{"title":"Case study of evaluation of experimental skills","authors":"Y. Takeichi, J. Sato, K. Yajima","doi":"10.1109/TALE.2016.7851828","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2016.7851828","url":null,"abstract":"It is important that students practice experimental skills, and for this visualization of experimental skills and evaluation of achievement are necessary. The metrics of the experiment and curriculum of each college are specified to facilitate evaluation of the achievement of experimental skills, thus promoting effective technological education. It is possible to clarify the metrics and visualize student skills. Indicating the achievement and effect of student technical education will then make it possible to improve student skills. Here, we propose to use the experimental evaluation sheets and experimental skill sheet to clarify the metrics of the experiment and indicate the achievement level. The introduction of evaluation of experimental skills has educational effects. First, the features of the educational content have been presented. The metrics and objectives in the experiment of each technical college will be systematically collected. As a result, the content and operation of education will be clarified. We will then visualize the experimental skills of students. Toward this end, we formulated five-level evaluation criteria for the elements of experimental basis, theory, measurement, analysis and report. We evaluate the experimental skills using these criteria. As a result, the outcome is visualization, we can expect through which we expect the skills of the students to improve be able to guide more students. Finally, we investigated for improvement of the validity of this proposed approach and accuracy of skills assessment. We show the results of skills evaluation of actual experiments using Rubric for experimental skills.","PeriodicalId":117659,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE)","volume":"2601 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128837977","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Requirements engineering education using role-play training","authors":"Taichi Nkamaura, Yuki Tachikawa","doi":"10.1109/TALE.2016.7851799","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2016.7851799","url":null,"abstract":"This paper proposes a new method for use in requirements engineering education at universities. The method is based on two components: (1) group-work role-play training to elicit customer's real requirements; (2) a software agent to play the role of a domain expert supplying business knowledge to learners. Learners who have had no previous practical experience in defining requirements may follow a recommended procedure in order to elicit requirements. We have implemented two types of role-play training - with and without software agents' support. Twelve undergraduate students from the School of Computer Science at the Tokyo University of Technology participated in an experimental assessment of these two types of role-play training. The results of a subsequent questionnaire survey and portfolio evaluation of the goal model diagrams developed by the students showed that their requirements modeling skill levels had improved. However, because some students may have had no prior business experience, each role-play scenario needs to be carefully designed so that all necessary information regarding the strategy or vision in the problem domain is clearly laid out.","PeriodicalId":117659,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE)","volume":"84 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121957242","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A cheer-and-challenge approach in teaching mechanics to demotivated freshmen","authors":"Evgenia Sikorski, Michael Canz","doi":"10.1109/TALE.2016.7851821","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2016.7851821","url":null,"abstract":"Due to a controversial enrollment policy in most engineering programs at German Universities of Applied Sciences (UAS), many freshmen show very low school grades in key subjects like Math and Physics. Nevertheless they expect to be entertained in the lectures and get demotivated easily. Despite initial reservations, a cheer-and-challenge approach was developed for teaching Mechanics to freshmen having very diverse school grades. When tested, it showed astonishing results.","PeriodicalId":117659,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE)","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131416003","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chi-Un Lei, Y. A. Yeung, T. T. Kwok, Ray Lau, A. Ang
{"title":"Leveraging videos and forums for small-class learning experience in a MOOC environment","authors":"Chi-Un Lei, Y. A. Yeung, T. T. Kwok, Ray Lau, A. Ang","doi":"10.1109/TALE.2016.7851831","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2016.7851831","url":null,"abstract":"The learning process on Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) is learner-driven, where face-to-face interactions are limited. Because of this, instructional videos and forum discussions in MOOCs become critical points of contact. However, in on-campus teaching, some courses (such as philosophy) are often taught in a small-class tutorial setting. How should these courses be designed for similar personalized, small-class learning experience, in a MOOC environment? In this study, we dissected course videos and course forums of a MOOC (HKU03x: Humanity and Nature in Chinese Thought). We discuss how a course team might approach video production and forum management for small-class learning experience in a MOOC environment. In particular, two tactics of the course development are described: i) using a structured series of short instructional videos in classroom settings with animations to present abstract philosophical concepts, and ii) providing learners with experiences of solving a relation problem based on philosophers' rhetoric through open-ended discussions with instructor's sustained engagement.","PeriodicalId":117659,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE)","volume":"53 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131956296","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kanokwan Jitngamkam, R. Gavagsaz-Ghoachani, M. Phattanasak, P. Sethakul
