{"title":"Motivational education for science course","authors":"K. Soetanto","doi":"10.1109/TALE.2012.6360291","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2012.6360291","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a motivational education for lecturing a science course in a university has been described. It is a system that maximizes student strengths by increasing students' self-esteem. The technique has to be taken on the faculty first and then to students. A case study of a Digital Circuits course which is conducted in English has been studied. It has been proven practically, as this technique has resulted in better performance by students at Toin Yokohama University (TYU), Japan.","PeriodicalId":407302,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE) 2012","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116009438","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":"Problem-based learning approach for martronics","authors":"Cheng Chin, E. Mesbahi","doi":"10.1109/TALE.2012.6360382","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2012.6360382","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this paper is to illustrate a proposed method of using modeling and simulation of a drilling vessel for the problem-based learning (PBL) project on marine informatics course at Newcastle University. Difficulties in teaching multi-disciplinary subject in the marine informatics course arise from the gap in experience and skill among instructors and students who have a different background in mechanical, electrical, naval architecture and marine engineering. A new curricula model that includes seminar sessions, weekly works and project presentations to provide holistic assessment on team works as well as individual contributions will be included in the PBL approach.","PeriodicalId":407302,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE) 2012","volume":"122 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116756488","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":"Implication of curricula design on engineering education","authors":"P. Chand, M. Assaf, I. Jannif","doi":"10.1109/TALE.2012.6360377","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2012.6360377","url":null,"abstract":"Engineering education is central to technology creation and economic growth. It is a major contributor to human welfare. It is based on pure science, mathematics, and technology. It is about analyzing, modeling, and proposing solutions to day-to-day problems taking into consideration various constraints, such as, laws of nature, optimized cost and time, regulations and politics, and culture and ethical values. This paper focuses on the effect of changing curricula on engineering education and engineering graduates. We will present in detail the scenario of engineering programs in the South Pacific, accompanied with real survey data.","PeriodicalId":407302,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE) 2012","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116859757","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}
Hui Hui Chen, Ming-Che Lee, Y. Wu, J. Y. Qiu, C. H. Lin, H. Tang, C. Chen
{"title":"An analysis of moodle in engineering education: The TAM perspective","authors":"Hui Hui Chen, Ming-Che Lee, Y. Wu, J. Y. Qiu, C. H. Lin, H. Tang, C. Chen","doi":"10.1109/TALE.2012.6360324","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2012.6360324","url":null,"abstract":"Based on the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) developed from the theory of reasoned action (TRA) and social psychology research by Davis (1989), this study models the use of the Internet-based modular object-oriented dynamic learning environment (Moodle) by students of the computer science department at Ming Chuan University (MCU), Taiwan. Apart from student demographics and background information (e.g., gender, frequency computer use, frequency Moodle use, etc.) that causes differences among TAM variables when using Moodle, the relationship between some additional external variables (e.g., system quality, reliability, interface design, interactivity, etc.) and TAM variables is investigated to provide suggestions for the application of information and computer education in science and engineering colleges, and to provide general information on using Internet-based teaching platforms. The participants of this study were undergraduate students of freshman, sophomore and junior from the computer science department at MCU, Taiwan. The questionnaires were distributed to a total of 260 students in six classes. 242 valid questionnaires were returned to give a valid rate of 0.93. The following observations are based on the questionnaires used in this study: 1) students have positive attitude toward using Moodle and have intention to use Moodle in the future; 2) system quality has less relationship with learning motivation but has medium influence on the attitude of students toward using Moodle; 3) “Attitude toward using” is highly correlated with “Behavioral intention to use”.","PeriodicalId":407302,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE) 2012","volume":"59 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127220944","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":"Application of the failure-based e-learning process for building construction education","authors":"Do-Yeop Lee, Chansik Park","doi":"10.1109/TALE.2012.6360402","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2012.6360402","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this paper is to improve the current lecture-based approach of building construction education with the PBL method by utilizing construction failure information as educational material. In this paper, the failure-based e-learning (FBeL) process is proposed and tested. The difficulties in implementing PBL in building construction education are described by analyzing the characteristics of PBL. The features of failure information in terms of applicability to PBL are discussed. The FBeL process could be developed as an e-learning system and this could solve the limitation of the current lecture-based approach while building on the advantages of PBL.","PeriodicalId":407302,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE) 2012","volume":"71 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124698496","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 switching mechanisms in remote electronics laboratories for engineering education","authors":"A. Maiti, S. Mahata","doi":"10.1109/TALE.2012.6360295","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2012.6360295","url":null,"abstract":"Remote laboratory environments have the potential for delivering current standards of education while creating distance-learning environments. Design of a remote electronics laboratory presents many challenges such as scheduling, switching, content design etc. Several possible switching techniques are used in electronic experiments when implemented in a remote laboratory. This paper discusses various possible switching techniques, their requirements and presents a comparative study on which switching techniques is most suitable.","PeriodicalId":407302,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE) 2012","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123522448","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":"Promoting creativity, innovation and engineering excellence","authors":"S. Weerawarana, A. Perera, V. Nanayakkara","doi":"10.1109/TALE.2012.6360374","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2012.6360374","url":null,"abstract":"We present the design of a software engineering project course targeted towards fostering innovation and creativity and in instilling a sense of software engineering rigor in students. The discussion includes our experiences in conducting this course over the past three years for the students following the Bachelor of Engineering (Honors) degree program in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Moratuwa. We describe the challenges we faced and our approaches towards addressing such issues as well as our encouraging successes.","PeriodicalId":407302,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE) 2012","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116382205","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":"Student, engineer, innovator, entrepreneur","authors":"F. Ladouceur","doi":"10.1109/TALE.2012.6360371","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2012.6360371","url":null,"abstract":"We review in this article the approach taken at The University of New South Wales to introduce engineering students to the concept of entrepreneurship. We situate the course within the curriculum and contrast the approach taken with the majority of more traditional engineering-oriented subject.","PeriodicalId":407302,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE) 2012","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122719071","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":"Department course selection problem: The primitive cognitive network process approach","authors":"K. Kam, F. Yuen, M. Yuen","doi":"10.1109/TALE.2012.6360327","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2012.6360327","url":null,"abstract":"The program curriculum in tertiary education has to be reviewed and updated regularly to enhance the education quality regarding the student interests, current industry demands and academic trends. To effectively develop a number of reasonable courses, a comprehensive approach to evaluate and select the suitable courses for students is essential for the program curriculum development. This paper proposes the Primitive Cognitive Network Process for the department course selection strategy considering multiple criteria and alternatives.","PeriodicalId":407302,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE) 2012","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122586522","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}
I. Hatzilygeroudis, F. Grivokostopoulou, I. Perikos
{"title":"Using game-based learning in teaching CS algorithms","authors":"I. Hatzilygeroudis, F. Grivokostopoulou, I. Perikos","doi":"10.1109/TALE.2012.6360338","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2012.6360338","url":null,"abstract":"Artificial Intelligence curriculum comprises some difficult concepts for a student to grasp and traditional teaching methods are proven to be ineffective and unable to motivate them. A basic AI concept is Constraint Satisfaction (CS), which is acknowledged by most tutors to be a hard domain for teachers to teach and student to understand. To solve a CS problem (CSP), a CS algorithm should be used. In this paper we present a game based approach, to be used as an assistant tool in an AI course, to assist students in understanding CS algorithms in an easy, interactive and motivating way. The game is based on a classical CSP, the map-coloring problem. Preliminary evaluation results are quite encouraging.","PeriodicalId":407302,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE) 2012","volume":"73 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126366514","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}