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Mudasser Fraz Wyne, National University

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in [1] present four kinds of rationales notonly for academic institutions of higher education, but also for national governments,international bodies, and the private sector. These rationales are valid if these entities want to beactively involved in international educational activities, and can be stated as academic, cultural,political and economic. However, this academic globalization will have its impact on educationas well as on the providers. These can be categorized as follows [1]  Cooperation: Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) among academic institutes for mutual recognition of credits. Development of a common systems or sharing their functionality.  Convergence: Global synchronization of the educational

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Hongshik Ahn, Stony Brook University; Imin Kao, Stony Brook University; Yacov A. Shamash, Stony Brook University; ChoonHo Kim

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20.6.3global campus in the newly developing IFEZ in the port city of Incheon which is approximately35 miles west of downtown Seoul. One of the missions of IFEZ is to create a new growth engineof the country to transform the economic structure of South Korea from manufacturing toknowledge-based industry. [1] IFEZ is located within three and a half hours of flying time toregions that include one third of the world’s population. [2] Songdo is a rapidly booming regionof IFEZ, which is currently undergoing a period of great expansion. Songdo Global UniversityCampus (SGUC) was established by IFEZ, and SBU became the first university to start theacademic program in SGUC. [2] Songdo is a new, 1500 acres of land reclaimed area from theYellow Sea off Incheon

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Andras Gordon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Richard J Schuhmann, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Richard F. Devon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Andrew Michael Erdman, The Pennsylvania State University; Ahmad Atieh, Taibah Univeristy; Peter Dietrich, Corvinus University Budapest

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4Cultural Dimensions of International Business, 2005, Prentice Hall) are also integrated.G. Hofstede studied questionnaires received from employees at IBM branches across the world and useddata from 40 countries in order to define a suite of national cultural indices (Geert Hofstede, Culturesand Organizations: Software of the Mind, 2010). Hofstede initially defined four bipolar dimensions andlater added an additional two dimensions. According to Hofstede, the four fundamental “mental(software) programs” we assimilate early in life are a function of our cultural environment and consist offour primary cultural dimensions: (1) Power Distance; (2) Individualism; (3) Masculinity; (4)Uncertainty avoidance. The (PDI) reflects how equally power is

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Jonathan W. Valvano, University of Texas, Austin

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formats, and understand how software uses global memory tostore permanent information and the stack to store temporary information. Our goal is forstudents to learn these concepts:0) Understanding how the computer stores and manipulates data,1) The understanding of embedded systems using modular design and abstraction,2) Assembly language and C programming: considering both function and style,3) Understanding how the computer executes instructions,4) The strategic use of memory,5) Debugging and verification using a simulator and on the real microcontroller6) How input/output using switches, LEDs, DACs, ADCs, and serial ports,7) The implementation of an I/O driver, multithreaded programming,8) Understanding how local variables and parameters work

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Michael B. Cutlip, University of Connecticut; Mordechai Shacham, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; Michael Elly, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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, energy,environment, security, and quality of life for all peoples.”(1) There are many types of problemsolving involved in SBES; however, the simulation and solution of real engineering problems isvery important and often requires the application of numerical methods. This is one area ofproblem solving that sets the engineering students and engineering professionals apart frommany other disciplines. Thus the advancement of engineering education worldwide andparticularly in developing countries requires resources for the efficient application of numericalmethods by engineering students, faculty and staff.Access to software and the computing resources that can enable numerical problem solving is aparticular challenge to engineering departments in

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John Matthew Long, Deakin University; Simon William Cavenett, Deakin University; Eloise Gordon, Deakin University; Matthew Joordens, Deakin University

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efforts to use the web-conferencing software Elluminate-Live! for deliveringtutorials, discussion classes, and even laboratory practicals to groups of students studyingengineering off-campus, including students posted overseas. Examples are given from twodisciplines. We then compare student feedback across all engineering subjects over the years2012-2013. Our results show that students welcome web-conferencing as a very effectivemeans to deliver classes to distance students and improve their learning experience.introductionIn recent years there has been an increasing interest in delivering engineering courses throughnon-traditional means, such as by distance, on-line, flexible, and combinations/blends oflocated and on-line learning environments.1

