needed. When students post and reply to messages, and read the messages of their peers and give them feedback, this improves the quality of the learning environment dynamics and the richness of the content delivery.• Community Policies: These specify rules and standards of ethical behavior that must be followed. These should be shared with teachers and students at the start of the program. This helps to avoid confusion and inappropriate behavior. Web-based learning requires more internal self-regulation and external supervision. Community policies can provide a schema to help keep specific learning groups engaged in their online courses from beginning to end.In an educational context, the Activity model is a reminder that
subset of therequired courses in the program.This analysis is performed and reported by the PAO and instructor of each course. Theyestablish the instruments to be used to assess each outcome. These are typically questionsembedded in student assignments, exams, interviews, questionnaires` or other evaluativemechanisms. PAO also supplies the relevant statistics for the course. These include thenumber of students, the grading scale and the average score for the embedded question, thepercentage of students who achieved the outcome. Finally, the course instructor makes anyrelevant comments regarding the achievement of the outcome. In addition, he prepares a set ofcourse materials, which includes the course syllabus, copies of the instruments used to
, and fellow classmates while inclass, and (c) submit the completed in-class problems in the next class. The steps (a), (b) and (c)would then be repeated for the next class.The first class of the spring 2016 semester involved a discussion of the course syllabus andexpectations. The pre-class videos/readings, pre-class online assignment and in-class problemsfor the second class were on standard dimensions and units, dimensional homogeneity andgeneral/restricted homogeneous equations. Neither the first nor the second class activities wererelated to stresses in fluids.The VR trial spanned the pre-class and in-class activities for the third class of the semester; pre-class activities involved watching two videos, reading textbook sections and
studies of aircraft design,” in AIAA Aircraft Systems & Technology Meeting, Seattle, WA, 1977.18. A. Pritchett, “AE 4803/8803 Humans and Autonomy Syllabus,” Georgia Tech School of Aerospace Engineering, January 2011.19. L. Young and M. Yeh. (2001) 16.400/2.181j/16.453j Human Factors Engineering. MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics. [Online]. Available: http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/athena/course/16/16.400/www/- syllabus.pdf20. D. Peet and K. Mulder, “Integrading SD into engineering courses at the Delft University of Technology,” International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 278–288, 2004.21. L. A. Guerra, W. Fowler, and M. Brennan, “Systems engineering and spacecraft
aneffective implementation of active learning produced a long-term effect on this faculty member, andmotivated them not only to enhance their teaching skills through active learning but also to developinterest in engineering education research.Figure 2. Level of knowledge and use of active learning strategiesParticipants were also asked if they had received any training on teaching. Out of the 43 respondents,81% indicated that they received training on teaching which included department level workshops (49%),college level workshops (37%), university level workshops and learning communities (97%), workshopsoffered through professional societies such as (60%), courses on teaching during graduate education(31%), and online training such as webinars
the normal class/syllabus requirements for independent study researchstudents to create a list of research/course outcomes at the beginning of the new semester thatcan be used as weekly check-ins, regular milestones and final (course) deliverables and grading.Since the grading system typically serves as a contract between students and faculty, it isimportant to substitute it with something else in independent study. What is the process ofdetermining the expectations and how is progress to be regularly evaluated when it comes toresearch courses? While there is no one size fits all solution to the challenge, it is typically bestwhen both the student and faculty are in agreement with not only the level of effort that will beexpected throughout
. Page 14.769.3HypothesisThe central hypothesis for using the CITIES format is that by allowing students to activelycontribute to the classroom through a focused presentation, further depth of understanding willbe achieved both for the presenting student and the class. In addition, a breadth of topics notconsidered in the initial syllabus will be naturally integrated into the class.The learning objectives of CITIES contain five key components. They are intended to allowstudents to (1) connect, (2) demonstrate, (3) seek, (4) describe, and (5) communicate their ideasby following the CITIES process. Specifically, co-op work experiences and student-led researchare used to bring real-world applications to theoretical course topics. The CITIES format
