learningenvironment [8]. Presently, to design a successful flipped classroom, educators include variousfactors such as a pre-recorded video lecture with pre-class activity, a follow-up quiz on the pre-class work, an in-class activity, and an in-class group activity. Studies [1, 15] show that thefollowing factors have significant impact on the success of a flipped classroom model: 1) out-of-class and in-class elements must be carefully integrated for students to understand the model andbe motivated to prepare for class; 2) shorter, rather than longer videos; and 3) pre-class activitiesmust be coupled with quizzes or follow-up tasks to assess the student's understanding. A successfulflipped classroom design requires significant effort and time on the part of
Paper ID #21287Applied Computing for Behavioral and Social Sciences (ACBSS) MinorDr. Farshid Marbouti, San Jose State University Farshid Marbouti is currently an Assistant Professor of General Engineering at San Jose State University. He completed his Ph.D. in Engineering Education at Purdue University. He has an M.A. in the Educational Technology and Learning Design and an M.S. and B.S. in Computer Engineering. His research interests are engineering design education, feedback, and using learning analytics to improve first-year engineering students’ success.Dr. Valerie A. Carr, San Jose State UniversityProf. Belle Wei
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students, but rather a self-selected subset. Whileliterature indicates that EL programming is more effective when integrated into the corecurriculum rather than distributed in optional activities [13], other studies reveal that changingthe engineering core curriculum can be quite difficult [6, 14, 15]. These latter studies, coupledwith the observed trend of optional EL course implementation, suggest that the self-selectivenature of students’ EL course participation will continue to be commonplace – at least in the nearterm.Given the voluntary status of many undergraduate EL courses, it may be appropriate for ELeducators to consider the cross-sectional representativeness of their course cohorts relative totheir university’s overall engineering
assessment, and predictive modeling & machine learning. For more information, please visit his personal blog at https://gokhanegilmez.wordpress.com/Dr. Dusan Sormaz, Ohio University Dr. Dusan N. Sormaz is a Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Ohio University, Athens, USA. Dr. Dusan N. Sormaz’s principal research interests are in Lean manufacturing, Simulation, Addi- tive Manufacturing, Process planning, and application of knowledge-based systems in manufacturing. He teaches Lean manufacturing, Simulation and Computer Integrated Manufacturing courses at Ohio Uni- versity. His student team recently received the 1st place among 220 teams from 11 countries in the Global simulation competition sponsored by
a member of the University Research Council before pursuing doctoral studies. Prior to joining ADDU in 2008, Ms. Soledad was a Senior Team Lead for Accenture, where she worked on and managed systems maintenance and enhancement projects.Dr. Holly M Matusovich, Virginia Tech Dr. Matusovich is an Associate Professor in Virginia Tech’s Department of Engineering Education. She has her doctorate in Engineering Education and her strengths include qualitative and mixed methods research study design and implementation. She is/was PI/Co-PI on 10 funded research projects including a CAREER grant. She has won several Virginia Tech awards including a Dean’s Award for Outstanding New Faculty. Her research expertise includes
focused on developing aconceptual understanding of electromagnetism “with connected concepts and practical approachand applications that student can relate to”. The second approach represents a moreelectromagnetic literacy approach. By analysing and contrasting these perspectives we try to findappropriate mergers of learning techniques that would be valuable for all students seeking todevelop a strong fundamental understanding of electromagnetism.IntroductionElectromagnetism (EM) courses are historically considered to be one of the most challengingcourses in the electrical engineering curriculum [1-14]. Some students feel the course ischallenging due to a large disconnect between abstract concepts and real-life/engineeringexperiences [2-4
Paper ID #217592018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and ComputingDiversity Conference: Crystal City, Virginia Apr 29Beliefs and behaviors of first-generation and low-income students in early en-gineering coursesDr. Jennifer Blue, Miami University Jennifer Blue is an Associate Professor of Physics at Miami University. She works to give more people access to physics. Sometimes that’s reforming the curriculum for introductory classes, sometimes it’s working with K-12 science teachers, and sometimes it’s advocating for traditionally excluded populations, including women in STEM. Her website can be found here
