Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reza Curtmola, New Jersey Institute of Technology; John D. Carpinelli, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Linda S. Hirsch, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Howard S. Kimmel, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Levelle Burr-Alexander, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

, participants were given anassignment to identify a lesson taught in their classroom which could use the cloud as aneducational technology tool and then to write a revised lesson plan based on cloud computingintegration and standards-based lesson planning. The assignment also required participants tosubmit the revised and original lesson plans plus samples of student work. The submitted lessonplans reflected the diversity of subjects taught by the participants and shared with their peers.The completed assignments were presented at the second workshop session, which consisted of a1-day meeting in December 2012.Based on the teachers’ applications for the program, we were able to outline what the teachershoped to learn from the workshops. A pre-workshop

Conference Session

Information Tools and Techniques for Engineering Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Giovanna Badia, McGill University; April Colosimo, McGill University

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Engineering Libraries

can help to set up expectations for those that are not familiar with the delivery method. The objectives and agenda should be provided in writing, as well as described verbally.11 It is important to mention how the information that will be presented is relevant to participants to keep their attention in the environment, and also to show enthusiasm for the technology.15, 21, 22 Smile and avoid speaking in a monotone.20, 22 A background knowledge probe can be used to learn more about the audience and assess their comfort level with the content and their previous knowledge. This can be done using open discussion questions via the chat option or enabling participants’ microphones, or it can be

Conference Session

Undergraduate Retention Activities

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Evans; Francis Broadway; Sandra Spickard Prettyman; Helen Qammar

within the processes of social interaction and is grounded incommunities of practice.VITDP helps to create a community of practice where engineering students have access tocultural knowledge and where novice practitioners are able to contribute to the activities of thecommunity because they are working alongside their peers and those with skill levels close totheir own. A major focus of this perspective is on the process of becoming, in this case anengineer, and hence on the relationship between identity within the community and culturalknowledge necessary to maintain and expand that identity. Lave and Wegner's work focused onhow identity continuously changed as novices moved along an identity trajectory from novice toexpert, where different

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Civil ET

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Carmine Balascio

student is experiencing difficulty. Misconceptions and gaps in knowledge can be readily addressed.This paper includes strategies for writing problems that are suited for development of design andanalysis skills in engineering-related topics and provides examples. Techniques for codingsolutions to complicated problems with a minimum of “bugs” are also discussed. Studentcomments and preferences regarding use of the LON-CAPA system in conjunction withProblem-Based Learning are examined. Page 9.1360.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright

Conference Session

MIND Education Trends

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Maria M. Larrondo Petrie

readers, thefirst What Do You Want To Be? Explore Space Sciences includes 12 biographies ofcontemporary women scientist describing what she does, how she got there, and why she enjoysit. The next two books will focus on Earth Science and Health Sciences. The Sally Ride ScienceFestivals20 held in different locations, bring together more than 1,000 middle school girls, parentsand teachers.Education Unlimited21 offers a variety of summer programs for students in grades 4-12. TheirA+ Summer Programs22 held at Stanford University builds proficiency in logic, critical thinkingand writing skills, dividing students into two sessions: a 12 day camp for 11th and 12th graders23,and a 9 day camp for 9th and 10th graders24, which focus on critical thinking

Conference Session

Student Teams & Active Learning

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Zemke; Jennifer Beller; Donald Elger

student rank ordered the individual events from “most helpful in learning,” to“least helpful in learning.” The third instrument was end of term qualitative data where thestudents described in writing what made the “most helpful” events helpful and the “least helpful”events least helpful.We rated the events from excellent to poor based on the collected data. The spread of the eventratings allowed us to discover two important design features. (1) Design each event so that thestudents begin with the concepts and are guided through the application. This connection of theconcept, application, and interrelationship between them greatly enhances learning. The learningenvironment is weakened when concept and application are taught separately. (2) Design

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammad Alam

has 13 core credits.The senior year includes a substantial design project, typically involving team participation, aswell as senior courses providing an in-depth treatment of digital logic and systems theory.In order to validate the number of core computer science credits required for the CpE program,the present authors carried out an e-mail survey of peer institutions, the results of which areillustrated in Fig. 2. Page 9.832.2 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition 2 Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Computer Literacy Among Minority Students

