: • Module: “Designing of a Lecture” (2 CP) • Aim: Designing a lecture within 90 min in the preferred scientific discipline • Exemplary content: Types of teaching, typical structure of lessons (phases), usage of media, basics of learning psychology and social-class-analysis, typical systems to decide social form, media, the role of the teacher and the students and needed time, planning-scheme, evaluation-systems for lectures. • Result: Planning, teaching and evaluating a lecture of 90 min • Reflection (two systems recommended): Self-evaluation by using the planning- scheme, interview with students, structured feedback from colleagues with guideline, self-video-analysis.References[1] o.N.: New Skills for
America, can be seen from space, and is full. It is scheduled to closein October 20134. NYC has shifted all their MSW transfer stations to the waterfront, to providemore options for export of trash5. The “City that Never Sleeps” is already the biggest exporter inthe US, sending trash as far away as Indiana and Texas. In the European Union, available spacefor new landfills has already vanished, and has sparked huge interest in converting waste intoenergy, thereby solving two problems at the same time6. In the US, a few waste-to-energy(WTE) projects are either being planned or are in pilot scale operation. For thermal energy only,a number of “mass burn” facilities exist which combust trash to produce steam, although theenvironmental suitability of
, engineering faculty motivation, and institutional policies that influence both engineering education and entrepreneur- ship.Dr. Thomas W. Mason, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Tom Mason is Professor Emeritus of Economics and Engineering Management at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology where he has been teaching since 1972. He was founding Head of the Engineering Man- agement Department and its M.S. degree program and founding Vice President for Entrepreneurship & Business Planning of Rose-Hulman Ventures and has also served Rose-Hulman as Head of Humanities and Social Sciences, Vice-President for Administration and Finance, Head of Engineering Management, and Interim Vice President for Development. While on a
-up” nation. Both schools haveshared the vision to teach and educate the best possible engineers giving them a sense of socialresponsibility.To elevate the initial relation built during the visit to a more meaningful and engaginginteraction, a group of faculty came forth from both universities to organize an internationalconference called “Communications and Information Technology 2025” (Comm 2025). Theconference mission is to present and discuss the issues involved in the higher education ofengineers and scientists in the fields of communications and information technology in the year2025. This conference was hosted jointly and planned through online weekly meetings usingSkype – another communication technology that had brought the world
work on a drilling rig andhave to go wherever they are drilling, and do not get back to the office till the drilling job is over. Project Plan Proceedings of the 2013 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference, The University of Texas at Arlington, March 21 – 23, 2013. Copyright © 2013, American Society for Engineering EducationIn Goldratt’s Theory of Constraints1 (TOC), a given group of processes will have a weakest linkand the weakest link controls the entire system production rate. In order to maximize the systemproduction, the weakest link must be improved and all other links in the processes regulated tothe speed of the weakest link
economic difficulties have led state governments to pressfor a lowered rate of increase in funding for state-supported universities. Private donors whohave often generously supported colleges and universities are also feeling financial strain as theycontemplate their plans for charitable donations9. On the other side, Dunbar et al.10 and Logue11found students are under increasing pressure to complete their degrees, find gainful employmentin a very tough economic climate, and begin repaying student loans that are approaching acrushing level of burden. Both sides have a vested interest in increasing the efficiency andeffectiveness of undergraduate engineering education.Bell12 discussed the similarities that universities have to a manufacturing
regarding time, rules, and regulations. Schools also have constraints for days and times and even “better” or preferred months during the school year and even times of day for students to leave a school. Listening to these stakeholders and honoring their constraints and limitations is one step in organizing a good and effective tour. The Tour Process (before, during, after) Generally, a tour process has three stages: pre-tour planning, the tour event day, and post tour follow up and activities. All of these are equally important to provide good experiences for all participants (industry hosts, students, parents, and teachers, and third party organizers or
