Conference Session

Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Leslie Harvey III, University of Florida; Ashish Aggarwal, University of Florida

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Computing and Information Technology

assigned lecturesout of class, it is important to know what kind of impact this has on a student’s learning experience[6, 13]. By students managing their own time, some students will submit the required quiz morethan a day earlier than some of their peers. With the submission time of quizzes varying betweeneach student, it is important to be able to identify if this impacts a student’s overall performancein the course. A starting point for understanding student behaviors is their approach towards self-scheduling the commitments required for a flipped course. Although all students have differentschedules impacting when assignments are completed, alongside other factors, this paper strives tounderstand more about how a student’s approach towards the

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Metacognition, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation #2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Megan Gray, Duke University; Ann Saterbak, Duke University; Sophia T. Santillan, Duke University; Michael Rizk, Duke University; Jessica Sperling, Duke University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

pursuing their major [10] [12] [13] [14].Hutchison-Green et al interviewed first-year engineering students to determine what factors, inthe students’ first semester, begin to affect self-efficacy [15]. They found that performancecomparison (i.e., a student comparing his/her performance to his/her peers) makes a significantimpact on self-efficacy, and that depending on the student and the situation, self-efficacy couldeither increase or decrease in response to the situation. Team-based project courses can thusmitigate the possibility of decreasing students’ confidence because they do not require studentsto work individually and then compare their performance to that of their peers. Instead, studentswork together toward a common goal. Team-based

Collection

2020 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Amir Karimi; Randall Manteufel

environment, establish goals, plan tasks,and meet objectives” requires a more complex assessment process. First, the new definition of“Team” requires that a team should consist of more than one person working toward a commongoal and should include individuals of diverse backgrounds, skills, or perspectives. Therefore,programs must demonstrate that the definition of Team requirements are met. SO5 requires thatmembers of a team must be able to create a collaborative and inclusive environment. Severalmethods for measuring attainment of this ability have been used by programs:10 “a. Videotaping a team meeting and evaluating the team performance using a rubric. b. Students write descriptions of their contributions and their team members

Collection

AEE Journal

Authors

Jung-Hoon Sul; Zhongxiao Peng; Nicole Kessissoglou

., Verstegen, D. M. L., de Jong, N., Czabanowska, K. & van Merriënboer, J. J.G. (2015). The promised land of blended learning: Quizzes as a moderator. Educational Research Review 15:59–74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edurev.2015.05.001 Vista, A., Care, E. & Griffin, P. (2015). A new approach towards marking large-scale complex assessments: Developinga distributed marking system that uses an automatically scaffolding and rubric-targeted interface for guided peer-review.Assessing Writing 24:1–15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asw.2014.11.001 Wingard, R. G. (2004). Classroom Teaching Changes in Web-Enhanced Courses: A Multi-Institutional Study. E

Conference Session

CoNECD Session : Day 1 Slot 4 Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 CoNECD

Authors

Niesha C. Douglas, Educate, Activate, Transform; Cathy Howell, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Lisa R. Merriweather, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Anna Sanczyk, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

students in doctoral STEM programs is a recalcitrant issue that hasbeen taken up by scholars and government agencies with great vigor. Sowell, Bell, Kirby, andNaftel [5] found that financial support, mentoring and advising, family non-financial support,and social environmental/peer group support were among the top things that impactedattrition. Okahana, Allum, Felder, and Tull [6] further reported that institutional levelinterventions for URM STEM doctoral students were scant and limited in intervention focuswith most providing additional financial resources as the means to reduce attrition. Beyondthat, institutional-based support existed in the forms of peer support groups and mentoring.Mentoring in particular has been noted as a key intervention

Conference Session

CoNECD Session : Day 1 Slot 5 Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 CoNECD

Authors

Tojan Rahhal, University of Missouri; Miguel Elias Ayllon, University of Missouri

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CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

Leadership by Jo Ann Ross and Willa Zakin Hallowell  “Leadership for Engineers: The Magic of Mindset” by Ronald Bennett & Elaine Milliam Book Excerpts 9The EDGEs program included ten 1.5 hour sessions. Each week a topic was covered utilizingan array of readings, articles, videos, and activities. The course starts with an overview ofdiversity, inclusion, and equity- understanding the terminology and diving into eachperson’s individual identity as it relates to their peers in the classroom and internationally.Then students took on understanding bias, stereotypes and even imposter syndrome. Next,we dived into privilege, what it is, and

