Z. Harun, H. Hashim, S. Mansor, Zamri Mohamed, A. Mahmud, K. A. Ahmad
{"title":"A survey on engineering ethics and technological advancement among Malaysian public university students","authors":"Z. Harun, H. Hashim, S. Mansor, Zamri Mohamed, A. Mahmud, K. A. Ahmad","doi":"10.1109/ICEED.2016.7856093","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEED.2016.7856093","url":null,"abstract":"A survey at five public universities in the Peninsular Malaysia has been conducted to get a clearer statistics of students' understanding of engineering ethics, technological advancement and safety. Ethical issues, sometimes rampant, occur in the public and private sectors as well as in the society, these have caused poverty in the long run and to some extent the environment. The survey has been conducted over a period of almost one year with the respondents being the third and fourth year engineering and other technical equivalent students. Very significant number of participants i.e. 92.1% indicated their agreements that there exist ethical issues in the country and there are tremendous rooms for improvement. 89.0% respondents indicated that our ambitions towards a developed nation is possible if engineers and technical expertise in the government and private sectors embrace ethics awareness in their dealings. Responses of similar magnitudes also reveal that a lot of man-made accidents and disasters are avoidable i.e. if ethical awareness are put into actions.","PeriodicalId":202625,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE 8th International Conference on Engineering Education (ICEED)","volume":"22 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":"114774491","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":"Evaluating engineering students performance in physics courses during foundation studies","authors":"Z. Hari, A. Anuar, M. Z. Mokhtar, R. Mokhtar","doi":"10.1109/ICEED.2016.7856074","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEED.2016.7856074","url":null,"abstract":"Student who intends to pursue bachelor engineering program at Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN) must undergo a one-year foundation program. For mechanical (ME) and electrical (EE) engineering students, Physics courses are among the main subjects that they need to take during their foundation study. Physic 1 generally focuses more on mechanical topics, while Physics 2 focuses more on electrical topics. This paper describes the study that was carried out in the engineering foundation programs at UNITEN to see the performance of two different students' groups (ME and EE) taking the same subject. The results from the past four years were analysed. It was found that, for Physics 1, there is no significant different between mechanical engineering and electrical students (t(636)=−1.044, p=.297 >0.05). Similarly for Physics 2, no significant different was also found ((596)=−1.929, p=.054 >0.05). This finding provides a new insight on and ongoing process to improve the teaching and learning approach for Physic courses.","PeriodicalId":202625,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE 8th International Conference on Engineering Education (ICEED)","volume":"50 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":"114853107","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}
M. F. A. Rahman, A. Ani, S. Z. Yahaya, Z. Hussain, R. Boudville, Abdul Rahim Ahmad
{"title":"Implementation of quadcopter as a teaching tool to enhance engineering courses","authors":"M. F. A. Rahman, A. Ani, S. Z. Yahaya, Z. Hussain, R. Boudville, Abdul Rahim Ahmad","doi":"10.1109/ICEED.2016.7856089","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEED.2016.7856089","url":null,"abstract":"This paper proposed a new teaching technique for engineering courses based on the implementation of drone technology. In some engineering related courses, teaching and learning are difficult due to very complex theoretical and technical explanation need to be digested by the non experienced students. In Malaysia, quadcopter is one of the technologies that become popular among young generation due to its capabilities and interesting features in various application such as aerial photography, aerial monitoring as well as aerial racing tournament. The use of quadcopter thought to be one of the best ways to introduce some engineering concept through a practical exposure followed by project based learning. The concept is able to enhance the understanding as students are exposed to a practical and visual approach used during the learning process. The outcomes shows that once the student gain confidence in building the drone unit, they are ready to explore more on the engineering disciplines through the process. Open source flight software, Mission Planner, is used to configure every components used in the development.","PeriodicalId":202625,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE 8th International Conference on Engineering Education (ICEED)","volume":"15 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":"133957722","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":"Enhancing students' ICT problem solving skills using flipped classroom model","authors":"A. Wen, N. M. Zaid, Jamalludin Harun","doi":"10.1109/ICEED.2016.7856069","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEED.2016.7856069","url":null,"abstract":"The role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is