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NEE Technical Session 2 - Educator's experience and perspective

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gokce Akcayir, University of Alberta; Marnie V Jamieson, University of Alberta; Kristian Basaraba, University of Alberta; Duncan Buchanan, University of Alberta; Qingna Jin; Mijung Kim, University of Alberta; Janelle McFeetors, University of Alberta; Kerry Rose, University of Alberta

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Paper ID #41125Engineering Educator Identity Development in a Socially and Culturally EmbeddedDiscipline Specific Graduate Teaching Assistant Professional DevelopmentProgramDr. Gokce Akcayir, University of Alberta Dr. Gokce Akcayir works on the SPARK-ENG project as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Alberta. Gokce received both her masters and Ph.D. degrees in Educational Technology. After completing her Ph.D. in 2018, she joined the Educational Technology, Knowledge, Language and Learning Analytics (EdTeKLA) research group at the University of Alberta where she completed a SSHRC postdoctoral fellowship. Later she

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Teaching Tools: Student Experience and Reflection (NEE)

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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applaudedduring the classes and were encouraged to keep up with the good work in the courses. Thebenefits and challenges that new faculty experienced participating in this program are presentedwith the intention of guiding new faculty members who may be interested in implementingsimilar programs. 1. Introduction Engineering graduates remain in demand in the United States workforce and institutes ofhigher education continue to strive to improve educational practice and experience forengineering students. Issues related to student retention, persistence and academic successremain important topics of discussion and research within engineering education communities.Prioritization of diversity, equity and inclusion also prompts us to pay special

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NEE Technical Session 2 - Educator's experience and perspective

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yuliana Flores, University of Washington; Cynthia J. Atman, University of Washington; Soraya Grace Barar; Jennifer A Turns, University of Washington

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research. They note how engineering educationresearch focuses on the impact of engineering faculty on students while failing to acknowledgefaculty's social identities, which inform their role as faculty. Furthermore, Cutler and CosoStrong (2023) also draw attention to how engineering education research generally uses “we” torefer to engineering faculty and they draw attention to the variations in those who educate (e.g.,tenured/tenure-track faculty, graduate students, contingent/adjunct faculty, etc.). It is interestingto consider how a lack of attention to such variation may limit the impact of work done inengineering education. To start filling in this picture, we explore some details of the educatorexperience in this paper. Specifically, we ask

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Teaching Tools: Student Experience and Reflection (NEE)

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Morgan R. Broberg, Purdue University; Jose Capa Salinas, Purdue University; Danielle N. Wagner, Purdue University

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autonomy on their content, assessment, and pedagogy. The study also describesthe experience of the graduate student instructors and their learning throughout the coursedevelopment and execution.PROGRAM MECHANICSThe one-credit summer course occurred from Sunday to Friday during the summer session,generally in July. In addition to the instructors, students were assigned peer mentors to transportstudents around campus and manage students from 5 pm to 8 am.Training Engineering EducatorsThis course is structured to help graduate student instructors develop and practice skills related toeffective teaching education. This process starts with instructor recruitment, course planning,teaching allotment, and post-course assessment.Instructor Recruitment and

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Faculty Development and Research Programs (NEE)

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rebecca Marie Reck, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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I need away to collect and share content on those platforms. This part of my system is still a work inprogress. I need to refine my strategy for finding content regularly and getting it into anObsidian note if I find something interesting while browsing on my phone.In the mentoring category, I include workshops for graduate students or other faculty and one-on-one mentoring with new faculty or graduate students. In either case, it is helpful to be able tosearch in Obsidian to quickly find notes related to a particular topic of conversation and share thelink or insight gained from that source. I’ve found that having these notes all in one place makesit easier to find than searching through bookmarks or the web each time the topic comes

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NEE Technical Session 1 - Educator's Tools

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Quamrul H. Mazumder, University of Michigan, Flint; Sunzia Sultana, University of Michigan, Flint

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assessment process for a developing country. He has developed several global collaborations and currently involved in a number of projects in different countries.Sunzia Sultana, University of Michigan, Flint I am currently working as a full-time Software developer. I completed my Masters in Computer Science & Information System at University of Michigan-Flint ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Development of a Procedure to Avoid Plagiarism in Scholarly WorkAbstractManaging scholarly work such as papers, proposals, and other similar documents can pose achallenge to graduate students, new academic professionals as well as experienced researchers.The complexity increases when the

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NEE Technical Session 3 - Courses: development, logistics, and impact

