Conference Session

Homework, Learning, and Problem Solving in Mechanics

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kai Jun Chew, Stanford University; Helen L. Chen, Stanford University; Beth Rieken, Stanford University; Autumn Turpin, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

of reflections. Onecategory is students affirming specific things on which they made fewer mistakes. For example,on the HW3 and HW4 wrappers students offered such comments as: “Signs were not a problemanymore. Success!” and “I was organized with solutions, I answered specifically whathomework asked, my signs were on point.” Similarly, a student on her post-Exam 2 wrapperoffered: “Yes, I made no mistakes in regards to external vs. internal loads, or pin jointsspecifically.”The second category of open-ended wrapper responses is on identifying and implementingstrategies for successfully completing homework and for preparing for Exam 2. Examples ofsuch strategies are: being deliberate and writing more in presenting a solution, reviewing

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Technical Session 5: Supporting Success 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sunai Kim, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Andrew Forney, Loyola Marymount University; Christopher Cappelli, Loyola Marymount University; Lambert Doezema; Vanessa Corinne Morales, Loyola Marymount University; Pornchanok Ruengvirayudh Ph.D., Chiang Mai University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

) Limit social media and cellphone use (n = 1) Social changes Make friends in STEM and non-STEM (n = 1) Join clubs on campus (n = 1) 3 Type of help received Meet with professors during office hours (n = 13) Peer tutoring (n = 7) YouTube and Internet (n = 5) Academic advisors (n = 5) TAs (n = 3) Off-campus tutors (n = 2) 4 Motivation

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Division (CONST) Technical Session 3

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Veto Matthew Ray, Indiana University - Purdue University, Indianapolis; Brenda Morrow, Indiana University - Purdue University, Indianapolis

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Construction Engineering Division (CONST)

their own pace, acclimating to therequired knowledge prior to class and allowing class time for problem-solving and collaborationwith peers and the instructor.This study summarizes the results of implementing a flipped learning approach to a constructionmanagement cost estimating course. Mixed methods were used to collect quantitative andqualitative data. Findings analyzed student perceptions and indirect and direct assessments ofstudent achievements. The outcomes of the flipped approach indicated most students perceivedbenefiting from the flipped learning environment, with a positive impact on student achievement,comprehension of course material, and stronger student-to-student, and student-to-facultyengagement. Furthermore, results reinforced

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Manuel Jimenez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Luisa Guillemard, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Nayda Santiago, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Aidsa Santiago-Roman, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Oscar Suarez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Pedro Quintero; Sonia Bartolomei-Suarez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Nelson Cardona, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Carla Lopez Del Puerto, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Anidza Valentin, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Manuel Rodriguez Martinez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus

lowerretention and persistence indexes than those observed among students with higher status [7], [8].For the last three years, an initiative sponsored by the National Science Foundation in theCollege of Engineering (CoE) of the University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez (UPRM), the Programfor Engineering Access, Retention, and LIATS Success (PEARLS), has been implementingstrategies to address the SES gap among engineering students [9]. The UPRM is a HispanicServing Institution where over 70% of students come from families with low SES [13]. Forengineering students in this group, the gap has manifested with up to 20% higher attrition and18% longer time to graduation than those of their peers with higher SES.PEARLS introduces a series of interventions organized

Collection

2021 ASEE Pacific Southwest Conference - "Pushing Past Pandemic Pedagogy: Learning from Disruption"

Authors

Duc Hoai Tran, CSULB; Hen-Geul Yeh

into smaller pieces. They are great tools toensure that students are on the right track, and help instructors identify flaws and makeadjustments to their instruction. On the other hand, summative assessments such as researchpaper, term papers, course projects, midterm and final exams help evaluate the overallunderstanding of topics taught throughout the course. Either it is a formative assessment,summative assessment, or activity, students should receive timely feedback to help students stayon track. Instructors should also consider creating peer feedback opportunities.It is important to align module level learning outcomes with the module assessments whichshould measure stated learning outcome. This alignment can be done by selecting the

Conference Session

The Senior Experience: Capstone and Beyond

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Niehaus, University of Cincinnati; Anant Kukreti, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

topics intended to guide students in their senior capstone design project andas they approach their transition from student to young engineers beginning a professionalcareer. Expert practitioners, some of whom are part of the IDS industry advisory team, areinvited to give one-hour seminars on following topics: • Introduction to the IDS Project Selected Page 11.1008.5 • Writing Reports and Giving Presentations • Environmental and Permitting Aspects of the Project Table 1. Suggested Outline for Final Report • Title page with date • Cover letter (from team to client) • Acknowledgements

