Supervision of Doctoral Programs,Supervision of Masters Research Programs, Undergraduate Student Supervision (toinclude the titles of research projects and dates) and Other Research Supervision. Only inthe second sub-area entitled “Teacher Evaluation” were student and peer teachingevaluations listed. In a similar examination of forms for STCs, only student and peerteaching evaluations were included under the Teaching category. Clearly, whatconstitutes ‘Teaching’ may differ between these two types of institutions. As noted in theTenure and Promotion Guidelines of one LRU: “The School believes strongly that teaching and research is a truly integrated process

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margret Hjalmarson, George Mason University; Jill K. Nelson, George Mason University

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New Engineering Educators

GroupsAbstract: This paper describes two aspects of an ongoing faculty development model thatuses small interactive teaching development groups. We used the model with engineeringfaculty at five institutions. The groups focused their work on the design andimplementation of research-based, interactive teaching strategies.The focus of this work is using ongoing faculty development as a means to broaden theuse of research-proven instructional practices in engineering courses. Jamieson andLohmann explain the need for pedagogical research to connect with the needs ofinstructors 1. There is a long-standing gap between research about interactive teachingstrategies and the implementation of those strategies in classrooms. In our project, weattempted to bring

Conference Session

NEE 2 - Strategies to Improve Teaching Effectiveness

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taryn Shalini Bipat, University of Washington; Jennifer A. Turns, University of Washington; Mitchell Fajardo; Yuliana Flores, University of Washington

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New Engineering Educators

application of ideas from complexity science to the challenges of engineering education.Mr. Mitchell Fajardo c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Designing and enacting weekly micro-reflection activities as a means of professional development of early career educators: Voices from the fieldIntroductionThis project is situated in the professional development challenge of helping practicing educatorsin higher education advance their teaching. Although teaching occupies a large percentage oftime for those employed in higher education, it is rare that educators have continued accessoutside of their everyday professional practice to advance their teaching

Conference Session

Size, Civility, and the Classroom Culture: Setting Class Tone with a Student-centered Perspective

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenny L Lo, Virginia Tech; Kacie J. Hodges PE, Virginia Tech Dept of Engineering Education; Wm. Michael Butler, Virginia Tech; Tamara Knott, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators

  Instead of relying on coordinators  contracts started a  three­day bootcamp. It provided  to do all training, departmental  week prior to the  an overview of policies, the course  experts led some sessions.  This  start of classes, thus  project, the learning management  reduced monotony for attendees  limiting training  system, and university online  and leveraged expertise of  options.  recordkeeping systems, as well as  colleagues. We found that if  prepared instructors to teach the  bootcamp is optional, those  first two weeks of course content.   missing training are behind.  Instructors had a  Deliberate decisions

Conference Session

Size, Civility, and the Classroom Culture: Setting Class Tone with a Student-centered Perspective

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ralph Ocon, Purdue University Calumet

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators

Industry).The Mandala and Semester Project Assignments are designed to help students develop theircreative problem-solving skills. Both assignments required students to use their imaginations tovisualize and construct a physical model. Although both assignments are designed to promotecreative problem-solving, the author used these assignments to illustrate how civility componentscan also be incorporated into them.The Mandala Presentations occurred in Week 9 and the Semester Project Presentations occurredin Week 13 of the semester. During the first 9 weeks of the semester, students learned aboutvisualization, mental barriers to creativity and the phases of the creative problem-solvingprocess. The Mandala and Project assignments provided an

Conference Session

Been There, Done That: Advice for NEEs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Philip Gerhart, University of Evansville

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New Engineering Educators

efficiency, collaboration, and even a form ofapprenticeship, simply because chances are good that communication styles, leadership methods,and interests are very similar between a parent and a son/daughter. In addition, these similaritiescould be used as criteria when forming a mentor relationship. This paper will elaborate on thevarious advantages available, pitfalls to avoid, and best practices while citing specific examplesof the authors. Examples include sharing common notes and exams, project/researchcollaboration between universities, reinvigoration of old resources, committee and professionalsociety involvement, guest lecturing, an ease and trust in communication on important issues toengineering programs (e.g., accreditation visits

Conference Session

Faculty Development: Creating successful NEEs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kam Jugdev, Athabasca University

