Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Maher E. Rizkalla; Carol L. O'Loughlin; Charles F. Yokomoto

mechanicalengineering students. The project was partially funded by an NSF ILI grant to assist theDepartment of Electrical Engineering at IUPUI in upgrading the course by adding instructionallaboratory materials, computer facilities, and student projects to the course. The course materialsutilize UNIX software (Mentor Graphics) on Sparc and HP workstations and are detailed withthe laboratory setup, including hardware and software. Student training in the use of Mentor’sBoard Station provides a unique experience which applies classroom manufacturing topicsimmediately to board design. Course and laboratory materials involving both hardware andsoftware focus on epoxy-fiberglass boards utilizing mainly surface mount components. Studentsatisfaction with the

Conference Session

ETD - STEM Issues in ET I

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin Asgill, Kennesaw State University; Cyril Okhio, Clark Atlanta University

Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Virtual Problem-Based-Learning Instruction in the Era of the COVID-19 Pandemic – What Could Possibly Go Wrong & What Can One Do About It?AbstractEven under normal conditions, it can be challenging to utilize online or distance learningenvironments to offer technical degree programs such as Electrical and Computer Engineering(ECE) or Electrical Engineering Technology (EET). These programs normally require hands-on-laboratory expositions (albeit in 2D) to help students grasp the complex concepts and to developtheir practical skills and competencies.The COVID-19 Pandemic has exposed teaching institutions and faculty in some of these

Conference Session

Developing Systems Engineering Curricula

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Satinderpaul Devgan, Tennessee State University; Sachin Shetty, Tennessee State University; Saleh Zein-Sabatto, Tennessee State University

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

  Materials Science  3  Humanities Elective  3 ECSE   4400  Probability , Statistics  and Risk  3  EECE   3210  Electromagnetic Theory  3  Analysis  Total  16  Total  16  Fall Semester  Cr  Spring Semester  Cr ENGR    4500  Capstone Design Project I**  1  ENGR  4510  Capstone Design Project  II*  1 EECE    4000  Control Systems  3  Humanities Elective  3 ECSE    4600  System Engineering Analysis  3  EECE

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kara Bocan, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

-15, 2013.[8] J. Petrović and P. Pale, "Students' perception of live lectures' inherent disadvantages," Teaching in Higher Education, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 143-157, 2015.[9] S. Welsen, "Engineering Students' Engagement and Their Perspective on Compulsory Classroom Attendance," in IEEE IFEES World Engineering Education Forum - Global Engineering Deans Council (WEEF-GEDC), Cape Town, South Africa, 2022.[10] F. J. Torrijo, J. Garzón-Roca, G. Cobos and M. Á. Eguibar, "Combining project based learning and cooperative learning strategies in a geotechnical engineering course," Education Sciences, vol. 11, no. 9, p. 467, 2021.[11] O. Oje, O. Adesope and A. V. Oje, "Work-In-Progress: The Effects of Hands-on Learning on STEM

Conference Session

Software & Web-based Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katie Evans, Louisiana Tech University; Paul Hummel, Louisiana Tech University; Miguel Gates, Louisiana Tech University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #16014An Expanded Study to Assess the Effect of Online Homework on StudentLearning in a First Circuits CourseDr. Katie Evans, Louisiana Tech University Dr. Katie Evans is the Walter Koss Endowed Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics and the Academic Director of Mathematics and Statistics and Industrial Engineering programs. She is the Di- rector of the Integrated STEM Education Research Center (ISERC) and the Director of Louisiana Tech’s Office for Women in Science and Engineering (OWISE). She earned her Ph.D. in Mathematics and M.S. in Mathematics at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA. Her research

Conference Session

Mr. Burns' Brainchild: AI in the Springfield STEM Classroom, Release the Hounds!

