2016 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE)最新文献

{"title":"The relationships between ICT use and life quality among children with social phobia","authors":"C. Chiao, C. Chiu","doi":"10.1109/TALE.2016.7851765","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2016.7851765","url":null,"abstract":"Social phobia is one of the most common anxiety disorders, with nearly one eighth of adolescents in Taiwan suffering from this. Research shows that people with high social anxiety tend to spend more time interacting on-line and benefit from such interactions. Research also shows that Internet addiction, depression, or lower quality of life are associated with excessive information and communication technology (ICT) use. However, there are few studies targeting elementary students with socially phobia and their use of ICT. The aim of this study was therefore to examine the ICT usage patterns of elementary students with social phobia, and the correlation of their ICT use and life quality. This study surveyed 149 students from middle of Taiwan using self-report questionnaires. The results show that the most frequent uses of ICT by these socially phobic students were for communication and entertainment. Positive relationships were confirmed between ICT use and the psychological and social relationship aspects of life quality. The issue of gender differences is discussed, and some suggestions for educators and parents of students are proposed.","PeriodicalId":117659,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE)","volume":"97 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":"127104993","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":"Teaching professional practice and career development to graduate students","authors":"K. F. Li, J. Fagan, Imen Bourguiba","doi":"10.1109/TALE.2016.7851829","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2016.7851829","url":null,"abstract":"A one-year master of engineering program in telecommunications and information security was recently introduced at the University of Victoria, Canada. In addition to nine technical courses, students are required to take two non-technical courses to improve their soft skills and to develop their professional career. This paper describes the motivation and design of these courses, and experiences gained and lessons learnt in delivering the courses. Improvements to be made based on student feedbacks and instructor observations are discussed.","PeriodicalId":117659,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE)","volume":"24 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":"127624992","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":"Cellular Automata as basis for programming exercises in a MOOC on Test Driven Development","authors":"T. Staubitz, Ralf Teusner, C. Meinel, N. Prakash","doi":"10.1109/TALE.2016.7851824","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2016.7851824","url":null,"abstract":"Programming tasks are an important part of teaching computer programming as they foster students to develop essential programming skills and techniques through practice. The design of educational problems plays a crucial role in the extent to which the experiential knowledge is imparted to the learner both in terms of quality and quantity. Badly designed tasks have been known to put-off students from practicing programming. Hence, there is a need for carefully designed problems. Cellular Automata programming lends itself as a very suitable candidate among problems designed for programming practice. In this paper we describe how various types of problems can be designed using concepts from Cellular Automata and discuss the features which make them good practice problems with regard to instructional pedagogy. We also present a case study on a Cellular Automata programming exercise used in a MOOC on Test Driven Development using JUnit, and discuss the automated evaluation of code submissions and the feedback about the reception of this exercise by participants in this course.","PeriodicalId":117659,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE)","volume":"13 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":"123895775","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":"Embedded experts for undergraduate engineering faculty professional development","authors":"Timothy T. Yuen, Emily P. Bonner, W. Cruz, R. Roby, J. Browning, Betty Merchant","doi":"10.1109/TALE.2016.7851827","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2016.7851827","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a work in progress of our university's initiative aimed at improving undergraduate engineering education through faculty professional development. This professional development is based on continual mentoring and course transformation through embedded education experts paired with engineering faculty. Through such transformative teaching practices, this initiative seeks to increase student achievement, interest, and retention in engineering, particularly with students from underrepresented minority groups.","PeriodicalId":117659,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE)","volume":"206 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":"115731430","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":"Teaching and learning computational thinking through solving problems in Artificial Intelligence: On designing introductory engineering and computing courses","authors":"P. Silapachote, A. Srisuphab","doi":"10.1109/TALE.2016.7851769","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2016.7851769","url":null,"abstract":"At the core of every computing related discipline and impacting everyone everywhere, computational thinking or CT has increasingly emerged as its own subject in all levels of education. How to effectively teach CT skills poses real challenges and creates opportunities. Focusing on engineering and computer science undergraduates, we resourcefully integrated elements of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into introductory computing courses. In addition to a comprehension of the essence of CT, AI enabled inspirations of collaborative problem solving beyond abstraction, logical reasoning, critical, and analytical thinking. It fostered the study of basic data structures and algorithms. Students enjoyed active learning classrooms. Learning to learn, they constructed essential knowledge from solving exciting AI puzzles, competing in strategic AI games, and participating in intellectual discussion. Every activity is designed to allow students to fully engage their mental tools. Neither coding nor programming was required.","PeriodicalId":117659,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE)","volume":"1 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":"126517748","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":"Multi-disciplinary collaborative innovation capacity training scheme","authors":"Xiaolong Xu, Lijun Yang, Yuanyuan Kong","doi":"10.1109/TALE.2016.7851764","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2016.7851764","url":null,"abstract":"Due to the highly integrated trend of technologies, creating a new high-tech product requires close and efficient collaborative innovation and cooperation of the research and development (R & D) team consisting of various professional talents. The multi-disciplinary collaborative innovation capacity should be cultivated in the undergraduate phase. In response to this demand, we present the multi-disciplinary collaborative innovation capacity training scheme. Based on complex projects involving multiple disciplines, a four-dimensional (professional, role, task and ability) collaborative innovation capacity training scheme is proposed: the team members are assigned with different transactional roles in accordance with their characteristics and tendencies, and they are