% Weekly Quizzes (7) 35% Quizzes (3) 15% Simulation Labs (5) 22% Simulation Labs (5) 15% Hardware Labs (5) 22% Hardware Labs (5) 20% Final Exam 20% Midterm Exam 20% Final Exam 20% Total 100% Total 100%In the online version, a syllabus quiz is used to make sure students understand the expectation ofthe class. Instead of giving homework assignments, the online course uses weekly quizzes tohold students accountable. All quizzes are multiple choice questions and are auto-graded. Thisensures prompt
2016 ASEE Rocky Mountain Section Conference Flipped Classroom Method in Teaching “Introduction to Engineering” Course Online Dr. Jing Guo and Dr. John Santiago Colorado Technical University (CTU), College of EngineeringAbstractThis paper presents a flipped classroom method used in developing and delivering an onlinecourse entitled, “Introduction to Engineering”. The course includes a combination of mini-lectures and labs. Two one-hour chat sessions held synchronously are used where: (1) instructorsneed to hold one chat session for answering the mini-video lectures, reading material andproblem sets, (2) and another hour for
videos orother illustration and demonstration videos. Figure 2. Online shell for Quality Control courseThere are some additional syllabus requirement for online course as per Quality Matters HigherEducation Rubric4. These requirements once properly addressed in the syllabus, they satisfyseveral of the specific standards required by the rubric. For example, for QC course, under‘Learner Support’ label, computer with mic and headphone, internet access, calculator, internetbrowser, and word processing program are listed as minimum technical requirement. Similarly,ability to use internet browser, download, save, open, and upload files, find, copy
sectioned into four broad categories,namely, Start Here, Course Content, Quicklinks and Getting Help. The ‘Start Here’ sectionconsisted of a module with all necessary information to help the online learner get oriented withthe course page as well as the course. It included information on the faculty, course navigation,syllabus, schedule, technical assistance, information on student support and services on campusas well as special accommodation resources. The ‘course content’ section is where the maincourse learning modules were housed along with all the assessments. The Quicklinks providedfor a faster access to learning resources and Getting Help provided students multiple outlets toreach out if any assistance with the course or otherwise was
, promote student understanding and help them gauge their individualprogress.Students engage with the online course via the electronic course management platform Moodle11.Moodle serves as a repository and delivery system of digital documents and web pages for thecourse syllabus, grades, exercises, readings, videos, as well as uploading student work. Studentsaccess the Moodle course site using their university login identification. The approach of ouronline course is not specific to the Moodle platform, and may be readily adapted to other onlinecourse management platforms. Students earn one semester credit for the online coop course,which represents three hours of academic work per week (including fieldwork), averaged overthe term. Thus, students
nonlinear programing, and multicriteria decision making. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 A distance-education model for project and lab-based coursesAbstractRecent increases in engineering enrollments have spurred interest in developing course structuresthat can increase both the efficiency and effectiveness of course delivery. This need isparticularly acute in project and lab-based courses. One potential model is to convert thetraditional learning environment to an internet-based e-learning system. Such an e-learningsystem can be structured to be essentially independent of class-size, time, and geographiclocation. Online courses also mimic the realities of industrial projects in that
. Derivedfrom the course syllabus, a list of course objectives is shown below.• To foster the atmosphere of individual achievement through the success of the team.• To utilize independent creative thought and research in the solution of a design problem.• To apply previously acquired skills, knowledge, and experience to practical applications encountered in the industrial environment.• To appreciate the structure, format, and procedure necessary in carrying a project through to completion.• To communicate both orally and with technical documentation about the design solutions. 2Course Structure/ScheduleThe engineering capstone design course at UW−Stout combined students from
Academy of Engineering, The Engineer of 2020: Visions of Engineering in the New Century. Washington D.C., USA: National Academic (2004).[5] Bruhn, Russel E. and Judy Camp. "Capstone Course Creates Useful Business Products and Corporate Ready Students." Inroads 36.2 (2004): 87-92. Online. 21 April 2012. .[6] Howe, S. and Wilbarger, J., 2005 National Survey of Engineering Capstone Design Courses. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education, Chicago, IL, 2006.[7] Frank, M. P., & Amin, K. E., & Okoli, O. I., & Jung, S., & Van Engelen, R. A., & Shih, C. (2014, June),Expanding and Improving the Integration of Multidisciplinary Projects in a Capstone Senior Design Course
