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The Rochester Institute of Technology has recently developed an Engineering and Public Policy master's program that is modeled after the program instituted at Carnegie Mellon University in 1976. One of the key graduate-level courses in this program, and the focus of this paper, is the Sustainable Energy Management (SEM) course offered within the Mechanical Engineering Department. SEM is an upper level...
This paper examines some aspects of the Quality Assurance processes in Computing departments in three European universities. We first examine the operation of a quality assurance activity in the School of Computer Science in Iceland. The next case is an example from Sweden and finally we present a case from the United Kingdom. In each case, we examine the motivation for the outcome-based assurance...
Research on transfer students identifies the specific reasons why students embark on the transfer pathway. Our study adds to this literature with its focus on understanding the broader context of transfer pathways and the relative timing of the decisions to transfer and to major in engineering. Our goal is to identify the entry points into the transfer pathways and how the decision to transfer interacts...
Due to a shortage of high-school teachers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, the Ministry of Education in Israel has initiated special programs for training engineers as second-career teachers. This study aims to explore the possible contribution of education and previous career in engineering to teaching as a second-career. This longitudinal study probes engineers' perceptions and...
Hacker School is a Manhattan-based organization that runs 12-week, tuition-free, self-directed "writers' retreats for programmers." With a diverse student body and a culture both rooted within and working to change the social dynamics of the maker/hacker movement, it represents a unique environment for studying informal computing education. The Hacker School community is in the early stages...
This paper presents an empirical study focused on examining the outcomes from a course designed to promoting innovation through an instructional intervention consisting of design thinking and project-based teaching practices and assessment methods for undergraduate engineering students. Design thinking is a key process that encourages iterative thinking for engineer students as they apply their discipline...
This descriptive study determined the attitudes of students towards Capstone Project. Toward this aim, it investigated whether significant differences existed in the attitudes of the Capstone Project students when grouped according to gender and the stage of the course they were enrolled in. Five hundred eight students answered the Capstone Project Attitude Scales. The respondents perceived that the...
Learning of threshold concepts in courses such as statics has traditionally been a difficult and critical juncture for students in engineering. Research and other systematic efforts to improve the teaching of statics in recent years range widely, from development of courseware and assessment tools to experiential and other "hands-on" learning techniques. This paper reports a portion of the...
Success in doctoral education has been studied from many theoretical and practical perspectives, but very few studies focus specifically on student motivation. In practice, graduate schools usually try to evaluate applicants' motivation in the admission process, assuming they are able to identify the initial motivation that would predict a successful doctoral path. The aim of this study is to bring...
Engineers participate in the Maker movement. Some Makers do not pursue formal engineering education but both the engineering field and their own vocational advancement could readily benefit. We seek to understand Young Makers in K-12 and how might their knowledge, skills, and attitudes prepare them to pursue advanced STEM education and careers. From the Engineer of 2020 list of characteristics we...
Part of a large-scale study on Hispanic engineering students at a university on the U.S./Mexico border, this paper focuses on participants' reported use of language in learning activities in engineering. Specifically, we call attention to the meaning-making resources that engineering undergraduates brought to learning activities. Semiotic (or meaning-making) resources include oral and written language...
This study explores how teachers' attitudes and competencies influence their willingness to adopt mobile learning approaches. By mobile learning we mean teaching approaches that use mobile devices to enliven and extend traditional teaching. Of particular interest is exploring how first-order (e.g. lack of adequate access, time, training and support) and second-order (e.g. teacher's pedagogical and...
Engineering professional societies, engineering education thought leaders, and academics in engineering education have established the need to promote systems thinking in engineering students so they can deal effectively with the future complexity of engineering practice. Universities and schools have taught systems thinking, but currently there are limitations in measuring the effectiveness of these...
Many universities of technology offer undergraduate diplomas in engineering that includes a Work Integrated Learning component. Many academic staff members may be involved in the assessment of this component due to student numbers and field expertise. The research question which arises is "What guidelines should academics follow in assessing Work Integrated Learning to ensure a consistent quality...
During the past two years, we investigated the Louisville, Kentucky hackerspace as a venue for hosting undergraduate engineering student projects. The projects took place at LVL1.org, a collaborative workshop in downtown Louisville. There are such "makerspaces" or "hackerspaces" in most medium to large-sized US and European cities. Our nine participants developed a strong sense...
Nurturing design skills in students is in the heart of all engineering curricula. While academic courses and capstone activities inject the design process in students, involvement in practical design activities is believed to have higher impact on student preparation for engineering professions. Capitalizing on this fact, this paper aims to study the impact of Shell Echo-Marathon (SEM), an international...
Many engineering programs are implementing hands-on engineering experiences early in the curriculum, typically in the form of a project-based course in which students design and build a prototype as a team. However, research on these courses suggests that task orientation is correlated with gender, as are the increases in self-efficacy observed. As engineering self-efficacy is a critical determinant...
Knowledge management (KM) is essential for success in global software development. Software organizations are now managing knowledge in innovative ways to increase productivity. In agile software development, collaboration and coordination depend on the communication, which is the key to success. To maintain effective collaboration and coordination in distributed agile projects, practitioners need...
English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students face a daunting challenge. They must study and memorize literally thousands of words to achieve fluency. Knowledge of vocabulary not only allows for clearer expression, but also forms the foundation of language knowledge. Mobile devices such as smart phones and tablet PCs can potentially be effective learning tools, especially when used for developing the...
In this paper we advocate that improving teaching quality through better course design should be at least the same important as the other components of current Orange Technology. In order to attain this idea, we present a course design which have applied the concept of gamification and practised with role playing. Gamification is applied to a group role playing game to intensified the material students...
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