) increased student engagement and (2) increased learningeffectiveness. Preliminary findings conclude that students with documented, and undocumented,learning disabilities did have an increased understanding of the course content as a result ofcombining frontloading and active learning.IntroductionThe benefits of active learning, one of the latest trends and research foci in engineering education,to the average student are well-understood, supported by research, and endorsed by numerousagencies [1]. However, active learning can be a challenge for students with learning disabilities(dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia, visual and auditory processing deficits, ADHD, nonverballearning disabilities, and many others), and there is little supporting evidence
their graduate studies; 8 graduated in December 2010 and 2 are now enrolled in graduate school. Additionally, Page 22.680.3 through an exit interview, the investigators were able to learn more about how students feel when they are lectured by four professors instead of one. Most of the comments were very positive.2.2. STUDENT ENGAGEMENT. In addition to teaching courses, another great impact of thisproject is advising students, especially graduate students, on conducting research and bringing inthe on-going research topics into the classroom to challenge and stimulate students’ creativethinking and problem-solving capability.2.3
students work with real-world industrial communication protocols, they can monitor and configure communication net- works for data transfer between IoT devices, microcontrollers, and PLCs. Analyze net- work traffic, including packet flow, protocol behavior, and performance, using tools such as Wireshark. The effect of network disruptions on system performance, including latency and data integrity, can be observed by simulating disruptions and monitoring their impact. Using hands-on activities, students learn networking principles while also gaining a deeper understanding of the critical role secured and reliable communication plays in CPS/IoT systems. 7• Cybersecurity The cybersecurity module
structure. • Building consensus and engaging in logistical planning/implementation with faculty, staff, and administrators in the College and other relevant units at the University in support of FYE 2.0. • Investigating the impact of FYE 2.0 on persistence, preparation, and ease of transfer. 2Current CoursesThe University of Cincinnati (UC) is an R1 institution that annually enrolls approximately 1300FYE students. All FYE students are required to take a two-course sequence, Foundations ofEngineering Design Thinking 1 and 2, which are housed in the Department of Engineering andComputing Education and typically taken in the fall and spring semester, respectively. Bothcourses are 3
isrooted in real world scenarios [11]–[13]. The 3Cs are curiosity, connections, and creating valueand compose the entrepreneurial mindset, which helps students understand the importance ofopportunity and impact of design [14], [15]. Value sensitive design focuses on including humanvalues throughout a design process [16]. Finally, story-driven learning encourages students to bereflective of their learning experience [17]. It also helps solidify a student’s identity as an engineerand build empathy with their peers and others [18]. Individually, these approaches are valuableways of engaging the whole student. For instance, we combined team development with story-driven learning to help students to productively process failure, especially failure in
along two axes: harm(nonmaleficence) versus benefit (beneficence) and individual (stakeholder agency) versuscollective impact (just distribution of risks and benefits).Literature reviewCommon approaches to engineering ethics educationWhen ABET began requiring outcomes tied to ethics, a common approach taken by manyprograms was to add a standalone experience, either as a course or module. Modules commonlyinclude case studies [7], many of which are somewhat contrived versions of authentic problems,scaffolded to ensure the ethical issues are salient to students [8]. Using such cases, first yearstudents can reason through the risks and benefits of engineering-related work [9]. There arevarious ways students are supported to engage with cases; one
. Nickerson, "Hands-on, simulated, and remote laboratories", ACM Computing Surveys, vol. 38, no. 3, p. 7-es, 2006.[24] L. M. Gorghiu, G. Gorghiu, T. Alexandrescu and L. Borcea, L, “Exploring Chemistry Using Virtual Instrumentation-Challenges and Successes”, Research, Reflections and Innovations in Integrating ICT in Education, vol. 1, pp. 371-375. 2009[25] M. Abdulwahed and Z. Nagy, "The impact of different preparation modes on enhancing the undergraduate process control engineering laboratory: A comparative study", Computer Applications in Engineering Education, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 110-119, 2011.[26] Z. Zacharia, "Comparing and combining real and virtual experimentation: an effort to enhance students' conceptual understanding of