Conference Session

Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kristen Koopman, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Robert S. Emmett, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Nicole P. Sanderlin, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

. Emmett is a certified Project Management Professional and since 2018 has supported strategic global and online initiatives in engineering, including developing online modules to train global engineering competencies. He is the author of the books Cultivating Environmental Justice: A Literary History of US Garden Writing (University of Massachusetts Press, 2016) and with David E. Nye, Environmental Humanities: A Critical Introduction (MIT Press, 2017). With Gregg Mitman and Marco Armiero, he edited the collection of critical reflections and works of art, Future Remains: A Cabinet of Curiosities for the Anthropocene (University of Chicago, 2018). His humanities scholarship has appeared in the journals Environmental

Collection

ASEE 2021 Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference

Authors

Nina Kamath Telang, University of Texas at Austin; Nisha Abraham, University of Texas at Austin; Althea Louise Woodruff, University of Texas at Austin

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Diversity

arrive at many higher education institutions where these structures have been removed and expectations have shifted to self-directed learning outside of the classroom, initial struggle and sometimes failure become highly probable. There is limited evidence of teaching engineering students discipline-specific metacognitive strategies. A recent study conducted using modelling and coaching of discipline-specific metacognitive strategies in an introductory computer science course using peer tutors, showed that encouraging students to implement these learning strategies had a significant impact on their ability to apply knowledge to programming problems and also had long-term effects on students' future course outcomes.25 Two of the authors have also

Conference Session

Faculty Track - Technical Session I

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Michelle Kay Bothwell, Oregon State University; Padma Akkaraju, Oregon State University; Joseph McGuire, Oregon State University; Thuy T. Tran, Oregon State University; Andrea Zigler, Oregon State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Faculty

energy.Implementation of the College of Engineering strategic planFaculty recruitmentThe national need to improve inclusivity and increase diversity in STEM disciplines poses acomplex challenge that is associated with a variety of policy and social issues described andanalyzed by a huge volume of scholarship and archival reports [1-5]. The engineering facultydiversity challenge in particular has proven to be quite durable. Despite this complexity and theslow pace of progress in diversifying faculty ranks overall, there are universities of everyCarnegie classification that have created faculties far more diverse than those of their peers,often starting with faculty diversity levels well below average. Superior recruiting practices arecited as principally

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carolyn A. Nichol, Rice University; Carrie Obenland, Rice University; Alice Chow, Rice University; Christina Anlynette Alston, Rice University; Carolina Avendano, Rice University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

, and Computer Science at the University of California,Berkeley.A substantial amount of research over many years has examined undergraduate student retentionand why students leave STEM majors.12-17 Challenges that prevent minority students’ persistencein STEM education include: lack of role models, inequitable academic preparation, lack of astudent peer group, and inadequate advising.18-21 For minority students or first generation collegestudents in the physical sciences at the nation’s research institutions, the lack of role models andinadequate advising are particularly problematic since few faculty members are of an URM.21Minority students, often the only URM in their department, are generally isolated and not likelyto seek out advice or

Conference Session

Special programs and activities for minorities in engineering

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Stroot, University of South Florida; Bernard Batson, University of South Florida; BK Robertson, Alabama State University

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Minorities in Engineering

AC 2007-2467: A NEW HYBRID LABORATORY COURSE CHRISTENS APIPELINE OF BIOLOGY STUDENTS FROM ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITYTO THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDAPeter Stroot, University of South Florida Assistant Professor Dept. of Civil and Environmental EngineeringBernard Batson, University of South Florida Mr. Bernard Batson has experience in higher education in the implementation of student peer mentoring programs, fellowship application workshops, retention programs, and the graduate school admissions process for students from underrepresented groups. He is the Program Manager of the NSF IGERT, NSF Bridge to the Doctorate, and Alfred P. Sloan Minority Ph.D. Programs at USF. Since Fall 2004, he has

Conference Session

How to Effectively Teach Using Teams

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shashi Nambisan, Iowa State University

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Civil Engineering

. 10. NOTE: Senior design projects were eligible to compete for cash prizes in a College of Engineering wide senior design competition which is held twice a year. This competition specifically recognizes projects that demonstrate creativity, entrepreneurship, and innovation, and also address marketability of the “product.”Each team was required to document in writing its team activities and meetings. Instructions forthe same are summarized in Figure 3.Project ScheduleThe following is a summary of the process / logistics involved with the Senior Design project forthe Spring 2006 and Summer 2006 terms. 1. Develop a "Problem Statement" to present to the students in the Senior Design class. This needs to be done by

