Paper ID #13776Lending a Hand: Supporting the Maker Movement in Academic LibrariesAdam Rogers, North Carolina State University Libraries Adam Rogers is an innovative and user-focused librarian who works at the intersection of public services and new technologies. In his role as Emerging Technology Services Librarian based at NCSU’s new James B. Hunt Jr. Library, he planned for, launched, and currently manages the Hunt Library Makerspace which makes 3D printing, 3D scanning, laser cutting, and electronics prototyping tools accessible to all at NC State. He is also leading the development of a second, larger Makerspace, set
given by professors in the humanities. As the newFYS director in 2012, the second author inherited the challenge of a program staffed primarily bythe faculty in the college of the arts and sciences. In 2011-12 there were 74 sections of the then-equivalent of FYS 112;b only three of those sections were taught by faculty from the professionalschools (one from the college of engineering and two from the college of education and healthsciences). The second author was concerned that students perceived this lack of participation inFYS by the faculty of the professional schools as a lack of endorsement for the value of liberaleducation.c She wanted the lecture to emphasize the significance of FYS as a foundation for allareas of study at the University
research, statement of the problem, 2) literature review, research design, sampling,measurement, data analysis, and 3) documentation and presentation. In each unit, the relevantchapters and activities were included so once the first unit was finished, the students wouldcomplete all the activities and move to the next unit. Figure 2 shows the structure of the courseand how the activities would contribute to the proposal development (the complete courseoutline can be found in Appendix B). The only exception was the weekly article review in whichstudents were to read at least, two recent articles in the area of their interest and briefly describewhat they had found. They were also, to maintain a weekly online journal in which they wrote asummary of
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, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Utah (It is important to note that Utah’s fund is not a state agency; it is a privately owned non-profit mutual insurance company as discussed later in this paper), and West Virginia.The fact that a state workers’ compensation fund serves as the insurer of last resort for theresidual market is an important factor in its federal tax exemption2. The specific criteria thatneed to be met for a workers’ compensation fund to be recognized as federally tax-exemptunder I.R.C. § 501(c)(27)(B) are as follows2: 1. The organization “is created by state law.” 2. The organization “is organized and operated under state law exclusively” to provide (i) workers’ compensation insurance that is either required by state law or
Society for Engineering Education, 2015 2015 ASEE Zone III Conference (Gulf Southwest – Midwest – North Midwest Sections)analysis and diagnosis. If one accepts that premise, provided that the necessary learning outcomes can beachieved, some laboratories can be virtualized, and can be effective in undergraduate education. To be effective, a virtual laboratory must: a) Allow students to make measurements in the virtual environment utilizing the same kinds diagnostic tools found in a physical laboratory(e.g., digital multimeter, oscilloscope). b) Provide realistic virtual representations of the same components used in the physical laboratory
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its ability to: (a) collect detailed information from facultyregarding the projects they are offering, (b) present the projects to the students in a media-richand sortable format, and (c) solicit student preferences and accurately record project preferences.As a result, majority of the tasks that were managed by each engineering discipline wereeliminated and replaced by an automated process that ensured accuracy and consolidated pastmultiple data streams. It is envisioned, the current platform will necessitate limited interventionfrom faculty to yield a fair and satisfactory college-wide assignment output; preferably entirelyeliminating the need for discipline-managers. In the past, discipline-managers devotedsubstantial effort towards the
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in the RFP and subsystem definition and training. We could have optedfor a more open start; however, these supports were intended to alleviate the earlier concerns andovercome our time constraint without sacrificing autonomy. Finally, some constructs alreadyexist, such as turbine architecture, which made for a logical division. B. System and Subsystem Detailed DesignThis domain gives motivation for having two dimensions to our analysis to cover bothengineering process and science content and process. ● Engineering processThe wind turbine offered clear subsystems that could be decomposed and tested; based onequipment and time constraints we focused on the blades and generator. We consideredinvolving teams in the design of the gear box
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that many labs werecobbled together by dedicated faculty using surplus equipment and limited funds. Given thefundamental importance of experiential education in computer science education, it is evidentthat prospective students will be well-served by evaluating and comparing universities beforeselecting a computer science degree program.The authors posit that schools should a) actively involve faculties to define requirements for newinvestment in computer science labs, b) invest in a computer lab manager to remove virtual assetconfiguration deployment from the faculties, and c) provision support for distance learners tobetter accommodate changing trends in social behavior and associated mobile technologies.Recommendations for Future
used to record the screens as the students andengineers modeled. Each participant was interviewed before and after their modelingactivities one-on-one. Each interview lasted between 5 minutes and 15 minutes. The finalversion of the interview questions are presented in the Appendix. In Table 1, the numberof participants and the activities they completed are summarized. All participantscompleted the AES. Page 26.155.5 Figure 1. Drawing for Traditional CAD Modeling Activity a. b. Figure 2. Example of Contextual Exercise Component (a.) and CAD Model (b.)Table 1. Number of participants and the