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geling Xu, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach; Milan Dahal, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach; Brian Gravel, Tufts University

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

asupportive environment that encourages educators to embrace and effectively integrate MLtechnologies into their engineering teaching practices.Machine Learning in K-12 EducationMachine learning (ML) is one of the branches of Artificial Intelligence that describes thecapability of computer systems to perform complex tasks by using algorithms and statisticalmodels without explicit instructions. The concept of ML in computer science was developed inthe 1950s, but it has seen rapid growth in recent years thanks to the advancement of computingsystems and the abundance of data [2]. The pervasiveness of ML can be inferred through itswidespread integration into a diverse array of fields: from agriculture [3] to manufacturing[4]and medicine[5] to economics[6

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Instructional Practices

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yinqi (Anna) Zhang, Penn State University; Brian Belland, Penn State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

which gender [19].Negative stereotypes can lower girls' aspiration to have a science or engineering career while agrowth mindset fosters their interest and achievement in math and science, which is critical forwomen to persist in STEM [1], [3]. Students’ choice of STEM disciplines and courses is heavily influenced by their teachersand parents and they are more likely to engage in STEM activities if they have had engagingexperiences of STEM activities in their classrooms [20]. As ‘the success or failure of the STEMmovement will depend on the acceptance and buy-in that schools and teachers give to theintegration of these four disciplines in an already crowded curriculum’ [21], both preservice andin-service teachers play an important role

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debapriyo Paul, Texas A&M University; Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University; Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

differentiating factors like race, ethnicity and age can be thought of asthe future scope of this particular study.AcknowledgementThis material is supported by the National Science Foundation under DUE Grant Numbers1501952 and 1501938. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations presented arethose of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.References[1] Langdon, D., Mckittrick, G., Beede, D., Khan, B. & Doms, M., (2011). Stem: Good jobs now and for the future. Esa issue brief# 03-11. US Department of Commerce.[2] Carnevale, A.P., Smith, N. & Melton, M., (2011). Stem: Science technology engineering mathematics. Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce.[3

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vemitra M White, Mississippi State University; Jamel Hill Alexander, Mississippi State University; Debra Prince, Mississippi State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

, Insurance, and Management. Vemitra also received her Masters of Science degree in Instructional Technology from Mississippi State University. Vemitra has been involved with recruiting under-represented minorities (URMs) students in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) areas at Mississippi State University since the summer of 2010. Vemitra serves as a city council member in her hometown. She is the youngest member on the board that is responsible for making policies and procedures, as well as ordinances for the town. Her active participation on the city council exhibits her commitment to helping others and building her town both financially and economically. Vemitra is an active member of Columbus

Conference Session

Joint Session: Entrepreneurially-Minded Learning in the Classroom

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Reissman, University of Dayton; Vinayak Vijayan, University of Dayton; Shanpu Fang; Megan Reissman, University of Dayton; Skyler Miller, University of Dayton

implements the combination of two best practices: 1) scaffold learning [8-11] and2) hands-on learning [12-13] via ‘making’ assignments of increasing complexity. The aim was toextract the impact that these ‘making’ assignments have on developing students’ EM.MethodsTeaching methodsHere we provide a brief description of the course used for the 3Cs assessment. The course,known as Mechatronics, is a required component of our Mechanical Engineering curriculum.The course content inherently requires students to make connections and integrate knowledgeacross the realms of mechanical, electrical, and computer science disciplines. Our version isconsidered unique within the curriculum in that it has each student purchase a ‘making’ kit inlieu of a textbook, as

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division: Best of FPD

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue, Towson University; Haritha Malladi, University of Delaware; Marcia Gail Headley, University of Delaware

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

Paper ID #42154Near-Peer Mentors’ Discussions with a Student Avatar Experiencing LogisticalIssues on a First-Year Design TeamDr. Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue, Towson University Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue, Ph.D., is Professor of Science and Engineering Education in the Department of Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences at Towson University. She has integrated engineering into courses for PreK-8 teacher candidates, developed and directed a graduate STEM program for PreK-6 teachers, and partnered with teachers to implement PreK-8 science-integrated engineering learning experiences. She has authored numerous engineering-focused

Conference Session

Nontraditional Teaching Approaches

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

International

, piled foundations, pavement design & materials, and concrete durability. His interests also include: contemporary issues of engineering education in general, and those of the Middle East and the Arab Gulf States in particular. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 On the Potential Deployment of Cooperative Learning Protocols in The Arab Gulf States: Drawbacks, Challenges, and RecommendationsAbstractEngineering education in many countries including the Arab Gulf States (the Region) facessignificant challenges as it seeks to meet the demands on the engineering profession in thetwenty first century. The paper focuses on classroom-based pedagogies of engagement, andcooperative learning

