{"title":"Work in Progress - Issues for Faculty in Using the Internet to Effectively Present Course Content","authors":"K. Reid","doi":"10.1109/FIE.2005.1612109","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.2005.1612109","url":null,"abstract":"The drive to effectively use the Internet is in full swing. Students who are used to using the Web feel entitled to access to any information at any time - day or night. Short of all-night office hours, these \"needs\" of students can only be addressed using the Internet. The Internet should add value for students. The online material must add to the body of knowledge, show appropriate demonstrations/examples/projects, offer assistance to and supply meaningful feedback to students. In short, the online material should do at least as much as an instructor in the classroom; not just refer to the textbook. The author has successfully put courses on the Internet and developed extensive Internet based content for courses presented on campus and for off campus customers. This paper will describe issues faculty should consider when posting content online","PeriodicalId":281157,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings Frontiers in Education 35th Annual Conference","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134467897","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":"Work in progress - concept inventories for the thermal stem of mechanical engineering","authors":"J. Martin, J. Mitchell, F. Pfefferkorn","doi":"10.1109/FIE.2005.1611909","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.2005.1611909","url":null,"abstract":"Thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer comprise the thermal stem, which, along with the mechanical systems stem, is required for the BS degree in Mechanical Engineering. Traditionally, each of these subjects is covered in a separate course. A set of concept inventories that cover the fundamental concepts in the thermal science subject areas have been developed. The inventories have been given in courses at the University of Wisconsin and other universities over the last three semesters. An analysis of the results from the inventories and the development of a second version of one of the inventories are reported in this work in progress","PeriodicalId":281157,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings Frontiers in Education 35th Annual Conference","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115691477","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 study of gender parity: department culture from the students' perspective","authors":"Teri Reed Rhoads, Teri J. Murphy, D. Trytten","doi":"10.1109/FIE.2005.1612060","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.2005.1612060","url":null,"abstract":"The School of Industrial Engineering (IE) at the University of Oklahoma (OU) has an unusual trend of gender parity at the undergraduate level. To investigate local factors contributing to the success of IE at OU, we interviewed 41 IE majors (23 female) about their background, choices, experiences, and goals, with a semi-structured protocol. Using established qualitative research methods, we examined interview transcript excerpts related to relevant categories. Participants described the cohesive community among the undergraduate majors. As a social networks model would predict, the student-student connections (horizontal ties) provide emotional support, in particularly strong ways. What is most unusual, however, are the vertical ties. Faculty in IE at OU are especially proactive and diligent about offering resources to students as well as providing an additional layer of emotional support. Three faculty, in particular, seem to have acquired critical roles in the students' support structure","PeriodicalId":281157,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings Frontiers in Education 35th Annual Conference","volume":"60 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114480501","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":"Work in progress - development of teaching effectiveness \"balanced scorecard\"","authors":"K. Khan","doi":"10.1109/FIE.2005.1612088","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.2005.1612088","url":null,"abstract":"According to Chester Barnard, \"The fine art of executive decision making consists in not deciding those things that are not now pertinent, not deciding prematurely, not deciding those things that cannot be made effective and not deciding those thing that others should make.\" This fine art of executive decision making can be applied to the fine art of teaching and teaching effectiveness as, \"The fine art of effective teaching consists in not teaching those things that are not now pertinent, not teaching prematurely, not teaching those things that cannot be made effective, and not teaching those things that others should teach.\" In examining these qualitative criteria Myers Briggs Type Indicators (MBTI) along with Kolb's and Felder's Learning Style Indices (LSI) for teachers and students will be overlapped. In analyzing such teaching effectiveness criteria, the nature of teaching responsibility and accountability will be examined to determine the sources of sustained teaching effectiveness and successes. On evaluating such tasks an ethnographic study (in line of Spradley's method) of some successful teachers will be undertaken to define a \"balanced scorecard in effective teaching,\" developed in the pattern of the Harvard Business Review's Balanced Scorecard","PeriodicalId":281157,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings Frontiers in Education 35th Annual Conference","volume":"88 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117176004","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":"Work in progress - project ClockIt: profiling and improving student software development practices","authors":"E.F. Barry, C. Norris","doi":"10.1109/FIE.2005.1612180","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.2005.1612180","url":null,"abstract":"Achieving quality and schedule targets continue to be serious problems in the software industry. This \"software crisis\" is not new, and is not helped by the fact that new computer science/engineering graduates often have little experience with schedule estimation. Poor development habits acquired early on are not always corrected by the one or two software engineering courses commonly taught in upper level courses. We are developing ClockIt, a tool and supporting methodology that seek to improve student software development practices starting with introductory courses. As an extension or plug-in to an existing integrated development environment (IDE) ClockIt is being designed to monitor and log student development activities. It will also allow estimation of student effort by project or component, and provide reports and visualizations of student \"development profiles.