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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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J. Collins

Information Literacy, distributed cognition, and virtual teaming in a linked writing/general education chemistry assignmentIntroductionInformation literacy is an umbrella concept encompassing library instruction, computerliteracy, critical thinking, communication, ethics, and lifelong learning. How mightinformation literacy contribute to teamwork? Information Literacy enables learners to“master content and extend their investigations, become more self-directed, and assumegreater control over their own learning” 1 . In a teamwork situation, can individual skillswith information gathering and synthesis contribute to the work of the group? We knowfrom communication and composition journals that a teamwork assignment

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Ken Barnard; Greg Stephens; Raju Dandu

Department.Our first meeting was a general brainstorming session and many ideas were brought forward.One person kept notes. The singular question of disagreement was whether to have a smallspeaker event or the broader teach-in event and the group was about evenly split with a tendencyto lean toward a decision of going with the smaller event due to lack of time left since we were inmid-spring semester. Proceedings of the 2007 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2007, American Society for Engineering Education 4Following the first planning meeting we started making contacts to see

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Behnam Bahr; Kurt Soschinske; George Gray

first hand the issues involved in prototyping and product development.These laboratories are expensive to set up and even more expensive to maintain and staff withwell-qualified technicians. At Wichita State University (WSU) we have worked out a plan thatenables our students to use the laboratories at one of the local community colleges called theWichita Area Technical College (WATC). In this agreement the students are provided first handexposure to manufacturing techniques such as machining, welding, and composite blue printreading / fabrication, among other laboratory exercises. The laboratory sessions are taught byWATC instructors with extensive background and training dedicated to the variousmanufacturing areas. Students will be expected to

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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William A. Kline; Thomas Mason

32. Structure and Evolution of RHV ProgramThe current mission of the RHV program is to engage technology based businesses to provideoutstanding educational opportunities for students. Using the earlier successes with start-upcompanies, the program is now promoted to technology based companies of all sizes, maturities,and types to identify technical needs they may have and to create structured project work that canbe executed in the RHV program as shown in Figure 1. A legal agreement is executed includinga general project scope and terms concerning confidentiality, intellectual property, andindemnity. The companies contribute the technical needs and financial support to thearrangement. The RHV program provides dedicated infrastructure

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Lawrence Whitman; Zulma Toro-Ramos; Steven Skinner

student’s transcript if theUniversity records satisfactory performance during all work sessions and thestudent meets all cooperative education requirements.Internship TrackTo successfully complete the internship track, students will: • Complete at minimum two semester-long internships; summer counts as a semester • Enroll in one credit hour of internship credit during each of the two semesters • Earn two hours of internship credit to count toward their technical elective requirement • Establish a relationship with a faculty advisor to ensure a connection between topics learned in the classroom and skills used on the job • Complete internship academic requirements, as established by each department

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Ramesh V. Narang

“ 1 2 NS17 Concentricity b 2 1 NS18 Position Tolerancing b, c, g 1 1 S19 Functional Gage Design a, b, f 2 S20 Function effectively in teams e 1 1 S21 Communicate effectively through oral presentation g 3 2 S22 Communicate effectively through technical writing b, d, g 2 3 S* The number of students who gave scores of 6, 7, or 8

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Keith L. Hohn; LaVerne Bitsie-Baldwin; Julia Keen; Hani Melhem; Anil Pahwa; Jan Wiersema; Barb Licklider

2 Learning Communities Focused On Student Learning and Teamwork SkillsKeith L. Hohn1, LaVerne Bitsie-Baldwin1, Julia Keen1, Hani Melhem1, Anil Pahwa1, Jan Wiersema2, and Barb Licklider2 1 College of Engineering, Kansas State University/ 2College of Human Sciences, Iowa State University 2AbstractEngineers are increasingly being valued as much for their ability to learn new things and operateas a member of a team as for their technical skills. For this reason, a significant goal ofengineering education

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Shannon G. Davis; Carol S. Gattis; Edgar C. Clausen

, the teachers evaluated the presentation and theexperimental investigation.In addition to the daily general laboratory activities, specific blocks of time were scheduled forcurriculum mapping, as well as horizontal and vertical alignment among participants. Dr. HeidiHayes Jacobs advocates collecting real-time information about what is actually taught to createcurriculum maps.3 Teachers had real-time information to develop maps with other grade-levelteachers to align the activities to the Science Frameworks for each grade level. This activityensures smooth transitions between grade levels in order to avoid gaps and overlaps in thecurriculum.The Year 1 Institute concluded with a session on scientific action research, which focused ondata