in math, science, or engineering than their male peers. TheCollege of Engineering at San José State University has also witnessed an overall decrease in thenumber of women engineering students, dropping from 19% in 2001 to 14% in 2011.Table 1. Women Undergraduates in the College of Engineering at San José State University Full‐time Students First‐time Freshmen New Transfer Students 25.0% 22.4% 22.4% 21.2% 20.0% 17.1% 17.9% 17.8% 18.1% 16.2% 14.4% 13.7% 13.6% 15.0% 18.8% 16.4% 17.6
performance parameters and contrasts thisinformation with key parameters of the NBN. The study suggests that a digital divide will remainfor locations that have to rely on satellite Internet access, even once the NBN has been deployed.IntroductionIn step with the developments in technology and society, educators have embraced computer andInternet-based learning and teaching tools. This includes administrative tools such as CourseManagement Systems (CMS), e.g. Moodle, as well as tools with a strong learning and teachingfocus, such as peer assessment tools. Such learning tools are used by both, distance as well asface-to-face education. Modern distance education relies heavily on Information andCommunication Technology (ICT) to provide students with an
. Wyne has been with the ABET USA for more than 10 years and is currently serving as a Commissioner for Computing Accreditation Commission (CAC) of ABET. In addition, he is a Guest Editor for a journal, Associate Editor, and is serving on editorial boards for four international journals. He has also served as Chair and Co-chair of numerous conferences, workshops, tracks, and panels, in addition to serving on the program committee for more than 60 international conferences. Wyne has given invited talks on numerous occasions and published a number of articles in peer-reviewed international journals and peer-reviewed international conferences.Mr. Gregory Stuart RogersMr. Preston Jay Mendoza, National University Business
Fischetti, M., “Working Knowledge: Fresh from the Sea”, Scientific American, Vol. 297, Issue 3, pp. 118-119. Page 15.345.9Appendix A : Pre-Project Survey Name e-mail address Major Do you live on campus or off campus? Best times to meet outside of class Is there any student you cannot work with? Rate your skills in the following areas from 1-10 : Handiness (mechanical abilities with tools) Math Computers Writing Leadership (managing a team) Page 15.345.10Appendix B
an M.A. in creative writing from Iowa State University.Ann Burnett, North Dakota State University Ann Burnett is an Associate Professor of Communication at North Dakota State University. Burnett holds a Ph.D. degree in Communication from the University of Utah and an M.A. degree in Communication from the University of Northern Colorado.Roger Green, North Dakota State University Roger Green is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Dakota State University. Green holds Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wyoming. Page
Beyond Boundariesrelative to transforming undergraduate engineering education have been in the areas of: • Leading a change management process • Getting broad faculty involvement • Applying research on engineering education innovation from peer institutions and educational research.The work of the Engineering Beyond Boundaries (EB2) Task Force and Roundtable has beenfully supported from the college administrative leadership and increasingly has formed the basisof the college’s strategic plan. Department Chairs and Faculty have been invited to engage in theplanning process as members of the Task Force and/or Roundtable to provide ideas and create
now more commonly considered as a process wherestudents become active learners and teachers become facilitators who help them to constructtheir own knowledge and skills (Barr & Tagg, 1995; Decorte, 1996; Nicol, 1997, 2006). InPhysics Education Research (PER), active-engagement strategies have been widely adopted andhave shown to be one of the most successful methods of improving students’ learningexperience. These researches have been focused on student-centered learning such as inquirybased learning, peer-instructions as well as developing and implementing innovative learningmaterials inside classrooms. However, it is worthy to point out that in this very important highereducation innovation process, little attention has been paid to
Page 24.157.4not learned otherwise14. While there is certainly a place for good lectures in effective teaching,faculty need to involve students in discussions, team-based activities, laboratory experiences,peer-led learning, and hands-on participation to maximize learning outcomes.While the Kolb Experiential learning model is a good standard for experience-based learning, itis difficult for instructors to implement without further explanation. With more research havingbeen done on experiential learning, several elements of implementation stand out: 1. Leadership education should be implemented early on in an academic career – Early implementation gives more time for students to develop the leadership skills desired. Because the