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Urban; James Collofello; Doris Roman; Faye Navabi; Mary Anderson-Rowland

Page 8.327.4Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationwant to write software but do little to entice other students to explore software developmentcareer opportunities. The practical problems faced by most secondary schools attempting toimplement these curricula include computing resource limitations and a lack of qualifiedteachers. These limitations further restrict the opportunities most students have to exploresoftware development career opportunities.With few exceptions such as the new Toronto curriculum, most secondary school programs failto address the issues motivating the research described

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Vikas Yellamraju; Kurt Gramoll

about database or platform specific issues.Since Perl processes textual information, which is handled well by databases, Perl-DBI forms agood choice for database programming and accessing information.SQLStructure Query Language (SQL) allows users to access data in relational database managementsystems, such as Oracle, Sybase, Informix, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Access. SQLstatements are used to perform tasks such as add or update data on a database, retrieve data froma database, allow users to define the data and manipulate it.ODBCOpen Data Base Connectivity (ODBC) is an Application Programming Interface (API) thatallows abstracting a program from a database. When writing code to interact with a database, oneusually has to add code that

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

William C. Beston; Sharon B. Fellows; Richard Culver

that of their peers moves the evaluation responsibility off the shoulders ofthe instructor and on to the students'.The third dimension of the first step in building SDL is to identify the basic learning skillsrequired for academic survival. These include time management and effective learning skills -the ability to take notes, read a technical book, prepare for an examination and produce logical,intelligible homework. A desirable adjunct to this is to help the students assess their preferredlearning styles, both understanding how they absorb information and how they interact with Page 5.417.3instructors and other students. Stage Two of our SDL

Conference Session

Best Zone Paper Competition

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amelito G. Enriquez, Canada College

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Council of Sections

inintroductory courses5, alternative instructional strategies such as collaborative and interactivelearning6, summer bridge programs7,8, and academic support services such as tutoring, AcademicExcellence Workshops (AEWs), and peer mentoring9.In 2008, Cañada College, a Hispanic-Serving community college in Redwood City, CA, wasawarded a Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program (MSEIP) grant by the USDepartment of Education. The project, entitled Student On-ramp Leading to Engineering andSciences (SOLES), aims to maximize the likelihood of success among underrepresented andeducationally disadvantaged students interested in pursuing careers in STEM fields byincorporating strategies that address challenges and barriers to recruitment, retention

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gwen Lee-Thomas, Ph.D., Old Dominion University; Autar Kaw, University of South Florida; Ali Yalcin, University of South Florida

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NSF Grantees

Mechanical Engineering students, andstudent performance was measured via an identical multiple-choice final examination.Today’s generation of students are inundated with technological devices that provide them withneeded information for daily living as well as socially connecting with their peers. Given thevast integration of technology on one’s daily life, it is no stretch to imagine technology at thecenter of student learning. Faculty are constantly identifying and developing ways to be moreinclusive of technological innovations to help students learn new and difficult materials as wellas demonstrate learning2,3.Because of the use of course management systems such as Blackboard (http://blackboard.com) inmost universities and the availability of

Conference Session

Lessons learned

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ibrahim F. Zeid, Northeastern University; William L. DUPE Chan, Josiah Quincy High School; Kristina Buenafe, Josiah Quincy High School; Jessica Chin, Northeastern University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

understanding of and the appropriate use of mathematical modeling breadth and depth of study.As a result of JQUS’ acceptance as an IB school, math teachers felt the need toincorporate projects that teach these skills, emphasizing critical thinking andinternational-mindedness in keeping with the IB learner profile and Common Corestandards [5-7]. Adjusting to a new curriculum while meeting district and staterequirements, the adherence of all standards poses considerable challenges to JQUS forteaching project-based learning, writing, mathematical content and technology content.EBL via the CAPSULE program was chosen as an approach for transitioning the school’sSTEM curriculum into the IB Diploma Programme.With every teacher limited by physical and