{"title":"Power-electronics learning through experiment and simulation: DC-DC converters","authors":"Kanokwan Jitngamkam, R. Gavagsaz-Ghoachani, M. Phattanasak, P. Sethakul","doi":"10.1109/TALE.2016.7851830","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2016.7851830","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes an approach for assessment a courseware for the power electronics course for the 3rd year undergraduate students. Test benches for students have been designed and implemented to enhance a learning skill. A general basic switching converter such as buck converter, boost converter, and buck-boost converter are firstly considered. Then, using the mentioned converters to innovate a dc-ac converter is introduced as an advanced application. The pre-test and post-test for an example student group reveal that learning through hands on makes better learning.","PeriodicalId":117659,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE)","volume":"06 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130712583","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Senior students as peer-teachers in laboratory classes: Impacts and insights","authors":"Iain Skinner, J. Ravishankar, H. Dalton","doi":"10.1109/TALE.2016.7851815","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2016.7851815","url":null,"abstract":"This paper reports on the pathway for selecting and supporting casual laboratory demonstrators (teaching assistants) in undergraduate electrical engineering programs, and the outcomes that came with this systematic approach. In particular, many more senior undergraduate students were employed, to complement the research students, in the role of laboratory demonstrators. The success of the program relied on a centralized approach for selection, allocation, and training of the demonstrators. This explains how the changes led to better interest by senior undergraduates in the job of demonstrator, and the benefits of such staff being peer-teachers, notably those of both peer-to-peer learning and structured mentoring. It also explores the effect of the employment on the senior students.","PeriodicalId":117659,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE)","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132885716","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ekarut Ruayruay, M. Nopharatana, K. Kirtikara, K. Chomsuwan
{"title":"Three essential elements of curriculum design for developing competent Food Engineering graduate students (for problem-solving in food industry) via work-integrated learning mechanism","authors":"Ekarut Ruayruay, M. Nopharatana, K. Kirtikara, K. Chomsuwan","doi":"10.1109/TALE.2016.7851835","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2016.7851835","url":null,"abstract":"This article presents the curriculum design of Food Engineering Practice School (FEPS) program at King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT), Thailand. The FEPS program is a two-year English program leading to a master degree's in Food Engineering. This program aims at producing a new breed of research engineers who are well-wised in both technical and essential working skills and equipped with hands-on experience in problem-solving in food industry. The research methodology was based on lesson learned method, where CIPP (Context, Input, Process and Product) model was used to set the topics for AAR (After Action Review) activity. Data collection was performed by getting involve in the student activities, observing the students' behavior and interviewing the steak-holders of the program in order to come up with the essential elements of curriculum design of FEPS program. It was found that FEPS curriculum consists of 3 essential elements with 6 learning activities including general lecture, specific lecture, knowledge development activity, learning skill development activity, food factory visit and problem-solving in practice site. These activities led to development of student competency that meets the program objective. FEPS graduates were able to get jobs within the first year of graduation and about 30.16% of them got promoted to the management level within 5 years. Feedback form the employers indicated that FEPS graduates are competent and well equipped with essential working skills. The program had generated about 21.62 million Baht/year to the industrial practice site.","PeriodicalId":117659,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE)","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134151157","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Short-term exchange programs for engineering research education","authors":"K. Miyahara, Toshihiro Tanaka","doi":"10.1109/TALE.2016.7851768","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2016.7851768","url":null,"abstract":"This paper discusses strategies to deepen the learning outcomes of short-term exchange programs for engineering research education. Experiences of real research environments are invaluable aid to foster engineering major students. These students often participate such research educations not only at their attending universities but also at other institutes in foreign countries. The latter programs are widely provided as “Summer courses” all over the world. This paper examines how such global student mobility can be enhanced by focusing on the demands and needs from every stakeholder, particularly the participating students and the host universities. This paper finds, based on the survey data from an example short-term exchange program in action, that the key aspects of the enhancing strategies include: appropriate assignment of research group and topics, effective and sincere guidance through the research activities, suitable setting of motivating target at an early stage of the program, and sufficient life support for the participants.","PeriodicalId":117659,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE)","volume":"219 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133341647","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The development of MISDOP instructional package for antenna engineering course","authors":"N. Tangthong, S. Akatimagool","doi":"10.1109/TALE.2016.7851825","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2016.7851825","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this research was to develop of MISDOP instructional package for antenna engineering course. The research procedures are follows; studying the learning and teaching problem issues on the antenna engineering course, designing the MISDOP instructional learning model, developing the instructional package for antenna engineering course including instructor's guide, lesson plan, experimental tools, media presentation and achievement tests, and evaluating the quality of the instructional package by 10 experts. The developed MISDOP based instructional package was implemented using 25 undergraduate students in antenna engineering course. The research results shown that the efficiency of instructional package was equal to 76.87/79.86 that has more than the standard criteria of 75/75. Moreover, the students' satisfaction using the developed instructional package was at high level.","PeriodicalId":117659,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE)","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123796272","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Item bank to estimate the answers of class evaluation questionnaire","authors":"Shuya Nakamura, Takatoshi Ishii, T. Akakura","doi":"10.1109/TALE.2016.7851786","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2016.7851786","url":null,"abstract":"In Japan, student class-evaluation questionnaires are part of faculty development at universities. However, it is difficult to improve lectures from the results of a questionnaire containing only a few items. Here, we attempt to suggest improvements from a small questionnaire. For achieving this, we propose an item bank that can estimate the answers to questions that were not asked. Such an item bank could provide information to help instructors improve. More specifically, we assume that the relations between questionnaire items are probabilistic causal relations. Then, we discuss a way to provide feedback to instructors by simulation.","PeriodicalId":117659,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE)","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125934121","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}