st 1 year 64% 61% 85 + 42 = 127 2nd year 23% 25% 31 + 17 = 48 rd 3 year 8% 9% 10 + 6 = 16 4th year 5% 5% 7 + 4 = 11 During the first week of the semester, students self-enrolled in teams of 6 or 7 for an out-of-class design project using the self-sign-up group feature of Canvas (Instructure, Salt Lake CityUT); these same teams were also used for all in-class learning activities. Class periods devoted toactive learning where indicated as such on the course syllabus and schedule. On these scheduled
focuses on evaluating the impact of the criticalreflection of mathematics instructors in the learning environment of engineering students. Forthis, the reflection of the professors involved in the project focusses on the followingdimensions: 1) level of achievement of learning objectives; 2) coherence between competencies,learning objectives and contents; and 3) teaching and evaluation strategies, which includelearning activities, resources, assessment methods and the coherence among them, as well as thefeedback given to students.3. Case study: The Algebra and Functions course 3.1 MethodologyAs shown in Figure 1, this case study began with a review and analysis at the micro-curriculumlevel of the Algebra and Functions syllabus, followed by
MUSE program. In the precedingFall (i.e., in Fall 2005 for a course to be taught in Fall 2006), the faculty must submit a one-pagecourse proposal form that includes: a proposed title, the GE area requested for the course, a shortcourse description, a brief bio, and signatures of the Department Chair and Dean. A Januaryorientation workshop is required for new MUSE faculty and optional for returning MUSEfaculty. At the orientation workshop, the faculty are put into a peer review group by GE areawith a faculty coordinator. In addition to creating a course syllabus for the class, the facultymember must complete a MUSE checklist that indicates how their course meets both the MUSEand the General Education goals for their GE area.The peer group works
and technology education.Pilot RunCourse DescriptionThe syllabus of the pilot course was centered on standard critical-thinking material. Thesetypically include cognitive science and psychology6, logic, epistemology, and philosophy ofscience. In addition, key concepts in Statistics7, experiment design, history of medicine, andcomputational techniques from machine learning and decision making were incorporated toforge connections to the students’ technical majors. These were, in turn, linked to the humanitiescontent through several means, including prompted written and oral inquiry into connections andparallels between contemporary and historical issues and their representation, the use of a6 Such as content from [19–25
do not motivate adult learners. However, they have anessential role in the coursework. They will show a degree of audience participation, engagement,and involvement. During the interview, the instructor stated that using visualization technologiescan help learners become more engaged, particularly in online courses. The results showed thatusing visualization technologies contributed to effective assimilation of knowledge awareness ofthe relationships between different components of the course. It will help the learners make arational transition from the coursework subjects to their applications in their work.Visualization technologies in active learning"Workforce development courses are through the use of video examples. And so thecourses
model developed by the authors thatencourages students to learn and solve complex problems pertinent to current challenges facing society. Since its beginnings, the IBL model has evolved to improve upon course aspects and processes from previous course iterations [1]–[11]. IBL is currently implemented into a cardiovascular engineering course within four institutions across the United States. This model strives to emphasize freedom and responsibility to students through self-directed learning. In the course, students identify relevant societal problems, form diverse multidisciplinary, multi- institutional teams, and work collaboratively towards innovative solutions. IBL uses an online learning management system (LMS) that was designed and
report’s requirements were relaxed to provide autonomy to the students inthe Control Systems course, the last course in the sequence. Rhudy [6] assigned short writing inthe five dynamic systems lab projects, and the lab report assignments included a one-page report,abstract with 150-300 words, technical email, and graphical abstract. Walk [7] applied low-stakes writing assignments consisting of abstract writing, one-sentence summaries, headlines,directed paraphrasing, definitions, application cards, editorials, online discussion groups, letterwriting, personal response exercise, journals, poems, and memory matrix, in the EET365W labcourse. The student cumulative average assignment scores were improved through the low-stakes assignments in a
stressful, and effective strategies are needed to help contracting parties amicably resolve issues.Proposed course design and developmentCourse Format - The course could be designed as a dual-level course that can be taken by bothundergraduate and graduate students. The class meetings could be offered once a week or as needed. Ifdesigned as once a week evening class it may attract young construction professionals who may beinterested in taking the class. The course delivery options are: Face-to-face method Synchronous online method Asynchronous online methodCourse Description - Construction projects rarely go as contracted or as planned. Contract changeshappen for various reasons. Contract changes may cause work
