Conference Session

Labs and Experiential Learning

Collection

2021 Illinois-Indiana Regional Conference

Authors

Abdussalam Alawini, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Peilin Rao, UIUC; Leyao Zhou, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Lujia Kang; PING-CHE HO, PureStorage

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Labs and experiential learning

. While these courses teach multiple data models, they do not offer labs thatprovide students with insights into the tradeoffs between different data models. Such teachingmethodology hinders students’ ability to generalize the database knowledge to learning new datamodels. The primary motivation for developing TriQL is to bridge this gap. Thus, in this section,we discuss how we can integrate TriQL labs into a database curriculum, using CS 411 as anexample.CS 411 is an elective course taken primarily by graduate students or undergraduates nearing theend of their degree, with pre-requisites, including introduction to programming and datastructures. The course is structured to cover three main units: data models and query languages(relational model

Conference Session

Labs and Experiential Learning

Collection

2021 Illinois-Indiana Regional Conference

Authors

Benjamin D McPheron, Anderson University; Kenneth M Parson, Thor Motor Coach; Matthew Stein, Roger Williams University

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Labs and experiential learning

collect, sort, and deliver objects on a playfield. Thiscourse is an upper-level elective for ME, EE, CpE, and Computer Science students and currentlymeets for three contact hours a week. Many of the lessons learned by Stein were used in designingthe project, milestones, and pedagogical techniques in this work. Stein’s own course design workwas built on the foundation of many other studies [3]-[7].Cherng, et al. [3] provide a detailed discussion of their mechanical engineering senior electivecourse entitled Principles and Applications of Mechatronics System Design. Particular courseobjectives were to prepare ME undergraduate students in the area of integrating microcontrollers,provide the student with hands-on experiences, and to challenge