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mason Webster, Brigham Young University; Daniel Korth; Owen Carlson, Brigham Young University; C. Greg Jensen, Brigham Young University

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Design in Engineering Education

real engineering applications. Also, students are able to participate in professionalactivities such as writing technical papers, submitting patents, and holding design reviews. Allthese activities occur in a classroom atmosphere under instructor supervision. The companies thatare able to collaborate with these students on these projects also enjoy the ability to observepotential employees prior to actually hiring them. They typically also retain the rights to anyintellectual property produced by these students during the duration of their capstone courses.Traditional Capstone Design Course LimitationsCapstone design courses are not without their limitations, however. Typically, small businessesare most interested in participating in capstone

Conference Session

Student Recruitment and Retention

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer VanAntwerp, Calvin College; Rachel Reed, Calvin College; Crystal Bruxvoort, Calvin College; Neil Carlson, Calvin College

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Educational Research and Methods

advantage of opportunities to work in 6.20 1.87 *** engineering-related internships or co-op jobs. Answer "not applicable" if you have not had any such opportunity to take advantage of.PART4 I have taken advantage of opportunities to participate in 2.63 .88 .00 study groups with my engineering peers. Page 13.522.14Code Indicator Stem Estimate S.E. pPART5 I have taken advantage of opportunities to participate in 2.40 .82 .00 review sessions conducted by an instructor in at least one course related to my engineering

Conference Session

Capstone Design III

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Chang, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Jessica Townsend, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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Design in Engineering Education

was to look at how other schools have run their capstone programs.Due in part to its similar mission, scale, and approach to undergraduate engineering education,an obvious model for Olin’s capstone program is the Harvey Mudd Clinic Program. The ClinicProgram is the longest running sponsored capstone program for undergraduates. For reasonsdetailed in later section, the Clinic Program became the blueprint from which the SCOPEprogram was designed.Goals of this paperIn writing this paper, the authors intend to describe through a narrative, the history and evolutionof the program over its first three years. The intention is to put the reader into the context ofdeveloping a capstone course from the ground up such that our experiences may inform

Collection

2009 GSW

Authors

Dr. Lynn Peterson; Dr. Carter Tiernan; Lynard Broussard

to collaborate with one another. Likewise the girls-only structurewas anticipated to reduce the effects of any unintentional negative gender bias in presentationsand activities. Also after attending the camp, the girls should also be able to counter engineeringstereotypes among their peers and should be more able to recognize the impact of engineering ona personal, social, and community level. Increasing the girl’s’ positive engineering interestthrough the Girlgeneering camp should result in increased recruitment to engineering, science,technology, and math classes and careers.The unique components of the Girlgeneering camp are described later in this paper and include atailored individual hands-on engineering project for the girls, a high

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda Anthony, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Marjory Palius, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Carolyn Maher, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Prabhas Moghe, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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Graduate Studies

but also the areas that needimprovement in their peers’ presentations, and that this has helped them to make note of what todo and not to do in their own subsequent presentations (not just IRIFs but also group meetings,conferences, etc.).Additionally, the mere process of engaging in extended discourse, with its give and take, hasbeen instructive for all students – and particularly so for those whose research groups are very Page 13.440.13small, and/or do not meet frequently, and/or have different norms and cultures for meetings. Onestudent reported that the IRIF experience emboldened her to speak up in her own groupmeetings, which had been

Conference Session

Best Practices in IE Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alister McLeod, Purdue University; April Savoy, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

;Felder, Felder, Mauney,Hamrin, & Dietz, 1995)7. Measuring the benefits of teams in a PBL environment is challengingas the instructor is responsible for assessing each student’s performance during the team project.The instructor is also responsible for providing the criteria for which learners will be assessedprior to students being placed in teams. Assessment techniques, such as, peer to peer and selfratings in group settings are known to have little measurement information and poor validity.However, these rating methods can contribute to a learners performance in a team settings (Boud& Feletti, 1998)4.Initially, assessment of work done in IT 214 is done from a purely individualistic standpoint;however, as the semester progresses

Conference Session

Successful Outcomes of Student Entrepreneurship

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen Thornton, University of Maryland-College Park; Anik Singal, Affiliate Classroom, Inc.; David Barbe, University of Maryland-College Park; James Green, University of Maryland-College Park