connected-capstone, along term process of developing more and more relational modes of learning was undertaken,with the goal of putting the students in a variety of roles within learning relationships, spanningfrom learner to peer coach to mentor.The decision to apply a relational approach to the DMAD community engagement experience issupported by the study of Program Planning in Service Learning by Sandmann et. al. 8 Theycharacterized traditional program planning approaches on a scale from technical rational throughrelational, and summarized the characteristics and the faculty role in each approach (see Figure3). Their study “emphasizes the key role of relationship building for program planning inservice-learning contexts” and provides some
faculty with astrong interest in promoting student success in all aspects of program planning and execution; 2)the design of activities that provide an encouraging peer group, as well as the level of supportthat students might need because of lack of confidence and/or unfamiliarity with a universityenvironment, while setting clear goals and high performance expectations. At our campus, theINSET program has been the inspiration for the creation of other CC-university partnerships. Weanticipate that INSET might also serve as a successful model for other institutions, who want toencourage and support the advancement of CC students in STEM fields as they transfer to 4-yearinstitutions.INSET Program Design and ActivitiesEntering its twelfth year
through the software by aggregating formative assessments at the course level in order toimprove activities and processes that ensure attainment of program goals. Data collected eachyear are used for annual reports and to guide long term planning. Summative evaluations also aidin the achievement of program goals and objectives.SearchLight™ also offers the means to perform program assessments through both direct andindirect means. Direct assessments are appropriate for determining the effectiveness of in-classteaching practices and course outcomes. Indirect assessments through various surveyinstruments are appropriate for determining best-practices for STEM pedagogy and courseoutcomes. Both direct and indirect methods can be mapped to program
conditional knowledge(knowledge about when and why to use strategies). KC includes knowledge of task, strategy, andpersonal variables. RC covers five areas: planning (goal setting), information management(organizing), monitoring (assessment of one’s learning and strategy), debugging (strategies usedto correct errors) and evaluation (analysis of performance and strategy effectiveness after alearning episode). RC includes the ability to monitor one’s comprehension and to control one’slearning activities. The self-regulation factor of metacognition describes activities that regulateand oversee learning such as planning (predicting outcomes, scheduling strategies) and problem-monitoring activities (monitoring, testing, revising and rescheduling during
collaborations. To help meet these goals, Harvard and USP participants were fullyintegrated in the classroom, on field visits, in hotels, and throughout their social interactions.Participants were encouraged to experience the culture of the destination cities during the freetime and organized group outings. Additionally, students were given information about potentialfunding opportunities for international internships and were encouraged to talk with facultymembers about their academic and career goals.Course planning and pre-departure preparationsIn order to plan an effective course that encompassed these comprehensive goals, a long-termcollaborative effort by a dedicated team of faculty and staff members from the three sponsoringinstitutions was
team with manydissimilar perspectives and specialized knowledge of the Inka culture and road.The term multi-cultural team is defined as a community comprised of different cultural groupsworking together on an activity that spans national borders9. Since the seminal book by GeertHofstede on culture’s consequences5 most of the research on culture has focused on identifyingthe core cultural values that differentiate cultures5, 8 and their implications for work behavior.There have been numerous studies on how to lead in other cultures, how to negotiate4, and howto motivate1. A research program plan and a workshop were use to bring the team together andaccount for the obvious social differences from an engineering perspective, such as language
. Page 23.1142.7The importance of planning was learned through a bitter way. Without enough back-up parts,one team wasted a week after the original ones were broken. Another team spent too much timeon building the hardware and had not enough time to tune the integrated system for the projectgoals. Furthermore, almost all the teams had to work late in the last week to catch up the projectdeadline.At the end of the semester, each team presented the design with a demonstration to the class. Afinal group report was also required to conclude their team project. The project accounted for15% of the final grade in the second control course, which included the demonstration, thepresentation and the report.Observations and DiscussionsThe assessment of
on ways to connect hands-on experiential components with distance learning opportu- nities for future water and waste water treatment operators.Dr. Andrew N.S. Ernest, Western Kentucky UniversityMr. Joseph Lee Gutenson, University of Alabama Mr. Gutenson is currently pursuing his master’s and Ph.D. in Civil/Environmental Engineering at the University of Alabama. His research interests include water resource planning and security, computer in- formation systems, and environmental sustainability. He has worked on a variety of water-related projects including several funded by the National Science Foundation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the National Institute for Hometown Security
