Collection

2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Stephan A. Durham; W. Micah Hale; Seamus Freyne

• Class Project • Extra CreditEach of these folders contains information that would traditionally be distributed during classtime in hard copy. With the course information and handouts online, the students can access thisinformation at anytime and anyplace. This also reduces the amount of printing and copying bythe instructor prior to class time and enables the instructor to better prepare for class.Course InformationPertinent course information is uploaded into the course information folder. The courseinformation folder contains the following files: • Course Syllabus • Lecture/Laboratory Schedule • Other Handouts “Proceedings of the 2007 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fanyu Zeng, Indiana Wesleyan University

laboratory instructors control the student’senvironment because they have monopoly on every single laboratory activity [5].However, there seems to be a lack of this type of monopoly in a distributed laboratoryenvironment. Students have their own control of pace, duration of their laboratories, andeven control the outcomes of their laboratory exercises. Thus, additional guidelines andstandards are crucial to the new online computer network laboratory modules. Newmeans and resources are developed to ensure the same goals are achieved in the onlinecomputer network laboratory: • Learning contracts – enhanced course syllabus and detailed lab manuals • Online course and multiple dimensional instructional strategies – a variety of means for

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lionel Craddock, Bluefield State College; Daphne Rainey, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute; Susan Faulkner, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute; Frank Hart, Bluefield State College; Martha Eborall, Bluefield State College; Lewis Foster, Bluefield State College; Stephen Cammer, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute; Betsy Tretola, Virginia Tech; Bruno Sobral, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute; Oswald Crasta, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute; Bruce Mutter, Bluefield State College

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Course Management Service (CMS)The CMS became the online framework for the course called COSC 490 – Cyberinfrastructure.The CMS software and systems developed by CART at BSC allowed for full online courseadministration and access to syllabus, outline, surveys, quizzes, testing, reading material, chat,instructor collaboration and general remote student communication as substantiated in the articlereferenced above.Supplemental Materials Used and Online Course DevelopmentThe course modules were designed for flexibility for the BSC professors, students, and the VBIteam. As a test deployment, we needed to provide multiple instructor and assessment officerprivileges and the CMS accommodates this requirement seamlessly. To supplement themodules, BSC

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Applications

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kim Nankivell, Purdue University-Calumet; Jana Whittington, Purdue University-Calumet; Joy Colwell, Purdue University-Calumet

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Engineering Design Graphics

before the next module becomes available. This assures that thematerial is delivered to the student in the designed and logical progression so there is no randomdelivery of the course material. The Exercise components address individual elements within theclass projects. They provide the student with the blueprints for successfully completing the classprojects.The online course ended up having ten modules: an introductory module, eight modulescontaining course content, and one module dedicated to the review of the course. Once thecontent of the course was developed, the syllabus was re-written and the course schedule wasdeveloped. An extremely important element of an online course is the Course Introduction. TheIntroduction sets the tone of the

Conference Session

Simulation and Virtual Instrumentation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Uhlig, National University; Shekar Viswanathan, National University; John Watson, National University; Howard Evans, National University

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Engineering Technology

Course Menu Item Department Content Item Information Table* Course Link Syllabus Link to S.O.E.T Folder Syllabus* Assignment Tool Course Outline Communication/ Tools Learning Outcomes* Week 1 Required Reading Week 2 Lecture Notes and Charts Week 3 Week 4 Chat Topic (Course Link) Communication

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Assessment and Evaluation in Engineering Education II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alice Squires, Stevens Institute of Technology; Mike Pennotti, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Educational Research and Methods

CD. Instructors use various approachesfor providing course content. The course material can consist of a course syllabus and/ora getting started overview, posted in-class presentation slides, lecture notes, recordedaudio based lectures, assignment descriptions, textbooks, articles, links and additionalresources and supplemental material.The learner-instructor interaction, the dialog and feedback between the learner andinstructor, is implemented through many mechanisms. During the online course, theinstructor proactively interacts with the students in a variety of ways, depending on thestyle and preferences of the instructor, as well as the nature of the course content.Instructors use a combination of weekly online discussions, e-mail, web

Conference Session

New Approaches to the Development of Online Learning and International Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Batts, East Carolina University; Richard Monroe, East Carolina University; Leslie Pagliari, East Carolina University; Sherion Jackson, East Carolina University; Cheryl McFadden, East Carolina University