section explains more details about the class policy, address the most common questions that students raised in homework, laboratory problems, or tests, and inform missing links or corrections for class materials, etc. The announcements can also be sent to students through emails so that all students can have immediate attention.2.2 Start HereThis section introduces online course, technology prerequisites which include internetbrowsers readiness, PDF reading capability, and Blackboard and PLE.2.3 Ask the ProfessorStudents can use this forum to ask professor questions in the course content or havediscussions with other students taking the same course. After subscribing to this forum,students will receive notification from the instructor when
. (2001). Hybrid courses are best, Syllabus, (1), 22.[14] Johnson, S. D., Aragon, S. R., Shaik, N. and Palma-Rivas, N. (2000). Comparative Analysis of Learner Satisfaction and Learning Outcomes in Online and Face-to-Face Learning Environments, JI of Interactive Learning Research, 11(1), 29-49.[15] Koohang, A. and Durante, A. (2003). Learners’ Perceptions toward the Web-based Distance Learning Activities/Assignments Portion of an Undergraduate Hybrid Instructional Model, Journal of Information Technology Education, 2. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2016
into depth yet giving essentialknowledge to the students was still sought.In this paper, we have presented our experience of designing and teaching a new introductorycourse for undergraduate students of Department of Electrical Engineering at The University ofLahore, Pakistan. First, objectives and design basis of the course will be discussed. This will befollowed by course details, syllabus, learning and assessment methodology. A survey wasconducted among students who enrolled this course from Fall 2012 to Fall 2014 to get theirfeedback on usefulness of this course. Results of the survey are discussed at the end.2 Objectives and basis of design of the courseTable 1 Prominent areas of Biomedical Engineering pertaining to ECEArea of Study
digital design problem using a Finite State Machine based controller.Student’s knowledge assessment is similar with the previous two courses.The last ABET evaluations for the EET and CET programs at FSC was in 2013.IV. Changes in the Digital Design Sequence of CoursesIn the last three academic years, the junior level course EET 316-Digital Design was updatedcontinuously (syllabus and laboratory experiments). The modifications were made by the firstauthor of this paper, who was appointed course coordinator for this course in the fall of 2014, incollaboration with adjunct faculty, members of the Industry Advisory Board and industryrepresentatives. Students’ feedback was also considered.In the academic year 2012-2013, new FPGA platforms were
the future. My belief is that just as there is a need for public parks and squares to be pleasant and welcoming to a diverse population in order to function effectively, so must the interfaces and places in the online classroom environment, be designed to engender meaning and afford social interactions. I invented several analysis tools for measuring the embodiment of course materials, the flows of communication and information, and the ”sense of place,” using frameworks such as the Vitruvian Triad and the concept of tacit knowledge and Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development. Since the notion of a ”sense of place” is not well understood outside the design fields, my recent research seeks to define the concept
the one-evening-per-week class session inthe past. The instructor also incorporated two items from the ASEE National Effective TeachingInstitute (NETI-1) summer 2015 offering. The first new element is detailed learning objectives,which are presented as study guides, amounting to six full pages of objectives for the course. Thesecond new element is a “scaffolded” handout for each class, encouraging students to activelycomplete content and take notes. In addition, the instructor has added animations using theANSYS Maxwell software that serve as demonstrations for students during the software labs.Students also complete short online quizzes before class to promote preparation. Thus, our fall2015 class has assumed a blended classroom format, in
thousands of students each year. This is the largest event of its kind in the nation, and it culminates in an Annual Robot Rally. The REAL initiative has inspired thousands of young students to pursue STEM education. He is a pioneer in developing engaging, online tutorials. He founded APlusStudent, an online supplemental K-12 education company in 1998, and developed over 800 interactive, learning modules. More recently He has been involved in CSU course redesign initiative focused on redesigning bottleneck courses with technol- ogy. His interests are in the fields of education, entrepreneurship, product design and biomimicry. He has been instrumental in bringing many new products to the market from mere concepts, He is a