: • Instructor provides space and encouragement for students to develop an online learning community. • Instructor creates an inclusive, supportive, and engaging climate, through a variety of methods.In the development of expertise, metacognition is critical. Metacognition is the "ability to monitor one'scurrent level of understanding and decide when it is not adequate" [3, p. 47]. Therefore, the coursedesign also provides metacognition opportunities for students, in which they reflect and submitimproved versions of their deliverables after getting feedback from their peers.Still, teaching online requires additional considerations on the delivery, which were performed followingthe guidelines provided by the University of Florida. Below I
students. Some of the feedback from the MEng is highlight as follows: ● For some of the project teams, the Senior design students had known each other since freshman or sophomore year. The challenge for the MEng student was building rapport with the team and gaining their trust. ● Many of the team members expressed lots of pride in working on a project that can impact people's lives. ● The project provided an opportunity to overcome fears of leading a team and gaining confidence in public speaking. ● Gained valuable lessons in conflict management and resolution. ● Better understood the importance of open and collaborative communication. ● Better understood the impact of clear project goals on self- and team
? Evaluating student essays and reflections on teamwork as well as survey, focus group, and observational data will contribute to more substantialconclusions regarding the impact of this class. Faculty are confident in the potential of the courseand they continue to make iterative adjustments to enhance the group dynamics.Further evaluation of this data and data from future iterations of the course will engage morerobustly with the dimensions of interdisciplinary competence identified by Lattuca, Knight andBurghom [20]. Future iterations of the course may incorporate Lattuca, Knight and Burgom’sMeasure of Interdisciplinary Competence for Engineers or the Cross Disciplinary Team LearningEfficacy scale developed by Scahffer, Huyck, Oakes and Gandara [21
Technology (ETEC), with at least 50 sustainingenrollments of 200+ students in fall 2010 according to ASEE data. On the other hand, since the1980’s only about 14 institutions have created master’s degrees in ETEC. Some M.S. programshave evolved from Master of Science in Technology (M.S.T.) or Master of Technology (M.T.)versions. One fundamental question posed in the debate is whether ETEC curricula rise to thenecessary scientific rigor of traditional M.S. degrees. This paper asserts that the M.S. in ETECshould stand on equal footing with M.S. programs in any other field and particularly inengineering when viewed from the perspective of (i) the scientific level of graduate ETECcourses; (ii) the roles that ETEC graduates perform in the engineering
grading format; in Spring 2021 this was applied again to another GeneralPhysics I section. While this was long under consideration, the change was made during thepandemic because of two other purported benefits of this system: it simplifies grading for theinstructor (and any grader), and it removes the stress of one-time, “high stakes” examinations forthe student. This paper will present an overview of specifications grading, including some of thefew examples in university-level physics. It will then detail the author’s modified courses,including changes made in response to student feedback and instructor experience, anddiscussion of the impact on upper- vs. lower-division courses. Overall, despite the significantchange to the “norm,” students
reality (80% technical emphasis; 20%humanities) with a 50/50 mindset (50% technical acumen; 50% human interaction and criticalthinking). The output is designed to expand an engineering undergraduate’s world and life view,not the number of credit hours necessary for graduation.Critical thinking based upon unstructured problem solvingAt every level of student engagement and every “teaching moment,” engineering students mustbe reminded that the world cannot be engaged strictly as a formula. One of the unintendedconsequences of the 80/20 necessities of a technical education is the communication of asubliminal belief that all “real” problems can be addressed either through modeling anddifferential equations. If 80% of “life” for an 18-22 year old
talentedindividuals, eager and passionate to learn about cancer-related research. Our mentor pool of renownedresearchers is able to engage undergraduate students to conduct innovative on research cancerdiagnostics to therapeutic intervention. The work students accomplish during the REU has real worldimpact, as seen through multiple conference abstracts and presentations, as well as high-impactpublications. The REU has been able to cultivate and communicate multidisciplinary research. Thesecommunications are not only soundly science-based, but come from the voices and perspective ofmembers of our community that are often underrepresented. Participants in the REU are allowed to growto connect with a variety of STEM graduate students and professionals during
Unit One Implementation Process The coaches are also monitoring the development of subsequent units via the teachers’ Wikisand face-to-face meetings. CEEMS’ pedagogical methods are new to most of the participants, sothey require assistance throughout the process, including brainstorming ideas for new units,incorporating engineering design and introducing career connections, engaging students in thebig idea, drafting lesson procedures, creating unit assessment rubrics, and managing group work. Furthermore, without support from their school administration, the knowledge and skillsteachers acquired in the summer will not result in effective implementation. In order for ateacher to participate in the SIT, an administrator, such as the
