students’ junior and senior years.While this course focuses on increasing the technical skills of students, it also intends to improvetheir abilities to work in a team and think critically about product design. These goals of thecourse are explicitly stated in the course objectives. To quantify the efficacy of the ClinicalObservations and Needs Finding course as it specifically relates to our geographical location andavailable resources, pre—and post—course surveys were analyzed both qualitatively andquantitatively. To directly tie the methods of analysis to the nature of the course, the learningobjectives remained forefront during the survey creation portion of the process. The objectives ofthe course as listed in the syllabus are as
knowledge gain assessmentcomposed of 15 questions asking about the variables and units in 15 of the equations that studentslearn in the course (See Fig. 2). One of the questions asked about an equation that was not includedin the finalized syllabus; answers to this question were therefore not included in the analysispresented in this paper. In this survey, students were also asked four additional questions regardingwhat success meant for them; about their preparation for the course including which previouscourses they had taken in mathematics, physics, and chemistry; and about their expectations forthe instructor.A second portion of the pre-test/post-test offered to the intervention groups asked about studentattitudes toward learning the material
the semester, highlighting its relevance to mechanical engineering andintegrating it throughout the course. Table 1 illustrates the sequential steps and milestones in thedevelopment of the combustion engine, as outlined in the project timeline. The syllabus wasdesigned to incorporate both traditional lab experiments and project milestones such as designbriefs, thermodynamic analysis, and SolidWorks simulations, ensuring a comprehensive PBLexperience. Active learning techniques, including problem-solving sessions and peer teaching, wereintegrated to deepen student engagement and help students apply theoretical knowledgepractically. SolidWorks for simulations and leveraging technology for virtual collaborationenabled students to explore
forwhatever other supplemental languages that students may end up mostly using when problem-solving in consequent courses of their major disciplines. The Computer Science faculty took chargeof content development for the course. The syllabus topics for the first implementation of thecourse during Fall 2018 would eventually be systematized as in Table 1.Table 1. Course Topics, Calendar of Activities, Major Assignment Dates Week Class Topics Assignments 1 (8/27-8/31) Introduction to Course, Engineering, and Programming Lab 1, 1b 2 (9/3-9/7) Sequential Steps, Variables, Assignment Lab 2, 2b 3 (9/10-9/14
collective and individual sustainability choices. The textbook (described in thenext section) provides an outline and structure to the flipped course. Each week, students read achapter, take a short online reading quiz, and respond to several discussion or project questionsprovided in the text. This format opens space in class for discussion of the weekly topic andperhaps additional teaching. Several projects provide additional learning, practice, andassessment throughout the semester.Chapter readings introduce sustainability concepts and provide examples. For instance, thechapter on affluence defines terms such as wealth, consumption, and gross domestic product andpresents the concept of economic metabolism. It describes the challenges of continual
Design Considerations for Quadcopters 5 Vectors and Matrices and Basic Operations of Matrices 3 6 Euler Angles and Rigid Body Transformations 7 Planar Quadrotor – Linear Dynamic Model 4 8 3D Quadcopter Model and Control Equations 9 Aerodynamics of Fixed-Wing UAS Systems 5 10 Final ExaminationAs seen the course schedule outlined in Table1, the course begins with an introduction tounmanned aerial systems (UAS) and quadcopters in the first week. To facilitate this, theinstructor used Dr. Dougherty’s Illustrated Guide to Drone [5] and Dr. Kumar’s online courseon Muti-rotor Aerial Vehicles [6] as reference materials. In the second
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
. Postsecond. Educ. Disabil., vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 211–225, 2012.[2] B. Blaser, K. M. Steele, and S. E. Burgstahler, “Including Universal Design in Engineering Courses to Attract Diverse Students,” presented at the 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Jun. 2015, p. 26.935.1-26.935.12. Accessed: Oct. 20, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://peer.asee.org/including-universal-design-in-engineering-courses-to-attract-diverse- students[3] N. A. of Engineering, Changing the Conversation: Messages for Improving Public Understanding of Engineering. 2008. doi: 10.17226/12187.[4] R. E. Davis, S. Krishnan, T. L. Nilsson, and P. F. Rimland, “IDEAS: Interdisciplinary Design Engineering and Service,” Int. J. Serv. Learn. Eng. Humanit. Eng