also allocated with R & D tasks in accordance with their professional attributes and strengths. In the process of R & D projects, students from different majors can not only understand their professional knowledge better and develop their research capability, but also learn from other members' professional knowledge practically, and master the cooperation skills. As a result, both their collaboration ability and teamwork spirit are enhanced. While students receive scientific and technological knowledge, their sense of innovation and creative potential are inspired. The comprehensive features of robotics technology and the breadth of robotics applications make robots an ideal interdisciplinary and intersecting education and practice platform. We adopt the robot project as a typical case and platform to put the proposed training mode and the five-phase training process into practice, which provides a good reference for the practical application.","PeriodicalId":117659,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE)","volume":"295 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":"122918871","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 STEM based instructional tools for transmission line engineering courses","authors":"K. Klinbumrung, S. Akatimagool","doi":"10.1109/TALE.2016.7851814","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2016.7851814","url":null,"abstract":"The research in this paper describes the development of STEM based instructional tools for transmission line engineering courses. The research tools consisted of the experimental set and GUI simulation program for characteristic impedance and standing wave measurement. The sampling group were 17 students registered in the communication network and transmission lines engineering course in semester year 2/2015 at King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok. The research results shown that the quality of research tools evaluated by 7 experts was appropriate with an average value equal to 4.22 from a maximum of 5 points. The developed instructional package had efficiency equal to 1.15 which is in accord to the standard criteria of Meguigans's formula. Moreover, the learning achievement between pretest and posttest score was significantly difference at the .05 level. In conclusion, the developed instructional tools can be used effectively in the teaching of telecommunication engineering education.","PeriodicalId":117659,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE)","volume":"1 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":"129599983","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":"An adaptive model of teaching computer literacy in the context of multicultural instruction","authors":"S. Vasilache","doi":"10.1109/TALE.2016.7851812","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2016.7851812","url":null,"abstract":"Computer literacy is becoming a mandatory subject in an increasing number of higher education institutions. At the same time, we can observe an internationalization of higher education all over the world. The educators are challenged to teach culturally sensitive and culturally adaptive courses. We propose the development of a model for teaching strategy of computer literacy in the context of multicultural instruction at the university undergraduate level. Our model will be customizable, so that it can be adapted to class size, disparities in previous knowledge, perception and experience with using learning management systems. Using our model and through frequent quantitative and qualitative analysis, class style can be constantly adapted and adjusted.","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":"128983220","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 use of an Arduino pocket lab to increase motivation in Electrical engineering students for programming","authors":"O. Graven, Joakim Bjørk","doi":"10.1109/TALE.2016.7851800","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2016.7851800","url":null,"abstract":"Electrical engineering students at the authors institution, completes a module on programming's and microcontrollers in their first year of studies. This module was previously run with C++ programming for PCs in one semester, and assembly and C programming for PIC18 microcontrollers in the following semester. The programming of microcontrollers was mostly completed using simulators instead of real chips. The use of simulators was mostly due to practical difficulties in using real chips, that were taking up too much time from the students, hindering them rather than helping them to gain programming skill. It is the authors firm belief that to learn how to program the students are required to use time for practical work, and spend that time programming not troubleshooting. The experience was unfortunate is that many of the students gave up and the results was poor. In 2013 a complete revision of the module was completed. The module is now run in one semester, the PIC18, PC, and assembly programming is replaced by development for the Arduino platform. The Arduino platform is an open source project that includes software and hardware, and are getting well known. The students taking the module are offered to purchase their own start packages that contains an Arduino board and a selection of sensors and actuators. The students then have their own little lab and can work with it wherever and whenever they want. Motivating students are also easier when they see actual movement or other actions taking place in front of their own eyes instead of just measuring changing voltage levels on output of a microcontroller or even worse on a simulator. The first part of the semester consists of lectures and practical assignments that are relevant for that specific week, the second part consists of a larger practical project that students have to complete and present at the end of the semester. This practical project replaces the traditional written exam. This setup has proven to be exciting for the students and their level of knowledge after completing this module has increased significantly compared to the previous setup.","PeriodicalId":117659,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE)","volume":"19 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":"125340152","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 preliminary study on the utilization and effectiveness of a flipped classroom in Thailand","authors":"K. Maneeratana, Thanyarat Singhanart, P. Singhatanadgid","doi":"10.1109/TALE.2016.7851819","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2016.7851819","url":null,"abstract":"This paper described the preliminary study on the effectiveness of flipped classroom teaching for an engineering course, the Mechanics of Materials which demanded strong theoretical knowledge. Students who took this compulsory course studied in several engineering programs and completed different pre-requisite courses. For this course, there were five sections, of which two were flipped; students freely chose the section. The preliminary results showed that the performances from the flipped classroom sections were at least as good as the sections with traditional teachings. For students of whom the course was not vital for the study progress, the ratio of withdrawal in the flipped section was less than half those of the traditional sections. For course management, the coordinated flipped classroom provided a better in-built system that reduced course drift and allow flexible teaching schedule for lecturers. The key component for course improvement was better communication to students about the learning philosophy and intentions.","PeriodicalId":117659,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE)","volume":"2016 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":"127466472","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}