{"title":"Development and evaluation of open educational resources for enhancing engineering students' learning experience","authors":"M. Abdulwahed, Z. Nagy, A. Crawford","doi":"10.1109/TALE.2012.6360363","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2012.6360363","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this paper is to report on the development of control systems open educational resources. The paper reports on two control systems education software: 1) A LabVIEW based Control Systems Analysis Toolkit (CSAT) which was developed to assist lecturers in teaching control engineering and students to understand theoretical concepts; and 2) A Process Control Virtual Laboratory (PCVL), developed using LabVIEW. Both software have been created as a standalone educational application together with a detailed manual and learning activities. Existing Simulink exercises have been enhanced and specific video tutorials for the Simulink exercises have been developed. Evaluations have been conducted indicating positive impact on students.","PeriodicalId":407302,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE) 2012","volume":"98 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":"130620529","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, Hayden Kwok-Hay So, E. Lam, K. Wong, R. Y. Kwok, C. Chan
{"title":"Teaching introductory electrical engineering: Project-based learning experience","authors":"Chi-Un Lei, Hayden Kwok-Hay So, E. Lam, K. Wong, R. Y. Kwok, C. Chan","doi":"10.1109/TALE.2012.6360320","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2012.6360320","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents an integration of a loosely defined design project in an introductory electrical engineering course. The proposed project aims to introduce first-year engineering students to the world of electrical engineering and develop their general engineering skills. Because of its innovative and unconventional nature, a Rube Goldberg machine has been used as the project vehicle. In the project, students have been asked to design the machine with electrical sensors and actuators. Connected learning and assessment activities have been designed to engage students in deep understanding. Students thought the project was challenging, and could develop their technical skills and creativity.","PeriodicalId":407302,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE) 2012","volume":"130 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":"131259053","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":"Construction safety education model based on second life","authors":"Q. Le, Chansik Park","doi":"10.1109/TALE.2012.6360336","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2012.6360336","url":null,"abstract":"Construction industry is a very complicated and complex environment that causes high accident rate. The development of advanced virtual world has become an important issue for safety education in order to reduce dangerous occurrence in the construction site. However, most researchers on virtual world still have limitations such as the offline virtual world simulation, the low level of interaction between users in virtual world, and so on. With the regard to this issue, this paper proposes the adoption online 3D world Second Life (SL) platform which allows students to perform role-playing, dialogic learning, and social interaction for efficient and effective construction safety and health education. In this approach, construction safety education model based on Second Life (CSESL) is developed, which consists of the following three modules: 1) Safety information and knowledge preparation to understand the critical causes of accident in construction site; 2) Collaborative simulation for safety case study to transfer unsafe case or dangerous occurrence information to 3D modeling; 3) Reflection on safety lesson for education and training to enhance practical safety knowledge by participating in 3D inspection game. The CSESL advantages and disadvantages are identified by testing the model using a real case scenario. This study presents the potentials and benefits of SL which could enhance construction safety and health education.","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":"134125038","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}
Fan Hehong, Dong Zhi-fang, Hu Guohua, Song Jing, W. Qilong, Zhang Meng, Tang Yongming
{"title":"An engineering introductory seminar course for first-year college students","authors":"Fan Hehong, Dong Zhi-fang, Hu Guohua, Song Jing, W. Qilong, Zhang Meng, Tang Yongming","doi":"10.1109/TALE.2012.6360323","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2012.6360323","url":null,"abstract":"To help first year students adapt to their college lives and to enhance student learning, freshman seminar courses have been popular in many advanced countries. However, seminar courses in China are still in the beginning stage and are mainly for elective courses considering the large number of students in many majors. In this paper, implementation of a new required freshman seminar course, “Introduction to learning in the specialty of electronics and information” in Southeast University, is introduced. The course is composed of three education stages, i.e., lecture, investigation and project, during which the students can have closer and closer views to the applications of electronic science and engineering, and gain in-depth experience of relevant projects step by step. In addition, by making use of flexible class forms, various teaching methods, composite evaluation methods, and collaboration of a teacher team, the seminar course has been successfully run for about 170 students for the first time.","PeriodicalId":407302,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE) 2012","volume":"17 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":"132055701","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}
J. Ravishankar, P. Allen, R. Eaton, E. Ambikairajah, S. Redmond