questions tofacilitate individual reflection during the narrative writing: 1. Describe your role in this experience. 2. What are your previous experiences with and/or attitudes toward pedagogical change in STEM? 3. Describe your general experience during the implementation of the online forum (e.g. likes, dislikes, surprises, frustrations, limitations, things to improve…) 4. How has this experience changed the way the instructor does his job? Consider how the following aspects of the instructor’s job may /may not have changed: a. Instructor use of classroom time b. Preparation outside of class Page 26.1226.7
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. Page 26.1589.32. Project Overview The Collaborative Process to Align Computing Education with Engineering Workforce Needs(CPACE) team developed a partnership among various stakeholders—Michigan State University(MSU) and Lansing Community College (LCC) and business and industry leaders—to redesignthe role of computing within engineering programs at MSU and LCC. The project comprised twophases: CPACE I: a) Based on employer interviews and employee surveys conducted across arepresentative sample of engineering businesses and industries we identified the computationalcompetencies needed in the engineering workplace; b) To translate our research findings intofundamental CS concepts that can be used in curricular implementation we evaluated
instructor’s family). The change from four to three quizzes was madebecause enrollments in the class are now climbing and we wished to free up more TA time sothey can actively participate in piazza discussions and other new in-class activities we are tryingout. Quiz grading is also as consistent as we can make it. We start with simple grade standards(A: 91-100; B: 81-90; C: 71-80; D: 61-70) and then, if necessary, adjust the ranges down slightly(e.g. use 11 points per grade rather than 10). We do this to correct for any unanticipatedproblems with issues like the wording of questions and use the grades from previous terms as aguide. The students are told that if everyone gets 91 or better, they will all earn an A grade (itnever happens). However, in
remainder of this sectionprovides a brief overview of the institutions involved in the study to provide context forunderstanding the study. Institution ID Institution Size Department Department Size A 1,500 undergrads Math & CS 25 CS and 40 Math majors 6,100 undergrads, 245 CS and IS majors B 800 grad students CS & IS 58 MIS graduate students 2,500 undergrads, 1,000 grad C students CS & IT 100 CS and IT majors D 6,100 undergrads CS 125 CS majors
) manufacturing related program outcomes – 3 programs Others – 2 programsThis review shows that the favorite approach for defining outcomes for ManufacturingEngineering programs is to modify the generic ABET a-k outcomes to include wording thatintroduces manufacturing related terminology. This is the approach taken in defining theoutcomes for the new Manufacturing Engineering program at WWU. Table 3 lists the MFGEprogram outcomes as well as the mapping to the manufacturing specific criteria listed in Table 2.In addition to emphasizing manufacturing, the following changes have been made to the genericcriteria in creating these: Outcome “b” is tailored to focus on the ability to measure process variables, and to
responses showed no apparent trend in revealing thestrengths or weaknesses in the NE Curriculum. However, when combining thedata and examining each Student Outcome, the difference between frequencyselected as strongest and frequency selected as weakest, provided assessment datathat at a minimum provided student confidence in attainment of StudentOutcomes. As shown in Figure 4, these differences taken from the StudentOutcome Essays provided some insights on areas for NE Program sustainmentsuch as in Student Outcomes e and i and on areas for NE Program improvementsuch as in Student Outcomes b, j and k. This assessment should not be confusedwith a simple survey that students could answer in a few minutes. What’sdifferent is that this was done in the
the fieldis better served by refining the original research question and conducting two reviews, each ofwhich can be synthesized in a self-contained article. The single initial research question wasrevised into the following three questions3: 1. What instructional practices have transportation engineering educators employed to improve student learning at the undergraduate and graduate levels? 2. What techniques have been used to measure student learning in transportation engineering education? 3. How have transportation engineering curricula changed over time? a. Where does transportation engineering fit within engineering programs? b. How does transportation engineering fit within
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has not moved. The waves started to develop in the middle one-third sectionof the tube and it took approximately 3 seconds for the waves to amplify and break down. At theend of the sequence of the pictures we see that the heavy fluid has gathered to the left and thelighter fluid is positioned above the heavier fluid as expected.Figure 4 is showing a close up view of the instability. The wave length was determined to beapproximately = 0.09 m and the corresponding wave number k = 0.07 m-1. In comparison,inviscid theory using equation (4) predicts that the Kelvin Helmholtz instability is amplified forall wave lengths smaller than = 1.1 m. a) Horizontal position at t = 0 s. b
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expectations.Since this is a two-semester, senior-level course, students and faculty place a high importance onthe successful completion of the Capstone Design projects. For this reason, it is expected thatmost students and teams will do well, i.e., meet or exceed expectations. This is evident in theassessment results shown in Figure 2, Figure 3, and Figure 4.The data reported in Figures 2 and 3 were assessed at the same point in the course (afterapproximately three months). It’s interesting to note that with the ability to ask questions ofspecific students in each group during the poster presentation, the results for students exceedingexpectations decreases for design learning outcomes 4 b, c, and d. This targeted interview aspectof the poster presentation