Projects course that is required for all freshman in the College of Engineering at LTU. He has published 31 peer-reviewed journal articles. At LTU, Meyer offers a number of outreach programs for high school students and advises many projects for undergraduate students. Page 24.809.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Introducing High School Students to Biomedical Engineering through Summer CampsAbstractSummer camps provide many high school students their first opportunity to learn about
for two years as the Dean of the Graduate School and additional two years as the Interim Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Studies. Dr. Latif was responsible for the graduate education ac- tivities for 14 Master’s Degree programs, development of new degree programs and courses. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Missouri—Columbia and an M.S. from South Dakota State University (SDSU); both degrees are in Agricultural Engineering. He holds a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Chittagong in Bangladesh. Dr. Latif has authored/co-authored numerous refereed journal articles and peer reviewed conference proceedings articles and has made national and interna- tional conference
students who thought that they could not draw—many students didnot like it in the engineering curriculum and the drawings took too long to do. So, we returned tobasic sketching. Now we are seeking new methods that are consistent with the RGP.Feature-based representationsThis method comprises traditional sketches where the designer stops after blocking out the mainfeatures and adds additional description by writing a text description of the feature. Theprinciple here is: do not transmit information that the recipient does not need in order to act(make a decision). The first corollary is: always include everything that is necessary to make thedecision either graphically or in text. The second corollary is: the purpose of a feature
of desks and the group tried to verbally guide a blindfolded peer through itsafely. At another station the students attempted to instruct a teammate in how to draw a “VT”without the teammate knowing what was being described. The third activity was instructing ateammate in how to build a structure out of Legos. The groups rotated through the stationsduring the activity period. Each station clearly emphasized the importance of precision and aneed to avoid assumptions when writing an algorithm, as well as general concepts of problemsolving and teamwork. Page 10.616.3 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education
students and have been instrumental in the success of Center-sponsored events,organizing volunteers, initiating special study sessions and countless other ways that havedrawn our diverse group of students together.All graduate students are housed together in the Student Office Space in the IntegratedManufacturing Systems Laboratory and are assigned desks based on their research ThrustArea affiliation. As a result, students within each Thrust Area consult with their peers ona daily basis and assist each other. This space helped in creating the “ERC spirit” amongstudents and was highly beneficial for team development. In the words of Dr. ShirleyJackson, president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, “it takes a village comprised ofintergenerational
themainspring argument in this paper. The only legitimate type of knowledge, in the context of ourcompulsory education system designed for social reproduction and global economic advantage1 This is not a broad epistemological discussion rather its focus is limited in the use of knowledge in TechnologyEducation.2 Peter McCleary, “Some Characteristics of a New Concept of Technology” in the Journal of ArchitecturalEducation 42, no 1 (Fall 1988). This article helped to develop and define aspects of this type of knowledge.3 Based loosely on the definition of science in the American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, ThirdEdition.4 Michel Foucault, Knowledge/Power: Selected Interviews and Other Writings 1972-1977, ed. C. Gordon. (NewYork
peer and /or instructor facilitated discussion, in and out of the classroom as well as online. Service-learning thus challenges students to apply their learning, to evaluate their owneffectiveness and that of the individuals and organizations with whom they work, and to setpersonal development goals. It requires that they interact with a diverse range of people otherthan their instructors and fellow students and that they take on often unfamiliar and high-responsibility level roles. It gives them opportunities to work in teams, to write, to present topublic as well as academic audiences, to make connections between their studies and the rest oftheir lives, and to develop their critical thinking abilities. It exposes them directly to issues
