the community(Cambridge, Kaplan, & Suter, 2005; Pimmel, McKenna, Fortenberry, Yoder, & Chavela Guerra,2013). Although many communities of practice occur in person, there exists a history within theengineering education field of virtual communities of practice. For example, ASEE was involvedin a virtual community-of-practice project that was designed to help support faculty members inthe implementation of active learning principles within their classes (Pimmel et al., 2013).Through this project, two types of virtual communities of practice were developed: (1) thosefocused on a particular course content and (2) those that were disciplinary in nature. Resultsobtained from these communities seemed to vary and were dependent on the level
sporting events, greeting andencouraging all of them to let them know we cared about them outside of the classroom. For thecivil engineering Firsties (seniors) we have a private social gathering where we teach them homebrewing in an informal atmosphere and they learn proper social etiquette and moderate alcoholconsumption. In addition, we perform duties as the Academic Officer in Charge (AOC) wherewe inspect cadet living and study conditions from 1930-2330 at least once a semester. Thisallows us to gauge how well cadets are able to study at night, and it allows us to visit ourstudents in their rooms and see how they are doing at a very personal level. Each instructor alsoparticipates in a CE489 Individual Study Project, that allows a group of
: smile, employ naturalposture and movement, frequent gestures, varied facial expressions, make only occasional glancesat notes, and maintain frequent eye contact with the audience (especially with the students in theback of the classroom). Present at least some of the lecture as you walk around the room. Whilespeaking, try to project relaxed confidence, enthusiasm and passion for the topic, honesty, concernfor the students, openness, warmth, and a sense of humor. Try to minimize distractive behaviorssuch as leaning against a wall or a board, repeating ”you know what” or ”uhm”, and repetitivemovements [2].Include breaks in lectures. Do not lecture for more than 20 minutes without some sort of astudent-centered break. Students cannot pay attention
AC 2009-555: EFFECTIVE CRITERIA FOR TEACHING AND LEARNINGAdrian Ieta, State University of New York, Oswego Adrian Ieta holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (2004) from The University of Western Ontario, Canada. He also holds a B.Sc. in Physics from the University of Timisoara, Romania (1984), a B.E.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the Polytechnical University of Timisoara (1992), and an M.E.Sc. from The University of Western Ontario (1999). He worked on industrial projects within the Applied Electrostatics Research Centre and the Digital Electronics Research Group at the University of Western Ontario and is an IEEE member and a registered Professional Engineer of Ontario. He
exercise not only related to the various conceptscovered in the course through experimentation, but also allowed the students toexperience the difference between simulation software and a hands-on experiment.Course ProjectsEach team was required to complete a course project by the end of the semester. Theprojects included a presentation as well as a written report. In order to assess thepresentations and the projects, the CI developed (with input and approval of the studentsand the FM) an assessment form that was to be used by the CI, the FM and the students.Students were given a deadline (two days after the presentation date) to make somechanges to their report to address the questions raised by their fellow-students and theinstructors.CI
by two engineers using the coding schemein Table 2, and all responses were double-coded. One of the coders was the assessment analystfor the project and the other was a senior-level engineering student. We calculated our first timeinter-rater reliability, which indicated fair to good initial agreement, with Cohen’s κ = 0.69(Norusis, 2005).Our coding scheme in Table 2 was developed using a grounded, emergent qualitative analysis ofthe students’ responses (Neuendorf, 2002). Each category of the coding scheme is defined anddescribed in Table 2. The categories at the top of the table pertain to benefits of or desirablestudent behaviors associated with the active learning techniques. The categories in our codingscheme are supported by the STEM
significant communityoutreach, the benefits of community service may also be smaller or at least less tangible to thefaculty member. The primary benefit to the faculty member of most profession-relatedcommunity service is increased visibility of the individual, program, and university. One neverknows where such increased visibility may lead, and so what might seem as a relatively minoractivity on the part of the faculty member may reap large rewards in the future. For example,someone who gives a talk on engineering at a local high school may inspire a student to studyengineering at their university and that student may want to work on a research project in thefuture with the faculty member who gave the talk. Answering a local reporter’s questions on
