Conference Session

Developing Technological Literacy in Students

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Justin Lee Clough, University of Southern California; Patricia Chaffey, University of Southern California; Gautam Salhotra, University of Southern California; Colin G. Cess, University of Southern California; Rey Pocius, University of Southern California; Katie Mills, University of Southern California

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Diversity

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

problem of high priority for the education agency thathas important implications for improving student education outcomes. These partnerships are tocarry out initial research and develop a plan for future research on that education issue,” asdefined by the National Center for Educational Research 15 .The goal was to value and foreground the teaching skills of in-service teachers in the partnerschools with the insights available to us as a Center working with CS researchers as well as withmultiple Boyle Heights schools within both LAUSD and the Los Angeles Archdiocese. TheCenter was also able to use the experience of university students who started learning CS inelementary school through the physical computing of robotics. Although inspired by the

Conference Session

Developing Technological Literacy in Students

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Elizabeth Milonas, NYC College of Technology - City University of New York

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

concerns, such as bias in algorithm designand implementation [33]. The production of more ethically conscious algorithms, will help inreducing the potential negative impact of such technologies on society[33]. This paper is divided into several sections. In section 2.0 of this paper, literature relatedto machine learning is reviewed. A synthesis of the issues related to this domain are outlined.Specifically, a discussion of the importance of incorporating ethics in computer curriculumincluding algorithm bias is presented. Section 3.0 of this paper outlines a plan for raisingawareness of algorithm bias in a newly developed Introduction to Data Science course. Sub-sections 3.1 through 3.4 detail the plan by indicating the goal, identifying

Conference Session

Exploration of Broad Issues and Promotion of Engineering and Technological Literacy

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Joseph F. Camean P.E., U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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Diversity

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

very proud to show them, letting first-hand experiencebuild enthusiasm for a career path enabling an independent and prosperous adult life. Observingbig and small engineering works raises interest, e.g., seeing the awesome scale of a 1,000 MWpower generator or watching a pipefitter annealing copper tubing by heating it to a glow andrapidly quenching in cold water. Hard copper magically becoming malleably soft. Today’s bestanalog are the robotics-mechatronics programs, which provide a limited bandwidth that ought tobe much broader. With appropriate planning and supervision, middle and high school agestudents holding interest in engineering need to experience more than science projects, and seereal things being made.Although the most significant

Conference Session

Exploration of Broad Issues and Promotion of Engineering and Technological Literacy

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Carl O. Hilgarth

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

or desires.” [10] noting that historically the term “technology” has a muchbroader and deeper meaning than just today’s context of being associated with computers andrelated electronic devices by elaborating that technology “… encompasses the entire human-made world, from the simplest artifacts … to the most complex … as well as including the entireinfrastructure needed to design, manufacture, operate, and repair technological artifacts…”[10] and postulates that while engineers “may not actually construct artifacts … they are theones who develop the plans and directions for how artifacts are to be constructed… .” [10]. Theframework defined engineering as “… a systematic and often iterative approach to designingobjects, processes, and systems

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Technological Literacy

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

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the author with multipleideas as to focus on how to achieve more efficient student learning. The author plans to work onimproving his classroom assignments to address the issues generated in this research activity.The above set of conclusions are almost identical to the ones the author has arrived at, in hisprevious research publications (Narayanan, 2019).APPENDIX A: Procedure Followed by the Author 1 Continuous Review Improvement Assignment 5 2 Select Draw