from different countries by comparingstatistics such as graduation rates, etc. Such direct comparisons may be too simplistic. Otherfactors, i.e., social, economic, political, etc., must be considered. For example, Thai students maybe under more pressure to conform and graduate with their peers within four years in the field Page 9.985.8they had first chosen while American students may not be subjected to such pressure. As a result, “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”the American students
Beliefs 213 4.23 9 10 23 52 119 Supervisors 213 3.62 16 13 57 78 49 Public Laws 210 3.43 22 23 64 44 57 Customers/Clients 209 3.39 20 30 53 60 46 Peers 213 3.38 16 24 76 56 41 Company Policies 213 3.30 13 36 72 59 33 Profession 213 3.17 25 30 67 66 25 Design Codes 207 3.14 31 30 59 53
Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education Session 3268or paper" (p. 326). They also note that, given the popularity of this technique, it's quitesurprising that they could only find thirty controlled experiments of hypermedia that made use ofobjective outcomes. Further, they suggest that the lack of supporting evidence for the efficacy ofhypermedia is most likely partly due to flaws in experimental design. In a similarlycomprehensive assessment of the existing literature, Tergan echoed their sentiment, writing that"…because of inherent shortcomings in design and research the potential ofhypertext
all members is required to complete a project effectively. 9. Foundations in technical report writing. An effort coordinated with the English Technical Department. Reports 10. Foundations in preparing and presenting information in oral presentations. Oral Briefings 11. A Tool: Foundations in using the USAFANet and the WWW. Computer Nets 12. A Tool: Slide and figure preparation using MS-PowerPoint. PowerPoint 13. A Tool: Foundations in using MS-Excel to create and use spreadsheets to catalog data Spreadsheets and to make calculations.from the instructor’s suggestions for improvement. We have found that the feedback sheetimproves student
realization ofplace and develop future direction. Additionally, the work of Arthur Chickering (1969)has provided a theoretical framework for these objectives and, together with institutionalexperience, has provided an increased awareness that engaging students from multipleperspectives is more often than not responsible for helping students develop academicallyand socially.Success as a college student requires development of a strong personal network ofsupport, connection among peers and purposeful awareness of their course of study.Studies of how college effects students by Pascarella and Terenzini (1991) offer citationafter citation as to the value and importance of the concept of mentorship, i.e., connectionto faculty, staff, students and others
involvement in an engineeringcurriculum. They are listed in no particular order and we make no claim that this list isexhaustive. The authors welcome information on similar programs.• University of Rhode Island’s The International Engineering Program1Rhode Island’s rationale statement expresses the need for US engineers to be able to “workwith peers and partners who view the world through differing cultural lenses,” and the dangerof Americans not being able to meet “the qualifications of positions in global firms.” TheRhode Island program in German, French and Spanish is a five-year dual degree program inboth engineering and language study. A corporate internship in Europe or Latin America is arequirement for the program. Rhode Island has developed
presentation. Animportant strategy to enforce rehearsing involved pairing students to peer-evaluate theirpresentations prior to final delivery. This was in addition to a short animated video ‘Get Preparedto Present Well’ produced specifically for the course, along with a check list, to emphasize thekey techniques. A pre- and post-survey was conducted to benchmark presentation skills anddetermine how regimented rehearsing affected their delivery. When rehearsed, the studentsclearly saw an improvement in their performances and as a result developed a strongappreciation for the importance of practicing. However, the study also identified that when theassignment is demanding and time is limited, practice is first to be sacrificed.IntroductionABET
criteria. We elected not to have all teams develop the same app, but to let the teamscollaboratively define their own apps. In doing so the teams spent the initial part of the projectwriting their own user stories. One member of the team was appointed Product Owner to resolveproposed feature conflicts. This activity allowed everyone to participate in the writing andestimation of user stories. We included the initial development of user stories and Android bootcamp as Iteration Zero activities, with the exit criteria from Iteration Zero being that there wouldbe sufficient work defined to support the start of Sprint 1. Page 22.1712.5The instructor