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Rami Jubrail Haddad, Georgia Southern University; Youakim Kalaani, Georgia Southern University

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cognitive profile of the student cohorts which reflects negatively on thestudents’ achievement and performance, especially in engineering. In addition to this, themajority of the engineering faculty had never gone through a formal training in teaching andlearning pedagogy. Therefore, faculty will mainly rely on the only two teaching approaches theyknow; 1) they will either teach in the same way that they were taught or 2) they will teach in thesame way they learn the best. These two teaching approaches are not the most effective; in fact,they are among the most ineffective approaches due to the inherent gap in the learning stylesbetween the new generation students and the faculty. With the increase in the diversity amongfaculty (more international

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Mert Bal, Miami University

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: industrial robots; fluid trainers; test instruments; manufacturingmachines etc. Virtual Reality or simulation systems are useful to virtually replicate expensiveand complex machinery used in distance laboratories, but it lacks the hands-on component in thelaboratory experiment, which is highly critical for students’ learning 1.From these aspects, the Remote Laboratory is a potential technology as it has the ability to fillthe gaps in distance laboratory education. Using the internet and World Wide Web, heavy andcomplex lab equipment could be controlled by students from any location. As it constitutesoperating real lab equipment remotely, this approach promises more hands-on feeling to studentsthan simulations. Remote laboratory is a complex system

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Valentina Cecchi, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Mona Azarbayjani, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Brett Tempest, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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synthesis of processand product. Page 20.7.2I. IntroductionThe broader frameworks of globalization, economics, as well as environmental and societalperspectives are becoming increasingly more essential to the education of engineering students.The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) report “The Engineer of 2020” calls forfundamental change in the structure and practices of engineering education, urging “theengineering profession to recognize what engineers can build for the future through a wide rangeof leadership roles in industry, government, and academia not just through technical jobs”1.ABET accreditation criteria also call for a

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Steven M. Pilgrim, Alfred University

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zero credit course that meets once per week. It involvesengineering/science cartoons, real-time topic selection, rapid feedback1, and links to the5E/7E model for effective learning2,3. It also serves as an early action indicator for Page 20.9.2potential interventions. An extract of the syllabus is shown in Figure 1. Each assignmentand topic is specifically constructed to advance C3 with or without the need for externallearning via the partially flipped classroom4,5,6.   Date (R) Topic Activities Week 1* Introduction (Cards*) 00_168 Survey Bb & 01 Intro Bb due Week 2* Shibboleth* 168

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Henry Griffith, Wright State University; Riad Ajami, Director, Center for Global Business, WSU; Angela Griffith

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available for students are emphasized in the figure below – Figure 1: Curriculum Progression for Wright State University Engineering StudentsIn addition to accelerating their entry into the introductory engineering curriculum, studentsenrolling along the underprepared pathway receive the additional advantage of being able to retakethe math placement exam at the end of the course. Therefore, the natural objective of the EGR1980 course is two-fold – 1) to prepare students to improve their math placement level, therebybypassing significant coursework in remedial mathematics, and 2) to prepare students to succeedin the EGR 1010 course, which requires significant application of advanced mathematicalprinciples to basic engineering problems. While

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Shankar Muthu Krishnan, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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students. For sustainedsuccess at the international level, it is essential that a suitable model must be selected to blend withthe mission of the overall training program at the academic institution.Keywords— BME Cooperative Education, Experiential Learning Models, Hospital InternshipIntroductionStudents tend to understand and master professional concepts and skills more effectively throughpractical experience than through exclusively classroom-based learning. Literature on engineeringeducation often pays scant attention to the importance of cooperative education and experientiallearning [1]. The integration of formal on-campus academic training with cooperative learningmodules provides students with both exposure to professional experience and a

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Kaitlin Litchfield, University of Colorado, Boulder; Amy Javernick-Will, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder

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. Page 20.13.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Education Without Borders: Exploring the Achievement of ABET Learning Outcomes through Engineers Without Borders-USAIntroductionEngineers of the future will be expected to obtain more skills, knowledge, and abilities in theireducation than ever before. Reports continue to expand lists of expected skills to include notonly technical skills, but also professional, management, leadership, interdisciplinary, and globalskills (e.g 1–4). At the same time, undergraduate engineering programs are hard-pressed to fitadditional credits in already overcrowded curricula. Within these constraints, extracurricularengineering activities have alleviated

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Achille Messac, Mississippi State University; James N Warnock, Mississippi State University; Masoud Rais-Rohani, Mississippi State University

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the early 1990’s andresponded most notably through Boeing’s list of “Desired Attributes of an Engineer” 1. ABETresponded to the needs of industry and, in 1996, the Engineering Accreditation Commissionapproved the student learning outcomes for the Engineering Criteria 2000. The eleven studentoutcomes, commonly referred to as “a thru k”, are comprised of six technical skills and fiveprofessional skills 2. The National Academy of Engineering developed a similar list of attributesfor engineers that included additional skills such as leadership and creativity3. Thus, the 21stcentury engineer should be someone with a sound understanding of engineering fundamentals,have a systems approach to engineering design and problem solving, a natural

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Kerrie L. Schattler, Bradley University; Amir W Al-Khafaji, Bradley University

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toheighten the global awareness of civil engineering students both technically and culturally.1. IntroductionStudying overseas has a deep and profound impact on the intellectual development of faculty andstudents and help them become better aware of other cultures and environments. Internationalexperiences are needed in today’s society to shape the lives of engineering students, and preparethem for a world that is increasingly moving toward a global marketplace, especially in the civilengineering and construction industries. “Most engineers at some point in their careers will workwith colleagues in foreign countries, either as co-workers, customers, or suppliers. Study abroadprograms are powerful tools for training students and faculty in cross

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Marjaneh Issapour, State University of New York, Farmingdale; Gonca Altuger-Genc, State University of New York, Farmingdale

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summerprogram is a collaborative effort of faculty from Mechanical Engineering Technology, Electricaland Computer Engineering Technology and Architecture and Construction Management. A totalof four faculty members are involved in the design, development and teaching of the STEM andEnergy Leadership program. The summer program will be offered for two weeks during thesecond and third weeks of July 2014. An overview of the Energy and STEM Leadershipprogram’s tentative schedule is shown in Table 1 below. Page 20.19.3 Table 1: Energy and STEM Leadership Program ScheduleAs shown in Table 1, the program meets 5 times a week, each week, during

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Krishnanand Y Maillacheruvu, Bradley University; Amir W Al-Khafaji, Bradley University

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various cultures across the world. Forexample, it is sometimes incorrectly assumed that Western practices relating to sustainability aresuperior; in fact, the creative use of water such as rainwater harvesting and recycling ofwastewater is an example of how we can learn from developing nations. When discussions onsuch topics are initiated in the classroom, students become more engaged and better informed and Page 20.20.2the teaching becomes more effective. In time, this global view of civil engineering and 1    construction permeated the program and students and faculty who did not travel abroad

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Henry W. Kraebber, Purdue University, West Lafayette; E. Shirl Donaldson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Katie Mae Hackney

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markets is forcing companies in the United States to change the waythey design and produce products. Problem solving, communications and production in aninternational setting is a topic area that is becoming more important to manufacturing companiesoperating in the United States and overseas. [1] A crucial factor in our long-term economicsurvival will be our ability to work internationally. [2] Page 20.21.2Companies in the U.S. are feeling the effects of the changing global economy. More and moreoperations are working across different cultures and time zones to design and manufactureproducts. International experiences, skills and knowledge have

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Miquela Trujillo, University of New Mexico; Peter V. Vorobieff; Francisco Martin Vigil, University of New Mexico; Tennille Charisse Bernard, The University of New Mexico; Clinton Lee Corbin, University of New Mexico