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

affiliate marketing as an interesting and low-cost niche to enter. But working for myself was the end goal.” Anik Singal4.1.5. Confidence levelFor an undergraduate university student, the decision to be an entrepreneur requires a confidencethat is resilient and resolute. Anik says his parents viewed entrepreneurship as a synonym forunemployed. They did not initially see ignoring high paying jobs with benefits at established,respected firms in lieu of starting a new venture as a smart choice. Particularly for a youngperson, going against the norm of peers, the university, and even family are difficult decisions.Anik leveraged this risk by investing as much time as

Conference Session

Design Projects

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cesar Luongo, Florida A&M/Florida State University; Chiang Shih, Florida A&M/Florida State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

(design reviews). The rationale behind the lectures wasto introduce, “just-in-time”, material relevant to the phase in which the projects were at the timeof the lecture. For instance, early in the first semester, most lectures would deal with subjectssuch as team dynamics, the design cycle, or concept generation and selection. As projects madeprogress, the lectures would attempt to follow the design cycle as best as possible. When theteams were ready to produce the first major design report, the lectures would feature a module ontechnical writing or graphics in engineering.This approach of “just-in-time” lectures worked well early during the early weeks of the course,however it is not possible to cram all project-relevant material in the first

Conference Session

Predicting Student Success

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shanon Marie Reckinger, Montana State University; Bryce E. Hughes, Montana State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

versus global). Along each of these dimensions, students are categorized as having amild, moderate, or strong preference in each of these four learning style scales.This study takes place in a mid-size, public university in the western United States. The samplefor this study includes mechanical engineering undergraduate students across four sections of arequired programming course in MATLAB, taught by the same instructor. These students wereprovided the Index of Learning Styles at the beginning of the semester. Students wereadministered a weekly quiz to assess their ability to write code, but construction of thisassessment varies by section to favor different preferences of one of the four Felder-Solomanlearning style dimensions. Performance on

Conference Session

Novel Pedagogical Techniques II: Potpourri

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Jo Pinkelman, Technische Universität Darmstadt; David J. Dixon, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Manfred J Hampe, Technische Universität Darmstadt

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

tends to focus more on knowledge acquisition9. It has been shown thatproject-oriented courses increase retention rates10-12, intellectual development13, and increase notonly students’ technical and design knowledge, but also their technical writing and researchskills14. In addition, project-oriented courses expose students to the broader context of engineeringdesign, and students learn best when experiencing the entirety of the content area through real-lifeexamples and working with and learning from their peers6, 15-17.Project-oriented learning and capstone design courses allow for the concurrent teaching of designthrough application and teamwork skills, which are needed for future professional success3,4,18,19.This teaches students the

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Monday Potpourri

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tammy VanDeGrift, University of Portland; Sherry Liao, University of Portland

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First-Year Programs

designed to assist students with self-efficacy beliefs and personal goals.At this University all engineering and computer science students take an introduction toengineering course that covers the engineering process, teamwork, communication skills, thedifferent branches of engineering, ethics, and co-curricular and extracurricular opportunities.Section sizes are ~30 students, so students can build community with peers and their professor.The professor of the Introduction to Engineering course is the academic advisor for his/her set ofstudents. Students declare or confirm their major by the end of the first semester. Resources tohelp students choose a major include laboratories, advisor meetings, student panels, a semester-long team project

Conference Session

Faculty Development Round Table

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sylvia L. Mendez, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs; Valerie Martin Conley, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs; Katie Johanson; Kinnis Gosha, Morehouse College; Naja A. Mack, University of Florida; Comas Lamar Haynes, Georgia Tech Research Institute; Rosario A. Gerhardt, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Faculty Development Constituent Committee

a Turbulent Era.Katie JohansonDr. Kinnis Gosha, Morehouse College Dr. Kinnis Gosha (Go-Shay) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Di- rector of the Culturally Relevant Computer Lab at Morehouse College. Dr. Gosha’s research interests include conversational agents, social media data analytics, computer science education, broadening par- ticipation in computing and culturally relevant computing. More specifically, Gosha’s passion lies in his research in virtual mentoring where he has several peer-reviewed research publications. Gosha’s Cultur- ally Relevant Computing Lab is comprised of approximately 10 top undergraduate researchers each year from Morehouse College, Spelman College