. Fahien Award, the John Wiley Premier Award for Engineering Education Courseware, NCSU Fac- ulty Advising Award, National Effective Teaching Institute Fellow, NCSU Alumni Outstanding Teacher Award, George H. Blessis Outstanding Undergraduate Advisor Award, ASEE Southeastern Section New Teacher Award, and ASEE-ERM Apprentice Faculty Grant Award. Bullard’s research interests lie in the area of educational scholarship, including teaching and advising effectiveness, academic integrity, process design instruction, and the integration of writing, speaking, and computing within the curriculum.Prof. Penny M. Knoll, Montana State University Penny Knoll is an Associate Professor and Program Coordinator for the undergraduate
rankings. For the Team Draft 2and Team Final Response, teams revisit their procedure (using peer and instructor feedback) andwork with the larger historical data set.As with any MEA, students are not specifically instructed to use particular mathematical orstatistical methods. For discussion purposes here, Table 1 provides summary statistics of thedata to demonstrate what the student teams should have noticed about the data and referred towhen developing their own data sets to further test their mathematical models. Given the dataprovided at Draft 1, the student teams should have concluded that the mean alone cannot be usedto differentiate the shipping companies. The means are all within about 0.1 minutes (not enoughto make a practical difference
the range of inquiry-based approaches that have been developed for physics education including Physics by Inquiry, PeerInstruction, Real Time Physics, Tools for Scientific thinking and workshop Physics. Prince and Felder(2006, 2007) provide extensive evidence that a variety of inquiry-based instructional methods areeffective for promoting conceptual understanding as well as additional educational outcomes. Theframework adopted for the activities presented in this study drew heavily on the Workshop Physicsmodel, the defining elements of which (Laws et al., 1999) are shown in Table 1. Table 1: Elements of Inquiry-Based Activity Modules (Laws et al 1999) (a) Use peer instruction and collaborative work
teachers through the proposal process, conducted proposal-writing workshops; Co-facilitator (2004), Boston East Pipeline Network; and Alumni, Lead Boston 2004 (The National Conference for Community and Justice). She won the 2006 Northeastern University Aspiration Award, and was recognized at the 2003 Northeastern University Reception honoring Principal Investigators that obtained funding in excess of $1 million over a five-year period.Daniel Sullivan, Northeastern University Daniel Sullivan has a B.S. in civil engineering and has worked for the Center for STEM Education since 2010.Ms. Lauren Horn, Northeastern UniversityDr. Charles A. Dimarzio, Northeastern University
initiatives encompass peer mentorship, professional development, and family friendlypolicies.As TCNJ is in the 3rd year of this 3-year NSF funded ADVANCE PAID grant, this paper willdiscuss the implementation of the program initiatives and success and challenges learned indetail.Equity Assessment InitiativeFaculty Database A longitudinal faculty database was constructed in coordination with Human Resources,The Center for Institutional Research and Academic Affairs. Original HR data containedincorrect information and lacked promotion data. In analysis of the data, only faculty hired after1990 were included. The reason for excluding pre-1990 data is that standards for promotionchanged at around this time period. Faculty hired after 1990 were
was reduced to approximately one-fifth the normal time, allowingthe instructor to work directly with student groups as they developed questions.Organization of any class into a cooperative learning situation can be accomplished by followingthe example of others who have developed methods that help avoid many pitfalls and establisheffective learning systems. Felder and Brents’ workshop notebook on effective teachingcontains many guidelines and references that describe active learning and cooperative learningtechniques2. Among the most important organizational aspects are:1. A statement of course objectives (what students should be able to do as a result of the class)2. An explanation of teams, team member responsibilities, and peer
engineering education. Through these research topics, Raissa has been publishing papers for peer-reviewed journal and conference proceedings. Also, she is part of Dr. Siyuan Song’s research lab, the Safety Automation and Visualization Environment (SAVE) Laboratory, which integrates technologies and education themes to improve building performance and safety engineering.Dr. Siyuan Song, The University of Alabama Dr. Siyuan Song is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental engineering at the University of Alabama. Her research interests include Occupational Safety and Health, Training and Workforce Development, Engineering Education, Building Information Modeling, Machine Learning