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and the high cost of new laboratory equipment has left manylaboratory courses outdated and understaffed.1 Non-traditional teaching methods such asProblem-Based Learning (PBL) provide a way for instructors to give students the hands-on skillsthat they need and develop their critical thinking skills while working within the financialconstraints placed on most courses. PBL is grounded in the idea that students should befacilitated by instructors in self-directed experiments that encourage critical thinking and Page 20.23.2problem solving amongst peers. It has been seen that PBL is an effective method to engagestudents with the fundamental

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Arnold Neville Pears, Uppsala University; Mats Daniels, Uppsala University; Åsa Sofia Cajander

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 environments  in  two  upper  level  subjects.  The  goals  are  to  help  to  develop  global  engineering  competencies  and  experience,  and  appreciation  for  the  importance  of  these  skills  for  future  working  life.  The  two  courses  focus  on  working  in  an  international  context,  where  the  complex  demands  associated  with  completing  a  systems  design  and  implementation  task  on  time  are  combined  with  factors  such  as  time-­zone  differences,  the  challenges  of  working  in  a  foreign  language,  and  cultural  differences  in  terms  of  work  culture  and  community.  1.  IntroductionDevelopment  of  competencies  in  teamwork,  cultural  awareness,  professional  communication  are  well  established  goals

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Morgan M. Bakies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Karen Seliah Lamb, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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, Brazil,and the United States using social media and email. This paper focuses on a single case studywith embedded units of Junior Enterprise in multiple countries. The authors founded the firstJunior Enterprise in the United States and will, for readability, write this paper in third person.A case study is an empirical inquiry that inspects an experience within its real life context,particularly when the experience and its context are not mutually exclusive, according to Yin.8 Inthe case of Junior Enterprise, the authors sought to conduct an in-depth investigation as adescriptive case study which allowed them to gather data from a variety of sources anddetermine its convergence.1 For this qualitative research, a case study was used because it

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Lev Vadimovich Redin, Kazan National Research Technological University, Russia

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trying tofacilitate innovation in their employees, but students are not learning how to be creative in arapidly changing world 1. For solving this problem it is necessary to project the integrativeeducational system (cluster) for training creatively thinking students.For this objective an innovative educational model, new methodology and technology, newthinking, and higher level of consciousness become necessary. Models of contemporaryengineering education and activity must be based on general models which take intoconsideration the unity of the world in its complex connections, and ecological, ethical,aesthetical principles. In the process of developing the model an attention was focused on thefundamentalization of education, which is based

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Rockwell Franklin Clancy III, The University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong Joint Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Guangyu Zhang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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Page 20.28.2  IntroductionThis paper discusses a project in which we are currently engaged entitled “Orienting EngineeringEthics in terms of China and Chinese Values: Its Significance Based on Three Case Studies.”This research has a two-fold aim: 1 to identify and rectify shortcomings in curricula addressingthe ethical, social, and political dimensions of engineering in international environments, as wellas misunderstandings in international engineering environments that result from theseshortcomings; 2. to identify and rectify deficiencies within engineering curricula offered inChina, as well as safety concerns that result from these deficiencies.As this research is ongoing, here we simply share our findings thus far

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Maria Nandadevi Cortes-Rodriguez, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Renetta G. Tull, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Miguel Alfonso Nino, Virginia Polytechnic and State University

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.” 1 As we seek to prepare our graduate students for an ever-changing global society, we noted that attention to trends could particularly affect ourengineering and IT students. The U.S. National Intelligence Council (NIC) published GlobalTrends 2015: A Dialogue About the Future with Nongovernmental Experts in 2000,2 and fromthat dialogue, The Environmental Change and Security Project from the Woodrow WilsonCenter for International Scholars estimated that in the year 2015, the integration of informationtechnology, biotechnology, materials science, and nanotechnology will generate an increase intechnology investment, specially within more advanced countries.3 In this era of technology, ourstudents have been able to learn and share experiences

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Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, Pune Innovation Centre; Ayano OHSAKI P.E.