in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology at Arizona State Univer- sity. For the last three years he also held the Elmhurst Energy Chair in STEM education at the University of Birmingham in the UK. Previously, Dr. Middleton was Associate Dean for Research in the Mary Lou Fulton College of Education at Arizona State University, and Director of the Division of Curriculum and Instruction. He received his Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1992, where he also served in the National Center for Research on Mathematical Sciences Education as a postdoctoral scholar.Prof. Robert J. Culbertson, Arizona State University Robert J. Culbertson is an Associate Professor of
, as both an accelerated (5 week) study abroadexperience in the United Kingdom and as a standard on-campus course. This course, taught bythe second author, utilizes real world scenarios or “challenges” as a lens through whichbiotransport content is delivered, practiced, and assessed.From a position of curriculum development and education policy, we recognize that inquiry-based learning (IBL) (i.e. challenge based instruction, problem/project based learning) are non-standard in engineering teaching. There are a plethora of rationales provided for this low rate ofadoption, including insufficient faculty-teacher preparation to execute IBL, time constraints onprofessors in their teaching role, and necessity of direct instruction to establish
arepurchased automatically with or without staff mediation or oversight as long as pre-determined funds are still available. Implementation of a DDA program requires specialconsideration of specific criteria, such as the types of access permitted, the ease withwhich DDA title records integrate with the local cataloging and acquisition processes, thenumber and educational level of titles included in the pool, and whether or not interlibraryloan (ILL) is allowed [5]. This complex activity requires collaboration between severallibrary departments [3].The DDA model represents a profound shift from a “just in case” to a “just in time”approach to library collection development where users play an active role in the selectionprocess. The increased users
program development. Recently, she co-developed the curriculum for the new Minor in Global Engineering offered by the CU Boulder College of Engineering and Applied Science starting in fall 2016. Dr. Sandekian earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in Aerospace Engineering Sciences at CU Boulder, a Spe- cialist in Education (Ed. S.) degree in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from the University of Northern Colorado, and her Ph.D. in Higher Education Student Affairs Leadership at the University of Northern Colorado in December 2017. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Finding the Rainbow Needles in the Engineering Haystack: Connecting with a Hard-to-Reach
roboticsprograms on a broader set of educational attitudes that are also related to long-term achievementand success in school.The youth development literature also points to positive impacts from these types of hands-onlearning experiences on a variety of life and workplace-related skills, including teamwork,communications, project management and problem-solving skills [38], [39]. These types of skillsare increasingly considered essential workplace skills and the teaching of these skills is nowconsidered an integral part of engineering education [40], [41],[42], [4].While math and science-related attitudes and those related to educational competence andengagement provide an interim set of outcomes or predictors of interest, this study also focuseson more
President of Research Triangle Educational Consultants. She received her Ph.D.in Educational Research and Policy Analysis from NC State University in 1996. She also has an MBA from Indiana University (Bloomington) and a bachelor’s degree from Duke University. She specializes in evaluation and research in engineering education, computer science education, teacher education, and technology education. Dr. Brawner is a founding member and former treasurer of Research Triangle Park Evaluators, an American Evaluation Association affiliate organization and is a member of the Amer- ican Educational Research Association and American Evaluation Association, in addition to ASEE. Dr. Brawner is also an Extension Services Consultant
improve their technical communication and hands-on skills through introductory physics labs. Dr. Popovic is a member of ASEE and SPIE, and is a reviewer for the Physics in Medicine and Biology journal.Janie Szabo, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Janie Szabo is currently pursuing her PhD in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Educa- tional Technology from Indiana State University. In her current role as an Instructional Designer at Rose- Hulman Institute of Technology, she collaborates with faculty on developing face-to-face, hybrid, and online courses. Janie also coordinates and provides training and support for the campus Learning Man- agement System, Moodle, and Multimedia System, Panopto
University and has served as a Fulbright Scholar at Kathmandu University it Nepal. At Cal Poly, he teaches an Interdisciplinary senior project class and teaches mechanics and design courses. He also conducts research in the areas of creative design, machine design, fluid power control, and engineering education.Dr. Edward J. Berger, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Edward Berger is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education and Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University, joining Purdue in August 2014. He has been teaching mechanics for over 20 years, and has worked extensively on the integration and assessment of specific technology interventions in mechanics classes. He was one of the co