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division (FDD) Technical Session 5

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Eva Andrijcic, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Sriram Mohan, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Faculty Development Division (FDD)

Andrijcic is an Associate Professor of Engineering Management at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Her major interests are in the areas of organizational change management, leadership education, and risk education.Dr. Sriram Mohan, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Sriram Mohan is a Professor of Computer Science and Software Engineering at Rose-Hulman institute of Technology. Sriram received a B.E degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Madras and M.S and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science f ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Work in Progress: Assessing the Impact of the Making Academic Change Happen Curriculum on Emerging Engineering Educators, 2017 to

Conference Session

CEED Technical Session II: Developing Research and Design Skills Through Experiential Learning

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremy Straub, North Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative and Experiential Education

Freshman 2 Sophomore 2 Junior 3 Senior 4 Table 2. Participant GPA Levels. GPA # Participants 2.5-2.99 4 3.0-3.49 2 3.5-3.99 5As shown in Table 3, most respondents were computer science majors. One was a computerengineering major and one was also dual majoring in mechanical engineering. Table 3. Majors of Participants. Major

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade - Experiences Designing Courses and Communities

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nadra Guizani, Purdue Univeristy; Hector Enrique Rodriguez-Simmonds, Purdue Engineering Education

Tagged Divisions

Student

a wayof jostling our prior knowledge to remember how we learned how to program. Students can“model their solutions on the basis of experts’ thought processes” 2 . Our initial inability to relay tostudents how we were problem solving in LaTeX is similar to the problems experts face insummarizing their thought processes and “making key aspects of expertise visible” 3 .After the first workshop was over we reviewed the following feedback from the students: • Students said we were in too much of a rush to get through material • Students wanted us to cover the basics of LaTeX’s structure first before jumping into the advanced thesis document template • We didn’t do enough practical hands-on activities • There wasn’t enough time to

Conference Session

Computers in Education 9 - Technology I

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Hoe, Loyola University Maryland; Dave Binkley, Loyola University Maryland; Mary Lowe, Loyola University Maryland

Lowe (Loyola University Maryland)Dave Binkley Dave Binkley is a Professor of Computer Science at Loyola University Maryland where he has worked since earning his doctorate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1991. He has been a visiting faculty researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), worked with Grammatech Inc. on CodeSurfer development, was a member of the Crest Centre at Kings' College London, and a Fulbright scholar working with the researchers at Simula Research, Oslo Norway. Dr. Binkley's current research interests include tools and techniques to help software engineers understand and improve their code. © American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Student Learning

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ricky Castles, Virginia Tech; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

coverage of themap with the set of questionsused.Classify questions andanswers based upon thevarious levels of Bloom’staxonomy.Deploy questions and answerchoices to students andestablish a method for datacollection, preferably online orvia some other electronicmeans.System Deployment A custom concept inventory was developed to evaluate students’ understanding of theunderlying concepts and relationships in a mechatronics learning module that is part of a first-semester, first-year introductory engineering course at Virginia Tech. An instructor made athorough analysis of all of the instructional material involved in the unit including an onlinelecture, a homework assignment, and a hands-on laboratory exercise to develop a comprehensivelist

Conference Session

Insights for Teaching ECE Courses

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ziyue Li, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Yuting W. Chen, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #29133Not standing at the same starting line - investigation of priorprogramming experience on student performance in an introductoryprogramming course in ECEMs. Ziyue Li, University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign Ziyue Li received her B.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign in 2019. She is currently pursuing a Master of Science degree in ECE from the same institution with the Systems Networking Research Group. She has assisted with undergraduate ECE courses for six semesters and was involved with the development of numerous online courses offered through Coursera. Off cam

Conference Session

Project-Based Learning

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali M. Al-Bahi, King Abdulaziz University; Reda M Abdulaal P.E., King Abdulaziz University, Faculty of Engineering, Industrial Engineering Department; Abdelfattah Y. Soliman, King Abdulaziz University, Faculty of Engineering; Faisal I. Iskanderani, King Abdulaziz University, Faculty of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