. Some of the references were very long, such as the 582page congressional report22; no students included this citation in their references (although onestudent clicked on the link). Based on the online course learning tool, the number of studentswho accessed the references typically exceeded the number of students who cited the source(Table 1); so students may have read more widely than their direct reference list implies. Further,some students failed to cite sources that they clearly had used. For example, only five studentsincluded the ASCE Code of Ethics5 in their reference list, while all but one actually cited specificcanons from this code in the assignment (one student used the NSPE code of ethics instead).Table 1. References consulted
Instead of relying on coordinators contracts started a threeday bootcamp. It provided to do all training, departmental week prior to the an overview of policies, the course experts led some sessions. This start of classes, thus project, the learning management reduced monotony for attendees limiting training system, and university online and leveraged expertise of options. recordkeeping systems, as well as colleagues. We found that if prepared instructors to teach the bootcamp is optional, those first two weeks of course content. missing training are behind. Instructors had a Deliberate decisions
sustainability aspect of 3D printing, 3) process control andquality of the products, 4) materials and equipment, 5) design for AM, etc. The syllabus wasslightly modified to support and maintain their aspirations. However, the scope of the course,and its four core components remained same, which are: fundamentals of CNC, basic AMprocesses and technologies, solid modeling & 3D scanning, and applications of AM. 1. Concept of CNC was introduced to lay down the foundation and its relevance to 3D printing. Since 3D printing is the expansion of CNC, the 3D printers use the G- and M- codes, which was originally developed for CNC machining. 2. In reference to varieties of AM technologies available in the market, basic operating principles
information and training is available online. • Take advantage of special [and free] opportunities created for University Seminar to both illustrate the many aspects of engineering careers and to introduce the students to campus resources. For instance the pilot section was able to take a glass bottom boat tour of a spring-fed lake, schedule a stress management presentation from student health services, and even a tour of the football stadium through the athletics department. • A serious challenge for expanding this model will be in identifying enough engineering faculty to volunteer to teach a special section. The course sections in the described study were limited to 20 students in order
Management 11. Microgrid and Power Grid Fault Studies: 12. Security, Economics and Market Operations 13. Policy and Economic Drives of Smart Grid, Standards and Cyber-securityDue to the interdisciplinary and novelty of the smart grid nature of the topics covered in thiscourse are hardly to find in a single textbook. The authors decided to develop a complete set oflecture notes and tutorials and provide the full student access via course website. Additionalreferences and recommended textbooks15-19 were included in the course syllabus with specialrequirements for graduate students and professionals taking the course. However, the authorsintended to publish during this or next year a textbook on Fundamentals on Smart Grids closer tothe course
the role of evidence-based instructional practices in a blendedcourse for a freshman engineering course. The instructor had been teaching this constructionmanagement class combining traditional lecturing and in-class discussions. The instructor soughtto increase students’ engagement with the material, each other, and himself as well as dedicateclass time to active learning activities, higher order thinking skills, and application of concepts.The present research was conducted to explore blended course design in addressing theaforementioned instructional challenges. Blended learning is an instructional mode thatcombines substituting a significant portion of time spent in the classroom with online preparatorycontent and assessments. The online
support for the change. The syllabus for the Designcourse was modified from previous semesters to require each team to provide weekly documentsthat tracked progress and proposed changes to the design specifications. In prior semesters,students in the Professionalism course had been required to reflect on several design experiences.For this study, the students were required to reflect specifically on the use of iterative loops aspart of the design process. The Seminar course was modified to provide a venue to discussfailure, iterative loops, and the design process.Propositions and Process for Linking Data to PurposeYin34 noted that exploratory studies could state a purpose and the criteria for judging theexploration successful instead of
new methodology to examine the architecture of sentences through the lens of math. Intended for students majoring in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM), the course offers both alternative and complement to the study of grammar and style as informed by contemporary linguistic theories...”Unfortunately, some miscommunications occurred, and the STEM tag and revised descriptiondid not appear on the student interface for online enrollment. Instead, the course appeared as106: special section. Thus, many of my students enrolled without clear understanding that whatdistinguished the special section from the regular version was that it featured an experimental(and radically different) math-based approach.Course