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Mott, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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differences inthe median exam grades among the three teaching modalities.The numerical results for the question "Overall, this course was educationally effective" from thestudent course evaluations are combined in Table 4, in which student score out 5. The findingsshow that students are generally satisfied with the course's educational value. The average scorefor every class is higher than 4.0. It's interesting to note that during COVID, when students hadno choice but to take online classes and not all online courses were rated high. However, thisparticular online course, taught post-COVID, had the highest ratings for educationaleffectiveness out of the courses surveyed here. These high course scores indicate that whenstudents choose to self-select

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NEE Technical Session 3 - Courses: development, logistics, and impact

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Meghana Parameswarappa Jayalakshmamma, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Ashish D Borgaonkar, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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. Moreover, a significant gapexists in systematically incorporating emerging research topics into foundationalengineering education courses. This gap is partly due to the challenges in aligningacademic content with rapidly evolving technological landscapes and the lack ofstructured approaches to integrate these advancements into the curriculum [3]. Asa result, students may graduate with a knowledge base that, while solid intraditional principles, lacks the immediacy and relevance of recent technologicalprogress. This paper addresses these challenges by proposing a methodical approachto bridge the gap between current research developments and engineeringeducation. Focusing on integrating green infrastructure for stormwatermanagement and

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NEE Technical Session 1 - Educator's Tools

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Timothy A Wood, The Citadel; Stephanie Laughton, The Citadel

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assess high school graduates forcompetency in mathematics, reading or writing in the name of DEI [16], [17], [18].In this milieu, the new engineering professor enters the American university. Alongside the needto research, serve the college and profession, mentor graduate students, and publish, theengineering professor has an ethical responsibility to help shape the next generation ofinnovative engineers. Meanwhile, many of their students, through no personal fault, enter collegewithout the habits of mind or self-control expected of previous generations of collegeundergraduates. New educators may find students who struggle to adapt to the model of highereducation that produced the educators. Further, college graduates must self-direct their

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Teaching Tools: Problem Solving and Hands-On Teaching (NEE)

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patricia Caratozzolo, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico; Luis Alberto Mejía-Manzano, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico; Rebeca Maria Garcia; Maria Ileana Ruiz-Cantisani, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico; Patricia Vázquez-Villegas, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico; Vianney Lara-Prieto, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico; Edgar Omar Lopez-Caudana; Jorge Membrillo-Hernández, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico

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and conclusions of this work are relevant insightsto be considered for the design of an instructor's training program and an assessment rubric toevaluate the instructor's transversal skills.Results and DiscussionTable 1 was completed using the information obtained from the review of eight studiescarried out by international universities (references [10] to [17]). The table shows that theprofile of the instructors generally is with a specialty in their field (Ph.D. or master's degree),with passion for teaching, interest in linking with colleagues from other foreign institutions,collaboration skills, with the initiative to innovate in education and promote global skills instudents and their courses. Another interesting finding in the profile of

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Teaching Tools: Student Experience and Reflection (NEE)

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anu Singh, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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University. She is currently a Professor in Biological Systems Engineering at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Her role in the College of Engineering at UNL is to lead the disciplinary-based education research ini- tiative, establishing a cadre of engineering education research faculty in the engineering departments and creating a graduate program. Her research focuses on the development, implementation, and assessment of modeling and design activities with authentic engineering contexts; the design and implementation of learning objective-based grading for transparent and fair assessment; and the integration of reflection to develop self-directed learners. ©American Society for

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Teaching Tools: Problem Solving and Hands-On Teaching (NEE)

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Ritenour, Western Carolina University; Yanjun Yan, Western Carolina University; Hugh Jack, P.E., Western Carolina University

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traditional lab experience in the post-pandemic era.The B.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology (ECET) degree is a residentialprogram at Western Carolina University. The circuits sequence consists of three coursessummarized below. Each course is 4 credit hours and combines lecture and lab. Prior toCOVID-19, these courses utilized traditional in-person labs with standard benchtop equipment(multimeter, power supply, oscilloscope, and signal generator). In most cases, studentscompleted labs with a lab partner.Circuit Analysis IFundamental electrical theory involving DC circuits. Topics include series, parallel, and series-parallel networks; methods of circuit analysis and network theorems; electrical instrumentationand computer analysis

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Faculty Development and Research Programs (NEE)

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James W. Giancaspro, University of Miami; Diana Arboleda, University of Miami; Aaron Heller, University of Miami; Ali Ghahremaninezhad, University of Miami

