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2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Suzanna Long; David G. Spurlock

altered the face of industryand methodology for conducting business. Outsourcing, downsizing, and other factors have ledmany individuals to consider academic options to restructure their careers. This work inprogress will explore these factors and discuss potential implications and research directions. Education is the key to fulfilling goals for advancement in most professional fields. It isbecoming more difficult for an individual without a college degree to rise through the corporateranks or command a high salary. In general, formal education is required for professionalsuccess. In addition, formal education, particularly the completion of a degree, showstrainability. Sometimes a degree is referred to as the union card that gives job

Collection

2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Cathryne Stein

autonomous2 mobile robots.The middle and high school student teams then have about seven weeks to design, build,and program a pair of small, autonomous mobile robots to play the current year’stournament game. Students must also document their project management elements,such as goals and milestones, division of labor, strategies, etc., and enter these in aDocumentation Website that is part of the competition. At the end of the seven weeks aregional double-elimination tournament is held, open to the public, and trophies andcertificates are awarded for the best robots and websites (both Research and DesignWebsites as well as Documentation Websites).Botball is a national program with educator workshops and regional tournaments acrossthe country. In 2004

Collection

2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Julia Morse; Jung Oh

American Society for Engineering Education Midwest Section ConferenceThe literature also makes it clear that students are not in a position to evaluate certain elementsof faculty teaching performance. These general areas have been determined to include: Course design: its goals, content, and organization Methods and materials used in delivery Evaluation of student work (including grading practices)12Hoyt and Pallett note that these categories include such aspects as the comprehensiveness orrealism of course objectives, the degree to which course material presents a representative orbiased view of the subject matter, the degree to which readings or other assignments are balancedand appropriate, currency of the content, and the