program since fall 2017. The number of Connecticut campuses grew from 1 to 8and overseas partner campuses grew from 2 to 5.Participant survey data shows that the program is continuously improving in helping studentsgain a better worldview and collaborate cross-culturally and helping faculty incorporateinternational collaboration into their courses. Teachers running a module for a second or thirdtime are more likely to involve a full class, rather than a section of their class. It is worth notingthat the retention rate for CT CLICKs teachers (those who have continued and/or plan tocontinue in the future) is currently 90%.Furthermore, in the face of the pandemic, CT CLICKs became one of the only options forproviding robust global skillsets
each FLC meeting, there is also an opportunity for faculty to reflect, take notes,and consider assessment techniques when implementing these strategies.Faculty receive individual support through coaching and timely feedback from the FLCfacilitators. Twice a year, a facilitator meets one-on-one with each participant. The first session isat the start of the program, and it focuses on getting to know the faculty member and their goalsof the FLC. The second session is in the spring as they begin to plan their KEEN Card. Thefacilitator provides feedback during and outside of the FLC meetings, particularly for theirasynchronous work of these small implementations and their KEEN Card plans.Data Collection and Analysis
gamificationof the IDEAL challenge problem. The new questions include: “The Investigator Terminal wasintuitive to use;” “I wanted more guidance during the forensics challenge problem than theterminal was able to provide;” and “I had fun while solving the forensics challenge problem.” Asdone in Phase 1, we plan to examine the results of the surveys, final challenge problem reportgrades, and final grades to evaluate self-perceived confidence, “appreciation” of the coursematerial, and achievement of student learning outcomes[3]. Additionally, we will use finalprogress codes and the completeness of the Investigator Journal and Glossary entries to evaluatestudent engagement. We will compare these metrics between traditional challenge problems(prompt-led
help students understand the projectthey will work on over the summer and allow them to hit the ground running upon arrival to thehost labs. Examples of planned activities for this virtual training series are outlined in Table 1. Table 1: 10-week virtual training series – weekly 90-minute Zoom sessions Week Topic Homework 1 Welcome & Introduction to Sweden and Swedish culture (inside and outside of the lab) N/A 2 Genetics - DNA & RNA structure and function Reading 3 Genetics - Gene expression
the lecture portions of the activity.The original plan for the students participating virtually was to have a synchronous Zoom sessionfor each activity section. Because this added substantial effort for the instructors with onlymarginal benefit for the students, the instructors conducted a synchronous Zoom session duringthe final activity period and those students with a schedule conflict could participateasynchronously by watching the Zoom session recording. The lecture portion of the activity wassimultaneously delivered live to the students in class and virtually over Zoom to the students athome. The PowerPoint slides were screenshared with the students at home and the Zoom sessionwas projected on the classroom screen for those attending
circumstances, finding themselves and their studentsdistraught and stressed and in need of immediate support from the administration. Our Division of Information Technology (DoIT), prior to the switch, invested in creatingresources for online teaching. However, due to high requests for immediate professionaldevelopment, they quickly developed a training program “for instructors who wish to take amore deliberate and holistic approach to preparing their courses for remote, synchronous andasynchronous, online instruction [1].” The Planning Instructional Variety for Online Teaching(PIVOT) provided “...evidence-based principles for how people learn and share many of the bestpractices of teaching in face-to-face classrooms, but leverages those
, and who may beinterested in learning about the challenges and benefits of kits and learning technologies as anaugmentation to course activities.Conceptual frameworkTo help us answer our first pedagogy question we analyze the approaches taken in the courseusing Puentedura’s SAMR (Substitution-Augmentation-Modification-Redefinition) model whichhas typically been applied to the introduction of new educational technologies [1]. We use thisframework to characterize the development of kits and the other associated technology andcurricular elements. The kit plans were initially conceived as a strategy for substituting access tothe practical components available on campus, however, rather than a simple 1:1 replacement,while planning and implementing
possible due to COVID-19.7. Future plansWe are repeating this exercise in Spring 2021. Engineering students submit an initial conceptpaper describing an initial design for the room, and a mid-project report that includes pictures ofthe SolidWorks model. These are both sent to the nursing students who provide feedback. Thefinal product is the SolidWorks model, a final report, pictures, and a video walkthrough of theER room. The report, pictures and walkthrough are sent to the nursing students. This year allstudents are designing emergency rooms, with about 32 students working with nursing, andabout 16 working independently. The use of the Vive for a VR walkthrough will probably beattempted in 2022.8. Research questionsWe plan to conduct this