{"title":"Taste of Electrical Engineering workshops for high school students","authors":"J. Ravishankar, P. Allen, R. Eaton, E. Ambikairajah, S. Redmond","doi":"10.1109/TALE.2012.6360394","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2012.6360394","url":null,"abstract":"The School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications (EET) at The University of New South Wales (UNSW) initiated two workshops for Year 10 and Year 11 high school students, with a view to giving secondary school students a feel for electrical engineering, thereby encouraging them to consider tertiary study in this discipline. The workshops were run for three days each. Activities included introduction to EET laboratories, a design challenge, soldering, a competition and a field trip. This paper details the activities of these two workshops, the involvement of electrical engineering students and the impact of these workshops on the participating high school students. The results of the study indicate that the taste of electrical engineering workshops made the attitudes of high school students more favourable towards electrical engineering.","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":"114997074","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":"Staff exchange teaching model for an offshore campus","authors":"A. J. Murphy, I. Tam","doi":"10.1109/TALE.2012.6360340","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2012.6360340","url":null,"abstract":"In 2009 an offshore campus was set up in Singapore by the School of Marine Science and Technology, Newcastle University. Three maritime engineering programs are delivered successfully with approximately 80 students graduating annually. With recent addition of other schools and new staff members to offshore campus, a staff exchange teaching model is initiated by a specialist team of staff with objectives to enhance student experience and possibility of research project tie-ups between the two campuses. Key performance indicators of success will be results of assessment and student feedback as well as evaluation by education specialist at the end of project.","PeriodicalId":407302,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE) 2012","volume":"14 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":"114645476","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":"Leveraging a constructively aligned OBTL approach for software engineering education","authors":"S. Weerawarana, S. Weerawardhana","doi":"10.1109/TALE.2012.6360386","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2012.6360386","url":null,"abstract":"We present our approach in conducting an OBTL-based (Outcomes-Based Teaching and Learning) software engineering course that incorporated many constructively aligned TLA (Teaching, Learning and Assessment) techniques. This course is offered in the fourth semester of the Bachelor of Engineering (Honors) degree program in the Computer Science and Engineering Department at the University of Moratuwa. The constructively aligned OBTL approach was refined over three consecutive years of offering this course based on student feedback and lecturers' reflection. We discuss our teaching experiences, the students' perceptions and the overall results that we observed.","PeriodicalId":407302,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE) 2012","volume":"16 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":"115054037","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}
K. Blackmore, M. Pettigrove, L. Johns-Boast, P. Compston, L. Thompson, D. Quinn, A. Lonie
{"title":"Tales from inside the blender — Five models of collaboration","authors":"K. Blackmore, M. Pettigrove, L. Johns-Boast, P. Compston, L. Thompson, D. Quinn, A. Lonie","doi":"10.1109/TALE.2012.6360343","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2012.6360343","url":null,"abstract":"While much has been written about collaboration in higher education, very little of it focuses on collaboration across educational institutions. This paper describes the experience of a project to share courses between two Australian institutions using a blended online and face-to-face course design. We discuss models that have emerged in the process. It was found that collaboration is most fruitful, in terms of student learning and course development and delivery, when the course coordinators in the two universities are peers who have comparable gravitas and breadth and depth of knowledge. It was also found that there are preconditions to the success of a two-university collaboration, and that establishing these preconditions takes a considerable amount of time.","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":"133794282","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":"Computer science curriculum in a liberal arts setting: Case studies at the University of San Diego","authors":"S. Koo","doi":"10.1109/TALE.2012.6360332","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2012.6360332","url":null,"abstract":"The Mathematics and Computer Science Department at the University of San Diego recently revised the curriculum for its B.A. in Computer Science program to make it more compatible with a liberal arts college setting. In this paper, we present our process of revision, including a discussion on the LACS 2007 model we adopted and how to reflect accreditation requirement at the same time. We also discussed how the revised curriculum can incorporate high impact educational practices.","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":"134256123","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":"Integration in engineering education","authors":"M. Ercan","doi":"10.1109/TALE.2012.6360383","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2012.6360383","url":null,"abstract":"The need for integrating engineering, science and various other disciplines in the engineering curriculum has long been the interest of engineering educators. An inherent problem is that many components of the engineering curriculum even within the same discipline remain separate and it is hoped that these concepts will all amalgamate in students mind when they graduate. At present, there are numerous initiatives presented in literature for exposing students to an integrated curriculum. In our institution, initiatives for such curricular change are underway. However, a trial run was necessary to establish learning and educational goals and to identify potential implementation difficulties earlier. This paper presents such pilot initiative which involved students and lecturers of different disciplines.","PeriodicalId":407302,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE) 2012","volume":"6 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":"116787896","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}