groundsdoes the accumulation of some threshold number of points constitute mastery of the topic athand? Is such a numerical marker valuable to a learner in reflecting on their progress andaccumulated knowledge? The broad answer to such questions is that points are largely arbitrary,varying wildly in meaning across institutions, courses, or even across assignments.Trends in pedagogy have shifted strongly in the direction of more experiential, authentic learningactivities such as project-based and active learning. As the nature of the classroom activity haschanged, important questions have been raised about the efficacy of traditional grading schemes.Separation has been observed between course objectives and assessment practices, and theability of the
at the Learning Cloud Academy in July, 2011 - 10/6/20115. Embedded Assessment: Quality Control vs. Quality Assurance - 12/1/116. Use of Rubrics in Assessment - 2/9/127. Discussion of College of Engineering collaborative project proposals for the SDSU Academic and Scholarly Excellence fund – 3/22/128. Collaborative project proposals – 4/12/129. Active Learning – 10/9/1210. Academic Quality and Rigor – Grading. The College of Engineering portion of the campus-wide discussion – 11/13/1211. What is Rigor and Quality? – 2/18/1312. What is Rigor and Quality? – 3/15/1313. Research Based Classroom Practices that Improve Student Learning – 9/17/1314. Team-Based Learning & Immediate Feedback forms – 10/15/1315. Curriculum planning in College
how theperformance reports provided by an audience response system (ARS) affect the cooperativeinstructor-student assessments. Specifically, we are interested in how the public display of theperformance reports affects these assessments. Page 26.675.3Course Structure and ARSThe ARS was utilized in an introduction to MATLAB course, ENGR 102. It is a three-credithour, project-based course and a prerequisite for all majors. Students complete three projects inaddition to smaller assignments, quizzes and exams. It is offered in multiple sections eachsemester and students meet with instructors for a total of 1.5 hours each week.The ARS that was
., University of Tennessee, Knoxville Dr. Retherford is an alumna of the University of Nebraska, Omaha, and received her graduate degrees from Vanderbilt University. She currently teaches a variety of courses supporting the department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of Tennessee. Among many structural engineer- ing courses, Dr. Retherford manages the Senior Design Project course for all undergraduate seniors.Dr. David A. Saftner, University of Minnesota Duluth David Saftner is an Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota Duluth. He received a BS in Civil Engineering from the United States Military Academy and MS and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Michigan
Paper ID #29074Fantastic Cheats- Where and how to find them? How to tackle them?Dr. Ashish D Borgaonkar, New Jersey Institute of Technology Dr. Ashish Borgaonkar works as Asst. Professor of Engineering Education at the New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Newark College of Engineering located in Newark, New Jersey. He has developed and taught several engineering courses primarily in first-year engineering, civil and environmental engineer- ing, and general engineering. He has won multiple awards for excellence in instruction. He also has worked on several research projects, programs, and initiatives to help students
aspects of the PPIT program then concludes with a teachingdossier project, after which each student is awarded a certificate of completion and a notation ontheir official academic transcript.There are currently 115 alumni of the PPIT program, as a result of its 6 year history. Theprogram began in 2006 as a pilot program with 20 participants following an initiative by threeengineering professors at the University of Toronto. An initial evaluation resulted inencouraging feedback that prompted the establishment of PPIT as an official Faculty-sponsoredprogram in 2007, with an average enrolment of 25 participants per year depending on number ofeligible applications. While the program was originally directed at Ph.D. candidates, postdoctoralfellows
and learning process. The goal of this project is to explore the educational philosophiesenacted in the most impactful undergraduate classrooms, according to graduate students’perceptions, in order to give the new educator a foundation for their own course design process.Previous ResearchWhy Examine Students’ Perceptions of Learning Environments?At the start of the new semester, students enter a classroom not as “blank slates,” but withparticular conceptions about teaching and learning based on their prior experiences5. As a result,the effects of learning activities and perceptions of classroom interactions among the instructorand the students may differ by student5,8. Further, research has also shown that students’conceptions about teaching
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