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Continuing Professional Development

best practices in the classroom. The responsesfrom public 2-year educational institutions in North Carolina had three major areas of using bestpractices and they were: timely feedback, 74.1%; supporting students through onlinecommunication, 66.7%; and using discussion boards to facilitate interaction, 63.0%.Respondents also rated highly using online assessment tools (e.g. quizzes), 55.6%; setting rulesor a friendly online environment, 55.6%; providing introduction activities, 55.6%; and providingdetailed syllabus information (e.g. learning modules), 59.3.The responses from the public 4-year educational institutions in North Carolina had similarresponses with use of the following best practices in their online courses: timely feedback,75.0

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International Distance & Service Learning for Engineers- Discussion on Best Practices

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ismet Anitsal, Tennessee Tech University; Ismail Fidan, Tennessee Tech University

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International

blocks, attributes, and external referencesPart 3: Isometric drawing and three-dimensional modeling • Isometric drawing • Wireframe models • Surface models • Solid modelsMIT3301 course has the following course management modules in the WebCT system. • Course syllabus and information • Calendar, tips and grade book • Lecture materials and extra study materials • Tests, labs, practice quizzes, and homework • Discussions, chat and e-mail • SupplementsThis course has been successfully delivered as a hybrid engineering course before its onlineoffer. Based on the students’ interest, MIT3301 has been scheduled fully online since thesummer semester of 2005. There were twelve undergraduate students registered in

Conference Session

Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Perry, University of Memphis

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Mechanical Engineering

University of Memphis. Although delivered in a traditional face-to-face classroom setting,the course was "web-assisted" since a number of course materials were provided online.MethodsThe introductory thermodynamics course used in the study is taken by most engineering majorsin the college. It covers the First and Second Laws along with a number of other topics usuallycovered in such a course. Traditionally this course has been taught using the familiar chalk andblackboard approach. A few years ago, however, the course moved from the traditional approachto one of being web-assisted, meaning that a number of course materials were made available tostudents online. These materials included the course syllabus, assignments, homework solutions,class

Conference Session

Intersdisciplinary Courses and Environmental Undergraduate Research

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Braun, California Polytechnic State University; Emmit B. Evans, California Polytechnic State University; Randall Knight, California Polytechnic State University; Thomas Ruehr, California Polytechnic State University

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Environmental Engineering

technicalrecommendations. The preceding steps constitute the milestones in the project, allowing studentsto receive timely feedback prior to project completion.The course webpage, http://www.ee.calpoly.edu/~dbraun/courses/TGE/UNIV350.html1, containsvaluable course resources in addition to those described in this work. Page 12.946.2Learning Objectives and OutcomesConceived as the capstone course for the Minor in Environmental Studies, the course seeks toachieve an ambitious scope of objectives; perhaps too ambitious. The course syllabus describesthe course goals: “This interdisciplinary course enables students to examine global environmental issues from

Conference Session

What's New in the Mechanics of Materials?

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Surovek, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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Mechanics

Mechanics of Materials course offered at the South Dakota School of Mines andTechnology (SDSM&T). The students chose the source of the problem, made assumptions onthe behavior of the drill based on observations and some online research, modeled the behavior,solved for the internal stress and angle of twist, and evaluated the design based on theirobservations and calculations. While textbook problems have improved in how they try tomodel realistic situations, they still present examples in which all of the variables have beenpredetermined and for which there is a unique solution. Typical homework problems do notdevelop student skills in unstructured problem solving, emphasized in ABET 20004 criteria.Student developed problems help the students

Conference Session

ChE: Innovations in the Classroom

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Raymond, Bucknell University

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Chemical Engineering

it came to several of theseconcepts, some of them are strongly engrained from childhood experiences. These initialexercises involve use of the entire first day of class. On the second day, the course syllabus ispresented along with the various activities students will perform during the semester and thecourse learning objectives. To give the reader an idea of the course content and coverage, anabbreviated list of the course overview and objectives is given below:Course Overview and Objectives: Page 12.1109.4This course is designed for the science or engineering major at the junior level or above. At theconclusion of the course, the student

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Braun, California Polytechnic State University

