,catastrophes,injustices, and gender biases, movies and documentaries can be shown. Some examples includeErin Brockovich, A Civil Action, and Bhopal Express. The movies can be assigned and dividedbetween groups to watch on their own and present to the class or shown to the entire class atonce. The instructor can lead a discussion and analyze the movie with students to identify theissue, the consequences of the issue, and how the issue could have been prevented.3.3 Communication SkillsOral and written communication skills are incorporated into the curriculum through technicalreports, oral-presentations, and reflective essays. Strong communication skills are a necessity inthe field of engineering to share statistics, data, experimental findings, and
Davis et al., utilizing a 7-point scale in each ofthe 15 sections. The sections, illustrated in Figure 2, reflected the various stages of the designprocess, as well as administrative/project management components of engineering design. Inaddition to assigning each section a point value, instructors can choose from a number of generalcomments or input custom comments. This wide range of scores allows instructors to track studentprogress in each section throughout the 3-course sequence, addressing the criteria of applicabilityacross a wide range of students. By widening the scale and broadening expectations as studentsprogress from course to course, many stages of development can be accounted for [10]. Hence, toreflect increasing expectations
, the CC faculty attended 4 research seminars throughout the summer that focusedon the research being conducted by faculty on UCB campus in various areas. The CC facultyalso attended sessions by the leaders of the research topics (alternative energy, cyber security,wearable medical devices, green and sustainable manufacturing, and nanotechnology) that gavethem an overall view of current research goals and progress. The goal of hosting these seminarsis to describe real world problems being worked on, as well as providing access to leading-edgeresearch outside of their own primary laboratory.Beyond these seminars and workshops, CC faculty were asked to complete weekly homeworkassignments that asked them to reflect on their research progress and
developed using our game framework and game creator. Following the storyline, wedecide on the number of phases for this game; each phase carries its own set of question/answers/resourcesrepresenting a “chapter” of the entire game. For the storyline described above, we created a conspiracyboard with four phases: Image, Preserve, Analysis, and Report, to reflect our objectives. For each phase,we designed and created a sequence of questions in the format of multiple choice, short response, or uploadfiles. The correct answers and helpful resources were also decided. This sets the stage to create the gamemodule.3.2 Create a game module using the GUI-based game editorAs we mentioned earlier, our game framework uses XML to decouple the game implementation
. The paperdetails the impact of the project has on students, faculty, programs, and the department. Theseinclude strategies and co-curriculum activities that engage scholars and their fellow students,enhance their learning experience on campus, and increase their retention and timely graduationrate. In addition, reflecting on what we did, what we achieved, and the lessons we learned, weshare our categorization of the decisions and choices we have to make while preparing andwriting a successful project proposal. We also detail our experience adapting established bestpractices in STEM higher education community to an urban public large university with adiversified population of students, faculty, and staff while implementing the program.1
prerequisite knowledge whichis difficult to accommodate with the limited amount of class time.The advancement of technologies provides an opportunity to help on these challenges. It isestimated that there are over 7 billion mobile phone subscriptions worldwide [1]. Althoughmobile phone subscription doesn’t necessarily reflect the number of mobile phone owners sincethere are multiple mobile subscriptions for individual people and for businesses, it does reflectthe prevalent usage of mobile devices. These devices have prolific use in our everyday life forcommunication, access of information, and entertainment. Besides, mobile devices are beginningto be used in all levels of education because of their easy accessibility and increase incomputational power
of the interview [12]. We then ask follow-upand probing questions as we enter the conversation phase of the interview [12]. Finally, we askedsemi-structured interview questions if the answers failed to emerge naturally during the earlierphases of the interview. These included questions about their perceived experiences making,engineering, and, in particular, navigating their engineering program and university makerspaceas a student from an URG. Final questions ask the student to reflect on and makerecommendations for improving the makerspace and/or the engineering program (see Appendixfor our interview protocol).Throughout this project, we have struggled with how to ask students about their URG status andhow that status impacts them as an