, rather than its content, and include 12 mainelements.38 In the context of the present work, 3 of these 12 elements are of particular interestnamely; Introduction to Engineering, Design-Build Experiences, and Active learning.Recently39 “The First Bell” news briefings published by the American Society of EngineeringEducation (ASEE) briefed a report by R. Callahan, the Associated Press Writer. The report indicatedthat "Youngsters taught science in classes where the goal was to design and build a device to performa specific task scored significantly higher on a final test than students who got traditional classroominstruction, according to a study from Purdue University. The findings suggest that hands-on,problem-solving learning may have advantages

Conference Session

Miscellaneous Mechanics

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua Wyrick, York College of Pennsylvania; Emine Foust, York College of Pennsylvania

allow. Still, with the Bernoulliunit example, well-known demos of blowing between two pieces of paper and blowing through a strawto keep a ping-pong ball aloft are used. Students are prompted to predict the results of the action and toexplain what they observed afterward. The instructor then guides the students to express theirobservations in terms of the lesson material. For the Bernoulli demo examples, the students generallycome to identify that air velocity and pressure are inversely related.This leads into the lecture in which the instructor presents the basic concepts, definitions, andderivations of that day’s topic. The lesson notes are synchronously hand-written by Professor B on atablet that displays onto the main screen in the

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kirsten R. Basinet, Western Washington University; Andrew G. Klein, Western Washington University; Richard Martin, The Air Force Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

including the Air Force wide award for Outstanding Science and Engineering Educator. He has served as a Senior Area Editor and an Associate Editor for IEEE Signal Processing Letters and as a Guest Editor for The IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 On Student Collaboration and Competition in an Inquiry-Based Multiuser Communications and Jamming ExerciseAbstractThis paper describes an inquiry-based laboratory exercise used to introduce senior-level electricalengineering students to the concepts of multiuser communication systems. The exercise includesboth collaborative and competitive gaming elements, and requires students

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sylvia L. Mendez, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs; Sarah Elizabeth Cooksey, University of Colorado Colorado Springs; Kathryn Elizabeth Starkey, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs; Valerie Martin Conley, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs; Clayton J. Clark II, Florida A&M University; Natalie Yolanda Arnett, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering; C. Fred Higgs III, Rice University; Illya V. Hicks, Rice University; Comas Lamar Haynes, Georgia Tech Research Institute; Tammy Michelle McCoy, Georgia Institute of Technology; Molly Stuhlsatz, BSCS Science Learning

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

development; assists in the implementation of the orientation program for new TAs and the support of departments offering TA training courses; contributes to the Tech to Teaching certificate program for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars; provides individual consultation and teaching evaluation to graduate students and postdoctoral scholars seeking to enhance expertise in the classroom; and assists with the campus-wide awards program that recognizes excellence in teaching within the TA community at Georgia Tech. Tammy earned her Ph.D. and completed a postdoc in materials science and engineering at Georgia Tech. She also earned a M.S. in materials engineering from Auburn University and a B.S. in mechanical

Collection

2019 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Tammy Lutz-Rechtin

networking within the safety community as well as identify potentialsafety-related careers. At the end of this course, the graduate students are empowered to create asafe environment for themselves and their colleagues.Course StructureAddressing the entire range of safety-related information needed for a graduate student ischallenging by itself especially within the restrictions of a classroom setting. The course contentwas designed to target a cross-section of areas frequently encountered in collaborative andinterdisciplinary science and engineering. Students tend to desire hands-on-training wheneverpossible but due to the nature and range of students enrolled in the course, a mixture ofmodalities was used to encourage active student participation

Conference Session

Engineering Design Process Activities with Secondary Students

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Briscoe, American Society of Naval Engineers; Leigh S. McCue, George Mason University; Dale A. Lumme, American Society of Naval Engineers

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

playing the SEG (M=45.18, SD=18.23). FLEET used thisapproach to introduce the engineering design process as well as key scientific topics likebuoyancy and unbalanced forces.Using the aforementioned survey and research-backed insights, FLEET staff created a 10-lessoncurriculum aligned to high-school expectations for students in physics classes. The curriculumstarted with students explicitly discussing engineering design processes and agreeing to use onethroughout their investigations. The next few lessons primarily involved hands-on science asstudent teams design boats and naval solutions for a variety of problems. These lessons alsointroduced an engineering process scaffold (Figure 4) and require students to collaborate inteams. The collaborative

