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2010 North Midwest Section

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Waddah Akili

by whichthe course content is delivered and more of a concern whether the rate of delivery would allowthe instructor to finish the course on time. The views expressed, leads one to believe that it ishighly unlikely that new more effective teaching-learning strategies would be deployed any timesoon, unless drastic measures are undertaken. The author is more convinced now than ever, thatdeployment of active learning strategies, would happen only if the institution mandates it!The Pros and Cons of the Lecture FormatWhen asked why he lectures, one faculty responded: “It is tradition. It was part of my training,and seems to dwell in me and seems like what I should be doing. I feel guilty when I am notlecturing” (Creed 1986). This candid statement

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2010 North Midwest Section

Authors

D. A. Rogers; O. R. Baiocchi

applicant and for thesubsequent award of tenure. Measured in terms of teaching, research, and service, theseexpectations are rapidly becoming common throughout the educational world. These standardsdetermine the working environment and even the lifestyle of college and university facultymembers today.There are some very important issues regarding tenure which really should be subjects ofseparate studies. The first is whether or not we should have tenure in our institutions at all. Thesecond is the issue of the relationship between tenure and diversity in faculty hiring andretention. Both of these topics are worthy of extensive study and discussion, but we will reservethis for another occasion. Proceedings of the 2010 ASEE North

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2010 North Midwest Section

Authors

Harry C. Petersen

program failures and incompatibilities, in addition to the additional instructor timethese failures required.Equipment costs included University studio and audio-visual and editing equipment, servers andstorage devices, local computers, computer cameras, green screens, and other materials.Minnesota State University, Mankato, decided to use the D2L on-line delivery system3, which isan excellent web-based instructional material delivery system, but must be paid for andmaintained.Other issues, costs, and problems of converting classes to on-line delivery included:1. Copyrights and intellectual property protection laws, which rises to a new level when putting materials on-line42. License fees, and the problem of live streaming versus Quick Time

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2010 North Midwest Section

Authors

Stanley G. Burns

regional need forprofessional development opportunities for engineer practitioners, and recognizing that there arepotential changes in obtaining licensure requirements, UMD now offers a Professional Master ofEngineering degree. The Professional Master Of Engineering degree emphasizes the practice ofengineering in either the private or public sector. This new degree program, approved at theDecember 2009 Board of Regents Meeting, focuses on developing competencies in the areas ofengineering design, problem solving, and practice beyond what can be achieved in earning aBachelor of Science degree in a given engineering discipline.An MEng graduate student is expected to have a focus and degree designation in one of the coreUMD disciplines of Chemical

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2010 North Midwest Section

Authors

Rebecca Bates; Andrew Petersen

questions also relieves one concern students reported about team tests that thematerial on the group component would be significantly more difficult.Regardless of the type of questions used, the group component should contain far less materialthan the individual component. When using a reduced set of problems rather than a full test, wefound that students would delve deeply into related issues, starting discussions about theory andcontext that are rare in a regular classroom. In an electric circuit theory class, team testing wasused on weekly quizzes. A short, two-problem quiz was given and then the same two problemswere given to student pairs. After the first week, the team quiz was reduced to one problem,because students spent so much time

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2010 North Midwest Section

Authors

Bart Johnson; Ron Ulseth

scenarios for math coursesequences for a student based on a de a a c e, performance in a particularcourse and potential scheduling issues such as full courses, which can cause a delay in thecompletion of a STEM degree in four years.Prior to the 8-week block format students learned in a 4-week block format with one STEM classat a time with a total of 9 STEM courses in a year. The class schedule changed to an 8-weekformat in 2005 to address potential concerns with scheduling, illness issues, and classroomutilization. Math Courses by Semester Starting Math Course Fall 1st Year Spring 1st Year Fall 2nd Year Spring 2nd Year Fall 3rd Year

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2010 North Midwest Section

Authors

Byron Garry

simulating workingfor an engineering manager in industry as a newly-hired engineer. They used their webpagesetup and rubrics to monitor the design process. They also reported that they had to develop andchange their rubrics over time, as experience showed that new considerations arose over time.Sealy 17 published examples of the rubrics they used for assessment of ABET Program Outcomes(a) and (b). His department spent a great deal of time talking about the workload necessary toproperly implement the assessment process. They, as are most programs, were concerned that anassessment method which causes an undue burden on faculty would not be successful in the longrun. They felt the use of standardized rubrics across the program helped lessen the