receive thegrades and instructor comments. Chat, blog, and forum functions are usually a part of a CMS.Woerner used a combination of common academic software and the Blackboard online coursemanagement system as an ELN in an advanced undergraduate Chemistry lab at DukeUniversity11. The students used Microsoft Word and graphing software to ‘create’ their labnotebook components. Once their work was written, the students submitted their electronic filesinto the dropbox of Blackboard. Woerner reported that the students found typing equations to betime-consuming, and noted that pre-lab work went very well using the course managementsystem.Hesser and Schwartz12 described a General Chemistry course at the University of New Haventhat used iPads in
student learning outcomes wascollected and assessed from the course’s online platform. To determine the effectiveness of usingthe IIS alongside Webb’s DoK as an assessment tool, multiple instructors from the institutionsinvolved reviewed student learning outcomes. The instructor reviews were then assessed tocompute inter-rater agreement scores, with instances producing the strongest agreements anddisagreements evaluated and results discussed. A post-course student survey was alsoadministered to gain insights of how the metrics were implemented for the students, of which,the results were quantified and assessed.IntroductionIn a world that is constantly advancing and facing new challenges, engineers must continuallyadapt and widen their skills to
Paper ID #18363Innovative Manufacturing Education Experience for First-Year EngineeringStudents: Using a Seminar Course and Volunteerism to Enhance Manufac-turing SkillsMr. Eric Holloway, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Eric Holloway currently serves as the Senior Director of Industry Research in the College of Engineering at Purdue University, where he focuses on industry research in the College of Engineering. From 2007-2013, Eric served as the Managing Director and the Director of Instructional Laboratories in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. As Director, he was in
question of belonging: Race, social fit, and achievement.,” J. Pers. Soc. Psychol., vol. 92, no. 1, pp. 82–96, 2007, doi: 10.1037/0022- 3514.92.1.82.[24] G. M. Walton, C. Logel, J. M. Peach, S. J. Spencer, and M. P. Zanna, “Two brief interventions to mitigate a ‘chilly climate’ transform women’s experience, relationships, and achievement in engineering.,” J. Educ. Psychol., vol. 107, no. 2, pp. 468–485, May 2015, doi: 10.1037/a0037461.[25] L. DeAngelo et al., “Course-based Adaptations of an Ecological Belonging Intervention to Transform Engineering Representation at Scale,” presented at the 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Aug. 2022. Accessed: Feb. 13, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://peer.asee.org
development with the faculty we instead chose to only havelectures from experts. The faculty emphasized their desire to provide programming viaindividuals or organizations with the relevant expertise in performing research in and teachingthe material they would present to the students. As this would involve inviting faculty membersat our institution or others, this lessened the burden on the graduate students developing anextensive curriculum update. While the department was initially hesitant to devote an entiresemester to this new format, they eventually approved a proposed syllabus of seven speakers forthe semester. Finally, given the heavy course-load associated with the first-year graduate studentcurriculum in our department, it was decided that
, Washington. 10.18260/p.23694. https://peer.asee.org/23694Callahan, J., & Schrader, C., & Ahlgren, A., & Bullock, D., & Ban, Y. (2009, June), The ImplementationOf An Online Mathematics Placement Exam And Its Effects On Student Success In Precalculus AndCalculus Paper presented at 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition, Austin, Texas.https://peer.asee.org/5541Callahan, J. and Belcheir, M. (2017, May), “Testing our Assumptions: The Role of First Course Gradeand Course Level in Math and English in Predicting Retention,” Journal for College Student Retention,19(1).Crosswalk: https://www.lsamp.org/help/help_stem_cip_2015.cfm.Dasgupta, N. (2011). Ingroup experts and peers as social vaccines who inoculate the Self-Concept: TheStereotype
being listed initially as special topicscourses for upper class engineers of all disciplines, with a recommended syllabus of basic skillsand concepts that can be tailored to the local curriculum. This will be paired with an annualwicked problem that is chosen by the larger community and shared by all schools. The samelarger community will provide professional expertise in relevant disciplines via online Page 24.1257.18courseware and mentoring throughout the semester. ESW has a history of operating courses atthe local level, and already operates a distributed community that the instances of this course canparticipate in.Improving engineering
