client applications that can beaccessed with every modern browser. This work presents the results of a survey carried out inthe scope of a national project that aims among others to gain knowledge from peer-feedbackto improve usability and to increase workload of Educational Online Laboratories, as well asto explore age-dependent requirements for the integration of Online Laboratories in classes ofsecondary schools.In our project we work together with three secondary schools from Austria and some othersfrom European countries with a focus on STEM subjects. Each Austrian project partnerdevelops its own Educational Online Laboratory in an area that suits their curricula. To assurethat the laboratory experiments are qualified in terms of their
AC 2008-680: TALES FROM THE WAVE FRONT: TEACHING THE PHYSICS OFCELL PHONES AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONSRobert Ross, University of Detroit MercyJenna Ross, Utica Center for Mathematics Science and Technology Page 13.1137.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Tales from the Wave Front: Teaching the Physics of Cell Phones and Wireless CommunicationsIntroductionFor over twenty years our college has offered a summer enrichment program for high schoolstudents. The UNinitiates Introduction to Engineering (UNITE) program affords high schoolstudents the opportunity to take courses in writing, mathematics, computer science
PerspectiveAt the end of the semester students were asked to fill out a survey and write a reflection abouttheir experiences.The survey used a Likert type scale where students would rate various components ofperformance quality as Excellent (4), Very Good (3), Satisfactory (2), Marginal (1), Terrible (0).Following are the average responses for each statement: Page 12.304.3 Statement Cooperative- Independent- Teams Teams Class Average Class Average 1
giving a lecture and students listening and writing notes. Interaction betweenthe instructor and students has been viewed as an essential learning element within thisarrangement. However, recent progress and rapid deployment in networking andinformation technology is allowing educators with a wide variety of choices in deliverymethods. The distance learning platform today is becoming very different from even a Page 11.795.2few years ago. The synchronous distance learning infrastructure, for example, is 1becoming more and more widespread due to the pervasive
undergraduateSTEM majors at the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) to interact with young adolescents in formaland informal learning contexts and to engage with peers and faculty members around issuespertaining to K-12 education; (2) develop a state-approved, one-year Masters of Arts in Teaching(MAT) program to prepare middle grades (4-8) teachers who will specialize in mathematicsand/or science; (3) integrate issues related to sustainability across the undergraduate and teacherpreparation programs; and (4) expand our capacity for faculty in the Schools of Education, Arts& Sciences, and Engineering to collaborate on program and course design. We expectSUSTAINS will help address the need for middle grades math and science teachers bydeveloping a program to
leadership and collaborations is emphasized during their project work. In additionto the technical part of project tasks, students also need to work on their skills for leadership,project management, communications, and collaborations.The project requirement calls for all students to present at least once or twice among threerequired team presentations. Students evaluate other team’s presentations, and perform peerevaluations on their own teammates’ contribution to their project. Peer reviews done at proposaland progress report milestones include providing each team member’s percentage of contributionto the project work to date. Peer review at the final report milestone includes a seven categorycomprehensive evaluation of all project team members
; • advisors' own unpleasant graduate experiences, which they may have come to view as necessary to their success; • lack of oversight of faculty supervisors and of administration support for programs that would improve the quality of graduate student life; • lack of information about how to prepare adequately for comprehensive exams; • lack of training in necessary skills such as giving a presentation or writing a grant proposal; • lack of career guidance; • competitiveness or hostility among research group peers; • lack of feedback on progress towards the degree; • unclear and often unreasonably long timelines to degree completion; • budget constraints which lead to low stipends
know. In terms of academics, Justin would never have been exposed to higher levels of math or science, because he struggles with visual processing.……….This does not mean he cannot learn, but that teaching him requires creative thinking and a commitment to helping him learn in a manner which works for him. He is forever behind his peers academically, in terms of classroom experience. You cannot imagine the pride Justin takes in knowing that he has just spent 2 weeks at a camp taught by professors, graduate students, and caring volunteers who appreciate his intelligence. Justin is rarely able to surpass his 'normal' peers in terms of life's experiences. You have changed that for him
2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationConventional Statics instruction has been successful in teaching students to write and solveequilibrium equations based on a known free body diagram, and to construct free body diagramsfor textbook problems in which the forces and moments at supports and connections are largelyimplied by standard symbols in the problem diagrams. However, where Statics is finallyrelevant to engineering practice in the analysis and design of mechanical systems, instruction hasbeen notably unsuccessful. Students cannot go beyond textbook problems to apply Statics topractical situations, and they
use in industry 5. Perform economic analysis and life cycle costing 6. Perform energy audits 7. Integrate renewable energy sourcesEach of the above major skills requires a series of subordinate skills. Some of them can beconsidered as prerequisites skills gained through traditional EET or MET programs. Energymanagement is revolved around electrical and mechanical systems. Even though the priorknowledge of EET and MET students are not similar, students can work as teams allowing peer-to-peer learning. Figure 1 summarizes subordinate skill analysis where highlighted items can beconsidered as prior knowledge or knowledge that may require minimum coverage. The numberinside the boxes on top corresponds to the numbers of the