Newark, New Jersey. He has developed and taught several engineering courses primarily in first-year engineering, civil and environmental engineer- ing, and general engineering. He has won multiple awards for excellence in instruction; most recently the Saul K. Fenster Award for Innovation in Engineering Education. He also has worked on several research projects, programs, and initiatives to help students bridge the gap between high school and college as well as preparing students for the rigors of mathematics. His research interests include engineering education, integration of novel technologies into the engineering classroom, excellence in instruction, water, and wastewater treatment, civil engineering
charter faculty member in ASU's multi-disciplinary Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences program. He has been very active in research and development in the field of semiconductor thin films, particularly in the fields of electrodeposition and chemical precipitation deposition of such, with a major emphasis on undergraduate instruction and utilization of undergraduate research assistants in the field. He has had numerous research projects sponsored by agencies such as NASA, the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Arkansas Science and Technology Authority, and industry. He also has played an active, senior role in the development
at all ranks (i.e., tenure and non-tenure track) inthe college. This occurs via targeted faculty communications and through interactions withcollege department heads.3.2.2 Staff Positions The Associate Dean leads a team that consists of an assistant director; event coordinator;media assistant and project based specialists (i.e. website developer, technical writers, etc.). Theteam strategically tailors and executes programs providing professional guidance for facultycollege-wide; works collaboratively with upper-level administrators and cross-college teams oncutting-edge programs for leadership as well as faculty development; and interacts withdepartment heads in recruiting, retention and promotion of a diverse set of faculty at all
specific industries- could offerimportant linkages for the development of industrial affiliate programs, co-op activities, summertraining opportunities, and employment opportunities for new graduates. They may also providenew ideas for senior design projects, topics for graduate theses, or render help in theestablishment of collaborative research programs.When a choice has been made and the candidate has accepted, it is important that he/ she feelswelcome and be assisted in becoming familiar with his/ her new surroundings. To expedite theprocess, new adjuncts should sit together with their new colleagues and go over all relevantmatters related to their assigned tasks, ranging from course objectives, to teaching logistics, andincluding prevailing
, she employs active learning techniques and project-based learning. Her previous education research, also at Stanford, focused on the role of cultural capital in science education. Her current interests include en- gineering students’ development of social responsibility and the impact of students’ backgrounds in their formation as engineers. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Formative Peer Assessment of TeachingIntroductionTeaching assessment in American institutions of higher education is often viewed as a high-stakes endeavor with the potential to impact faculty promotion and tenure decisions. Despite theimportant role teaching assessment plays in a
Immediate Past-President of WEPAN, was PI on Tech’s NSF ADVANCE grant, a member of the mathematical and statistical so- cieties Joint Committee on Women, and advises a variety of women and girl-serving STEM projects and organizations. She is a past Vice President of ASEE and current Chair of the ASEE Long Range Planning Committee.Dr. Kim LaScola Needy P.E., University of Arkansas Kim LaScola Needy is Dean of the Graduate School and International Education at the University of Arkansas. Prior to this appointment she was Department Head and 21st Century Professor of Industrial Engineering at the University of Arkansas. She received her B.S. and M.S. degrees in Industrial Engi- neering from the University of Pittsburgh
Thanksgiving so that you can put some time during Thanksgiving break on it but you still have two days when you get back to kind of polish it off…” (SD105, Associate professor)Our next example illustrates one way in which an instructor considered time as it relates tostudent maturity. SD107, a full professor teaching an undergraduate course in embedded systems,discussed a decision he made about the level of detail he provided in the design specifications fora project in terms of developing their maturity as practicing engineers. In this case, SD107 usestime as it relates to the maturity of the student as a dependent variable; a surrogate forengineering experience. Although he spent a significant amount of time in framing the designproblem