so great and growing significantly in teaching and learning of this 21st Century. The flipped classroom model has grown in popularity as it is the only blended learning model that utilized both in class time and out of class time. There is a need to evaluate the quality of the best flipped learning approach that could enhance students' ICT skills as mastering ICT skill is becoming the key of learning in this 21st century. The ability to educate students for higher order learning using technology does enhance the learning processes as compared to the traditional settings. There are only a few studies conducted on the students taking ICT subject and none have in depth studies in their ICT skills. Therefore, this paper proposed a new flipped classroom model that increases students' ICT skills. The model incorporates the Social Constructivism theory and Flipped Classroom Model that are derived from blended learning. There are also two learning strategies used in this model which is Competency-based Learning and Inquiry-based Learning which helps to enhance students' ICT Problem Solving Skill.","PeriodicalId":202625,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE 8th International Conference on Engineering Education (ICEED)","volume":"76 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":"123240220","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}
A. H. M. Saod, N. A. Harron, S. A. Ramlan, Shahidah Sadimain, F. A. Razak
{"title":"Computer-based laboratory exercises: Assessing lab practice preferences among computer engineering's students and lecturers","authors":"A. H. M. Saod, N. A. Harron, S. A. Ramlan, Shahidah Sadimain, F. A. Razak","doi":"10.1109/ICEED.2016.7856097","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEED.2016.7856097","url":null,"abstract":"This study is proposed to determine lab practice preferences for computer-based laboratory exercises. A quantitative data is collected through survey questionnaires among computer engineering's students and lecturers of Universiti Teknologi MARA Pulau Pinang. The survey items focus on four aspects; which are lab conduction, lab assessment, lab report writing and submission. A total of 87 correspondents have taken part in the survey. The findings of the survey indicate that they are preferred to use a computer-based tools system in conduction of computer-based laboratory exercises.","PeriodicalId":202625,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE 8th International Conference on Engineering Education (ICEED)","volume":"68 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":"123268353","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 correlation between creativity and engineering knowledge among engineering undergraduate students","authors":"B. Ibrahim, Michael A. DeMiranda, T. Siller","doi":"10.1109/ICEED.2016.7856090","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEED.2016.7856090","url":null,"abstract":"Creativity has long been recognized as important in the engineering field. Despite the fact that creativity is an important element in the engineering profession, educators in engineering education still face difficulties in assessing or quantifying creativity among their students. It has been reported that the creativity levels among American students decreased from 1990 to 2010. Surprisingly, the decline in creativity starts around the third year of college. Therefore, a study assessing creativity among college-level engineering students is necessary to ensure the quality of engineering graduates and for future quality of life of the society who depend on engineers. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between creativity and engineering knowledge among undergraduate engineering students. A non-experimental correlational research design was used in the study. Senior year students in the College of Engineering at Colorado State University were selected for the study and eighty-eight students voluntarily participated (n=88). The results indicated there is no significant relationship between creativity and engineering knowledge (r=.031, p > .05). Although there was a non-zero correlation between the creativity test construct and engineering knowledge, there was no statistically significant relationship between engineering knowledge as measured by engineering grade point average (GPA) and creativity as measured by Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (Figural A). Perhaps the college GPA is not the best indicator to be used and represent the student domain-specific knowledge.","PeriodicalId":202625,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE 8th International Conference on Engineering Education (ICEED)","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":"124898436","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":"Linking knowledge and industry needs through problem-based learning in power electronics course","authors":"I. S. Hussain, S. Jaafar","doi":"10.1109/ICEED.2016.7856064","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEED.2016.7856064","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the experiences gained from the introduction of Problem-based learning (PBL) in Power Electronics course at the Universiti Tenaga Nasional (Uniten), Malaysia. Power Electronics is a fast developing technology within the electrical engineering field. To cope with the advances industrial