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Electrical and Computer

in electronics has a one unit laboratory associated with it. This work results from effortsto enhance the lecture portion of the course. The most recent course syllabus details coursemechanics and how the course schedules reading, homework, quizzes, midterm exams, a finalexam, and the course project.4Project AssignmentsThe projects focus on digital electronics subsystems. Table 1 lists project problems assigned todate. Complete assignments and a subset of student work appear online.4 Not as significant as theVLSI projects students would complete in a senior level IC design course, the design projectspoint in the direction of VLSI design by requiring similar and simpler analysis and simulationsupport. The projects have wider scope than

Conference Session

Non-Technical Skills in ET

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Irene Ferrara, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona; Rebecca Maguda, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona; Andrew Vavreck, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona

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Engineering Technology

, Rebecca Maguda, and the EMET ProgramCoordinator, Irene Ferrara, worked cooperatively from February through May 2006 to developtopics for a one-credit course intended for advanced standing EMET students, in order to helpprepare them for the process of securing employment as well as succeeding in industry. Theoriginal syllabus for the course can be found in Appendix 1.Course ImplementationIn fall of 2006, eleven senior BSEMET students participated in the first offering of theEngineering Business Skills course. The class met for 75 minutes twice per week, for half of thesemester. During the first three weeks of class, students engaged in a variety of activitiesintended to prepare them for the Fall Career Fair at The Pennsylvania State University

Conference Session

Innovative Techniques in Graphics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Priti Bhatnagar, Daniel Webster College; Christopher McInnis, Daniel Webster College; Chad Hebert, Daniel Webster College; Sonja Crowder, Daniel Webster College; David Guo, Daniel Webster College; Nicholas Bertozzi, Daniel Webster College

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Engineering Design Graphics

courses itwill be of great benefit to us to examine and discuss the best practices already developed by theCDIO partners.CDIO will strongly influence our programs as we seek to apply the 12 CDIO Standards and theCDIO Syllabus to our new and existing courses. Although we have already applied some of thegeneral principles, CDIO provides a well thought-out, well-organized template forimplementation.Both of our new engineering programs are still under development and will continue to changesignificantly over the next few years. The course sequencing in our current catalog can beviewed online at (http://content.dwc.edu/pdf/catalog/currentcatalog.pdf). Both BS programscontain five-semester design sequences. We have also increased the number of credits

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cher Cornett, East Tennessee State University

discussion.Students will generally only remember the instructor’s comments as they relate to the grade.In this modified method, an online critique is assigned as homework immediately after the in-class critique. Students provide the instructor with small, JPEG-formatted graphic files of theirwork, or links to the course server, which are posted on Blackboard. Students use these to referback to the work as they complete an on-line survey form incorporating Rikert scales andcomment fields for specific subjective criteria for each work being evaluated.To accomplish this, phpESP, an open source, easy-to-use software package for creating,deploying and managing web surveys is used. With phpESP, you can create a survey through aweb interface without having to

Conference Session

Introductory Materials Science for the 21st Century

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carolyn Skurla, Baylor University

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Materials

AC 2007-1800: SELF-PACED LABORATORY MODULES FOR ENGINEERINGMATERIALS AND MANUFACTURING PROCESSES LABORATORY COURSECarolyn Skurla, Baylor University Carolyn Skurla is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. She received a B.S. in Biomedical Science from Texas A&M University and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Colorado State University. In addition to the freshman engineering course, Dr. Skurla teaches courses in materials engineering, biomaterials, and biomedical engineering. Her research interests are in biomaterials and total joint replacements. Page

Conference Session

Learning Needs and Educational Success

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carolyn Skurla, Baylor University; Steven Eisenbarth, Baylor University; Richard Campbell, Baylor University

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Minorities in Engineering

discussion time to solicit feedback from thestudents midway through the semester in order to make any necessary mid-course corrections.One problem encountered by the authors was the result of them carrying a full teaching load on-campus, with one of the authors carrying a teaching overload. This made rapid turnaround ofgraded assignments problematic. All lectures were not completed prior to the beginning of the Page 12.500.8semester, and this caused problems in the latter half of the semester. Some lectures had to bepresented out of order in order to work around lectures that were not ready for presentation ontheir designated date on the syllabus. In

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexis Powe, Mississippi State University