Conference Session

Research Informing Teaching Practice II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Flora P. McMartin, Broad-based Knowledge, LLC; Joseph G. Tront, Virginia Tech; Sarah Giersch, Broad-based Knowledge, LLC

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

AC 2012-4295: HOW AWARD WINNING COURSEWARE IS IMPACTINGENGINEERING EDUCATIONDr. Flora P. McMartin, Broad-based Knowledge, LLC Flora P. McMartin is the Founder of Broad-based Knowledge, LLC (BbK) , a consulting firm focused on assisting educators in their evaluation of the use and deployment of technology assisted teaching and learning. Throughout her career, she as served as an External Evaluator for a number of CCLI/TUES and NSDL-funded projects associated with community building, peer review of learning materials, faculty development, and dissemination of educational innovation. She is PI for the project ”Where have We Come From and Where are We Going? Learning Lessons and Practices from the Projects of the NDSL

Conference Session

TIME 4: Pedagogy

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Avitabile; Charles Goodman; Jeffrey Hodgkins

the results. Problems that seem easy whenyou do the homework at the end of a chapter in the text actually turn out to be much morecomplicated in practice – you are forced to really think about the material and how it all fitstogether” “The peer review of other group project reports actually was quite enlightening. This should bedone about three years earlier in our curriculum! I definitely think that more time should bespent on technical report writing. It was helpful look for mistakes in other students’ papers tounderstand the importance of clear writing, as well as to see other ways of approaching theproblem solution. I do think that it would have been useful to actually read the commentswritten by the group that reviewed our paper. This

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Don E. Malzahn, Wichita State University; Lawrence E. Whitman, Wichita State University; Zulma Toro-Ramos, Wichita State University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

and discuss the issues. This isintended to build a vocabulary of leadership concepts that directly relates to their currentcognitive and affective structures. Additionally there are several team lead workshops (10)designed to develop team management skills for the whole class (group decision making,presentations, conflict resolution, meeting management, and project planning and scheduling,etc.). Each of these experiences and activities is examined at the immediate and direct level thenviewed “from the balcony” for analysis.Multiple direct and indirect assessments of leadership development and skill mastery are used.These include detailed peer assessments using the new leadership vocabularies, progress inpersonal skill development, written

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Education 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maura J. Borrego, Virginia Tech; Michael J. Prince, Bucknell University; Christopher Evan Nellis, Virginia Tech; Prateek Shekhar, Virginia Tech; Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University; Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

writing the answer”or socialize instead of work on the assigned problem. These students group reported that theirexpectations were challenged when they were required to ask and answer questions in class forparticipation points. Because the questions were very focused on class sessions, the focus groupsdid not identify any new types of resistance. The participants at Site B reported that some students reacted by verbally communicatingdiscomfort with their peers (soliciting agreement and validation for their perceptions) and bydropping the course, perhaps with the intention of retaking it in another term or with anotherinstructor that did not require as much active participation. It is important to note that askingstudents how others reacted was

Conference Session

Track 6: Technical Session 3: Breaking Barriers: Unveiling the Journeys and Triumphs of Faculty Women of Color in STEM Academia

Collection

2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Kemesha Gabbidon, University of South Florida; Saundra Johnson Austin, University of South Florida

Tagged Topics

2025 CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

2 SpeakersEach speaker will introduce themselves [Name, position, academic training] 3This project is funded by the Archival Publication Authors Workshop.“The aim of the APA1 is to facilitate growth in manuscript writing skills and an understanding ofthe review process, leading to the development and refinement of new manuscripts that areintended to be submitted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal. The APA willinclude instructor-led sessions and panels and interactive breakout sessions with writing teamsand mentors. Specifically, the workshop was designed to:1.Use ASEE journal solicitations to contextualize content;2.Challenge teams to draft different

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division: Design Teams

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Jamie Gomez, University of New Mexico; Martin A. Watkins, University of New Mexico; Tryphenia B. Peele-Eady Ph.D., University of New Mexico

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

and authentic, the belief thateach member brings different and potentially useful information to the task, and theopportunity to iterate design ideas over time. Framing agency provides a lens forunderstanding the kinds of design learning experiences students need to direct their ownlearning and negotiate that learning with peers in design projects.IntroductionManaging design projects in undergraduate coursework is challenging, in large partbecause design problems are ill-structured, meaning there are many possible solutionsand framings of any design problem [2]. As engineering programs have increasinglyincorporated design challenges into first year and core courses, faculty must makedifficult decisions about feasibly managing design