practices need to be integrated in the theoretical knowledge. This work combined traditional lecture method with PBL method, a student-based learning activities, to address this problem. Based on three years data, it can be concluded that the PBL approach adopted has successfully increased the students understanding of the course. This is measured by significant reduction of students obtained grade E from about 40 percent to lower than 10 percent.","PeriodicalId":202625,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE 8th International Conference on Engineering Education (ICEED)","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":"126935375","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":"Health, safety and environment as the basis for innovative education on sustainability","authors":"M. A. Abdullah","doi":"10.1109/ICEED.2016.7856082","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEED.2016.7856082","url":null,"abstract":"A new approach to the teaching and learning of Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) course had been developed for undergraduate students from multi-disciplinary background to be well-versed with HSE components and current affairs related to green issues, climate change and also societal issues related to civilization, history and politics, process safety, green energy and waste management. This gave a wider perspective for students to relate back to the specific discipline in their respective degree programs. The major value-added elements were in enhancing group dynamics skills in a multi-disciplinary and heterogeneous setting. At individual level, the critical and analytical thinking, creative problem solving and writing skills were sharpened.","PeriodicalId":202625,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE 8th International Conference on Engineering Education (ICEED)","volume":"35 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":"128392141","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":"Development of a project/problem based learning body of knowledge (PBLBOK)","authors":"Yoshiki Sato, A. Hazeyama, Y. Miyadera","doi":"10.1109/ICEED.2016.7856068","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEED.2016.7856068","url":null,"abstract":"Our main goal in this study was to resolve the difficulty of facilitating problem-solving-learning in schools, where all facilitators carry out the effective facilitation of Problem/Project Based Learning (PBL) that satisfies a certain quality. This paper discusses a \"Project/Problem Based Learning Body of Knowledge (PBLBOK)\" that was developed to enable facilitation suitable for learning scenarios. We refer to the project management method, classify causes from learners having fallen into difficult situations, and define the viewpoints, processes, and intermediate artifacts (deliverables) of PBL in the development of PBLBOK. We then describe how we organized the knowledge to facilitate PBL. PBLBOK provides viewpoints, processes, and deliverables of facilitation, and also provides viewpoints for the evaluation of PBL by referring to the project management framework. We found that teachers could efficiently and effectively facilitate and evaluate PBL by using PBLBOK.","PeriodicalId":202625,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE 8th International Conference on Engineering Education (ICEED)","volume":"37 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":"122168356","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}
Carolina Sarmiento, Oscar Duarte, M. Barrera, R. Soto
{"title":"Semi-automated academic tutor for the selection of learning paths in a curriculum: An ontology-based approach","authors":"Carolina Sarmiento, Oscar Duarte, M. Barrera, R. Soto","doi":"10.1109/ICEED.2016.7856077","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEED.2016.7856077","url":null,"abstract":"In higher education globalization brings challenges as part of a reform process. An important aspect of such a reform has to do with the flexibility of the contents of a curriculum. Normally curricula offer students a whole set of possibilities to make decisions regarding optional courses recommended in an educational programme. In this work we present the design of a semi-automated Academic Tutor to support students in selecting learning paths (that consist of a set of courses which form the individual curricula) to achieve a particular professional profile. We designed the Academic Tutor considering the case of an Electrical Engineering Curriculum, which is represented through ontologies, a Semantic Web technology that provides a logical and formal description that can be interpreted by people and machines. The curriculum was divided into three interrelated main structures called sources of conceptualization. The sources that were transformed into ontologies were: subjects from the programme curriculum's core and subjects from the variable part of the programme curriculum; skills and thematic contents. Preliminary findings present a broad and formal representation of the curriculum's knowledge to be shared and reused in the field of education and engineering.","PeriodicalId":202625,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE 8th International Conference on Engineering Education (ICEED)","volume":"183 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":"115071090","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}