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International

teaching in the Republic of Korea (South Korea). Isubmitted my curriculum vitae and proposed course syllabus to Kyungpook NationalUniversity’s Office of International Affairs, doubtful that a technical-writing course would bewelcomed by KNU’s engineering program. Instead, the course was well received by KNU’sDepartment of English Language and Literature. By June 2006, I was teaching and livingabroad—only my second time ever to travel overseas and my first time to travel internationallyalone.Teaching and living abroad, even if only for one summer, was one of my most professionallychallenging and personally rewarding experiences. Not only has the experience expanded myteaching repertoire, but it has also informed and improved my interactions with

Conference Session

Special programs and activities for minorities in engineering

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Stroot, University of South Florida; Bernard Batson, University of South Florida; BK Robertson, Alabama State University

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Minorities in Engineering

facilitate their participation in summer internships in industry and governmentallabs.Proposed ActivitiesIt is evident from various studies that active learning experiences through the use of appropriateinstructional technology can serve as a stimulus to attract students to any specific field includingengineering. Therefore, the program will be structured to meet the following objectives:1) To teach how scientists and environmental engineers use molecular biology based methods asresearch tools. This will be accomplished by three mechanisms:a. Fundamental discussion of molecular biology skills. Introductory materials will be expandedto include thirty percent of the total course (5 of 15 lectures, see course syllabus) in order to helpclarify the

Conference Session

The Impact of Curriculum on the Retention of Women Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Backer, San Jose State University

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Women in Engineering

MUSE program. In the precedingFall (i.e., in Fall 2005 for a course to be taught in Fall 2006), the faculty must submit a one-pagecourse proposal form that includes: a proposed title, the GE area requested for the course, a shortcourse description, a brief bio, and signatures of the Department Chair and Dean. A Januaryorientation workshop is required for new MUSE faculty and optional for returning MUSEfaculty. At the orientation workshop, the faculty are put into a peer review group by GE areawith a faculty coordinator. In addition to creating a course syllabus for the class, the facultymember must complete a MUSE checklist that indicates how their course meets both the MUSEand the General Education goals for their GE area.The peer group works

Conference Session

IE Curriculum Design

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sophia Scott, Southeast Missouri State University

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Industrial Engineering

AC 2007-2525: THE BLENDED CLASSROOM: THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS?Sophia Scott, Southeast Missouri State University Dr. Sophia Scott is an Assistant Professor at Southeast Missouri State University in the Department of Industrial and Engineering Technology. She teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses. She is currently interested in using face to face, blended, and online course formats to increase student learning, problem solving, project management and teaming. Page 12.1391.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 The Blended Classroom: The Best of Both Worlds?AbstractMost

Conference Session

IE Program Design I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Jackson, East Carolina University; Sherion Jackson, East Carolina University

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Industrial Engineering

developed in order to guideand provide support for both Learning Managers and Content Integrators. Resource Materialswould include Training for Learning Managers, Student Advisors, and Content Integrators,Procedures for online learning, and Support Websites. Course materials would include learningobjectives for the course, course mapping, matching objectives with content and evaluations,examples of high quality assignments, discussion topic outline & supporting materials, readings& supporting articles, suggested textbooks, and a list of faculty resource websites. TheStructured Course Frame would include: course plans (syllabus), high quality video, & audio,conferencing/chat/threaded discussions, textbooks, student notes, interactive

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computer-Oriented Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Azzedine Lansari, Zayed University; Akram Al-Rawi, Zayed University; Faouzi Bouslama, Université Laval

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Information Systems

course syllabus is developed and posted onthe intranet and Blackboard to facilitate student access to course information, course content andto provide consistency and transparency of all course syllabi. All course syllabi use the mastercourse syllabus as a basis to cover course content and provide information on which learningoutcomes are covered.4. Learning Outcomes in the Master Course SyllabusThe master course syllabus is a critical component that addresses the integration of desiredlearning outcomes into particular courses. A master course syllabus is developed for all IS coreand elective courses. The components of the master course syllabus include course number andtitle, objectives, topics, learning outcomes, and evidence of outcome

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Juan Velasquez, Purdue University; Matthew Verleger, Purdue University