plans, solutions, and otherexperimental data are passed along sequentially between different student groups working on differentparts of the overall problem during different periods of time. The benefits of this approach are that thestudents gain from the collaborative work of other student cohorts and are therefore able to focus theirown efforts appropriately within their scopes of knowledge and experience. The students also feel acombined sense of community by being a part of a larger, campus-wide solution, and are able to see acomprehensive plan come to fruition for their campus, which increases their college pride as alumni.The project participants are students and faculty from a diversity of courses and majors who arechallenged with
understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context i. A recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning j. A knowledge of contemporary issuesComputing Accreditation Commission (CAC) E. An understanding of professional, ethical, legal, security and social issues and responsibilities F. An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences G. An ability to analyze the local and global impact of computing on individuals, organizations, and society H. Recognition of the need for and an ability to engage in continuing professional developmentAssessment results from fall 2008 and spring 2009 indicated
course on MEAM 211, but we hope it will enable us to teachmore unique and advanced content to the sophomores.The projects in MEAM 247 that are aligned with MEAM 211 are designed to center on real-world systems such as sports balls and trebuchets. By focusing lectures on real dynamicsprojects, we have found discussing the design of practical systems and their applicationmotivates the students to ask questions and be engaged in class. Furthermore, this top-downapproach allows all the concepts (including analytical ones) to be taught in the context of thesystems, their design, and their applications. Page 13.81.8Progression from observation to
animal bioengineering. Animal welfarepolicies and initiatives in the USA are minimal in their standards of care and limited inwhich animals are included. (By contrast, in the UK, standards are high and inclusivebased on animal sentience.) Is engineering able and willing to embrace sentient-centricethics? That would mean giving credence to the moral significance of sentience inanimals; the capacity to perceive and experience feelings such as pleasure, joy, pain, anddistress.Being that humans and non-human animals are integrally connected in the larger web oflife, and the impacts of engineering on non-human animals are having increasinglyprofound implications for their lives, and for ours, engineering education has significantresponsibility, and
results of this study may impact, narrowly, the time management and self-awareness ofrespondents who did not previously account for their evolving needs in time management amidsta campaign of “bouncing forward” and in a broader sense, can open additional avenues forconsidering the evenness of time demands by-week for courses at USMA, alongside the academicand non-academic demands placed upon both educators and learners at this institution. 2IntroductionGeneral Background. Educational institutions rely on a consistent, judicious, and balancedunderstanding of time demands across academic, athletic, student/community wellness, andsupport programs. For an education system to work harmoniously, both
engineering programs, they are exposed to variousmessages about engineering, including norms and assumptions about engineering knowledge andknowing. Transmitted through pedagogical techniques, relationships, curricular materials,evaluations, and support systems, these messages comprise the epistemic climate, or the aspectsof an environment that impact students’ epistemic development. Curricular materials, inparticular, play a unique role in the engineering epistemic climate given their role as authoritiesand conveyors of knowledge. A form of curricular materials, engineering textbooks, place adisproportionate emphasis on technical content; however, textbook analyses are limited in theirscope and size due to their resource intensiveness. However
encompass the views andperspectives from the program manager, project manager, systems engineer, management, andthe customer. Students, faculty, and practitioners in the field of product management, systemsengineering, project management, program management, strategies, business management,supply-chain management, and similar disciplines may benefit from understanding and applyingthis model.IntroductionProgram Management, Project Management, and Systems Engineering are well recognized toolsand techniques in the engineering management discipline. Specifically, systems engineering istypically led by senior systems engineers (SE) and the primary focus is on systems levelrequirements and integration of various sub-system technical activities. Projects