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seedfunding to generate preliminary research results for use in comprehensive proposals.Administrators should be supportive and cognizant that a faculty member will likely exhibit aperiod of low research productivity as they invest substantial time to submit EER proposals. Thefaculty member and their institution should consider and agree upon alternative, yet appropriate,metrics to assess research productivity during the transition to EER.Interdisciplinary graduate student advising. It may be difficult or impossible for an engineeringeducator to secure permission to formally advise social science graduate students on EERprojects if the engineering educator does not possess an earned terminal degree (or equivalentexperience) in a relevant social

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Teaching Tools: Communication (NEE)

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alexis P. Nordin, Mississippi State University; John Aaron Louis Grimes, Mississippi State University; Amy K. Barton, Mississippi State University; Shelly Sanders, Mississippi State University

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Education, 2023 Resources and Exercises for STEM Educators and Students Navigating the “Misinformation Age”Teaching students how to research a topic and navigate source usage is an important part ofpreparing future professionals in any discipline. In STEM/STEAM fields, both professionals andstudents must keep up with the fast pace of innovation, making information literacy essential toprofessional growth. Source evaluation instruction in students’ disciplines can help studentsidentify the information sources most applicable to their research. Moreover, reading credible,current publications helps students learn the discourse of their discipline [1]. However, thecomplex range of sources and ways of searching available to

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Teaching Tools: Communication (NEE)

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nicole Becklinger, University of Southern Indiana

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were most likely to be utilized as studyaids by high-performing students [5]. A substantial body of research has been developed related to HyFlex formatting. A 2022review of literature identified over 1,400 articles on the topic [6]. Substantial interest in HyFlexcourse instruction began in 2008, and the number of publications on the topic has graduallyincreased before a sharp peak of over 150 publications per year during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic [6]. While it is outside the scope of this paper to present an exhaustive overview ofthe entirety of this body of literature, it is worthwhile to highlight a few recent examples relatedto student perceptions and HyFlex format in STEM Education. One student perception study

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NEE Technical Session 2 - Educator's experience and perspective

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yuzhang Zang, Western Washington University

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students’ preferred pronouns and backgrounds, promoting inclusivity. • In courses with group work, use random group generator to change lab partners weekly, fostering a fair environment, encouraging communication, and facilitating mutual assistance among students. • Provide some level of extension for homework assignments and exhibit adaptability in cases involving emergencies or medical issues. 3 • Proactive in identifying and implementing accommodations for students with disabilities to ensure equal access to education • Ensure a diverse representation within the group of teaching assistant if exists, actively avoid- ing biases during

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Faculty Development and Research Programs (NEE)

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edward F. Gehringer, North Carolina State University, Raleigh; Matthias F. Stallmann, North Carolina State University, Raleigh

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andsubmitting research proposals to different funding agencies or entities. Once you have decidedon the kind of research you will pursue, recruiting students is the next critical step.Experienced researchers know that the students who perform best in class are not necessarily thesame ones who will excel at research. Initiative counts for more in research, as does the abilityto address problems that are not well formed. At the beginning of their career, graduate studentsare knowledge consumers, with a need to learn what is the state of the art in their discipline.Later they become knowledge generators, contributing results to their research group and thecommunity at large. Successful graduate students walk a healthy balance between working withtheir

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Teaching Tools: Problem Solving and Hands-On Teaching (NEE)

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Craig Altmann, Virginia Military Institute; Jon-Michael Hardin, Virginia Military Institute

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Paper ID #39871Reinforcement of Computer Programming through ProjectsDr. Craig Altmann, Virginia Military InstituteDr. Jon-Michael Hardin, Virginia Military Institute Jon-Michael Hardin, Ph.D. Professor and Department Chair in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Virginia Military Institute. He has degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from the University of South Carolina and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Reinforcement of Computer Programming through ProjectsAbstractComputer

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NEE Technical Session 2 - Educator's experience and perspective

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rebecca Marie Reck, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Jessica R TerBush, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Caroline Cvetkovic, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Holly M Golecki, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Christopher D. Schmitz, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Katie Ansell, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; David Mussulman, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Chandrasekhar Radhakrishnan; Ilalee Harrison James, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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IT professional newly transitioned to teaching faculty. Engineering and Information Sciences.Chandrasekhar RadhakrishnanIlalee Harrison James, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Getting Started Teaching an Undergraduate Engineering LaboratoryAbstractA group of six faculty from laboratory and design courses at a large public university in theMidwest United States recently started a community of practice (CoP) for laboratory and designinstructors. The goal of the CoP was to share resources and generate ideas for improvinglaboratory and design courses after the pandemic. We realized that many of us faced