Final memos and peer evaluations due (final exam slot)Each team was assigned a customer, with whom they met three times. Customers weredrawn from two main sources: students in EDUC 344: Science as Inquiry and local Cubor Girl Scout troops. Teachers in local school districts were invited and served asoccasional customers occasionally during this project, however the overlap betweenENGR 100 class times and school hours created a significant obstacle to customer-student interactions.Student teams were assigned topics in addition to being assigned customers. Customerswere interested in the given topic, but typically topics came from a “higher” source thanthe customers themselves, such as State Education
occurred before the course began. The mentors were introduced to suchconcepts as collaborative learning and team management, and were given guidelines (rubrics) bywhich to evaluate the students in their teams.A brief description of the type of materials and classroom exercises that were covered in therecitation is given below:♦ Multidisciplinary team skills. Various in-class exercises were used to develop an understanding of the team dynamics and the “language” of other disciplines. Specific approaches used were peer teaching, listening and interpretation exercises, peer teaching of research methods in the laboratory, and the use of the jigsaw method7 for team problem solving. The “listening and interpretation” exercise was performed in
presentations and report writing. The studentsdevelop their own operating procedure for running the experiment. The procedure and safetyconsiderations are combined into a Job Safety Assessment Form (JSA).A safety program, initiated in 1982, has evolved into an extensive safety program, PAWS(Prevent Accidents With Safety), with a high level of student involvement. During eachexperimental cycle, a group is designated to serve as the student Safety Committee as itsassigned experiment. Among other duties, the Safety Committee conducts safety audits of the unit Page 6.260.1 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual
. Thefaculty member shall demonstrate his/her continuing concern for instructional effectivenessthrough methods of presentation and evaluation of students. In support of teaching effectiveness,a faculty member must maintain a high level of knowledge and expertise in his/her discipline orarea of specialization. Evaluation techniques for all faculty members include, but are not limitedto self-evaluation, classroom visitations, and student evaluations of teaching, department headevaluation, peer evaluations, and assessment of academic advising of students.”Scholarly and/or Creative Activity: “A faculty member shall give documented evidence of his/her contributions to his/herdiscipline or area of specialization within the discipline or in an
), and he currently serves as a member of the ASEE Data Collections Advisory Board, as well as a Peer Reviewer for the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) and for the OAAAQA Register of External Reviewers . Timothy has a PhD from Indiana State University in Technology Management with specialization in Quality Systems. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 A Flipped Classroom setting trial in GIS course.1 IntroductionFlipped classes have gained increasing popularity in undergraduate civil engineering courses [1, 2] This teaching approach allowsstudents to actively participate in the learning activities while the instructors serve as facilitator assisting and
willdecide on one pathway before being assigned to specific projects. The main three pathways areentrepreneurship, industry, and research.2.4 Course AssessmentThe team will be evaluated at the end of the semester as shown in Table 1. Table 1. Breakdown Assessment Component to Evaluate Student VIP Performance Documentation (VIP Notebook) 30% Responsibility and Contribution 30% Peer Evaluations & Attendance 30% End of Semester Report 10% Total 100%CATME (Comprehensive Assessment of Team Member Effectiveness) was used to
skills in a groupenvironment”, now lists the following assessment methods: Proceedings of the 2008 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Annual Conference Copyright © 2008, American Society for Engineering Education • “Ethical practices are emphasized throughout the course of study and student actions (academic practices and honesty) are continuously observed and corrected during academic instruction • Students assist in the completion of group projects and receive satisfactory participation grade from peers • Students must display ethical and interpersonal skills during group presentations • Results of individual group assignments and peer comments will be
Incorporating Systems Engineering and Project Management Concepts in First Year Engineering Curriculum Muhammad Faysal Islam1 and Mohammed Nazrul Islam2 1 Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering, George Washington University, Washington, DC 2 Department of Security Systems, State University of New York, Farmingdale, New York AbstractDuring the first and second years of undergraduate engineering programs, most students focustheir studies to build a solid foundation of mathematics, writing composition, engineeringgraphics, programming languages, economics, and other social
to expertise and relationshipsRespondents showed their interest to have the ability to search and see other people’s researchinterest and be able to contact them, including a section in members of the community could befeatured on a regular basis. “So the ability to search profiles of people in engineering education to identify specific expertise I am looking for, or a way to send a broadcast email asking for responses to a specific inquiry.” “…users could easily locate their potential intellectual peers. Perhaps a section featuring members of the community on a regular basis.”Meetings, open ended conversations and projectsRespondents wanted to interact with other people in order to have discussions about
the Center for the Advancement of STEM Teaching and Learning Excellence (CASTLE). He has held leadership positions including Vice-Dean of the Gradu- ate College at Drexel University, Vice-Chair of the IEEE Philadelphia Section, and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Engineering at Drexel University. His research focuses on the area of nanophotonics. He has served as PI or Co-PI on 53 funded grants with over $33M in sponsored re- search or foundation funding, and publication of >110 peer-reviewed articles. These metrics include both technical research and educational research/programs. He was selected as the 2015 Delaware Valley Engineer of the Year, and is also the recipient of a NASA New
; Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”Table 1. Course learning objectivesBy the end of the course, students must demonstrate ability to…1. In writing, explain the drug and medical device approval process in the United States.The explanation should include a description of the structure of the regulatory agency,important regulatory documents, the sequence of events, applications necessary, and theplayers involved.2. Define, obtain the regulatory codes, and describe the FDA’s guidance strategy forCurrent Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP).3. Draw a process flow diagram for a variety of biopharmaceutical manufacturingprocess and describe the operation and purpose of each unit, including water
at Dayton and WiE at Purdue have developed a collaborative relationship wherethey have shared tips and strategies to develop mentoring programs as they standtoday.We will start with a brief description of our programs and then talk about ourcollaboration and transferability of mentoring components.Research shows that mentoring works. In particular, longitudinal research is beingconducted by the Purdue team through and initial results indicate that students in thementoring program graduate at higher rates than their peers not in the program.Reviewer 1 stated: “Oftentimes, in academia especially, mentorship programs are usedas a superficial band-aid for systemic inequities and toxic cultural norms.”We acknowledge that there are systemic
identity that includes or supports both their engineering and LGBTQIA+ identity?• Group 3 - What student support and training/professional development do you have to minimize the devaluation and marginalization of LGBTQIA+ students?• Group 4 - How does your campus ensure equitable access to health and wellness resources? What about your classroom? Policy or advocacy work? 10Depending on early feedback (and the set up of the room) we may use differentmodels for working together and sharing out the responses. This may includedworking at each table or having large notepad across the room that people can get upand write on
choice”, especially inscience and engineering 4, 5 . 83% of students use GS – an additional 13% had not used it butwant to 4 .Some benefits for students of using GS are: • GS searches citation metadata (and millions of fulltext books in Google Print) • GS searches well into the fulltext of documents • Though GS is not an index in the traditional sense due to the absence of a controlled • vocabulary or thesaurus, it does point to scholarly and peer-reviewed information Page 22.1682.3We believe that introducing students to advanced Google searching techniques enhances theirreal-world searching experience not only for academic
, andreliability. At the end of the course, student groups are required to demonstrate their designthrough a final formal presentation to the faculty, fellow students, peers and a jury of industryguests and faculty from other departments. Students also write a detailed design report as part ofthe course requirements.Students are assigned to select a project in the area of (a) Manufacturing Process System Designor (b) Product Design.The scope of the work in format (a) may be summarized as follows: 1. Design a simple product using available resources of our CIM facility. 2. Design and develop an automated manufacturing process using CIM facility. 3. Implement, debug, test the system, and run production with minimal human intervention. 4
peer evaluations to be used for feedback to the groups on their presentations. The instructor and TA completed a rubric for assessment of the presentation. Final Project At the end of the quarter each team turned in a final document that 45% Report described their design and process throughout the seven weeks. The report was required to contain the following sections: Introduction and Requirements, Conceptual Design, Detailed Design, Prototyping and Testing, and Future Goals/Conclusions. The report should be developed throughout the quarter as the students work through their design process
Incorporating Systems Engineering and Project Management Concepts in First Year Engineering Curriculum Muhammad Faysal Islam1 and Mohammed Nazrul Islam2 1 Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering, George Washington University, Washington, DC 2 Department of Security Systems, State University of New York, Farmingdale, New York AbstractDuring the first and second years of undergraduate engineering programs, most students focustheir studies to build a solid foundation of mathematics, writing composition, engineeringgraphics, programming languages, economics, and other social
]. Each student works directlywith a faculty member throughout the entirety of a course, attending at least one class sessioneach week (in most cases in our program, they attend all class sessions). Additionally, they meetwith the instructor outside of class, either weekly or biweekly, and meet in groups with peers andprogram facilitators for mentorship, reflection, and guidance. Students are recruited primarily byword of mouth. This includes recommendations from instructors, students in the program, andstaff members who work directly with students and have attended presentations about theprogram (including our academic success center, academic advisors, and cultural center staff).When students express interest, we interview them to help them
course assignments are provided in Table 1.Table 1: Example projects completed by students in EF327/TPTE115 [adapted from 9] Project Description Examples Mini-Teach Students choose a topic and have 5 (1) An explanation of computer minutes to teach the class about their sorting algorithms chosen topic. Each student is provided (2) An overview of the with feedback from peers and instructors. engineering design process Community Students work in small groups to select (1) Think Like a Computer Outreach engineering-focused activities to use to activity developed for an
, University of Oklahoma Zahed Siddique is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering of University of Oklahoma. His research interest include product family design, advanced material and engineering education. He is interested in motivation of engineering students, peer-to-peer learning, flat learning environments, technology assisted engineering education and experiential learning. He is the coordinator of the industry sponsored capstone from at his school and is the advisor of OU’s FSAE team. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Fostering Learning Principles of Engineering DesignAbstract We contend that it is