: – Establish US as a global advanced manufacturing leader Recommendation: – Establish 5 year National Advanced Manufacturing Strategic Plan – Utilize to prioritize technologies, programs & public-private partnership investments Who: – Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office coordinates and aligns interagency programs – Industry+University+Government Agencies partner to develop, manage & execute the plan 16Permanent Mechanism:The Technology Lifecycle Process Create • Prioritized list of strategic needs and required National technologies Strategy & Objectives • Technology roadmaps for each of the prioritized Create
discussion • Every attendee should go home thinking • Two held in year three • Plan to continue next year “I believe that this kind of seminar will play a very important role in my research and real life interaction process which is normally not available otherwise. “ – Graduate Student and Innovation Roundtable Attendee
students’reflections on their experienced, enacted, and espoused philosophies.Respondent Demographics, Prior Experiences, and Future Career GoalsA diverse population of graduate students elected to complete the Educational PhilosophySurvey. Of the 291 respondents, 60.8% were male, 76.9% were US citizens, and 83.0% weremajoring in a technical field (engineering, computing, or science). In addition, a majority ofparticipants were pursuing a PhD (63.2%), while others were planning on enrolling in a PhDprogram in the future (12.4%) (Table 2).In addition to training in their respective fields of study, some students also reported priorexperiences to aid in molding them into effective instructors. While 67.4% of students reportedcompleting no formal instruction on
. Page 23.563.62. Introduced information systematically and concisely (but with enough details) at the level of knowledge for undergraduates to comprehend with the goal of showing students what had been done and what needed to be done.3. Explained and discussed background knowledge multiple times to help students understand the complex issues and disciplinary fundamentals necessary to solve problems.4. Played devil’s advocate, that is, pretended to be against student’s ideas or plans in order to make the student discuss it in more details.5. Created and gave appropriate levels of assignments (or tasks) to be solely completed by undergraduates to help them understand certain theory behind the research. Some tasks included operating
Paper ID #6168Improving Generic Skills among Engineering Students through Project-BasedLearning in a Project Management CourseMs. Ana Valeria Quevedo, Universidad de Piura Ms. Ana Quevedo has a master’s of Management in Operations Research from UBC. Quevado is an Industrial and Systems Engineer with the Universidad de Piura.Dr. Ing. Dante Arturo Guerrero, Universidad de Piura Doctor of Project Management specializing in Project Planning and Management for Sustainable Rural Development, Master of Engineering with specialization in Rural Development Projects / Local from the Polytechnic University of Madrid, Masters in
findings, and justify their plans to the student body. Thus, our researchhypothesis for this study is that the combination of an ill-structured course using design- andproject-based instructional frameworks can help entry-level bioengineering students overcomeinitial frustrations and failures during development of desired competencies in bioengineering.This paper outlines the preliminary results from select instructional strategies and assessments asthey relate to the development of these competencies (as seen in the overall scores) anddevelopment of human traits (e.g., confidence) throughout the course of the semester.MethodsRationale for the course re-designBiology for Engineers Laboratory (BIOE 121) is a 1-credit cross-disciplinary course
success of the program. In Section 4, we summarize the results of assessments ofthe program; we also highlight some of the specific successes, in the form of IT enterprises thatNEWPATH students have launched. In Section 5, we briefly consider some other programs inengineering entrepreneurship and compare them to NEWPATH. We then conclude with a briefsummary of the lessons learned and our future plans.2. Models of Entrepreneurial LearningA number of authors 10,11,12 have investigated some major problems that new enterprises typicallyencounter and the tasks that entrepreneurs must be effective at in order to address those problems.The latter include the ability to conduct market analysis, see the potential of new products andservices, make
NASA Headquarters was Director of the Directorate Integration Office in the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate. In that position, her responsibilities involved strategic planning, international cooperation, cross-directorate coordination, architecture analysis, and exploration control boards. Ms Guerra also spent 3 years at the Goddard Space Flight Center as Program Integration Manager for future high-energy astrophysics mis- sions, particularly the James Webb Space Telescope. She began her career at the Johnson Space Center working for Eagle Engineering and SAIC, focused on conceptual design of advanced spacecraft for human missions to the Moon and Mars. Ms. Guerra earned a B.S in Aerospace Engineering and