local school in thedistance learning network. An on-line real-time monitoring system can also be used for theclosed book exams. Examination questions should reflect the course objectives.2. Weekly performance check on laboratory assignmentsMeans need to be designed so that faculty can review the activities or laboratory results thatstudents need to complete. This will require weekly performance checks on laboratoryassignments. One way to do this is to schedule one-on-one sessions between students and theinstructor. This can be done with an on-line chat, telephone conversation, or a two way videoconferencing using computer software applications that the faculty can view students workvia a webcam.3. Laboratory review test questionsReviews for
and engineer- ing philosophy and literacy. In particular how such literacy and competency are reflected in curricular and student activities. Page 26.1748.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Work-In-Progress: An Approach to Engineering Literacy Emphasizing Components, Functions, and Systems.AbstractAll introductory and general education courses benefit from having strong themes that serve tounite course material. Technological and engineering literacy courses that address diversetechnological topics without a convincing and fundamental theme risk
assignments, asking questions, giving hints,evaluating responses, providing feedback, prompting reflection, providing comments that booststudent interest) and adapts or personalizes those functions by modeling students’ cognitive,motivational or emotional states. This definition distinguishes ITS from test-and-branch tutorial Page 26.1754.2systems which individualize instruction by matching a student’s most recent response againstpreprogrammed, question-specific targets. Complicating matters, there are sophisticatedcomputerized adaptive testing systems, not usually considered to be ITS, that use item responsetheory to model student ability as a
instructors led the students through a debriefing session aimedat teasing out the ethical issues of the black cards and appropriateness of the white response cards,with the goal of getting the students to reflect upon their choices. The students were alsoencouraged to submit new card suggestions to the instructor, which were curated and forwardedto the game’s creators. Out of class activities In addition to the classroom activities described above, the students were given several outof class assignments to complete. The first assignment was to choose their own engineering ethicscase study to research and analyze. In this individualized assignment, the students were taskedwith providing a summary of the case and identifying the ethical
of a calculated by adding student response values (5 to 1) and“kit”, and doesn’t require much design work. But each year, dividing by the number of students. Thus, per the questions,course work (and labs) should give students more and more on the whole, students find these labs to be relevant, helpful,opportunity and responsibility to design additional and enjoyable in their learning.functionality onto the original implementation—so as to Now this data only reflects positive feelings for labs in atrain-by-doing into “professional practice”. Here are some senior-level course that was partly re-designed to includepotential more sophisticated versions of the project—moving some spiral
their Acknowledgementdesign and implement system integration, they hadto use more techniques of new product This work was performed as a part of an ABET-development to turn their theoretical design into a accredited engineering program in the form ofphysical working prototype. Through the “Independent Study” at UT Tyler.transition from theoretical to physical model,students were expected to reflect back to their Referencestheoretical design and better understand the [1] Pressure Switches in Combined Cycle Powerpurpose of computer-aided simulation. This Plant Switches, Custom Control Sensorsshould have given students a better appreciation
electrical expertise needed in such settings? We brainstormed a collection oftopics most important for a student to achieve the concentration objective. Thebrainstormed topics were organized using a mind mapping technique that provides ahierarchical structure to the collection. After generating an initial collection, we held a Page 12.590.7group discussion with members of our department's industrial advisory board to findomissions and to refine the emphasis in the topic areas. As the curriculum has beendeveloped, we have also restructured the collection to provide detail and reflect commonelements between topics. The mind map with the current set of topics
that this difference in the time within semester that the survey was given had animpact on the amount and type of reflection that each response received. However, thepercentages for each response are fairly close.Table V. Survey results for Hypatia/Galileo 2006-07 on reasons for participation in the living-learning community. Students were instructed to indicate their top three reasons from among theresponses listed in the first column of the table. Living-Learning Community Hypatia 2006-07 Galileo 2006-07 Participation Reason Cited 71 Respondents of 75 146 Respondents of 180 women men