introducing new perspectives tohelp spark innovation in how we address important societal issues. In addition to attracting andretaining more students from underrepresented groups, it is important that all students receive thenecessary preparation to work with diverse peers in an effective and inclusive manner. In thisIUSE (Improving Undergraduate STEM Education) project, we are developing, implementing,and assessing curriculum changes that are intended to cultivate inclusive professional identitiesin engineering and computer science students. The key tenants of inclusive profession identitiesas defined by this project are: (a) fluency with the necessary technical knowledge, skills, andabilities for students to work in their chosen field, (b) an
integration is not suitable for processes that do notrequire high temperatures for a reaction step, or (2) students encounter a lack of available timenear project completion because too much time is spent early in the project on correctimplementation of reaction kinetics. In the 2016 offering of Design III, 4 out of 6 groupssuccessfully incorporated heat integration in their process (see Figure 1). In the spring 2017offering of Design III, 7 out of 11 groups successfully incorporated heat integration in theirprocess, while in the summer 2017 offering of Design III, only 1 out of 4 groups successfullyincorporated heat integration in their process. Table 2 below presents an overview of the utilitycost benefit for the 12 senior design groups that chose
accepted academic definition is from Bringle & Hatcher [8, p. 112]: “Course-based, credit bearing educational experience in which students participate in an organized serviceactivity that meets identified community needs, and reflect on the service activity in such a wayas to gain further understanding of course content, a broader appreciation of the discipline, andan enhanced sense of civic responsibility”. In 1995, the Engineering Projects in CommunityService Program (EPICS) became the first service-learning program integrated intoan engineering curriculum, which provided an innovative educational experiencefor engineering undergraduates at Purdue University [9]. Service-learning has since stronglyemerged as an important complement to
, and, sociopolitical consciousness.These tenets can be employed in various contexts with a diverse population through classroominstruction, during teacher education, and as a framework for educational research [7]. Manyscholars have highlighted the role of CRP in facilitating the success of URM students inmathematics and science in K–12 education [8-9]. In this study, CRP is an importantconsideration, because when science and math teachers instruct from a Eurocentric point of view,they fail to include an approach that connects curriculum, instruction, and assessment to theexperiences, cultures, and traditions of URM students [10-11]. Teachers pursuing CRP will needto understand the sense-making practices of communities, the science-related
. We will plan to interview fivepeople from each of the networks for the pilot study.II. Data CollectionA. Learning the Landscape of Global Grand ChallengesWe did an extensive review of global initiatives that hail from a wide range of disciplines,policies, and foundations. We conducted the search through research in international peer-reviewed journals, online forums, foundation websites, and policy white papers. We did initialsearches of “grand challenges” and also of key terms that are integrated in the NAE GrandChallenges and the UN SDG vernacular such as, “sustainability,” “health,” “vulnerability,” and“poverty.” We searched not only for global initiatives but also explored if any of those globalinitiatives included specific academic
linkbetween student motivation and engagement in schoolwork 1,2,3,4 . A PBL curriculum provides thismotivation because the students can see what the end goal of the project is and are activelyengaged in the development 5 . (2) It provides deeper learning. PBL provides for deep learningbecause it requires the student to integrate knowledge gained in several classes into the creation ofa product 6,7 .When students work on a laboratory exercise that is simply following a set of detailed steps, thelearning is similar to what can be attained by listening in a lecture 8 . In order to gain the benefitsof PBL, there are several requirements 6 . • It needs to be a complex and challenging problem. • It needs to be an authentic or real-world problem
engineering industry.Dr. Lori Houghtalen, Abilene Christian University Lori Houghtalen is an Assistant Professor of Engineering and Physics at Abilene Christian University. She is Co-Director for Senior Clinic, the capstone senior design course, and teaches courses in the engineering and physics curriculum. Dr. Houghtalen has won awards from the National Science Foundation, Georgia Tech, the ARCS Foundation, and the Association of European Operational Research Societies. She holds degrees from the University of Tennessee and the Georgia Institute of Technology. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Engagement in Practice: Lessons learned while developing community