commitment to service and regional outreach, and (4) the regional non-profit valuesthe expertise and professionalism delivered to their needs.To date, however, no assessment of the projects as part of an engagement process has occurred.Rather, each project is viewed as successful upon completion of its structure and delivery of itsfunctioning. As the SEECS faculty move forward with the seminar, a more complete andquantifiable assessment plan is defined. The assessment plan focuses not only on the productdelivered but also appraises the process supporting the development of the product frominitiation to delivery. A fundamental element of the process being appraised is the quality of therelationships between the site, the students, the SEECS faculty
prestigious LTP (Leadership Training Program) and, just two cycles from graduation, planned and facilitated two recent offsite retreats, events involving a hundred participants, requiring months of de- tailed planning and acute project management. An avid nature lover, Boyd’s hobbies include back country camping and hiking as well as learning self reliance in the wild.Mr. Noah Miller, Northrop Grumman, Electronic Systems Noah Miller – Change Agent, Intrapeneur, and Software Engineer – brings passion to all that he does, es- pecially in fusing technology and people to accomplish the mission. Most recently, ”His business aware- ness and leadership skills have grown in scope as he takes on challenges beyond his cost and schedule
company’s prestigious LTP (Leadership Training Program) and, just two cycles from graduation, planned and facilitated two recent offsite retreats, events involving a hundred participants, requiring months of de- tailed planning and acute project management. An avid nature lover, Boyd’s hobbies include back country camping and hiking as well as learning self reliance in the wild.Mr. Eric Paul Pearson, Northrop Grumman Eric Pearson has experienced an extensive career of personnel and technical development during the past twenty-nine years at Northrop Grunna Corporation. After leading teams through intense technical radar development programs he transitioned to personnel development and Unveristy recruiting in 2000 creating
story tells about an IT specialist of a small law firm who just started the newjob. About two weeks into the job, he did not have much to do besides a few simple tasks liketaking care of user logon issues. On the day when the lawsuit over the BP oil spill was settled, assoon as he arrived office in the morning, he was called to take on an urgent task: create aprogram for all clients of the firm (about 800) to estimate their compensation as victims of thegulf oil spill according to different installment plans they could elect to take. Moreover, theprogram has to be completed in 22 hours because the firm needs the feedback from clients toreport to the court what installment plan they elected to take. All specifications related to theprogram
Recognition: Student will be able to: Recall or locate data in the text for quizzes Create ideas for the idea pitch and new venture analysis Acquire customer/market data Analyze customer/market data Prepare a customer/market analysis Acquire competition data Analyze competitor data Prepare a competitor analysis Acquire data for a product design and/or production plan/team plan/organization plan Prepare a product design and/or production plan/team plan/organization plan Construct a scenario based financial analysis Integrate the four feasibility analysis components into a final report2. Presentation Skills: Student will be able to: Develop a two minute
Principles students be able to know or do as a result of the course? The answer to thisquestion is also a key input to the Pelligrino assessment triangle that we will discuss.Figure 2: Learning Objectives of Principles1. Opportunity Recognition: Student will be able to: Recall or locate data in the text for quizzes Create ideas for the idea pitch and new venture analysis Acquire customer/market data Analyze customer/market data Prepare a customer/market analysis Acquire competition data Analyze competitor data Prepare a competitor analysis Acquire data for a product design and/or production plan/team plan/organization plan Prepare a product design and/or production plan/team plan
surveys, available to the participants online using the GTNeuro.net website(powered by Drupal 6.0’s webform feature, secured with AES encryption), were utilized tomonitor and understand the perspectives of LINCR Fellows (biweekly), PIs (monthly), andmentors (biweekly) before, during and after the LINCR program. The survey instruments weredeveloped by the LINCR planning committee and were sent out to the relevant user groups asreminders via the Boomerang application attached to Google mail. These short feedback formswere used to assess how the collaborations were proceeding and/or ask the graduate studentshow valuable the collaborations are to their particular research. We took survey data in abiweekly capacity to see how impressions change