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Anthony Tzes; Hong Wong; Vikram Kapila

of real-world experimental test-beds. Finally, even in its preliminarystage, the MPCRL has contributed to outreach programs including the Youth in Engineering andScience (YES) program,4 which encourages high school students to pursue studies in engineeringand science, and a Summer Workshop5 to expose graduate students from various universities toreal-time experimental control. This array of activities facilitates the development ofcompetencies in project-based, cooperative, and peer learning (e.g., through hands-on activities,team projects, group discussions, and team writing) and active learning (e.g., thinking,observing, brain-storming, listening, note taking, critical reading, summarizing, problem solving,conducting computer simulation

Conference Session

Student Self-assessment in Mechanics Courses

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amie Baisley, University of Florida; Chiranjeevi Singh Marutla, University of Florida

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Mechanics Division (MECHS)

foundations of equilibrium that will be applied in manylater courses. At a large R1 university in the southeast students take the course in a flipped,mastery-based classroom environment. The mastery-based approach is employed for theassessments where students are evaluated for how they demonstrated the course mastery objectiveson each assessment in the course. The students solve a single assessment problem every other weekwhere they are asked to organize their solution following the mastery objectives. The masteryobjectives are the key pieces of the solution solving process for every statics problem. The studentsare required to write, draw, or include equation(s) for each objective for each problem, but thework is unique to the type of problem being

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 8

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pablo Frank Bolton, Smith College; Liberty Rose Lehr, Smith College; Rahul Simha, The George Washington University; Michelle Lawson, Smith College

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

Paper ID #41712The Justification Effect on Two-Tier Multiple-Choice ExamsDr. Pablo Frank Bolton, Smith College I am a Lecturer in the Computer Science department at Smith College. I received my PhD. from the George Washington University under the direction of Professor Rahul Simha. I currently teach a variety of undergraduate courses and have taught graduate courses in the past. My research is currently focused on STEM, especially on the areas of identifying misconceptions, creating scalable and informative assessments, and in the use of active learning techniques such as learning-by-teaching, and peer learning

Conference Session

Design Communications & Cognition I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leema Kuhn Berland, University of Texas, Austin; William F. McKenna, University of Texas, Austin; Stephanie Baker Peacock, University of Texas, Austin

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Design in Engineering Education

’ notebook supported the students’learning by making their problem solving processes explicit and visible. In addition,Jensen and Harris14 demonstrated that students in a college communication class believedthat notebooks—that included information such as daily journal entries, preliminaryspeech ideas, peer feedback, outlines of speeches, etc.—supported their learning byhelping them identify key concepts in class and relate the course material to daily life.Methods  In order to explore the breadth of ways in which students and teachers use and interpretengineering notebooks, we examined the use of engineering notebooks in 3 high-schoolengineering classes. Students in each class were expected to maintain an engineeringnotebook. Each class was taught

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research in K-12

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brenda M. Capobianco, Purdue University; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Irene B. Mena, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods, K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

the problem is here? What are some questions you might have?‟ And then I would say, „Okay, what do you think about coming up with a plan?‟ I guess I tried to make more subtle…not very obvious…I guess you could say that I guided them…I wanted them to direct their own learning (Ralph, 5th grade teacher, Interview #2, Spring 09) I thought it was important that my first graders see how the process works by actually engaging in each step. I created engineering notebooks and on each page students would write down the step they were working on and then draw a picture of what they were doing. When they got stuck on a step or if their dough was not working, I would say, „why don‟t you draw a picture of

Conference Session

High School Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed Abdelrahman, Tennessee Technological University; Cynthia Rice-York, Tennessee Tech University; Dalton York, Tennessee Tech University; Cynthia Stowers, Clark Range High School; Robert Sircy, Tennessee Tech University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

specifically forDMFC. The performance stand also had to be modified to accommodate the liquid methanolfuel. The process of modifying the test stand, accompanied by a literature review of DMFCs,electrochemistry, and electricity in general, took two more weeks. Testing and retestingperformance with more of the S-ZrO2/Nafion composite membranes, side by side with standardNafion membranes exceeded the allotted 6 weeks. The teacher was asked to stay for an extra twoweeks to continue with the research and gratefully accepted. The performance testing of themembranes outperforming those found in the literature at that time. This led to a continuing ofthe research by the lab into the fall, and an attempt, in process, to publish the combined efforts ina peer