their sensor system, which is fabricated forthe students to populate. There are two main motivations for this. First, having their system on aPCB instead of a regular solderless breadboard helps to meet the weight requirements for theballoon launch. Second, providing students with early exposure to the PCB design process willimprove their efficiency in later projects by minimizing the time required to get a custom PCBup and running. Currently, a student’s first attempt at completing a PCB may come in their 3rd or4th year project when a more complex design is required. In such cases, their projectdevelopment time is greatly increased. The ECE 110 course was offered for the second time inthe Spring 2016 session. The syllabus for ECE 110 is in
Paper ID #24998Engaging in STEM education equity work through a course: studying race,class and gender theory in engineering educationMs. Tikyna M. Dandridge, Purdue University Tikyna is a doctoral student in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University.Mr. Hassan Ali Al Yagoub, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Hassan Al Yagoub is a Ph.D. student in Engineering Education at Purdue University. His research in- terests include diversity & inclusion, advising and mentoring, students’ persistence, engineering career pathways, and school-to-work transition of new engineers. He
’ answers are focused on timemanagement and other details of the course; we convey this advice to new students byattaching the wisest and wittiest statements to the syllabus. Of greater interest here is thestudent feedback that shows the wider perspective: “Take this course before solid mechanics, dynamics, and structures.” Page 23.1101.19 “Take this course before taking “Elements of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences” and the math course in partial differential equations in Nuclear Engineering. The concepts learned in this course will help put you in the mindset of
Paper ID #9632Engineering habits of the mind - an undergraduate course that asks: ”Whatis it that makes someone an engineer?” and ”What distinguishes engineersfrom other professionals?”Prof. Joseph M LeDoux, Georgia Institute of Technology Joe Le Doux is the Executive Director for Learning and Student Experience in the Department of Biomed- ical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University. He has also previously served as the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies for the Department. Dr. Le Doux’s research interests in engineering education focus on problem-solving, diagrammatic reasoning, and on the socio-cognitive
Act (ARRA) signed byPresident Barack Obama in order to reduce consumption at least 35% by 2030, to create 5million jobs by investing $150 billion dollars over the next 10 years, to ensure 10 percent of ourenergy comes from renewable sources by 2012 and to reduce greenhouse gas emission 80percent by 2050. Academia is feeling significant pressure to offer professional programs withcourses in alternative sustainable energy to produce a technical and scientific workforce2.To keep up with the national trend I will offer an online survey course called introduction toalternative energy for all disciplines in the campus during summer 2010. This paper describes theon-going development of this course. The course syllabus has already been approved by
, healthy, and environmentally friendlycampus. The progress in that area will be documented here. In order to make this processmore attractive and meaningful I offered one survey course online for all disciplines inalternative energy during summer 2010. The findings will be reported in this paper. Incontinuation, a second course will be offered in classroom environment during spring2011 with more technical concepts, design aspects, and implementation suitable for EETand IET students. The author will justify the concentration on sun tracking solar and windenergies over other alternative energy sources in terms of economic aspects andenvironmental issues. A comparison study in this field with some Asian countries willalso be discussed.The experts are
SyllabiAbstractThe course syllabus is a tool for teaching and a kind of contract with the students and theaccreditation bodies. Our experience with accreditations at the institutional or program level, bynational, regional, and state accrediting bodies indicates that a common cause for findings/concernsby these agencies is the syllabus. Different accreditation agencies will require your program’s syllabiin different formats, making it critical to keep these diverse formats in synch with each other. Alsoimportant is that information on your syllabi and the school’s catalog and website is in synch. Thesyllabus could also support your ABET accreditation goals by being an ideal place to state the skillsstudents are expected to acquire. These skills are phrased
. Page 22.112.4Students were asked if their instructors posted the course syllabus on Blackboard. 39% ofstudents responded that all of their instructors posted the syllabus on Blackboard, while 57%answered that only some of their instructors had posted the syllabus online. Only 5% ofrespondents indicated that none of their instructors posted the syllabus on Blackboard.Students were asked if their instructors used the Messages or Mail tool in Blackboard as aprimary means of communication. 7% replied that all their instructors used the messaging tool,while 50% reported that some of their instructors used the communication tool. 43% replied thatnone of their instructors used the messages tool at all. These results are summarized in Table 3.The