\" We believe that analysis and presentation of development profiles will provide instructors useful visual and quantitative support for teaching sound development practices. The same information will also provide students with immediate feedback with little conceptual overhead","PeriodicalId":281157,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings Frontiers in Education 35th Annual Conference","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117180809","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 intelligent circuit analysis module to analyze student queries in the universal virtual laboratory","authors":"A. Mahalingam, B. Butz, M. Duarte","doi":"10.1109/FIE.2005.1612140","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.2005.1612140","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents an intelligent circuit analysis module that is capable of analyzing electrical circuits and determining equivalence. We discuss the module in context of a National Science Foundation funded project - universal virtual laboratory (UVL). UVL is a virtual electrical engineering laboratory for able and disabled individuals to construct, simulate and understand the characteristics of basic electrical circuits. This paper discusses the development of an intelligent circuit analysis module called the circuit recognizer (CR). The CR is a program that has knowledge of circuit theory concepts, and is capable of using this knowledge to provide assistance to a student while he/she is performing the experiments in UVL. While verifying circuit configuration it identifies errors and provides explanations that guide the student to a better understanding of the experiment. The ultimate objective of the CR is to evaluate the effectiveness of the teaching strategies employed within the UVL as well as to enhance the learning abilities of students","PeriodicalId":281157,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings Frontiers in Education 35th Annual Conference","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117270893","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":"Does engineering major affect student perception of engineering courses in a common first-year","authors":"G. Hein, B. Hamlin","doi":"10.1109/FIE.2005.1612015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.2005.1612015","url":null,"abstract":"In the fall of 2000, Michigan Technological University started a common first-year program for all engineering students. In conjunction with the student course evaluations, the students answered ten additional questions and reported their engineering major. These questions were used to evaluate their perception of the first-year engineering courses. The responses were used to assess the students': comfort in using the material and software taught in the courses, experiences in working on a multi-disciplinary team, perceptions of the semester design project, technical communication skills, and perception of time and effort spent on the course. This paper discusses the survey results and investigates how the data changed over time in regard to the relationship between engineering major and student perception of the first-year engineering program","PeriodicalId":281157,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings Frontiers in Education 35th Annual Conference","volume":"518 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123115688","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}
C. Augeri, D. Neebel, L. Baird, Adrian A. de Freitas, Christopher J. Augeri, D. Neebel
{"title":"UAV Communications: Integrating a Real-World Scenario with Computer Architecture","authors":"C. Augeri, D. Neebel, L. Baird, Adrian A. de Freitas, Christopher J. Augeri, D. Neebel","doi":"10.1109/FIE.2005.1612068","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.2005.1612068","url":null,"abstract":"A challenge facing many educators is providing assignments in a realistic context that achieve the specified learning objectives. Integrating real-world scenarios in one's curriculum can be challenging. We present a new integrated exercise sequence using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) involving both assembly language and high-level language software development. During this sequence, our sophomore students at the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA) implement a communications packet-based protocol for a simulated UAV system. The first exercise is an introduction to assembly language programming, involving user input/output and integer-based instructions. The second exercise adds the use of assembly language floating point instructions. To simulate radio transmission of data from the UAV to a ground control station (GCS), the third exercise introduces command-line pipes. The GCS is implemented in a high-level-language and consists primarily of an IEEE 754 software multiplier. Memory traces from these three exercises are used during their final team project, implementing a visual cache simulator. This new UAV-based computer architecture assignment meets an institutional goal of having career-related assignments in each course. Our institution has a strong inter-disciplinary UAV research group, which a member of our department directs and from which this sequence is derived. This sequence prepares students for the senior-year UAV-based software engineering capstone","PeriodicalId":281157,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings Frontiers in Education 35th Annual Conference","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124924362","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 Architecture-Based Software Reliability Modeling Tool and Its Support for Teaching","authors":"Wen Wang, D. Scannell","doi":"10.1109/FIE.2005.1611965","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.2005.1611965","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents an architecture-based software reliability modeling tool for pedagogy and demonstrates its support for conveying learning materials to students. Software reliability is an important quality attribute. Improving this attribute early in the software life cycle is highly desirable, because it greatly reduces testing and maintenance effort later on. The architecture-based approach is for such a purpose. This tool enables students to conduct relative analyses on different architectural designs and to compute a more accurate measure once detailed information is available. It equips a GUI for architecture-to-state modeling, taking into account four architectural styles. Students can incorporate additional architectural styles into this framework, and exercise different design alternatives. The GUI shows a graphical representation of software architecture, and helps students visualize the matrix construction for design changes. This tool has shortened students' learning curve, helped them understand the impact of different designs on reliability estimates, and increased their interests in other quality attributes","PeriodicalId":281157,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings Frontiers in Education 35th Annual Conference","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124951825","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":"Workshop - designing and implementing an evaluation plan for curricular and pedagogical development projects","authors":"R. Pimmel, C. Della-Piana","doi":"10.1109/FIE.2005.1611880","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.2005.1611880","url":null,"abstract":"The session is intended to enable engineering faculty members to plan and complete an evaluation of a curricular or pedagogical development project and to enhance their ability to write a convincing evaluation plan in educational development proposals","PeriodicalId":281157,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings Frontiers in Education 35th Annual Conference","volume":"86 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123613121","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}