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering III

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rosalyn Berne

across the United States. They and their institutions’ names are held inanonymity.Originally, 50 individual researchers were asked to participate. Thirty five said, ‘yes,’ andmet with me once. Twenty three have met with me twice, and I anticipate that by the timeof this writing, eighteen of those will have completed or were scheduled for a thirdconversation, and one will have had a fourth. It could be argued that the group of twentythree continuing participants is a self-select group. It is likely that those who continue tomake themselves available for these discussions probably have a genuine interest inreflecting on the meaning and ethics of their work in nanotechnology. They may havebeen predisposed to participate. I began meeting with

Conference Session

Managing and Funding Design Projects

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David W. Miller; Doris Brodeur

issue at thistime, as did teamwork and good communication.Because communication and teamwork skills are important objectives to this capstone course,they were taught concurrently in a companion Communications Practicum. These skills includedtechnical briefings and presentations, graphics, technical writing, team dynamics, conflictresolution, and colleague assessment. Presentations and reports were observed and critiqued byan instructional team led by a communications specialist from the School of Humanities andSocial Sciences. Both the instructional staff and student peers rated team participation and teamleadership skills. Page 7.1128.6

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Donna Shirley

only of theengineering students.Each lecture is broken up with exercises to illustrate the concepts being presented. Additionally,in each class the students are broken into teams (usually four to six in classes between 15 and 40students) which are as diverse as possible in terms of personality, gender, culture, and skill sets6. The teams are later combined into larger groups which become a “business”7. There are teammidterm and final reports and presentations, as well as individual exams and homeworkassignments. Peer grading is also used. The lectures are lavishly illustrated with actualexamples, many drawn from the author’s personal experiences, particularly as the leader of the

Collection

ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

Authors

Alexander John De Rosa, University of Delaware; Teri Kristine Reed, OU Polytechnic Institute

investigators on this project. These collaborators allow for peer review anddebriefing (Creswell & Miller, 2000) as we analyze the data together and each provide our ownperspective on the results (I am a “traditional” engineer by background, one of my collaboratorsis a social scientist and the other is an engineering faculty member who has worked in the fieldof educational research for several decades). The sampling of multiple participants also allowedfor each to provide contributions to the same themes as the interview protocol was so heavilygrounded in the chosen conceptual framework that examining each a-priori theme in the light ofevery participant was embedded into the research process.3.4 Limitations of StudyIn addition to the issues with

Conference Session

Innovative Pedagogy in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven J. Burian, University of Utah; Jeffery S Horsburgh, Utah State University; David E Rosenberg, Utah State University; Daniel P. Ames, Brigham Young University; Laura G Hunter, Utah Education Network; Courtenay Strong, University of Utah

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Civil Engineering

management, low-impact de- velopment, green infrastructure design, storm water management, flood risk modeling, vulnerabilities and adaptation strategies for urban water systems, and the water-energy nexus. Steve’s research projects have been funded by National Laboratories, EPA, NSF, DOD, DOE, State Departments of Transportation, and Private Industry. His work has resulted in more than 50 authored or co-authored peer-reviewed publi- cations. Dr. Burian currently is an Associate Director of the Global Change and Sustainability Center and the Co-Director of Sustainability Curriculum Development at the University of Utah. He is actively involved with several professional societies including ASCE, AWRA, AWWA, WEF, AGU, AMS

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division - General Technical Session 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Glenn W Ellis, Smith College; Yanning Yu, Northwestern University

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Computers in Education

standard problem-solving procedures, but they must also have passion,adaptability and an eagerness to learn. Successful graduates need to be innovators, effectivecollaborators in interdisciplinary and multicultural environments, excellent communicators,leaders, and lifelong learners1. Based upon research emerging from the learning sciences,Sawyer’s description of a successful college graduate (in any field) has much in common withthe National Science Board (NSB) report. Sawyer writes that to be successful in the knowledgeage, graduates will need to develop a deep and integrated understanding of complex subjects;possess excellent communication skills; be able to participate in demanding discourse inmulticultural environments; possess a capacity for

Conference Session

A Challenge to Engineering Educators

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harold R Underwood, Messiah College