topic can be mapped to an attribute of an ABET EC-2000learning outcome [4]. For example, an engineering course titled ECE Project must meet theobjective of EC-2000, item c – ability to design systems. The syllabus for this course is used toidentify the attributes that map to this key-learning outcome. Below is a statement of coursegoals listed in the syllabus of the ECE Project class: 1. Learn proper library search methods for information on selected subject. 2. Organize the problem statement and design specifications. 3. Present alternate solutions and list advantages and disadvantages of each. 4. Present final solution and reasons for choice involving realistic constraints such as economic factors, reliability
” type instructions are satisfied that it is an effectivemethod. Paulsen et al cite students’ satisfaction as an indication of higher level of teaching andlearning. This paper describes one approach that incorporates the term project in undergraduatecourses, and explores the role of the term project concept in critical thinking, creativity,performance, communication, and teamwork skills.IV. The Term (Project) Paper ProcessThe term paper process begins on the first class meeting of the semester. Each student receives acurrent copy of the course syllabus with the lecture and laboratory sections contents andrequirements. The first page of the syllabus has the course evaluation (Table I). The studentsare apprised of the term paper as a requirement
-long course, they could also be used as modules to incorporate societal orsustainable thinking in other courses on building design. To facilitate adaptation by others, thecomplete assignment sheets and grading criteria for the key assignments are provided online. Thefinal section of the paper assesses the curriculum in terms of student achievement of learningobjectives, and changes in student perceptions of building design and sustainability during thecourse. The assessment is based on the first offering of the course and examines (a) feedbackfrom students during university-administered course questionnaires, (b) examples of studentwork, and (c) a pre- and post-survey on student perceptions about buildings.Course overviewThis course aims to
because of constraints on timeand technology access, and because not all students require it. At CCSU, student participation ina voluntary online screening test paired with an optional, ten-hour, non-credit seminar wasdisappointing, with only a small fraction of the students deemed eligible for the seminarselecting to participate. In the Fall of 2020 the students in an Introduction to Engineering course(ENGR 150), were screened for weakness in spatial visualization using the Purdue SpatialVisualization Test: Rotations (PSVT:R). Those students in need of remediation were providedinstruction during break-out sessions during regular class time over the course of ten classmeetings. The breakout sessions lasted about ten minutes each, resulting in two
Engineering course (taken by juniors), sometimes in Engineering Geology (asophomore/junior level course), and in the senior capstone design course. The capstone designcourse reaches Bloom’s level 3 analysis; per the syllabus: “Students synthesize technicalknowledge from prior courses, incorporating aspects of ethics, sustainability and safety. The Page 15.803.4course will consider multiple constraints, including economics and engineering standards as wellas social and political issues.”It was also of interest to determine if focusing on sustainability might appeal to groupstraditionally under-represented in engineering. This has been proposed in
, ASIC development, system electronics and architecture, program management, and senior hardware development manager. Currently, Dr. Liddicoat is the Assistant Vice President for Academic Personnel and the Forbes Professor of Computer and Electrical Engineering at Cal Poly State University in San Luis Obispo. He teaches digital design and embedded systems courses. His research interests include computer architecture, computer arithmetic, networks, re-configurable computing and engineering education. Dr. Liddicoat received the Professional Achievement Award from the College of Engineering at California Polytechnic State University in 2003, and he is a Senior Member of
need assistance in reviewing their basic and essentialmathematical skills before they can successfully engage in their classes. To address these issues, aninstructional delivery framework titled “Tailored Instructions and Engineered Delivery UsingPROTOCOLs” (TIED-UP) has been designed and explored, where mandatory brain-based learningprocedures were used along with a media rich online delivery strategy. This paper summarizes the effortscurrently undertaken to develop this framework based on brain-based learning theories to address some ofthese issues. In this framework, each course concept is broken down to interconnected sub-concepts.Short conceptual videos that use a number of mandatory instructional protocols were developed for