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Japan to initiate Japanese 27-Nov-13 3-Dec-13 students into Indian culture and collecting requirements for portal Discussion of the Portal Requirements between the 7-Dec-13 14-Dec-13 Indian faculty and the Indian students Portal Development - interaction between students over 15-Dec-13 25-Feb-14 internet First Version sent over the Internet 13-Feb-14 13-Feb-14 Japanese Team in India to test the built portal and 27-Feb-14 4-Mar-14 suggest enhancements Table 1: Project Activities and their scheduleThe project started in the month of November with an Indian faculty visiting Japan to initiate theJapanese students into Indian culture and collect

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Anna Friesel, Technical University of Denmark; Tsirigotis Georgios

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Systems are usually included in Electrical Engineering programs on Bachelorlevel (Figure 1), but the content of particular courses vary from one country to another, andsometimes from one university to another even in the same country8,9. That is why, EAEEIE(European Association for Education in Electrical and Information Engineering) is a right forumto discuss and agree which subjects should be characterized as certain and significant areas ofControl Systems in electrical engineering in order to cover the European and/or internationalaccepted level of professional knowledge on this area at the Bachelor level. The presentedproposal for accreditation has been developed within the thematic network and in cooperationwith representatives from 60

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David DiBiasio, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Terri A. Camesano, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Natalie A Mello, The Forum on Education Abroad

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year and rate them using an internallygenerated evaluation form, with rubrics and calibration. Included in that evaluation are theappropriate ABET criteria including the difficult criteria: global/societal impacts, communicationskills, contemporary issues, and life-long learning. Global project results historically alwaysachieve higher ratings than on-campus projects. A typical result is shown in Table 1 for the non-technical abilities that may be problematic to achieve in traditional coursework. Page 20.34.5 Table 1: Average Scores for On-Campus and Off-Campus Cohorts Relative to Some Accreditation

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Svetlana Vasilievna Barabanova, Kazan National Research Technological University; Vasiliy Ivanov, Kazan National Research Technological University; Mansur Galikhanov, Kazan National research Technological University; Alina Guzhova, Kazan National Reserch Technological University

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' professional development it is only 33% of them who work within theirspecialization. And yet, labor productivity in Russia as a whole is 10 times lower than in the leadingcountries, and its share in the world trade is slightly more than 1% [1]. The Russian industry doesn'tuse the advances in science, technological developments and achievements in modern technologyefficiently. The manufacturers are actively pushed out of the market of high technologies and high-tech products.In 2012 these circumstances have prompted the President of Russia to release the President'sprogram (hereinafter - the Program) of training for engineering staff for 2012-2014. [2] Since 2013Kazan National Research Technological University (KNRTU) is among the program's

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Ibrahim Ali Olwi, King Abdulaziz University

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second semester.Levels of learningIn addition to creating excitement in the class and building passion for science in the lecture,several levels of learning are to be gained from the methodology of storytelling. Alterio andMcDrury10 have developed a five-stage approach for the complete levels of learning sought toachieve constructive learning through storytelling: 1. story finding, 2. story telling, 3. story expanding, 4. story processing and 5. story reconstructing.The level of engagement in the case being presented in the paper covered all previous stagesexcept the last one, as it requires students’ preparation of their own stories and sharing them withthe rest of the class in order to get peer-reflection; an issue that may not be

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Yakov E. Cherner, ATEL, LLC; Maija M Kukla, University of Maryland, College Park; Linn W Hobbs OBE, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Sergey V Vasilev, Yaroslavl State University; Ivan Fedorov; Alexander S. Sigov

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in as follows: Page 20.39.2 1. For lecture demonstrations; 2. As the only practice on the relevant subjects for the students, enrolled in large-scale lecture classes or in distance learning courses; 3. For preparing students to hands-on practice in actual X-ray labs; 4. In combination with practice using an actual X-ray diffractometer; 5. For performance-based assessment of students’ ability to apply gained knowledge of diffraction theory for solving practical tasks.Fig. 1 shows two simulations that are useful for lecture demonstrations. Theses simulations canreplace static images and hand drawings with visual and