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

freeindividual use, we select the Corporate option at a monthly premium to accommodate asufficient number of projects and adequate online storage space. Logbook21 instructionsspecify for students to clearly identify personal contact information in case of loss, dividethe composition book into logical sections, and bring to all project related meetings andclass sessions. Besides these basic expectations for its use, the logbook is graded oncontent, organization and neatness. The Adjustment Factor allows a student’s grade to beincreased or decreased based on self, peer and faculty evaluation of that student’s overallcontribution and growth during the semester. Thus, we believe the portfolio approachworks best with other forms of assessment, as indicated

Conference Session

Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT) Technical Session 7

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nivedita Kumar, Florida International University; Bailey Bond-Trittipo, Florida International University; Maimuna Begum Kali, Florida International University; Stephen Secules, Florida International University; Angela Estacion, WestEd; Mark Allen Weiss, Florida International University; Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida; Ken Christensen P.E., University of South Florida; Tiana Solis, Florida International University; Jacqueline Faith Sullivan, University of Central Florida

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Diversity

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Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT)

understanding and interest in career pathways, the lack of interest in entrepreneurshipand research and high number of undecided responses at the end of the first cohort year areworthy of further investigation. Figure 1 Overall Pathway ChoicesFig 2 shows pathway choice by gender. Out of the 23 participants who chose internship, 14identified as male, 6 identified as female, and 3 participants did not report their gender. Werecognize that male and female are understood as terms for biological sex and not genderidentity, but this graph is in accordance with the current phrasing of the survey instrument. Weare working to update the survey in future iterations. There was a non-binary and a text write-inoption, but these were

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division (IND) Technical Session 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Thomason, Mansfield ISD/The University of Texas at Arlington; Victoria C. P. Chen, The University of Texas at Arlington; Erick C. Jones, The University of Texas at Arlington; Jay Michael Rosenberger, The University of Texas at Arlington; Jaivardhan Sood, The University of Texas at Arlington; Vishnu Sharma Kaipu Prabhakar Sharma, The University of Texas at Arlington; Soulmaz Rahman Mohammadpour, The University of Texas at Arlington; Rahsirearl Dominick Smalls, Everman ISD/The University of Texas at Arlington; Jocelyn Sigler M.Ed., The University of Texas at Arlington; James Hovey

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Industrial Engineering Division (IND)

ownership. Her learners then analyzedtheir results and completed a written analysis report over their findings utilizing what theylearned in their English Language Arts class regarding technical writing. The results of theircross-curricular learning were then presented to their peers. At a Junior High School STEMcampus, letting learners experience a real-world problem and using industry equipment toinvestigate and analyze results is extremely important. This project allowed her students to testout several types of insulation available and see that the R-values did not impact the overallenergy usage enough to push for the higher R-value product. This went against what theyhypothesized and expected from their research on insulation. Without the NSF

Conference Session

Empowering Change: Cultivating Inclusive and Sustainable Futures in STEM Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kaylla Cantilina, Tufts University; Chelsea Joy Andrews, Tufts University; Fatima Rahman, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach

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Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

possible. The revised course includes: (1) a weekly sociotechnical lab withsmall-group activities and discussions on curriculum-aligned real-world justice topics, (2)weekly post-lab readings and written reflections, (3) week-long projects where codingassignments are embedded in a justice topic, and (4) a final project that explicitly considerssocial impacts of numerical analysis or design. Each course section is supported byundergraduate equity learning assistants who help facilitate the sociotechnical labs and act asapproachable peer mentors who can push students to think differently. Every assignment,including these written reflections, is graded and contributes to students’ overall courseassessment.While there were several artifacts, topics

Conference Session

Innovative Strategies for Enhancing Engineering Education Across Diverse Learning Environments

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Todd Jeffrey Freeborn, The University of Alabama

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

mature and regular study habits. As different as this format was from literally all of my other classes, it fit very well how I could schedule my time. Overall, it was a huge adjustment, but it's an adjustment I am glad I was able to make. As far as work periods, I enjoyed coming to them. It was a place I could not only work with [Instructor], but also with peers, because sometimes all you need is an extra pair of eyes. • The flexibility has been great, as the pre-recorded lectures essentially allowed for 5 office hours periods per week. Sometimes I have been ahead on lectures, and other times behind. My favorite feature is being able to rewind and pause videos if I ran out of time to write something