other supporting resources). ‚ Materials that illustrate course content. (e.g., assignments, projects, exams, presentations). ‚ Materials that assess student performance and learning outcomes (e.g., samples of student work, student evaluations, student interviews).A fourth category can be related to the efforts to improve teaching: ‚ Materials that illustrate contributions to curriculum development. (e.g., workshops, seminars, courses, publications, description of teaching innovations, teaching awards). Page 13.577.7C. Who Should Evaluate?An important consideration in selecting a
observations extrapolated from the findings of on a two-yearresearch project that the author feels have general applicability. The author suggests thatalthough faculty members see many variables dealing with student behavior as unalterable, mostare probably not. Common behaviors that are accepted include: coming to class unprepared, notdoing the reading, not engaging in classroom discussion, not answering questions, turning insloppy work, and turning in late assignments, to name but a few. The author does not accept thepremise that such behaviors are unalterable. In the case of the specific research project theauthor conducted, the problem observed was that students seemed to regard their homeworksubmissions as simply a product to be handed in, and
Paper ID #6192Entering the Performance Zone: a Practical Pre-Lecture Guide for New Fac-ultyDr. Tomas Enrique Estrada, Elizabethtown College Page 23.542.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Entering the Performance Zone: a Practical Pre-Lecture Guide for New FacultyIntroductionWhile, in recent decades, undergraduate engineering curricula have been strengthened throughan increased emphasis on projects and hands-on learning, the need to provide students witheffective lectures remains a key
of Personality/Behavior/Motivation Assessment in the Design of a Good Group Project Team o Teaching in Large Classes: Ensuring Student Success and Engagement o What Makes a Good Assessment? o Collaborative learning in the Classroom o Technology in the Classroom: What works and what does not o How and where to Incorporate Active Learning into Courses o Learner-Centered Teaching o Grades and Learning: Expectations, Assessments, and Accountability o Developing Cross-Disciplinary Learning Experiences for Students o Incorporating and Teaching Global Perspectives o Promoting Learning through WritingInnovation and Creativity o Teaching Innovation in Design Courses o Benefits of/Best Practices in Integrating Innovation
those activities are properly designed.BYOD in the Measurements and Analysis CourseMeasurements and Analysis with Thermal Science Application is a required junior level coursefor mechanical engineers at Northeastern University. The course consists of three lectures andone lab section per week. It covers topics such as statistical data analysis, experimental design,and measurement of engineering quantities such as pressure, temperature, strain, fluid flow, andheat transfer. Seven lab experiments are performed in teams of 3-4 students during the course ofthe term. Each team is also required to do a term project in which they design, execute, andreport on a measurement experiment of their choosing. These projects have ranged frommeasurements of
we are nowconcerned about the faculty’s currency in the discipline. So, researchers have to teach andteachers have to research – but we already knew that. There must be something else to thismodel idea.Before discussing the model further it is important to set the maximum and minimum parameterson the two functions of interest – teaching and scholarship. There is a difference betweenresearch and scholarship as research actually begets scholarship. Unfortunately, we haveclassified institutions of higher education by teaching and research, where scholarship is thedeliverable of a research project. Similarly, we have divided the primary parameter, teaching,along the same lines. It is not unusual for a faculty member at a “teaching” college to
Education Conference: San Diego, California.2 McKinney, D. & Denton, L.F. (2005). Affective assessment of team skills in agile CS1 labs: the good, the bad,and the ugly. SIGCSE Bulletin, vol. 37, no. 1, March 2005, pp. 465-469.3 Hansen, Stuart & Eddy, Erica (2007). Engagement and frustration in programming projects. SIGCSE Bulletin, Page 13.324.7vol. 39, no. 1, March 2007, pp. 271-275.4 Gungor, Almer, Eryilmaz, Ali, & Fakioglu, Turgut (2007). The relationship of freshmen’s physics achievementand their related affective characteristics. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, vol. 44, no. 8, pp. 1036-1056.5 Denton, Leo F
projects, and oral presentations1. Grading rubricsprovide advantages to both the student as well as the faculty member.From the student’s standpoint, rubrics offer many advantages. Students like the usage ofrubrics as they aid in determining the expectations for an assignment. Students also likerubrics for grading as they allow them to better plan their working, gearing theirdevelopment towards what is expected rather than overachieving on an assignment. Page 14.1338.2Overall, students feel that rubrics result in them delivering a higher quality submission aswell as receiving a fairer grade when the submission is assessed. Students like rubricsbecause