: encouraging younger students’ interest in STEM related fields while changing the definition and conversation of what it means to be an engineer. Her research interests include motivation and STEM curriculum development and evaluation. She is very excited to be a part of this community and hopes to spark the interest of engineering education research within her peer groups and to return to education after industry experience.Dr. Jeanne L. Sanders, University of Nevada, Reno Jeanne Sanders (she/her/hers) is a postdoctoral researcher in Engineering Education at the University of Nevada, Reno. She graduated with her Ph.D from North Carolina State University in the Fall of 2020. She plans to pursue a career in academia in the
energy. Assessment and evaluation activities are important aspects of this work, butrequire significant attention to capture the range of activities undertaken by very small cohorts ofinterdisciplinary students and faculty. Our goal was to develop a “sustainable” evaluation plan given ourobservation that programs often begin with very ambitious assessment and data collection goals thatdiminish over time. This paper is a case study that describes the rationale for our assessment andevaluation choices, and select results from these activities.INTRODUCTIONThe National Science Foundation’s Research Traineeship Program (NRT) supports university efforts toexplore ways to equip master’s and doctoral degree students with the skills, knowledge and
that they showed the community plans of one highway that was still affecting them but went with another design. She described how often the initial plan was not exactly what they were going to follow through with.” 4. Act as faithful agent 10 [frequently misinterpreted the meaning on conflict of interest as conflicting interests among different groups in Tampa – e.g. commuters vs. locals] 5. Reputation by merit 0 6. Uphold professional
experience with online courses. We weresomewhat prepared when there was a need to move F2F courses to online courses as thepandemic started in early 2020.In spring 2020, fall 2020 and spring 2021, all undergraduate F2F courses in our department weremoved online to reduce the potential spread of COVID-19 infections. For DE students, thechanges in course delivery were relatively small. For many F2F students, taking all coursesonline was neither expected nor planned when they came to this college. Both F2F and DEstudents were also facing additional challenges and stressors, physically, mentally, andfinancially. It is important to find a way to make the online transition as seamless as possible.3. STRATEGIES OF MOVING COURSES ONLINEIn the classes I
. Cindy is an associate editor for environmental chemistry for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.Dr. Joyce B. Main, Purdue University at West Lafayette Joyce B. Main is Associate Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She received an Ed.M. in Administration, Planning, and Social Policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and a Ph.D. degree in Learning, Teaching, and Social Policy from Cornell University. Dr. Main examines student academic pathways and transitions to the workforce in science and engineering. She was a recipi- ent of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Educational Research and Methods Division Apprentice Faculty Award, the 2015 Frontiers in Education
bids; and (C) plans for business, marketing, future development and new product concepts. b. Permitted Disclosures SPONSOR authorizes limited disclosures of certain Proprietary Information as follows: i. For the purposes of a job interview for employment, PARTICIPANT may discuss technical information about the sub-system to which PARTICIPANT was primarily assigned, and its input signals and output signals, only to the extent it does not suggest or reveal the overall operation of the system as a whole; PARTICIPANT may not discuss or mention any information about the other sub-systems to which the
continuationin a Ph. D. program.The focus and content of the UMD MEng program is congruent with these characteristics.The requirements are similar to many other programs.The UMD MEng degree program is primarily a coursework degree program, often referred to asa Plan C at the UMTC, with a minimum of three credits and a maximum of six credits allocatedto a design project to be arranged between the Departmental Advisor and student. The 30 creditsrequire a minimum of 14 credits at 5XXX or higher, and a cap of 6 credits on 4XXX courses.There is no requirement for a final exam above and beyond what is required in individualcourses. Deviations from Table 1 must be agreed upon by the Departmental Advisor and student.The resultant Program of Study must then be
]. Available: https://peer.asee.org/a- visual-intuitive-and-engaging-approach-to-explaining-the-center-of-gravity-concept-in- statics.[6] S. C. M. Namara, “The Design Competition as a Tool for Teaching Statics,” Jun. 2012, p. 25.1283.1-25.1283.13, Accessed: Apr. 08, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://peer.asee.org/the-design-competition-as-a-tool-for-teaching-statics.[7] A. K. T. Howard, “Work in Progress: 3-D Models with Lesson Plans,” presented at the 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Jun. 2019, Accessed: Apr. 07, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://peer.asee.org/work-in-progress-3-d-models-with-lesson-plans.