Conference Session

First-Year Issues in ECE Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremy N. Thomas, DigiPen Institute of Technology; Christopher Theriault, DigiPen Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

processing. He receives external support through grants from agen- cies such as the US Geological Survey. He has authored more than 25 peer-reviewed publications, often with DigiPen students.Mr. Christopher Theriault, DigiPen Institute of Technology Christopher Theriault earned his BS in Computer Engineering from DigigPen as the first graduate of the program in 2007. In addition to serving as a Lecturer for the program, he also serves as the Lab Manager for the ECE department, an opportunity which allows him to work with students to develop their projects. His own passions for engineering focus on the embedded system space, and his final student project consisting of a modular electronics platform was used by DigiPen to

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 6: Challenges and Coping Strategies of Engineering Graduate Students

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Liesl Klein, Villanova University; Greg J. Strimel, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI)

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

pertaining to financial necessities likeinsurance, which can only be provided to children through the age of 26 in theUnited States. Graduate students often have their own expenses, and may beginto have their own families that rely on them for financial support. Students whoare not financially supported by their department or program may be forced toleave their degree program to find financially stable work. Additionally, stu-dents who do not leave their degree program may be consistently burdened bytheir financial stress due to the limited pay (Levecque et al. 2017). 42.2 Internal FactorsInternal factors affecting students include: motivation, writing skills, and aca-demic identity (Sverdlik et al. 2018, p

Conference Session

TIME 4: Pedagogy

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sami Ainane; Joseph Hoffman; Gary Pertmer; Chandra Thamire

-solving skills, basic design skills, report writing and presentation skills,teamwork, and experimental skills are emphasized to varying levels.A.3. Major RequirementsStudents begin taking the required courses in mechanical engineering in their sophomore yearwith Numerical Methods in Mechanical Engineering and Thermodynamics. During the junioryear, the focus is on providing the strong technical base required of all students in the program.These offerings combined with those given in the second year form the mechanical engineeringcore that must be mastered before beginning the capstone design experience and thespecialization of the final year of study. Typical core courses are fluid mechanics, heat transfer,material sciences, and vibrations. The

Conference Session

Special Session: Moving Towards the Intended, Explicit, and Authentic: Addressing Critical Misalignments in Engineering Learning within Secondary and University Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Anderson, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Sandra Shaw Courter, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Mitchell J. Nathan, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Amy C. Prevost, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Christine G. Nicometo, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Traci M. Nathans-Kelly, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Thomas Dean McGlamery, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Amy K. Atwood, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods, K-12 & Pre-College Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

University of Wisconsin - Madison, and a faculty fel- low at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) and the Center on Education and Work. Dr. Nathan studies the cognitive, embodied, and social processes involved in STEM reasoning, learn- ing and teaching, especially in mathematics and engineering classrooms and in laboratory settings, using both quantitative and qualitative research methods. Dr. Nathan has secured over $20M in external re- search funds and has over 80 peer-reviewed publications in education and Learning Sciences research, as well as over 100 scholarly presentations to US and international audiences. He is Principal Investiga- tor or co-Principal Investigator of 5 active grants from NSF and the

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anika Coolbaugh Pirkey, West Virginia University; Daniel Augusto Kestering; Lizzie Santiago, West Virginia University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

program in the Mid-Atlantic region were tasked to write a reflective essay explaining the challenges faced intheir first four weeks in college. A thematic analysis of the qualitative data was used to analyzethe reflective essays.This “work in progress” paper will summarize the main results of the study. Based on theanalysis, we propose interventions to assist these students in their transition from high school tocollege. This project is relevant to institutions seeking to improve the retention of students intheir engineering programs.Background:First generation college students are defined as students whose parents completed only a highschool diploma or equivalent. Some researchers include in this classification those studentswhose parents

Conference Session

Curriculum Development 1

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Chau M. Tran, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Professional Engineering Education Papers

to  Apply the concept of logarithmic decrement to extract the spring and damping constants from a given transient response,  Generate frequency spectra and use them as the primary guidance to design a vibration system,  Perform Fourier series expansion on a periodic square wave disturbance and interpret the impact of the harmonic components on the vibrating system, and  Communicate effectively with a range of audience by writing a formal technical report.EML Objectives © American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 2 2023 ASEE Southeastern Section Conference  CuriosityA history of airplane starting from the first flight in