they need to be effective learners. A syllabus may reflect the instructor’sbeliefs and attitudes about the subject matter and students, making it a guide for the instructor aswell as to the students. Cullen and Harris argue that “a syllabus is more than an outline of course.It represents the mindset, that is the professor’s philosophy of teaching and learning as well ashis or her attitudes toward students, and conceptualization of the course [8].” Cullen and Harrisfurther argue that a review of course syllabi can reveal much about an instructor’s learner-centered practices and have developed a rubric for assessing learner-center qualities of coursesyllabi. Eslami, et al., analyzed undergraduate STEM syllabi and found students enrolled
thepapers growing longer and increasingly more complicated as the semester progresses. As aresult, grading of the students work takes a considerable amount of the instructor’s time. TheLearner Manager for the project was the instructor of record for this course and was responsiblefor all of the content including: announcements, the syllabus, assignments, grading rubrics,exams, lectures and discussion prompts. The course was delivered online. All the lectures were created using Camtasia which is ascreen recording software providing visuals of Power Point slides and the lecturer’s face andaudio recording of the lecture. This allowed the Learner Manager to deliver all of the courselectures across the multiple sections. Word versions of the
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Classroom Discussion Approaches Used in the Remote Delivery of Systems Engineering Education Abstract This paper addresses the effectiveness of classroom discussion approaches used in theremote online delivery of graduate level systems engineering education at the StevensInstitute of Technology during the Fall 2009 semester. Twenty-two unique systemsengineering graduate level core and elective courses, covering systems engineeringcurriculum content in three of the five levels of the evolved INCOSE graduate systemsengineering reference curriculum, were offered in thirty-two course sections over the 15-week Stevens Webcampus semester. We measured effectiveness of the classroomdiscussion approaches used
learning management system in relationship to faculty in theSchool of Engineering and Technology at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis(IUPUI). Survey questions focused on two main areas of inquiry, faculty usage and facultyperceptions of the learning management system. Researchers also gave faculty the opportunity torespond to four open-ended questions including what they liked most and least in the system,suggestions for improving their use of the learning management system, and finally, how theycould use the learning management system more effectively in their courses. The last section ofinquiry concentrated on faculty’s perceptions of online courses to help researchers gaugeinterest, experience, and opinions on the subject as
ABET EC 2000Criteria.4 For each program, the Basic-Level Curriculum (BLC) Table (see Figure 1) and CourseSyllabi (see Figure 2) were collected and examined. In addition, when necessary, online coursesyllabi and curricula were consulted to supplement ABET course and curricular data. Page 11.405.3Figure 1: Sample ABET Basic-Level Curriculum Table (Excerpt)This table presents the first four quarters of a typical undergraduate program in Mechanical Engineering at thisschool. It shows what courses a student would take and when in their four-year tenure they would likely take them.The table also contains the number of units associated with course
learning activities inphysical labs. Certain coding platforms have been designed in recent years that allow for the easeof experimentation in online labs. These platforms offer quick feedback, code-review, andgrading. These platforms have been shown to improve student’s learning experience [5].Although the online labs cannot afford physical engagement with hardware due to logisticchallenges, they offer some detailed understanding of emulating hardware. Therefore, with slightmodification to the course syllabus, online classrooms can provide several learning opportunitiesfor kinesthetic learners. The activities may be designed to realize the same course objectives,while developing a slightly different skill set among students. KLAs are expected to
other students in the class. Syllabus: Provides access to all information about the course, study guide, learning outcomes, and specific policies. Links to regulations, related courses and the home page. Outline: Lists the activities for each week or session. Click on individual sessions to view Study Plan, requirements, assignments and other resources and materials for that specific week. Testing: Create online quizzes and tests here and administer them also. Grade Book: Tracks student grades for online and offline assignments. Projects: A repository for describing group projects. These can be linked to sessions. Lectures: A spot to load lecture notes. Students can print lectures out