Paper ID #31445What is care in Engineering teaching?Dr. Jorge A Baier, Pontificia Universidad Catholica de Chile He is an associate professor in the Computer Science Department and Associate Dean for Engineering Education at the Engineering School in Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chile. Jorge holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Toronto in Canada and a Master’s Degree in Engineering Sciences from Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chile. His research focuses on areas of automated rea- soning in Artificial Intelligence; specifically, automated planning, search and knowledge representation
mid-sized university and a mid-sized town (Work in Progress)IntroductionThis paper introduces an ongoing cooperation process between a Finnish university and theschools of a local town. The objective of the cooperation is to increase all the children's andadolescents’ interest in science, technology, research, and sustainable business, develop theirskills for academic studies, and enhance their opportunities to build a sustainable future. Theactivities also aim at engaging pupils’ families to promote sustainability in their home city.First, the paper introduces the rationale behind the cooperation and describes the planningand implementation of the activities. After that, the paper focuses on the plans to monitor
register students according to their roster.The teacher administration page with all of its functions is shown in Figure 4. Genius University Figure 4 Teacher administration page of LOPA2Teachers must plan the course and classroom to have appropriate time for multiple studiocritiques, mobile technology for recording, and student roles for recording. Teachers must thenteach learners the criteria and provide exemplars of the EEFK12 so that students recognize themprior to using the application. This should be done early in the course as norms are establishedand can be done using videos and materials supplied with professional development activities
provide students with the mindset and skillset tocreate personal, economic, and societal value through a lifetime of meaningful work. Here, wedescribe our global strategy to create a learning continuum, so students retain fundamentalprinciples and have context to strengthen their knowledge as they progress. We have utilized athree-phase process involving curriculum evaluation, faculty recruitment, and moduledevelopment and implementation, while planning for a fourth phase, assessment. We haveevaluated the undergraduate, Bioengineering curriculum in its entirety, identifying the areas wherethe three concepts from the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN)(www.engineeringunleashed.com) – curiosity, connections, creating value – could
provide a short answer response about their attitude towards theimplementation, how they feel the implementation could be improved, and whether they felt theimplementation was valuable for their learning.The results from the pre- and post- activity motivational surveys will be grouped by gender andanalyzed to determine if the BME LCDLMs were largely beneficial for the five areas of studentmotivation listed above, and specifically, whether female students had a disproportionate changein motivation compared to male students.CONCLUSIONS & FUTURE WORKIt was originally planned to have the BME LCDLM prototypes along with motivational surveysimplemented in the first-year Introduction to Chemical Engineering (CHE 110) class for the spring2020
Mexico State University. He completed his bachelor’s degree in 2018 and is set to graduate this summer after completing a thesis project on microaggressions amongst undergraduates in STEM using a focus group methodology. He has worked as a research assistant for the past two years on a grant sponsored by the NSF that explores URM success. He plans to apply to a PhD program for the Fall of 2021.Miquela K Gorham, Miquela Gorham is a graduate student at New Mexico State University in the Sociology Department. She also completed her Bachelor’s of Arts in Sociology at New Mexico State University. Her research interest focuses on sociology of education, social inequality, and race and ethnicity.Miss Lorissa Humble, New
helping to improve thementorship model in addition to having a Capstone Committee that goes further than justplanning Senior Design Day but that also includes methods. We plan to improve our researchinstrument and administer both start-of-semester and end-of-semester probes to yieldcomparative data.IntroductionThe engineering capstone mentorship system was first implemented at Texas State University forthe Fall semester of 2017 in Electrical Engineering (EE). At that time, EE had always been atwo-semester capstone sequence whereas the capstone courses in the other two engineeringdisciplines, Industrial (IE), and Manufacturing (MFGE), were one-semester in duration. Both ofthose disciplines have switched to two-semester capstones, MFGE for the last