students couldstudy and reflect on their role as a citizen of the increasingly interconnected world.The expanded themes of global economy, sustainable development, and responsible globalcitizenships guided the lesson plans for the 2005 and 2006 GTI Study Programs. In addition,studies on the cultural, political, and economic issues that deepen students’ understanding ofChina and Taiwan were included in the study program.2.2. Study Program Student SelectionIn selecting student participants, preference was given to student leaders with strong academicrecords, with the expectation that these students would more readily disseminate what they hadlearned from the study program and, consequently, influence their peers. As for the class ofparticipants
multiple functions in Understanding of PD costs and economy creating a new product (e.g. marketing, finance, industrial design, engineering, production). Ability to work out project plan and schedules, manage resources, manage risks, complete a Ability to coordinate multiple, interdisciplinary project successfully, and communicate and tasks in order to achieve a common objective. document effectively. Reinforcement of specific knowledge from other courses through practice and reflection in an action-oriented setting
adopted from P-MEAR rubric 13-14, asshown in Table 4. As with design, the authors of the rubric helped to modify the attributes to usein behavioral observation.Table 4. Ethical Decision Making Attributes Attribute Basic Definition Recognition of Subject recognizes one of the key ethical dilemmas. This task is a single subject attribute (i.e. Dilemma only reflective on the original speaker of the statement and not upon the rest of the group) Information Subject is reading or speaking of material that is already present in the documentation given. This does not include any analysis into the case study. This can be a single subject or multiple subject task. (i.e. it is reflective on other
, reinforcing goodperformance and demonstrating a genuine concern that students understand the reasons for poorperformance.9The final means of facilitating student-instructor communication in ME450 came through arobust end-of-course assessment procedure that involved in-class discussion combined with thecompletion of an extensive online survey and the submission of reflective essays which coveredstudent impressions of the positive aspects of the course, along with recommended areas forimprovement. Data gathered from these surveys and essays has been extremely valuable inassessing the effectiveness of ME450 as a vehicle to provide the fundamentals of an engineeringeducation to students in non-engineering majors.ResultsThe primary mode of obtaining an
) • an ability to communicate effectively (5) • an understanding of management (1-7) • an understanding of leadership principles and attitudes (1-7)The numbers in parentheses are the habit numbers, as identified by Covey, corresponding tothose professional outcomes. Although the department had identified Covey’s work as a goodstarting point for the students’ professional development prior to release of the ASCE report, wewere pleased to see exceptional support for our learning reflected in the new ASCE Body ofKnowledge.One particular component of the ASCE Body of Knowledge that is still under development byASCE is the “attitudes” part of the knowledge, skills, and attitudes required by civil engineeringprofessionals to succeed. The final
the program has become much more attractive to potential majors.In addition, students who matriculated under the old program are able to choose whether tograduate under the old requirements or the new requirements. Of the students who had thischoice, six chose to graduate under the old standards, while twelve selected the new program,even though the requirements for graduation are more stringent under the new program. Themajority of students graduating since the change have opted for the traditional physics track,indicating that there is a strong desire for a solid grounding in physics and that the addition ofthis track served a need.The changes made tend to reflect the desires of students for a more rigorous traditional physicsprogram. This
grades, reputations, history and interviews.Conversely, it is much easier for employers to accurately identify the technical skills andcapabilities of individuals who have obtained industry-supported credentials and certifications.Such certifications are frequently skills and competencies-based, while building on thegrounding in fundamental principles that underlies most technical degree programs. Thus,employers can more readily and accurately rely on specific relevant certificates - such as theCISSP certificate for information security1, and CWNA and CWNS certificates for wirelessnetworking technologies - to reflect specific levels of student skills and proficiencies. Suchcertifications are usually obtained outside of traditional university