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Faculty Development and Research Programs (NEE)

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Monica L. Castaneda-Kessel, Utah State University

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environmentalengineering (CEE), electrical and computer engineering (ECE), engineering education (EED)and mechanical and aerospace engineering (MAE). The data in Table II reported was without thestart-up packages for nine research faculty in known departments which were primarily inengineering education, electrical and computer science engineering and civil and environmentalengineering. Data were entered from 29 early career engineering start-up packages. Eighteenvariable topics were identified within the 2013–2019 start-up packages and included bothquantitative [21] and qualitative data [22]. This paper examines seven of the eighteen variables. TABLE II 2013–2019 START-UP PACKAGE VARIABLES AND TYPES EXAMINED

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Teaching Tools: Student Experience and Reflection (NEE)

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christine B. Masters, Pennsylvania State University; Ibukun Samuel Osunbunmi, Pennsylvania State University

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down what I wrote. However, they also appreciated havingaccess to the complete solution, which I made sure to post for them after class.Gather Feedback and Give Prompt FeedbackMuddiest PointI have always been fond of the Muddiest Point technique of giving students the last minute ortwo to write down what they are still most confused about from the current topic. In the past, Iwould collect these on individual pieces of paper and have the graduate assistants spend timecompiling and grouping them to produce a report of the most common responses. However, thissemester, TopHat allowed me to capture open-ended responses, which I could easily cluster intothemes before the next class. When I asked these questions, I would often start the next

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NEE Technical Session 4 - Assessments: Grading and deadlines

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cassie Wallwey, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Michelle Soledad, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Carol Geary, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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, practice problems,etc.) primarily serve as valuable means of communication regarding learning and performancebetween a student and instructor throughout a course [4]. Summative assessments, alternatively,are final assessments of a student's performance and are used to determine to what level a studenthas achieved in the learning process [2]. Therefore, grades on a summative assessment primarilyserve as means of communication to others within or closely related to the education systemregarding a student's learning achievements on a general subject or topic area, and they generallyare able to speak to a student’s knowledge in a broad topic area (e.g. math, reading, etc.) reliably[5].Beyond their role in the classroom, grades play a pivotal role in

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Teaching Tools: Communication (NEE)

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sean St. Clair, Oregon Institute of Technology; Dave Kim, Washington State University, Vancouver; Charles Riley, P.E., Oregon Institute of Technology

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specifictopic and come together to fulfill both individual and group goals, is a popular approach infaculty professional development. In engineering education communities, there are a numberCoP to cover a wide range of topics, such as electric circuits [9], infrastructure [10], andbiomedical engineering [11]. The CoP approach has been successfully utilized to develop orupdate engineering course materials. A group of engineering instructors at the University ofIllinois, Urbana-Champaign formed a CoP to reform the Introductory Dynamics course toenhance students’ engaged learning, standardize course materials, and promote faculty’s teachingefficiency [12]. It has been proven that the involvement of a CoP when developing pedagogicalmaterials is

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NEE Technical Session 1 - Educator's Tools

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Laura Savage, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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analysis was performedafterward for homework, either individually or in groups according to the students’ preference.Related Literature Compared to the hundreds of works available on the use of digital games inundergraduate education, less than 30 can be found studying analog or board games [2]. Ofthose, only a few deal with complex STEM topics, including one examining a game aboutfossilization and another with a game about public health biology. Results in these studies havebeen overall positive, particularly in the development of soft skills such as communication orteamwork. Some studies, such as that of Clark et al., examined the effectiveness of game design, notjust game play, in improving students’ learning outcomes as well as

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Teaching Tools: Problem Solving and Hands-On Teaching (NEE)

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ashish D. Borgaonkar, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Samuel C. Lieber, P.E., New Jersey Institute of Technology; Mohsen Azizi, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Paper ID #39614Addressing the Sustainable Engineering Skills Gap through EngineeringCurriculaDr. Ashish D. Borgaonkar, New Jersey Institute of Technology Dr. Ashish Borgaonkar works as Asst. Professor of Engineering Education at the New Jersey Institute of Technology’s (NJIT) Newark College of Engineering (NCE) located in Newark, New Jersey. He has developed and taught several engineering courses primarily in first-year engineering, civil and environ- mental engineering, and general engineering. He has won several awards for excellence in instruction; most recently the Saul K. Fenster Award for Innovation in Engineering