identically-appearing input areas showing the phasor. The discrete version requires the user to input themagnitude and angle of the phasor and press a calculate button; the continuous version uses asimilar input screen but allows the user to drag a point to establish the phasor magnitude andangle. Although this pilot study examines only a pair of tightly-coupled programs, further workis planned to determine if certain subjects inherently lend themselves better to discrete orcontinuous input methods.Figure 1: Two almost-identical interactive programs purporting to teach phasor concepts. Theleft panel shows the version designed for continuous-input and output; the learner drags the bluephasor and moves it around while observing the constantly-changing
research varies fordifferent groups of students.ResultsSurvey RespondentsThe Undergraduate Research Experiences Survey (URES) was administered to allundergraduate students enrolled in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at UVA.The response rate was 28% (n = 769). Respondents were evenly divided among class yearsand representative of the school’s demographic makeup with respect to age, genderidentification, race, ethnicity, first-generation status, and distribution of students amongmajors. In addition to their primary majors, 3% of respondents were completing a secondengineering major, 9% had a second major outside engineering, and 38% had at least oneminor. Most students (67%) planned to pursue a job as an engineer after graduation
essential aspects of all professions and, inparticular, the engineering profession. The engineering profession is a form of service, asengineers use their skills and knowledge to help solve problems with innovative solutionsfor the betterment of society. Every engineering project has three major constraints: cost,scope, and time. In addition, design and construction of a solution with design constraintsand very limited resources is highly challenging. Challenges like these require teams to havediverse skillsets, excellent communication, leadership, planning and delegation. One suchchallenge is encompassed in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (UN SDG) [1]on food security and nutrition, and sustainable agriculture. One key aspect of
Anticipation (academic “to-do”) - derived from narratives that speak to plans the participants make for improvement during this process or narratives that regard what they think will happen as they progress in their respective programs. Problem-Solution Focus-derived from narratives that identify problems the participants may have encountered thus far and their plans to address or correct those problems.Once all data has been manually coded, all codes and data were entered into Microsoft Excel andHyperRESEARCHTM version 3.7.5. for further analysis. The analysis includes frequency ofobservations over time and a correlation evaluation with test of statistical significance
written work. o Produce effective verbal presentations. o Time management o Teach and learn from others. o Develop partnerships, build a team and work on a team. o Provide and accept feedback.The inclusion of EML also necessitated an update to the project assessment structure as well.The project has eight deliverables such as Project definition, Game plan, Mid semester demo,Final report, Final demo, Peer evaluation, 5-minute video in lieu of a verbal presentation andStudent reflection.Results and DiscussionFrom the project implementation in Spring 2020, data was gathered in the form of student gradesand student reflections. Each team completed the survey, so the data presented below is arepresentation
systems mapping approach that can be used byfaculty developers and CTLs to engage faculty, students, administrators, and other stakeholders;2) highlight an example application of this systems thinking approach to student success andretention in engineering; and 3) explore potential benefits of systems mapping. The expectedoutcomes of this paper are to provide the reader an introduction to systems mapping via anexample application and prompt the reader to consider using systems thinking and systemsmapping in their faculty development and CTL planning or as an alternative way to gatherperspectives from faculty, students, and other stakeholders. Here, the focus is on using systemsmapping as a way to gather stakeholders’ perspectives to help identify
teachingassistants. Further, we provided the students with datasets to conduct the experimental analysisand write the lab report accordingly. For the Biomedical Instrumentation course, the remaininglaboratory modules were re-formatted to include the same topics as planned, but with originaldata files supplied in Excel documents to student groups. Student groups remained the same aspreviously assigned, but all worked remotely from their respective homes and submitted theirlaboratory reports online. The companion lecture series was continued, distributed online tostudents live (and also via recording) through the Blackboard Collaborate platform.Reflections:Preparing the digitally literate student is extremely crucial especially during the testing times of