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2021 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Shannon Bate; Shannon Hayes Buenaflor, University of Maryland College Park; Mary Bell, University of Maryland; Suzanne Ashour-Bailey, University of Maryland College Park

opposed to one-on-one advising. Some first-year students felt more intimidated askingquestions in a group Zoom setting than they would in person. Also, the student experience variedbased on their breakout room and their advisor’s comfort with technology. In order for oursessions to be successful, we had to ensure we had a clear and concise communication plan. Practitioners interested in implementing a virtual program utilizing a flipped advisingmodel should carefully consider what information is most important to share with incomingstudents. This information should be clearly communicated via the Modules but also must bereiterated through live sessions. For example, our team facilitated a Q&A session with studentsin order to emphasize

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2021 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Stephany Coffman-Wolph, Ohio Northern University; Kimberlyn Gray, West Virginia University Institute of Technology

,and tricks, answer questions, provide information on additional background material, andpreview extension activities on the topic. Finally, activities 5 and 6 will be previewed anddemonstrated for participants.Workshop Presentation Schedule 1. Introduction, Purpose, and Agenda 2. Activity 1: Binary Bracelets, Flip Signs, Caesar Cipher 3. Activity 2: Message Passing, Basic Networking, & Problem-Solving 4. Activity 3: Loops: Music and Paper Bags, Control a Robot, and Program a Dance 5. Introduction of Additional Advance Activities 6. Online Resources, Q & A, Wrap-upPast WorkshopsThis workshop has been conducted with 12 people at an ASEE Annual Conference [10].Anecdotally, we received positive feedback from

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2021 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Jill Davishahl, Western Washington University; Emilia Mediavilla, Western Washington University ; Asaki Nelson, Western Washington University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

community forstudents.Results & DiscussionSummary of ActivitiesZoom Q&A Sessions: During fall quarter, the SEL team focused on connecting pre-majors tomajor level students by hosting a series of “Casual Q&A’s” for each program. During thesehour-long sessions hosted and facilitated by the SEL, 2-3 major-level student volunteersanswered questions of audience which consisted primarily of pre-major students. The sessionswere open to all pre-major students in the department and were advertised using social media.There was an average of 15 students at each session which was low considering there wereapproximately 250 premajor students enrolled in engineering and design at this time.Considering the sessions were held in the evening using Zoom

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2021 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Roger J Marino P.E., Drexel University; Michael Cross, Norwich University; David M. Feinauer P.E., Virginia Military Institute; James R McCusker PhD, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Johanna P Casale, Drexel University

projectthat contained over 150 Stakeholders. Emphasis was placed on student awareness of human-centered design, empathy and required interaction between technical and non-technical parties.Advantages of delivering the common lecture remotely (synchronously) were defined as follows:1. Delivery of the lecture can occur without excessive travel to the four institutions; 2. Deliveryof the lecture in “off-hours” provided the ability to combine many lecture sections into one; 3.By combining lecture sections, there was less required time commitment for the Instructor; 4.Synchronous delivery allowed for Q&A and interaction with the students.Based on the foregoing, it is recommended that: 1. Objectives of the First Year course shouldinclude the topic