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New Engineering Educators

AC 2007-126: ADVICE FOR NEW ENGINEERING FACULTY: INSIGHTSGAINED FROM FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMSKam Jugdev, Athabasca University Dr. Kam Jugdev is an Associate Professor of Project Management and Strategy in the MBA program at Athabasca University in Alberta and an Adjunct Professor at the Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, Alberta. Her specific areas of interest and research include project management as a source of competitive advantage, project lessons learned, project management maturity models, project success/failure, project management education, and distance education. Dr. Jugdev actively contributes to the advancement of academic and professional communities of

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators: Off the Beaten Path

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenny Lo, Virginia Tech; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Tech; Michael Gregg, Virginia Tech; Richard Goff, Virginia Tech

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New Engineering Educators

courses. The firstsemester course, Engineering Exploration EngE1024, involves ethics, problem solving,algorithmic development, programming, graphing, teamwork, design, and technicalcommunication. The second semester course primarily focused on the design process, technicalcommunication, project management, teamwork, sketching, and computer aided design. In2005, the second semester course was reformulated into two tracks. One track focuses onintroductory design related needs for students bound for electrical and computer engineering aswell as computer science. The other track covers introductory design related skills required forremaining nine engineering departments at Virginia Tech.Prior to spring 2005, the two introductory-level engineering

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jerry Samples, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown

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New Engineering Educators

of achieving goals. around when questions arise.Communication Continuous, on a schedule, On an exception basis or when weekly meetings, more frequent something needs to be done. during projects. Interchange of Information passed haphazardly – information early enough to allow sometime too late for proper action. adequate time for completion.Assignments Passed on early with sufficient Passed on with short suspense. details to allow student time and Student pressured – no plan to ability to get the project assist student with the project

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Baer, Georgia Institute of Technology

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New Engineering Educators

engineering, have difficultyseeing the value of such training for them. Melissa Moore noted that “the most successful groupinstruction which takes place is in the context of a course, with the involvement and support ofthe teaching faculty member15.” It works especially well when tied to an individual assignmentor project. The literature shows many examples from freshman seminars16 to senior designclasses17. Some very effective learning experiences come from creative partnerships betweenlibrarians and teaching faculty.One of the author’s most memorable examples occurred in a graduate level environmentalengineering class. The professor wanted the students to explore a subject in depth. With theauthor’s help a series of assignments were created

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Teaching I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert M. Brooks, Temple University; Jyothsna K. S., St.Joseph's College, Bangalore, Department of English; Amithraj Amavasai

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New Engineering Educators

posing probingquestions to the students, with hints when needed; (3) increasing ability to analyze and criticallyevaluate ideas, arguments and points of view; (4) integrating labs with lectures; (5) providing thestudents with lecture objectives in each class; (6) thorough preparation for, and goodorganization of lecture; (7) providing useful feedback on exams, projects, and assignments; (8)maintaining course content that is consistent with the educational objectives of the course; and(9) facilitation of learning. While these practices are not new, the way in which they wereexecuted and integrated with each other was innovative.The way of integration of the nine best practicesThe authors believe that if students do not learn the material it is

Conference Session

Potpourri

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lea Marie Eaton, Stanford University; Sheri D. Sheppard, Stanford University; Helen L. Chen, Stanford University

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New Engineering Educators

fields. Students were asked to choose their ideal grading ratio for STEM courses by distributing the total percentage of their grade (100%) into the following categories as they choose: Homework, Midterm Exam(s), Final, Class Attendance/Participation, Projects/Lab, and Other. Students were allowed to leave categories as 0% if they did not feel that any of their grade should be determined by that category. After, there were two questions asking students if they felt that grades were a good motivation to learn and if receiving grades hurts their educational process more than it helps it.5. Homework Completion Strategy. The final section of questions was related to each student’s homework completion process. The questions listed

Conference Session

Best Methods for NEEs

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmine C. Balascio P.E., University of Delaware