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division - The New Normal: Enduring Technology Improvements in the Classroom

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amanda Bao, Rochester Institute of Technology (CET)

Spring semester of2020 to collect students’ feedback about the learning experience during the COVID-19 lockdown[2] . The students were allowed to select multiple answers in the survey questions if they apply.The course delivery modes in the Academic Year 2020-2021 were in-person, blended and online.The most favorable course delivery mode during the AY 2020-2021 from the students’ perspectivewas “blended”, however, “blended” was identified as the least favorable course delivery mode bythe instructors because it was difficult to jungle multiple teaching needs from the in-person and theonline students simultaneously, such as writing class notes, interacting with in-person students,live-streaming lectures, using microphones, recording lectures

Conference Session

ERM: Student Professional Development: Professional Skills and Moving Beyond the Classroom

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tiantian Li, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Eric Holloway, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Kerrie Douglas, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Julie Martin, The Ohio State University; Victoria Bill, New York University Tandon School of Engineering

and Minorities in Science and Engineering, where her vision is to create a culture of constructive peer review in academic publishing. Julie is a former NSF program director for engineering education and frequently works with faculty to help them write proposals and navigate the proposal preparation and grant management processes. She was a 2009 NSF CAREER awardee for her work operationalizing social capital for engineering education. More recently, Julie has encouraged the engineering education research community to embrace methodological activism, a paradigm whereby researchers intentionally choose methods for the political purpose of empowering marginalized populations. Learn more about her research team, Elevate

Conference Session

Work-in-Progress Session: Understanding Issues Faced by Graduate Students and Faculty

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anuli Ndubuisi, University of Toronto, Canada; Glory Ovie, The King's University Edmonton, Canada; Zian (Kelly) Zhang, University of Toronto, Canada

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

us to conduct research “with” and not “on”another, situating the Other as equals not to change the other but to change self [18].MethodsAnuli and Glory discovered that they had similar interests at an online conference and thereafterthe idea of writing a duoethnography emerged, they then invited Kelly to join the team, and webecame a trio-ethnography. Our research process started in July 2022 when we participated in a 5-week workshop where we worked with mentors to refine our research plan. Thereafter, we metevery Monday for an hour over 6 months to execute our study. Collaboration tools utilized wereZoom, Google Drive, WhatsApp, and emails. After our interview questions were drafted to guideour dialogue, we emailed them to a faculty member

Conference Session

Building Success in the Online Classroom

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Anu Osta, Rowan University; Jennifer Kadlowec, Baldwin Wallace University; Melanie Amadoro, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

adapt to the restrictedlearning environment3,4. This include creating a remote Mechanical Engineering Summer UndergraduateResearch Program to engage students in active research and to provide a mentored experience forindependent research work. Students were matched with faculty based on their fields of interest and wererequired to participate in a workshop series on research methods, scientific writing, career planning, andprofessional development5. Another attempt at asynchronous online delivery of remote introductoryphysics lectures used the Playposit technology which is an interactive audio (MP3 listening assignment)and video (MP4 viewing assignment) components6.Some of the challenges that have been reported include financial strains placed

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Robert Merton Stwalley III P.E., Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Carol S. Stwalley, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Virginia Lynn Booth-Womack, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Grace Lynn Baldwin, Purdue University at West Lafayette ; Sarah Larose, Purdue University at West Lafayette

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

demonstratedto improve collegiate graduates’ entry-level starting salaries, level of initial position, and jobresponsibilities [10] [11] [12]. The authors discuss the importance of experiential experiences inthe formation of professionalism in RS students [13]. To establish a reflective element withineach RS student experience, each fall the students come together for a one-hour seminar to talkand write about their journey and to continue learning about methods of growing their supportweb with university professors and staff [14].The RS students selected for this program implementation were typically residential applicantsof a low-socioeconomic status (SES) and that selected an under-represented minorityrace/ethnicity in their database entry. There was

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Shiny Abraham, Seattle University; Richard Brown Bankhead III, Seattle University; Jennifer M. Dorsey, University of Texas at Austin

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

together. You can see everyone working, and it's all there, all of the writing …, you have a lot more freeform than if you're typing on text on something like OneNote… you can see the different ways everyone works through the problem.” “… I felt like everyone kind of contributed in their own way. And anytime you kind of like make a small error it's really easy to see what other students are doing too, and it's easy to correct your errors being able to see what your peers are doing. So it makes sense.” “I'd also say [groupwork] was helpful. I guess, getting to know more students. Because otherwise you're just sitting in the lecture and not really talking to each other. So it was a good way for us to