the NGSS is to empower all students to participate inpublic science discourse, be critical consumers of scientific information, and have the skills topursue careers in the 21st century, particularly those in science, technology, engineering, andmathematics (STEM) [2]. As an increasing number of states adopt the NGSS, there is mountingpressure to prepare science educators for the impending changes in expectations, curriculum, andassessment.There are significant challenges as states transition their science standards to align with NGSS,such as insufficient professional development and support for teachers, inconsistency ofimplementation, and inadequate time and curricular resources [3]. In this recent reform effort,science teachers are likely
students see an engineering career as a viable option. Best practicessuggest that more effective efforts should be designed to (1) maintain and expand situationalinterest, and (2) integrate with individual and community values. Challenges to broadening participation in engineering are further complicated as researchindicates that factors such as outcome expectations are more important than interest alone in thecareer choices of underrepresented groups [3-6]. In particular, for Appalachian youth, pastresearch from members of our team showed that a desire for consistent local employment andaligning one’s future in accordance with family values and pressures were important factors incareer choice. [7-9]. Thus, for our target population which
complements the culture of a particular university and program, will bethe strongest determinant of success. However, an audit of higher education engineeringcurricula conducted by the Sustainable Development Education convened by the UK Departmentof the Environment, Transport, and Regions in 1998, concluded that sustainable developmenteducation “is best integrated into the context of the specialism, and that different learningactivities and learning materials will be needed to deliver the sustainability learning agenda tostudents from the different branches of engineering” (cited in Perdan et al. 2000: 269).Complementing this perspective, in the late 1990s, the Chemical Engineering Department at theUniversity of Surrey in the UK embarked on an
development opportunities in the Engineering Education Coalitions,organizations such as ECSEL, FOUNDATION, GATEWAY, and SUCCEED. Often theseorganizations are competing for the same membership or attendees for training in the facultydevelopment.So we come back to the original question, “How does a consistently ranked undergraduateengineering and computer science program retain its excellence in undergraduate education, whilealso aspiring to become an outstanding research institution?” On Baylor University’s campusthere are a number resources that contribute to this goal. The Academy for Teaching andLearning (ATL) has a two-fold mission: globally, to support and inspire a flourishing communityof learning; locally, to promote the integration of teaching
) architecture and design methodology, Engineer- ing Technology Education, and hardware description language modeling. Dr. Alaraje is a 2013-2014 Fulbright scholarship recipient at Qatar University, where he taught courses on Embedded Systems. Ad- ditionally, Dr. Alaraje is a recipient of an NSF award for a digital logic design curriculum revision in collaboration with the College of Lake County in Illinois, and a NSF award in collaboration with the University of New Mexico, Drake State Technical College, and Chandler-Gilbert Community College. The award focused on expanding outreach activities to increase the awareness of potential college stu- dents about career opportunities in electronics technologies. Dr. Alaraje is a
Tech) in the fall of 2013, meeting with Associate Professor of ElectricalEngineering Technology, Aleksandr Sergeyev. As Sergeyev provided a tour of the university’sfacilities, the two began to craft a vision for a program that was broad enough to cover thediverse needs of regional employers, customizable enough for students to tailor their educationalexperience to the requirements of a specific industry or employer, and stackable in a way thatallowed students to receive as little or as much education as they required. Furthermore, thiseducational pathway would represent a partnership between the community college and theuniversity in an unprecedented sharing of curriculum, equipment, and knowledge. The twoinstitutions soon pursued a grant
concluded thatDesign (FED101) course. We created a library blended learning was beneficial. A collaborating librarian,assignment that would help widen their knowledge and instructor and advisor worked to integrate an engineeringunderstanding about various engineering innovations, writing task with revisions into a first year engineeringbut also strengthen their research skills. course [4]. Scharf [5] also used a brief researched writing task to introduce information literacy to engineeringIndex Terms – first year students, engineering research, students in a technical writing course. Using