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 17: Student Cognitive Development

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adaline M. Buerck, University of South Florida; Maya A. Trotz, University of South Florida; Estenia Ortiz Carabantes, University Of South Florida; Daniel Arnulfo Delgado Jr., University of South Florida

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

each. During the first brainstorm session,students were allowed to discuss with each other topics within the local wicked problem thatinterested them. A follow up discussion was facilitated by the teaching assistants and generalresearch topics were then established by the TAs based on student interests. Students alsoidentified deliverables they would like to see for this project, and these were then incorporatedinto the syllabus.At the second brainstorming session students completed personalized index cards stating theirresearch interests with the class project and then worked for the first time with peers on theirselected group project. In groups of 3 to 8, they shared ideas with each other on the topicssummarized by the TAs and wrote these

Conference Session

Mechanics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rania Al-Hammoud P.Eng., University of Waterloo; Chloe Gibson

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

formed and assigned one of the activities to work on during their tutorial and write anaccompanying report. These groups were later able to experience one of the other activities andasked to create a video report. After both activities and reports were complete, about two monthsinto the term, students were shown one of the videos during class. They were also directed to theother videos and encouraged to watch them on their own time outside of class. Once everyonehad an opportunity to watch the videos, a quiz was given based on the content of the activities,for which students answered questions only about the activities their group participated in duringclass. Around this time they were also sent a survey to provide their opinions about the

Conference Session

Faculty Development Technical Paper Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hadi Ali, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Jennifer M. Bekki, Arizona State University; Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Micah Lande, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology

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Faculty Development Constituent Committee

innovation. Such models of development-and-dissemination are widely used totransform undergraduate instruction [15] and demonstrate that successful implementation in oneeducational context can be transferred to another with potential for similar success [16, 17].A report by the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), Creating a Culture forScholarly and Systematic Innovation in Engineering Education, endorses the creation of such aculture for scholarly and systematic innovation within engineering education [18]. The reportconceptualizes innovation in engineering education as intentionally engaging the faculty in acycle that reciprocates between “research” and “practice”. The authors write, “In an instantiationof the model, and practitioners

Conference Session

Research, Innovation and Careers

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan G. Dimitriu, San Antonio College; Klaus Bartels, San Antonio College; Dee Dixon

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Two-Year College

Centerwith a planetarium and rooftop star deck and observatory. Students volunteer to operate thetelescopes for the public on Friday nights. The professional development workshops includeresume writing, creating a LinkedIn profile, club officers’ retreat, e-portfolios, scholarship essays,transfer tips and research paper sessions. In 2017, 98 students participated in these workshops; in2018, 94 students participated. Because families think the students spend an inordinate amount oftime at the MESA Center, Family Night was implemented to share some of the projects in a fun,engaging and interactive environment. Another highlight for 2018 was the center’s visit byCongressman Joaquin Castro, who wanted to learn more about the undergraduate

Conference Session

Faculty Development Evidence-based Practices!

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Michelle M Blum, Syracuse University; Katie D. Cadwell, Syracuse University; Julie M. Hasenwinkel, Syracuse University

Tagged Divisions

Faculty Development Division

for creation of the working group was to enhance prevalence ofactive learning in engineering classes in order to improve both retention and graduation rates,thus keeping these students in the engineering pipeline.Method: The team created an intensive summer program where faculty had to commit to attend akick-off meeting, a minimum of four 2-hour working sessions, and a mandatory finalpresentation. During these sessions faculty benefited from: guest speakers on developing courseoutcomes, teaching methods, and assessment techniques; access to a forum for faculty to discussadapting methods to their various subjects, including potential pitfalls and best practices;receiving peer and technical feedback and support for their new ideas

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Technical Session 5: Online Teaching and Learning

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Alisa Gilmore P.E., University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Tareq Daher, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Markeya S. Peteranetz, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

a course that meets two times a week). This model of distancelearning inherently presents challenges to teaching and learning. First, there is an inefficiencyof instructor time, when time is lost while traveling (the instructor devotes three hours to teacha one hour class at the distant location). A dedicated distance room is required twice per week,and such rooms are in heavy demand and often difficult to schedule at our university. Finally,there is a potential for loss of engagement in the far cohort who views class through a screen,most often in lecture format, with limited interaction with peers or the instructor. However, themost compelling reason to adopt a blended course model by the instructor in this study was theopportunity it