thebranch that contains the earliest instance of that file), but experience has shown that this structuregreatly facilitates the overall management of the course. Some simple automated scripts havebeen developed to help manage this structure and organization, keeping content synchronizedacross branches, as well as to perform some automated checks on the Courseware (e.g.,compliance to coding standards, integrity of internal cross-reference links, etc.).Courseware DeliveryEach week of the course addresses a new concept or technology with a lecture, including live-coding demonstrations, and accompanying Courseware including the assignment for the week(see Course Syllabus, below, for details). Courseware, including the solution for the previousweek and
Engineering Education, 2015 From Catch-all to Clarity: Revising a First-Year, Multidisciplinary Introductory Course I. Introduction and History of Florida Gulf Coast University The National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transitiondescribes South Carolina’s University 101 course, which was first taught in 1972 as the impetusto improve educational
bythe Technology Accreditation Commission/Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology(TAC/ABET), the leading accreditation agency in the United States. The course consisted of alecture part, a lab part, and an online part; all three parts were supported by a prescribed text.Participants Students were selected from the ECET-110 (Electronic-I) course taken during their firstsemester in the ECET program. The group consisted of 24-29 students from a wide range ofdemographic attributes: their age ranged from 18 to 30 years; their educational backgroundvaried from as little as a recent high school education to 3-5 years of work experience or havingcompleted an undergraduate degree prior to enrolling in the technical program; 96% were
objectivesbetween the IDE and mechanical engineering versions of the course. We feel non-parametricmethods must be included in the course if students are expected to appropriately analyze thedata that they collect as part of their culminating Design Your Own Experiment (DYOE)project. History has shown that students’ DYOE data are often non-normal with smallsample sizes.AssessmentsTable 2 provides a comprehensive list of the assessments that were created to evaluate theextent to which students achieved the learning outcomes of the course. Collectively, theseassessments account for 92% of a students’ grade in the class, with embedded questions inthe online lecture videos (5%) and professionalism and participation (3%) making up theremainder. One notable
was almost identical to one of the homework problems (numberschanged and sometimes slight changes in topology). The laboratory activities were unchangedand still included a mix of lab work and group problem solving. A midterm exam and a finalexam were given. Shown in Figure 1 is an excerpt from the course syllabus describing themethod of instruction. Method of Instruction: 1. Lecture classes will be a mixture of in class instruction and recorded lectures. Students will be responsible for checking the course management system classroom for recorded lectures that they must watch before attending class. Time will be allocated for in-class group problem solving
figures components are and typed words detailed missing 1-2 items in the format. Final The The proposal was The proposal fulfilled deliverable proposal fulfilled mostly all components (50 pts) was not missing 1-2 items. proposed in the proposal fulfilled successfully. Table 3. Learning objectives of the Statics course from the Syllabus By the end of the semester, students should be able to: 1. Draw free body diagrams
understand the content while also preparing them for commonpoints of confusion or difficulty.Curriculum Implementation, Evaluation, and RefinementUpon completion of the summer program, participating teachers will have formed a syllabus andinstructional materials for an engineering design-centric course. They are expected to implementthe resultant course or modules in their schools within one (1) academic year of programparticipation. Hk Maker Lab provides ongoing financial and pedagogical support for theseclasses. The financial support ($1000/year) is used to purchase supplies necessary for the labactivities and design work. Pedagogical support is supplied by an Hk Maker Lab program teammember, who joins the teachers in their classes as a de facto