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tiana Solis, Florida International University; Stephen Secules, Florida International University; Nivedita Kumar, Florida International University; Jacqueline Faith Sullivan, University of Central Florida; Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida; Mark Allen Weiss, Florida International University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Stephen is an Assistant Professor Engineering and Computing Education at Florida International University. He has a prior academic and professional background in engineering, having worked professionally as an acoustical engineer. He has taught a number of courses on design, sociotechnical contexts, education, and learning. He conducts research on equity and culture in engineering education and supports undergraduate and graduate student researchers through the Equity Research Group.Ms. Nivedita Kumar, Florida International University Nivedita is pursuing her Ph.D. in Engineering & Computing Education at Florida International University. She has a computer science and engineering background as well as K-12 teaching

Conference Session

Energy & Technology in Pre-College Engineering Education

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew J. Traum, Engineer Inc.; Sharon Liz Karackattu, Oak Hall School

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

‘It’s Nothing Like October Sky!’: Spurring 9 & 10th Graders to Think Like Engineers via Rockets th Custom-Designed for Maximum AltitudeAbstractK-12 STEM education literature reveals that conventional and traditional math, science, andcomputer programming classes often fail to effectively “do the ‘E’ in STEM”. New grade-level-appropriate curricula are required to address this omission. This paper presents and evaluates amodel-rocket-based curriculum implemented in a stand-alone STEM course required for all 9thand 10th graders at a private high school. The project is unique because it melds the followingfive attributes into an open-ended, hands-on, high-school-level engineering design-and

Conference Session

Design Across Disciplines

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen P. Mattingly, University of Texas at Arlington; Victoria C. P. Chen, University of Texas, Arlington; Brian H. Dennis, University of Texas, Arlington; K.J. Rogers, University of Texas, Arlington; Melanie L. Sattler, University of Texas, Arlington; Yvette Pearson Weatherton, University of Texas, Arlington; Benjamin Afotey, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

on several projects funded by the National Science Foundation, including ”Engineering Sustainable Engineers,” which is the focus of this paper.Dr. Benjamin Afotey, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Benjamin Afotey hails from Ghana, West Africa. He completed his secondary education at St. Peter’s Secondary School and Ghana National College. He graduated from the University of Science and Tech- nology, with a bachelor’s of science degree in chemical engineering in June 2000. During his final year, he worked as a student intern at Cocoa Processing Company, Ghana. Afotey completed his master’s in civil/environmental engineering from the University of Texas, Arlington, in Dec. 2003. During this pe

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fei Hu, University of Alabama; Thomas Morris, Mississippi State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

, team leader, and program manager. Page 26.1590.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Towards a Multimedia-based Virtual Classroom on Cyber-Physical System (CPS) Security Education for Both City and Rural Schools Fei Hu, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA Thomas H. Morris, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mississippi State University, USA Debra M. McCallum, Social Science, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA Hongbo Zhou, Computer Science, Slippery Rock

Conference Session

FPD II: Increasing Engagement and Motivation of First-Year Students

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Roesch Johnson, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Engineering Professional Development

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

included a summary of the author’s mainpoints, a discussion of the author’s sources and finally their critical reflection on the material. Preand Post surveys of each student’s view of their future role in science and engineering wereconducted to determine any change in perception or attitude. Further weekly emails sent by thestudents were collected to determine their growing awareness and confidence in theirunderstanding of each week’s reading and discussion. In response to the reading assignments onmedia and learning, a few students generated their own digital documentaries of student life. Thefindings from pre and post class surveys, along with the final anonymous student evaluations,indicated that most students found the class helped them

Conference Session

Track 2 - Session I - Curriculum Development

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Lynette Frances Johns-Boast, Australian National University

Tagged Topics

Invited - Curriculum Development

acquisition” 3, what impact might a highereducation academic’s understanding of the term ‘curriculum’ have upon the process and activitiesthey undertake when designing and developing courses and programs of study?This paper reports on the initial findings of an on-going study whose aim is to tease apart thefactors that affect an individual academic’s engagement with curriculum design and development.So far, data has been collected from 22 academics involved in teaching computer science,software engineering, engineering, and information systems courses at three Australianuniversities. The constructivist grounded theory methodology proposed by Charmaz 4 wasselected for this project. Accordingly, data collection and analysis are being