. Page 12.1500.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Training of Teaching Assistants on Technology Driven Lesson DevelopmentAbstractThe Graduate Teaching with Technology Certificate (GTTC) course is a 28 contact hour trainingprogram for graduate student teaching assistants intending to become faculty members. Theprogram combines technology with pedagogy to better enable participants to design instructionand integrate technology to enhance student learning. After being introduced to a number oftechnology tools currently used for instruction, participants develop a one-hour online lessonutilizing any or all of the tools. Peer and instructor feedback is utilized to help guide

Conference Session

Bioengineering laboratories: Bringing research into the classroom

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daphne Rainey, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute; Bruce Mutter, Bluefield State College; Lionel Craddock, Bluefield State College; Susan Faulkner, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute; Frank Hart, Bluefield State College; Martha Eborall, Bluefield State College; Lewis Foster, Bluefield State College; Stephen Cammer, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute; Betsy Tretola, Virginia Tech; Bruno Sobral, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute; Oswald Crasta, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute

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Biomedical

implementation of a project-centric bioinformatics course for CI-TEAM demonstration.alignments, phylogenetic tree production, and genome alignment software in Toolbus (He et al.,2005)8. A variety of software sources were introduced for sequence alignment and phylogenetictree production and viewing, however BSC professors tested and chose an appropriate source forits own use.The Center for Applied Research and Technology, Inc. (CART) Course Management Service(CMS) became the online framework for the course called COSC 490 – Cyberinfrastructure. TheCMS software and systems developed by CART at BSC allowed for full online courseadministration and access to syllabus, outline, surveys, quizzes, testing, reading material, chat

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators: Tricks of the Trade II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melani Plett, Seattle Pacific Univ; Donald Peter

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New Engineering Educators

motivatedto do the hard work of solving the quantity and variety of problems needed for learning, withoutdemoralizing penalties for making mistakes while learning. Further, many professors prefer touse homework scores as a significant portion of the final course grade because it is difficult totest students on such a wide variety of problems.To achieve these goals, several homework options exist for the professor: traditional homework,homework that is graded online 3, 4, and homework that is assigned but not graded. Each of thevarious approaches addresses the homework balancing act differently, and each has itsdrawbacks (Table 1). An alternative approach described in this paper incorporates many of thebenefits of these various methods in a manner

Conference Session

Ocean, Marine, and Coastal Engineering Topics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Brown, Virginia Tech; Owen Hughes, Virginia Tech; Leigh McCue, Virginia Tech; Wayne Neu, Virginia Tech; Betsy Tretola, Teaching and Learning,

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Ocean and Marine

Virginia Tech’s Institute for Distance and Distributed Learning (IDDL). She coordinates the end-of-course student and instructor perceptions of eLearning online survey processes, collaborates with academic departments to facilitate research in eLearning environments, and provides leadership in assessment. Her Ph.D. in Educational Research Methodology and her Masters in Science Education are from The University of Virginia. She also has a Masters in Business from Columbia University. Dr. Tretola has more than twenty years of experience in science and technical education across higher education, government and corporate sectors. She has managed all aspects of the instructional process including

Conference Session

Mathematics in Transition

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Callahan; Joe Guarino, Boise State University; Seung Youn Chyung, Boise State University; John Gardner, Boise State University; Amy Moll, Boise State University; Pat Pyke, Boise State University; Cheryl Schrader, Boise State University

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Mathematics

an enduring, strong and personal commitment to underrepresented engineering students and faculty Page 12.305.2© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Benefits of a Tutorial Mathematics Program for Engineering Students Enrolled in PreCalculus: A Template for AssessmentAbstractAn interactive online tutorial program (ALEKS) was the focus of an engineering course createdto increase the success of engineering students in a Precalculus class. Engineering students wereembedded in two Precalculus courses with other students. An assessment rubric for measuringthe effect of ALEKS on Precalculus grades of

Conference Session

International Distance & Service Learning for Engineers- Discussion on Best Practices

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keshav Varde, University of Michigan-Dearborn

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International

design of AL mode courses andrequirements, as described below: • Each course offered via AL mode was designated as second section of the on-campus course and the students could elect one of the two sections depending on the preference. The same instructor handled both the sections. • The College developed its own AL infrastructure with custom-designed website and a dedicated server that could handle a large number of students at any given moment. The instructors posted their instructional and course related material (course syllabus, course calendar, lecture notes, assignments, practice problems, etc.) on the site; the course site could be accessed only by students registered in the course. They could