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New Engineering Educators

through email (e.g.Indiana University – Purdue University, Indianapolis4) to online dedicated systems completewith secure access features (e.g. Memorial University5). At UD, the Sakai LMS6 has been usedfor support of courses for several years. In addition to course sites, Sakai includes the capabilityof creating projects such as ePortfolios. In most respects, an eDossier is an ePortfolio configuredas a promotion dossier. A key respect in which an eDossier differs from an ePortfolio is that theowner of the eDossier must give up some measures of access and control to accommodateuniversity promotion and tenure conventions and to provide confidentiality of peer reviews, bothinternal and external to the university.For the eDossier pilot project at UD

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators: Tricks of the Trade II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claude Villiers, Florida Gulf Coast University

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New Engineering Educators

projects sponsored by the FDOT and the Federal Highway Administration. Page 12.182.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007Adhere to your Style but be Flexible while Transitioning from One Institution to Another: A Case Study in Assessment Teaching StyleAbstractAdjusting to new and different institutional settings remains a challenge for young facultymembers. It is argued that one should not change their teaching pedagogy, for instance, in thefirst year or two, to adapt to a new institutional culture. A literature review reveals some tips andadvice to new faculty to be successful in academia. Oftentimes, these

Conference Session

Off the Beaten Path

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Gehringer, North Carolina State University

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New Engineering Educators

their professors, and make itclear what is expected of them so they will not erroneously assume that educational practices arethe same as in their home countries. The educational systems they come from are very diverse,although some are adopting elements of the American educational model. In other countries,there is less emphasis on project work and other homework, and more on exams. While it seemsto be rare for final grades to be based entirely on the final exam, it is not unusual for them to bebased entirely on finals plus midterm exams. Homework counts for less, perhaps because thefew teaching assistants that do exist are responsible for lab sections, so there is no support forgrading of homework. In many places, a variety of homework is

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators: Off the Beaten Path

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bobby Crawford, USMA; Tony Jones, USMA

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New Engineering Educators

andhands-on projects that supported the overall objectives of increased student learning andachievement of USMA’s Engineering and Technology Goal outcomes. The results wereremarkable. Students, who expressed concern about their abilities to perform well in thesequence at the beginning of the second course, completed the program wondering if theyhad made a mistake in NOT majoring in mechanical engineering.This paper describes the issues, examination of methods used in other courses to enhancestudent motivation, implementation of techniques in the second and third courses of thesequence, assessment of the results, and recommendations for its applicability outside ofUSMA. Student feedback and the comparative results of student surveys from

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenny L. Lo, Virginia Tech; Tamara W. Knott, Virginia Tech; Thomas D. Walker P.E., Virginia Tech; Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Tech

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New Engineering Educators

- or better. Students are required to pass either ENGE1104 orENGE1114 with a C- or better depending upon their choice of major.The number of students enrolled in each course ranges from 100-1600 per semester. The typicalformat for each course consists of one weekly 50-minute lecture in a large classroom (150-300students) and one weekly 110-minute workshop in a small classroom (30-36 students). All threecourses have elements of active learning in the form of small group discussions, problem-solvingactivities, and network-enabled polling and real-time collection/display of student-generatedcontent in the large classroom settings. In the workshops, students are involved in hands-onengineering learning activities including design projects. In a

Conference Session

Classroom Management

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward F. Gehringer, North Carolina State University

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New Engineering Educators

aclass, you may be the only instructor teaching the course. Then you are responsible forall the homework, exams, and labs. To make matters worse, multiple-section coursestend to be introductory courses, where students need to be given more complete guidanceon how to do the projects, and are less prepared to deal with ambiguity. Any mis-specification can lead to mass confusion. If problems arise, you cannot rely on acolleague to help fix them as you could if the colleague were teaching another section.In summary, these guidelines can be gleaned from the responses. • If the course you are teaching is new (to you), then multiple sections of the same course is definitely, overwhelmingly, less work than teaching two new courses. • If

Conference Session

Potpourri

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William J. Schell IV P.E., Montana State University; Paul J. Kauffmann P.E., East Carolina University

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New Engineering Educators

summarizes several of these key points, matching the literature and theexperience of the authors.Table 1: Career Change Factors Career Change Literature Influence on Career Change of Authors FindingCareer Changes Occur Often P.Kauffmann: Single company for 21 years, positions always engineering oriented, transitioned from engineering design to engineering management after four years. W.Schell: Four companies in 15 years, starting in traditional engineering roles and moving into engineering, project, program, and technology management.Job and career mobility