Conference Session

Engineering Courses for Non-engineers

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University; Terence Geyer, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

how it fit into your hand orhands along with how it actually felt like it wanted to do its job. Students need to be exposed to,and made aware of, how a technology works before they can move on to actually recreatingthem.The third phase, which is planned but not yet implemented, involves the actual student recreationof ancient and other historical artifacts. This would include making stone tools, different types ofarmor, compound bows along with arrows, pioneer objects, and a host of other artifacts from rawmaterials. This process could then be expanded to replicate technologies that are of a more recentnature over time. The challenge is how to fit these projects into a lecture based course. Without a

Conference Session

Engineering and Technology for Everyone

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

students.Responses in this cluster are very strong (see Table 2). Note that nearly all respondents agreedthat the structured environment of Moodle improves their planning process. As for the last item,comments hinted that the lack of sharing might stem from the scarcity of computer resources. Inother words – as one teacher said: “it may be selfish on my part, but the more people who knowabout this, the harder it will be for me to book the computer lab.”Opportunities for Authentic Assessment – CMSs – such as Moodle – help teachers to use awider range of assessment techniques to measure student learning. For example, instead oftesting for discrete skills, teachers are able to monitor concept learning within a morecontextualized process. In this segment

Conference Session

Engineering and Technology for Everyone

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

for non-engineers and developed four models to serve as potentialtemplates or standard course models. A framework was established for specific course outlinesconsistent with the content areas established by the NAE in Tech Tally of: technology andsociety, design, products and systems, and technology core concepts and the ITEA technologytopic areas. To satisfy the diverse requirements of curriculum committees on varied campuses,the framework offers faculty flexibility in planning courses within each proposed model whilestill accomplishing the goals of the standards.IntroductionIn Technically Speaking1 and Tech Tally 2, The National Academy of Engineering emphasizedthe need for all Americans to understand and appreciate our technological

Conference Session

Engineering and Technology for Everyone

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mani Mina, Iowa State University; Ryan M. Gerdes, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

overview of technology and then moving to specific topics such as complexity,industrial design, urban planning, and environmentalism, students discovered the dynamics of Page 14.684.6technology in society that led them to reconsider how technology shapes their lives—beyondmere gadgetry—and specific disciplines.Case studies of military aircraft design projects, the introduction of fluorescent lighting, andhandling of radioactive waste, all found in Bijker and Laws’ Shaping Technology/BuildingSociety, were used to demonstrate the link between engineers and the government, emphasizehow engineering works in practice, and show how engineering can be

Conference Session

Engineering Courses for Non-engineers

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley Bishop, United States Naval Academy

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

ofteninstructive to show independent locations for relevant social groups (young people vs. elderly,Americans vs. Europeans, techno-geeks vs. Luddites, etc.). All technologies proposed andinvestigated by students during the course are mapped on these coordinates for relevant socialgroups, and plans for, or analysis of, their trajectory in these coordinates are discussed. Technological Integration X Nuclear Weapons X Air bags High X Cell phones X Traffic Cameras POLICE STATE TECHNO-UTOPIA