Conference Session

Two Year College Tech Session I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bertram Pariser, Technical Career Institute, Inc.; Cyrus Meherji, Technical Career Institute, Inc.

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

AC 2008-773: DATA MANAGEMENT FOR OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENTBertram Pariser, Technical Career Institute, Inc.Cyrus Meherji, Technical Career Institute, Inc. Page 13.350.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Data Management for Outcomes and AssessmentAbstractOur college faculty has been inundated with requests for data concerning Outcomes and Assessments. Often thequestion on most of the faculty minds is what is the purpose of keeping all this data? Will it improve the qualityof education that we provide? This question is academic because Middle States and Tac Abet are veryconcerned and required analyses of Outcomes and Assessments.To comply with

Conference Session

Two Year College Tech Session III

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dorene Perez, Illinois Valley Community College; James Gibson, Illinois Valley Community College; Rose Marie Lynch, Illinois Valley Community College

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Two Year College Division

Industrial TechnologyEngineering Working for Advancement in Vocational Education or LITE WAVE, and designinga team logo. Team members spoke to community organizations about technical programs atIVCC, served as members of a technical curriculum advisory board, assisted with career and jobfairs, and mentored other technical students. Five members of the team gave a posterpresentation about their team activities at the American Society for Engineering EducationIllinois/Indiana Section Conference in Indianapolis in spring 2007. In the end-of-yearassessment, team members recommended more team meetings and election of team officers toprovide more structure. Two members of that team, currently sophomores and continuing on theteam, received an award to

Conference Session

Two Year College Tech Session II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Dimitriu, San Antonio College; Jerry O'Connor, San Antonio College

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Two Year College Division

work. The entire class was able to learn about a broad range ofengineering practices and real-life problems related to residential construction and publicsafety. Each student’s personal experience at a particular site provided an enhancedreceptivity for understanding and integrating the information from the other team reports.Through this project, most of the students realized the importance of service to theircommunity and at the same time they became aware of the importance of content knowledgeand life-long learning in a professional engineering career. They also were able to see theimportance of the role engineers have, and will continue to have, in our society, and howvital their work is for all of us.The most noticeable benefits for the

Conference Session

Two Year College Tech Session III

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Dimitriu, San Antonio College; Jerry O'Connor, San Antonio College

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

4 2 4 Engineering Career Interest 8 7 11 2 5 Math Performance 12 12 4 6 Physics Performance 3 11 11 3 7 Participant In Similar Programs 13 15 OUTSTANDING VERY GOOD MARGINAL AVERAGE

Conference Session

Two Year College Tech Session I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Jonassen, University of Missouri; William Miller, University of Missouri; Matthew Schmidt, University of Missouri; Matthew Easter, University of Missouri; Rose Marra, University of Missouri

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

, andCentral Virginia Community College). This six-course sequence constitutes the coreradiation protection curriculum for the degree. In addition to these core courses, learnersare required to complete an additional fifteen to eighteen courses to fulfill therequirements for the Associate of Applied Science degree. Furthermore, learners willcomplete a required internship between their freshman and sophomore years at a nuclearpower plant. Each technical college is partnering with a nearby nuclear facility in order toprovide authentic internship experiences for the learners.The core curriculum structure of six courses has been designed to provide learners withan appropriate breadth and depth of knowledge and skills to prepare them for a career