Collection

2011 North Midwest Section

Authors

Genevieve Gagnon Ph.D.

methods are crucial to make students participate, getmore involved at learning in a significant way, that will last their lifetime. Keywords: excellence in engineering education, interactive teaching methods, hands-on, just in time teaching, peer teaching, clicker, Connect, Jeopardy, CramsterIntroductionDuring the last decade of teaching engineering, the quantity of information to learn hasincreased and the time to acquire this knowledge stayed the same. Maybe the solution tothis problem would be to follow the field of medicine, where they now need to have aBachelor’s degree before starting their doctors program. Skills that used to be part of thebasic formal education of engineers are gone and replaced by new primordial skills

Collection

2021 ASEE Pacific Southwest Conference - "Pushing Past Pandemic Pedagogy: Learning from Disruption"

Authors

Rebeka Sultana, California State University, Long Beach

engineering and hydrology. Due to her passion in student learning and success, she is also involved in research in engineering education. She has published several peer- reviewed journals and conference proceedings in her research areas as well as in engineering education. In her teaching pursuits, Sultana integrates real world examples and research with the theoretical knowledge to prepare the future engineers. She has been involved with American Society of Engineering Education Pacific South West section for the past three years. In her current position, Relations with Industry, she collaborates with industry partners to bring their insight in engineering education. She is licensed Professional Engineer from the state of

Conference Session

Disability Track - Technical Session VI

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Meenakshi Manas Das, Mississippi State University; Sarah B. Lee, Mississippi State University; Litany H. Lineberry, Mississippi State University; Chase Addison Barr

Tagged Topics

Disability

graduates with Lime Connect is a global nonprofit organization that'sdisabilities face numerous barriers to securing career rebranding disability through achievement. They prepareopportunities. These barriers often prevent individuals with high potential university students and professionals withdisabilities from attaining careers. In fact, the employment disabilities for scholarships, internships and full-timerate for college graduates with disabilities is approximately careers with their corporate partners which include Google,30 percent less than their peers without disabilities, Facebook and Microsoft to name a few. They also have aparticularly in STEM- Science, Technology, Engineering

Conference Session

Technical Session 5b

Collection

2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University; Hamid Shahnasser, San Francisco State University; Wenshen Pong P.E., San Francisco State University; Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University; Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University; Kwok Siong Teh, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Oskar Granados, Cañada College; Maryam I Khan; Manuel Alexis Ramirez, San Diego State University; Madoka Oyama, Cañada College; Nathan Carlson, Cañada College

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Pacific Southwest Section

ASPIRES internship program has three levels targeting students atdifferent stages in their academic careers. The ASPIRES Summer Group Research InternshipProgram is the second level ten-week program for sophomore students who have no previousresearch experience and have at least one more year of courses to complete at Cañada Collegebefore transferring to a four-year university. In addition to allowing students to participate in theprogram as part-time interns, the group setting wherein students work with their peers and facultythey know will give students the supportive learning environment needed to succeed in their firstinternship experience. A collaborative learning environment has been shown to positively impactminority students—improving

Conference Session

Design Communications

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Ekwaro-Osire, Texas Tech University; Innocent Afuh, Texas Tech University; Peter Orono, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

, they are inept. Forster3 argues that “The Net generation, it turns out may not beso tech savvy after all”. They rely almost exclusively on Google, Wikipedia and other such Page 13.744.2search engines as major information sources, oblivious of its credibility, reliability and validityfor research. They pay little attention to peer reviewed scholarship. Thus while they may becomputer literate, they are not necessarily information literate although the later uses skills of theformer. The set of skills needed to find, retrieve, analyze and use information is termedinformation literacy (IL). According to the Association of College and Research

Conference Session

Engineering and Technology for Everyone

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

AC 2009-1307: INSTRUCTIONAL BENEFITS OF A COURSE MANAGEMENTSYSTEM IN K-12 EDUCATIONPatricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Patricia A. Carlson has taught a variety of professional writing courses at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and has held ten ASEE Summer Research Fellowships. She is on the editorial board of three professional publications for advanced educational technology and has served as a National Research Council Senior Fellow at the Air Force Human Resources Laboratory. Email: patricia.carlson@rose-hulman.edu Page 14.745.1© American Society for Engineering