ocean engineering. McCue taught that coursein 2008 and 2010. She emulated that design with a 1-credit course offering in Spring of 2020 atMason, the semester which included a mid-term pivot to online instruction due to the COVID-19pandemic. Using lessons learned from those instructional experiences, McCue and Carr launcheda 3-credit hour course in Spring of 2022, offered a second time in Spring of 2023, at Mason focusedbroadly on diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM.In its present design the course outcomes are that: • Students will demonstrate the knowledge needed to be advocates for diversity, equity, and inclusion in the engineering workforce • Students will demonstrate the skills needed to be change agents in the
institutionalized cruelty [25] and dominance; their needsand desires are systematically ignored and suppressed. The ways we see and imagine one anothercan be expanded to the broader institutional level; and as argued by Roberts [26] Buber’s I-Itrelations can explain the very possibility of oppression.3. Setting: Revising engineering ethics courseBackgroundAs described in the Introduction section, the original course materials were supplemented withtwo learning modules. One of the authors of this paper facilitated both sessions, each for two andhalf hours, where 14 and 10 students were enrolled in the class, in 2019 and 2020, respectively.The major difference between the two years was the mode of instruction, face-to-face in 2019and online in 2020 during
. The majority of the students chose to attend class online via a live Zoomvideoconference feed. A smaller portion of the students attended class in a traditional classroomusing social distancing and following the university COVID safety protocol. The students whowere in-person we able to communicate in real-time with the online students and faculty throughthe use of the classroom audio visual equipment, as shown in Figure 2. The class syllabus andrequirements for the same for students attending online and in-person. Figure 2: In-Person Classroom and Zoom Online Synchronous InstructionMethodologyA sophomore sustainability course with two sections and 92 total students (10 of which weregraduate students) was taught in the fall semester
andragogy (the practice ofteaching adult learners), industry best practices, Quality Matters, and the seven Principles forGood Practice in Undergraduate Education (adapted for hybrid learning).7 This workshop wasloosely modeled after the Quality Matters’ Designing Your Online Course Workshop.10 Duringand as a result of this RISE program the BR200 instructor with the help of his coauthors: 1. Developed a detailed BR200 course map including measurable objectives, assessment types, and a schedule overview. This included a syllabus appropriate for online and hybrid courses using a specified Syllabus Template. 2. Created engaging instructional materials and further used technology to create high quality learning experiences for students
inadvertentlyadvantaged students of their own background [6]. Some schools have developed programs thatattempt to increase the feeling of belonging for historically marginalized groups, but most ofthese interactions occur outside the classroom [3]. The purpose of this study is to quantify andevaluate the efficacy of a clinical observations and needs-finding course on historicallymarginalized groups, to create a more welcoming and equal learning environment.Methods:To measure students’ perceptions before and after completing the course, a Qualtrics survey wascreated with Likert scale questions and open-response questions that directly aligned with thecourse objectives as stated in the syllabus. The survey was administered to all 75 junior-levelundergraduate
|Exponentially More Stories, 11-Nov-2011. [Online]. Available:https://vtx.vt.edu/articles/2011/11/111111-engineering-marcandyannastudy.html. [LastAccessed: 02-Feb-2023].[8] Y. Lambrinidou and M. Edwards, “Learning to listen: An ethnographic approach toengineering ethics education,” 2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition Proceedings, pp.23.860.1–23.860.6, Jun. 2013.[9] Lambrinidou and Edwards, Engineering Ethics and the Public Course Syllabus, 2010-2022[10] “Flint water crisis: For Young Engineers, a lesson on the importance of listening,” NSF,23-Mar-2016. [Online]. Available:https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=138060. [Last Accessed: 02-Feb-2023].[11] National Academy of Engineering, “Infusing Ethics into the Development of
CL. Theories of Group Processes. London : London ; 1975.13. Turns JA, Sattler B, Yasuhara K, Borgford-Parnell JL, Atman CJ. Integrating reflection into engineering education. 2014.14. Peuker S, Landis RB. Workshop A - Implementing the “ Design Your Process of Becoming a World Class Engineering Student ” Project. 2013:8-9.AppendixTable A.1: Typical Introduction to Engineering Careers Course ScheduleWeek Day One Day Two Reading Quiz Reflection Topic Assignment Topic Syllabus Overview Getting to Know 1 Introductions Newspaper Towers Newspaper Towers Highline