-minute lecture class. During the in-class problem-solving session, theinstructor moved around to see each group's progress and help as necessary to keep the groups ontrack. Although students were allowed to work in groups, finally, they had to submit the solutionsindividually for grades. The individual submissions were graded and used to assign students 10%bonus points for fall 2021 and spring 2022 and 10% mandatory points for summer 2022 and fall2022 in their final grades. All the sections used in this study were taught either in hybrid or F2F.Repeated in-class problem-solving for each topic of the course was the only option used. Thisstudy option was a part of the syllabus, and the instructor explained, on the first day of the class,how these
Paper ID #23578A Corporate Organizational Model for Scaling Class SizeDr. Geoffrey Recktenwald, Michigan State University Dr. Recktenwald is a lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at Michigan State University where he teaches courses in in mechanics and mathematical methods. He completed his degree in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics at Cornell University in stability and parametric excitation. His active areas of research are dynamic stability, online assessment, and instructional pedagogy.Dr. Allison Godwin, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Allison Godwin, Ph.D. is an Assistant
classrooms and programming under the broad theme of improving the environment to improve people’s quality of life.Melissa M. Bilec (Associate Professor)April Dukes Dr. April Dukes is the Faculty and Future Faculty Program Director for the Engineering Educational Research Center (EERC) and the Institutional Co-leader for Pitt-CIRTL (Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning) at the University of Pittsburgh. She leads local professional development courses and facilitate workshops on instructional, advising, and mentoring best practices for both current and future STEM faculty. I also work alongside faculty seeking to better the experiences of undergraduate and graduate students through educational research
social, environmental, and economic aspects ofsustainability and triple bottom line decision analysis. As we face growing populations andlimited resources, innovative approaches decision analysis will be important for engineers of the21st century and beyond.A key challenge in the course was the integration of life cycle assessment (LCA) software intothe curriculum due to (1) accessibility to the proprietary software and (2) a lack of previousexperience with the software. SimaPro 8 is proprietary software that was available to students inone computer laboratory. Unfortunately, online versions of this software were not readilyavailable and some students expressed frustrations in accessing the laboratory. Future versions ofthe course could include
. Several students commented to their instructors thatthey watched online videos about treatment technologies discussed in class. Other studentsstated that they watched online videos on how to solve problem types presented in lecture. Inboth cases, students felt they understood course content better after watching this online content.This could serve as an opportunity to better instruct digital natives in a way they are willing tointeract with the material and could lead to better learning. However, the students sometimes over-relied on technology. One interesting phenomenonencountered by an author hit upon the worst stereotype of the digital native. One studentresponded to a problem by writing that they had entered the problem’s main question
the students conductlittle to no daily preparation when there are no graded requirements andconversely show extremely large time spikes when out of class assignments aredue or prior to in-class evaluations. Finally, in-class lectures force an instructor toteach a certain amount of material in a limited timeframe irrespective of the rate atwhich each student can retain or comprehend that information regardless of theexperience level of the student. Inspired by the pedagogical concept of ‘flipping the classroom,’ KhanAcademy online instructional videos, and the Thayer Method (whereby studentsprepare prior to class, recite the topic to their instructors and receive dailyevaluations) the authors created a blended course. This blended
course. Not every individual on the team needed to possess all skills but theteam required at least one individual who possessed strength in each skill. Student teamswere approved following completion of a composite skill matrix, and an adequate plan toaddress areas of team weakness.Between 2010 and 2013 team and leadership development activities were instituted andelaborated. In 2014 funding was provided by the Provost’s Office for a majorredevelopment of the capstone course for blended learning delivery. During the transition,course level learning outcomes were examined and mapped to the twelve CanadianEngineering Accreditation Board Graduate Attributes (CEAB GA) and the results wereincluded in the course syllabus (Jamieson, 2015; 2016; Ivey
. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Changes in Student Perceptions of Their Abilities on the ABET Student Outcomes to Succeed During the First-Year Engineering ProgramAbstractThe purpose of this study is to explore students’ perceptions of the engineering enculturationfactors corresponding to the eleven ABET student outcomes and how their perceptions of theirabilities change over time through the FYE program. During the 2016-2017 school year, 662students, taking two consecutive First Year Engineering (FYE) foundation courses at asouthwestern university, responded to at least one of the three online surveys arranged over timeas either pre or post semester surveys and answered to the questions asking about
]. Thus far, two faculty members have participated inthe summer industry immersion program, which has broadened faculty views and strengthenedtheir ties to industry. Although the Faculty Immersion program was interrupted by the pandemic,other faculty members plan on joining the immersion in the coming summers.b. Faculty training. Faculty have attended multiple training courses since the beginning of theproject. In the past year, the Center of Faculty Development, the Project Center, and the Centerfor Digital Leaning and Innovation at Seattle University led various training courses on topicssuch as inclusive pedagogy, building relationship-rich classroom experiences, and effectivelymoving our courses online. Some faculty also attended workshops
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pedagogicalcontent knowledge [13]; several examples of work created by faculty members from previousSFIP sessions to calibrate the participants’ expectations on deliverables; examples from EannPatterson’s use of Everyday Engineering Examples in the classroom and the use of the Five E’s:Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, Evaluate [14, 15]; presentation of new textbooks andworkbooks that take into account innovative teaching techniques, for example, references [16]and [17]; innovation of grade distributions in engineering courses to include the“comprehension” cognitive level in Bloom’s taxonomy; discussion on how to prepare exams andhow to assist students in preparing for them; the use of innovative Massive Open Online Courses(MOOCs) as a potential
format. For example, in a face-to-face format, collaboration and pairprogramming works well. Some instructors have even been successful implementing distributedpair programming in an online course [5]. However, in a flexible schedule, online format (Flex),the implementation of these activities is particularly challenging. In the Flex format, studentsstart the course at different points in the semester, work at their own pace and may not beworking on the same module at the same time. The asynchronous nature of the class makes itparticularly difficult for students to interact with each other. We propose the use of discussionboards within the learning management system to help create peer-to-peer code sharingexperiences in a Flex class. In this
valuable experience of workingwith their peers to accomplish a common goal. 11 Page 15.236.4 Table 1. Class syllabus for Structural Aspects of Biomaterials.This course covers the structure and mechanical function of load bearing tissues and theirreplacements. Biocompatibility of biomaterials and host response to structural implants areexamined. Quantitative treatment of biomechanical issues and constitutive relationships ofmaterials are covered in order to design implants for structural function. Material selection for loadbearing applications including reconstructive surgery, orthopedics, dentistry and cardiology areaddressed. Case
. Forexample, comparing the course syllabus for Data Structures, the US faculty noted how datacollection for accreditation was explicitly built into the syllabus for more consistent outcomesassessment. A document on the differences between how the course is taught at the twoinstitutions, prepared by one of the Indian faculty members, provided many points for discussion,which resulted in much retrospection and metacognition for the US faculty. From the US side,the effort was mainly on the paperwork front as the faculty from India needed to be appointed aszero-pay adjuncts to get institutional credentials to be added to the LMS. The weekly meetingswere an additional time commitment for the US faculty members.Overall, everybody involved reported this as
context of a problem 6. Understand the scope of inference for a given dataset 7. Understand scripting/code development for data management using R and R-Studio 8. Perform basic computational scripting using R and other optional toolsBased on these learning outcomes, I structure my course content, shown as a weekly syllabus in Table1, with three major learning focuses: understanding data analytics lifecycle, understandingfundamental probability and statistical concepts, and mastering a data analytics tool. Table 1: Data Analytics for Engineers Weekly Syllabus Week Topics 1 Introduction, raw data 2