Two will be adding sufficient staff to handle the increased scope ofwork and to provide the essential training to enable the new team members to learn from thosewho were active participants during Phase One.Phase II – Implementation of Online B.S.I.T. ProgramDuring Phase II, the following actions will be taken. 1. Complete Set-up of Online Platform 2. Complete Hiring of Learning Managers & Content Developers 3. Complete Training of Faculty & Staff 4. Review Student Support Infrastructure 5. Revise Marketing Materials to Reflect New Course Structure 6. Monitor/Address Accessibility Issues 7. Integrate Technology Infrastructure 8. Implementation of Teaching
innovative workforce. He has administered over $3.5 million in grants and contracts and is recognized by the International Technology Education Association as a Distinguished Technology Educator. Page 12.421.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Creativity and Innovation: Core Capabilities for 6 – 12 Engineering TeachersPostsecondary engineering programs seek students that are prepared, capable,diverse, and informed about the creative field known as engineering. In order toachieve these goals, it is critical that the education of 6 – 12 engineering teachersbe “reengineered” to reflect the
learning strategy that integrates meaningful community service withinstruction and reflection to enrich the learning experience and, teach civic responsibility, andstrengthen communities.” [2]. More practically, in engineering education the definition ofservice learning could be modified to include the fact that students should be required to bringspecific and unique knowledge, gained in earlier coursework, to bear on a problem that mightotherwise not be solved. The application of knowledge and service should benefit both thecommunity and service provider [3].In theory, the model of service learning should be an ideal vehicle for simultaneously satisfyingthe culminating design experience required by ABET Criterion 4, producing a product for
styles; and psychological support of the students 8. This is allconducted in an environment that encourages students to be reflective while executing theirprojects 10. The scheme of pan-mentoring including the assessment nodes is shown in Figure 1.Pan-mentoring was adapted in this research study. Pan-Mentor Select Student Project Assessment Creativity Tools Individual Team Creativity Creativity
it is used with a monochromatic source, suchas a laser, to test optical components. The beamsplitter is a partially reflecting mirror thatseparates the light incident upon it into two beams of equal strength. After reflecting off themirrors, the two beams are recombined so that they both travel in the same direction when theyreach the screen. The condition of constructive and destructive interference depends on thedifference between the paths traveled by the two beams. Since each beam must travel thedistance from the beamsplitter to its respective mirror and back, the distance traveled by thebeam is 2L as shown in the Figure. If the path-length difference, 2L1-2L2, is equal to an integralnumber of wavelengths, m λ, where m is an integer
become more intentional in the waystudents and courses address expected learning outcomes. Under the old curriculum, studentsselected electives to meet distributional requirements without a real understanding of why suchcourses were required. These courses were often viewed as simply obstacles to be "gotten out ofthe way". Under the Clarkson Common Experience, students select electives which align withthe established set of required outcomes. We believe it is important that students have anunderstanding of the purpose and the role each course plays in their overall educational program.The curriculum implementation should reflect a direct and visible connection among learningexpectations, outcomes and specific courses. This connection is
viaemail in order to ensure that the topic was relevant, unique, and of a reasonable scope. Topicswere selected on a first-come, first-served basis. Presentations were ideally one minute and up totwo minutes. Students were allowed to use PowerPoint only for the presentation of visual aids(photos, diagrams, etc.). In general, this was done at the beginning of each class period, thoughin one section where multiple students presented each day, one presentation was done at the endof the class period.AssessmentSeveral forms of assessment were completed in this course. First, students completed pre- andpost-surveys on a 5-point Likert scale. Second, the post-survey included several open-endedquestions for student reflection. Third, faculty reflection
. Page 12.1447.7As a first step toward establishing best practices for delivering engineering design andcontent through professional development, engineers and technology teacher educatorsfrom each of the technology teacher education (TTE) partner institutions conceptualized,developed, and delivered a series of workshops. While the format and specific contentvaried across the five professional development sites, a balance between theoreticalcontent and activity-based experiences has been maintained. At the conclusion of eachworkshop, participating high school teachers completed similar surveys, which weredesigned to facilitate analysis and reflection. Building on lessons learned during theinitial year of the Center (2005), the TTE institutions