Paper ID #29904Improving student accessibility, equity, course performance, and labskills: How introduction of ClassTranscribe is changing engineeringeducation at the University of IllinoisProf. Lawrence Angrave, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Lawrence Angrave is an award winning Fellow and Teaching Professor at the department of computer sci- ence at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). His interests include (but are not limited to) joyful teaching, empirically-sound educational research, campus and online courses, computer sci- ence, unlocking the potential of underrepresented minorities
2022 semester? - Which can be examined by comparing pre and post program global competence scores of students taking the Spring and Fall AY2022 courses.2. Does including ‘Science and Religion in Japan’ in an engineering education curriculum help students gain flexibility, an appreciation of equity, and a greater richness of ideas? - These aspects are required if students are to become ‘global engineers’.3. Are their expected learning outcomes being achieved, or are there any unexpected by- products gained from this course?Achieving expected learning outcomes1. The class contents Table 1 shows the course syllabus for the AY2022 ‘Science and Religion in Japan’.Students will explore the process of transformation that religious
opportunities for current students, and toopen up the pool of possible students interested in this field. Expanding educational opportunitiesby developing online delivery of wind energy graduate courses is one strategy to address muchneeded diversity in the field. Building upon the literature of previous successful consortiumdevelopment, a new replicable model for setting up a consortium was created, called the Rapidmodel, with the name reflecting the goal to implement a new consortium within one year.Researchers conducted a study to determine the effectiveness of the model, through observingprogram meetings, interviewing faculty, staff and administrators engaged in the consortiumdevelopment work, and examining course sharing outcomes. Researchers
systematic application of inclusive teaching standards(called I-Standards) in our curriculum. The I- Standards were inspired by the approach andformat of Quality Matters, the certification system for online courses, which is adopted at theuniversity for all online classes and is supported by the university teaching center [6]. Theywere developed by a team of faculty by integrating principles of Universal Design forLearning [7], evidenced-based inclusive teaching practices and a comprehensive suite ofstudent support structures anchored by the strength-based approach. The I-standards are usedas a guide to organize the activities of the I-team, a team of instructors who attend a series ofworkshops and work together to redesign their courses.Research
focuses on model-based reasoning and conservation principles (mass, energy, etc.). An NSF grant funded courserelease time for instructors and support from learning scientists in order to integrate inclusiveengineering skills into the course design.The course redesign team chose to focus on the awareness of bias and its effects on technicalmodeling. An additional goal was building interpersonal skills at the dyad and team (2-4 people)level, although this second goal is not the focus of this paper. Both goals were incorporated intothe formal syllabus and course objectives. The new learning objectives are addressed not inseparate lectures about inclusivity, etc. but via changes to the context of the analytical problemsbeing solved. For instance, a
. Assistant, “Stress and Anxiety Among First Year and Final Year Engineering Students,” International Journal of Advanced Research in Education & Technology (IJARET), vol. 17, no. 4, 2016, [Online]. Available: www.ijaret.com[22] R. A. Streveler, K. A. Smith, and M. Pilotte, “Aligning Course Content, Assessment, and Delivery,” in Outcome-Based Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education, Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2012, pp. 1–26. doi: 10.4018/978-1-4666-1809-1.ch001.[23] S. P. Brophy, “Developing Flexibly Adaptive Skills through Progressive Design Challenges,” in ASEE 123rd Annual Conference and Exposition, 2016.[24] NASA, “NASA Engineering Design Challenges,” 2008. Accessed: Feb. 09, 2023. [Online
“Tailored Instruction and EngineeringDelivery Using PROTOCOLs” (TIED UP). In ‘tailored instruction’, the course syllabus will bere-organized into an integrated modular concept format where complex engineering conceptswill be presented as networked sub concepts in a web interface, creating a virtual neural space.Each of these networked concepts and sub-concepts will be further linked to several learningtools such as animations, short concept lecture videos (4-6 minute duration) and mandatedstudent activities that are designed leveraging latest insights from established theories of neuroand cognitive science with the help of a number of PROTOCOLs. PROTOCOLs are systematicbrain based learning principles to be followed while delivering a new concept
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