thefollowing sections, we will first briefly introduce these two classes and then discuss recentcoordination efforts to further improve the curriculum integration.II.A. Engineering Design Methods (EDM)As mentioned earlier, EDM is the theoretical portion of the design curriculum taught over onesemester. Due to the high enrollment, the class is offered in both the fall and spring semesters.Typically, advanced sophomores and juniors form the majority of the students, however some out-of-sequence seniors also take this course in the fall semester. A comprehensive syllabus comprisedof mechanical engineering design case studies, research work and application forms an integralpart of EDM.Throughout EDM, industry-relevant tools are introduced to students at
. In winter quarter, ten juniorlevel students enrolled from majors ranging from Materials Science & Engineering to Mechanical Engineering. While the course did not have a required textbook, a book often used in EPICS 5programs was used for guidance on topics such as constituent needs assessment and product design. Critical items from the course syllabus, including the course description, goals, and outcomes are in Table 1. The course begins with an exposure to the EPICS model and how their collaboration with SLA@Beeber addresses many of the objectives of an EPICS project. Guest speakers from Drexel’s Lindy Center for Civic Engagement discussed the importance and impact of engaging with the local community and how
-Depth/Synthesis). We provided more Synthesis lessons than would be needed in a single course because multiple synthesis lessons allow flexibility for instructors based one which In-Depth topics they cover. Findings/Results – 17 participants submitted spreadsheet responses and 12 participants participated in the summary webinar. A model course outline was created from the list of 78 topics, retaining the modules and three levels of content within each module. An attempt was made to balance between the three discipline-specific modules (One Water, Transportation, and Energy). Furthermore, the model syllabus utilized several of the most useful sets of materials from University X and University Y and four “showcase lessons
accelerated course was structured as follows; each week consisted of four one hundredminute lectures, and a lab, which was taught as a separate course. Syllabus for the course wasprovided at the beginning of the semester. Students were expected to read the concepts of thechapters before it was discussed in class. Mastering Physics10 online tool was used to assignweekly homework based on the text book11 which included video demonstrations and tutorials tohelp students to self-learn basic concepts in physics. These problems were slightly less complexthan traditional end of chapter homework problems. The number of problems varied fromassignment to assignment and was based on the contents of the chapters.During the problem discussion time, about one
Paper ID #16406Data-Driven Course Improvements: Using Artifact Analysis to Conquer ABETCriterion 4Mr. Tony Andrew Lowe, Purdue University, West Lafayette Tony Lowe is a PhD candidate in Engineering Education at Purdue University. He has a BSEE from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and a MSIT from Capella. He currently teaches as an adjunct at CTU Online and has been an on-and-off corporate educator and full time software engineer for twenty years.David A. Evenhouse, Purdue University David Evenhouse is a Graduate Student and Research Assistant in the Purdue School of Engineering Education. He graduated from Calvin
game based assessment. The focus for theconcept tutor applications is to engage students in authentic intellectual work that facilitatesthe assimilation of knowledge in a disciplined manner that will have value beyondschoolwork.Two applications have been developed for a Mechanical Engineering class. For Kinematicsand Dynamics of Machines (MECH2120) course at a large south-eastern university thefollowing modules have been created: Cross-Product Tutor, Calculation of the Determinantof a 3 by 3 matrix Tutor. These applications were used with the purpose of refreshingstudents on how to calculate a cross-product and the determinant of a 3 by 3 matrix. Theseconcepts are prerequisite and vital for the engineering concepts learned in this class. The
waschange in the “design materials specification” outcome significant but the change was positive(increased learning) and substantial (> ½ a standard deviation). In addition, the other effect sizesreported suggest that there may be additional real effects. However, the current study design,including lack of true repeated measures and small sample size, may have lacked the power todetect statistical significance of the reported findings. Table IV. Student assessment of instructional strategies. Supportive or Instructional Strategy Very Supportive Online course Materials