courses that makeuse of project work to help students enhance their soft skills simultaneously with their softwaredevelopment skills29. Decker and Simkins30 introduced the use of an extended role play approachin a game development processes class where the students were not assessed solely on theartifacts they produced, but rather the processes by which they created the artifacts. Their role-play activities emphasize industry best practices for both technical and soft skills (projectmanagement, communication, marketing, and interdisciplinary design). We included someroleplay activities in the course redesign.The authors felt it was desirable to create activities that engaged asynchronous online studentsand allowed them to experience a level of
confidence or motivation. Delegating style is for people who have both competence and commitment.4. Transactional and Transformational Models – Directly relates to the hierarchical focus and chain of command (transactional) as opposed to looking at the organization as integrated system (transformational). Transactional Model - Managers engage in a transaction with their employee: Promise and reward for good performance, or threat and discipline for poor performance. Focus is on work: doing your work and doing it correctly. This approach has been called ―Prescription for mediocrity.‖ Transformational Model - Occurs when leaders broaden and elevate the interests of their employees and generate
verysuccessful. The goal of the summer professional development for the BIRDEE project fell intothree primary categories: 1) develop excitement around the potential and impact of BID 2)connect teachers to the natural world through immersive and hands-on experiences with nature,3) understand and learn tools for BID that can be integrated into their engineering designprocesses, and 4) as part of experiential learning, acting as a student-learner, complete a BID-enhanced engineering design project, from problem definition to prototype and test, with a showand share at the end of the summer. While the original plans for PL included substantial time inBID labs at Georgia Tech, the COVID-19 pandemic required a full virtual and somewhatreduced engagement with
professional status, it is notalways inspiring to individual engineers. Recent engineering leadership (EL) research suggeststhat many engineers continue to resist the notion of engineering as a leadership profession [5-15]. To what extent does this finding of widespread resistance hold true for a large sample ofengineering graduates? To the extent that this perspective persists, how can we reconcile lowlevels of leadership affinity with the professional reality that supervisory responsibilities arestructured into engineers’ work? The initial goal of our project was to understand the basis ofthis resistance in order to meaningfully engage engineers in leadership activities that drivesocial, organizational, and professional impact. For those engineers
project work helps students naturally practice what arecommonly referred to as 21st-century skills, or skills that students will use to be successful in themodern work environment regardless of chosen career path. These skills include criticalthinking, communication, creativity, and collaboration5. An emphasis on design early in thecurriculum is beneficial to students, as many programs only begin to stress elements ofengineering design methodology in the final year of instruction.The critical skills that students can build by engaging in design-based courses can be practicedusing game-based learning (GBL) and simulations as well. In game-based learning, games areused to help convey information to students in an engaging way6. Games also allow
participant who was committed to building university-industrypartnerships noted that his proud moment experience gave him a leadership methodology he isstill using today. This methodology not only supported his professional development as anengineering leader, but also had a positive impact on several generations of students, academics,and industry partners. While few participants were able to articulate their impact as engineeringleaders in such an explicit way, all 29 distilled leadership lessons from proud moments enablingthem to pay benefits forward to others in their respective “communities of practice”[27]. Thisfinding suggests that researchers interested in examining dominant narratives about ELdevelopment in professional practice would do
ahigher student retention and persistence. This increase in student retention and persistence will beespecially critical when training the workforce originating from marginalized communities likeUnderrepresented Minorities (URM), where challenges arise due to lack of access to high-qualityeducation throughout the trainee’s formative years (pre/middle/high schools), creating a cyclic setof knowledge dependencies that are difficult to meet. To address these challenges, this researchpresents Generative AI-based Personalized Tutor for Industrial 4.0 (gAI-PT4I4), a framework thatfocuses on personalization of 4IR experiential learning, using sentiment analysis to gaugestudent’s knowledge comprehension, while using a combination of generative AI and
. A disclaimer notes that these may or may not be used in the next version of the game. Sim City has had a major impact on computerized simulation games. “Executive Challenge” is a three-day video simulation used at the University of Texas at Austin to 24Figure 4. “Up the Corporation” character introduce MBA students to ethical decision- making processes and procedures. Players aredivided into three