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Track 3 - Session 2 - Faculty Development

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2012 ASEE International Forum

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Prasad Edamana, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT M), India; Ajit Kumar Kolar, Indian Institute of Technology Madras; Pramod S. Mehta, Indian Institute of Technology Madras; Sujatha Srinivasan, Indian Institute of Technology Madras; Jefferey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University

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learning outcomes, (ii) adopting active andcooperative learning methods and (iii) implementing formative plus summative assessmentstrategies are analyzed to understand how they implemented these thrusts through pedagogicalapproaches appropriate to the IIT-M ethos, which is characterized by a large student populationof diverse socio-economic-cultural backgrounds. Also, issues related to varying set ofinstructions to a diverse group of students are identified and possible solutions are discussed forfurther action to sustain the TLC activities for the benefit of the teaching-learning process in IIT-M.Key words: faculty development program, teaching learning center, course delivery cycle,engineering and science educationIntroductionToday, amidst

Conference Session

Track 1 - Student Development

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2012 ASEE International Forum

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D. N. Reddy, Indian Society for Technical Education

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Fellow of A.P. Academy of Sciences and Member of Executive Committee of the Academy. World wide exposure is his experience which consists of visiting countries like USA, UK, China, Thailand, Ireland, Malaysia, Ethiopia, Kuwait, Italy, Spain, Australia, South Africa and Sweden. During his tenure as Vice Chancellor of JNT University, Hyderabad has introduced many reforms in curriculum evaluation new Education Models and Foreign collaborations for improving the Quality of Engineering Education. He is well known in the academic circles as straight forward and known for objective assessment of issues. Page 17.23.1

Conference Session

Track 1 - Session 2 - Student Development

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2012 ASEE International Forum

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Jennifer DeBoer, SPEED

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(innovation centers/hubs).cadre of high-prestige engineering programs with verycompetitive admissions. However, there is a huge difference in Policymakers and employers are concerned about boththe perception of quality between programs, in particular having enough engineers13 as well as new employees havingbetween highly-regarded public universities and newer private the necessary skills 14 . While policymakers recognize thatprograms, some of which cater to non-traditional students. In engineers need more hands-on training, administrators debateaddition, the last decade has seen Brazil’s higher education whether this industry experience should happen beforesystem trying to grapple with racial and

Conference Session

Track 1 - Session 2 - Student Development

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2012 ASEE International Forum

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Susan M Lord, University of San Diego; Yongming Tang, Southeast University; rong wang, Southeast University; Shen Xu, Southeast University, China

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the way to pass unknown oral questions to otherstudents seemed quite new to me. I did not hear about them from any of my colleagues before.Later in this lesson, Professor Lord reviewed some contents in circuit design. Because moreprofessional terms appeared, some of the students cannot keep up easily. They need to be trainedto be more familiar with these terms. Overall, most students believe that they can keep up withProfessor Lord later based on the experience of the first day.”Wu Chien-Shiung College“When information about this class was first issued at the end of last semester, very few studentsin Wu Chien-Shiung College applied for it. This cold response was puzzling. Why are thestudents reluctant to try a new class style, even though

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2012 ASEE International Forum

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K. P. Isaac, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)

of Kerala and rose to the position of Director of Technical Education. Most of his career, he has served at College of Engineering, Trivandrum as a faculty member in the Department of Civil Engineering. He specializes in Transportation Engineering and is instrumental in establishing a Transportation Engi- neering Division at College of Engineering, Trivandrum. He is a leading consultant and researcher in this area of specialization. He has been active with his involvement with industries. He developed the process of Manufacturing Manufactured Sand ’M Sand’ an alternative to river sand. He was the coordinator of State Technical Agency for PMGSY scheme in Kerala. He has coordinated a large number of training