An authoring system to enhance electrical engineering education has been developed. This system is composed of hardware, software, and courseware. The hardware chosen was the standard IBM-PC. A comprehensive software package, PC-PILOT, was developed to assist teachers without computer background to present educational material via the computer. This involved developing an authoring system, i.e., an interactive environment that simplifies the process of developing courseware material. The teacher is guided through the authoring process with a great deal of online help material and examples. The courseware material is described in detail. The contents of the Introduction to Electrical Engineering course taught at King Abdulaziz University are analyzed and the concepts are arranged in a spiral form so that the student will move to a higher level only after mastering the lower level.<>
{"title":"An automated system to enhance electrical engineering education","authors":"Y. Al-Turki, F. Dehlawi, A. Trigui","doi":"10.1109/FIE.1989.69424","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.1989.69424","url":null,"abstract":"An authoring system to enhance electrical engineering education has been developed. This system is composed of hardware, software, and courseware. The hardware chosen was the standard IBM-PC. A comprehensive software package, PC-PILOT, was developed to assist teachers without computer background to present educational material via the computer. This involved developing an authoring system, i.e., an interactive environment that simplifies the process of developing courseware material. The teacher is guided through the authoring process with a great deal of online help material and examples. The courseware material is described in detail. The contents of the Introduction to Electrical Engineering course taught at King Abdulaziz University are analyzed and the concepts are arranged in a spiral form so that the student will move to a higher level only after mastering the lower level.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":319513,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings 1989 Frontiers in Education Conference","volume":"70 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134474998","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}
In 1986-7 the Office of Career Development and the School of Engineering and technology of New York Institute of Technology collaborated in developing a mandatory one-credit course for students majoring in electrical engineering. This course, which was primarily designed for second-semester freshmen and sophomores, would serve as a pilot project for students in all other engineering majors offered at the college. The purpose of the course was to assist students to achieve competencies in the following areas: identifying their individual interests, skills, values, and abilities relevant to carrier decisions; understanding the changing characteristics of the American workplace and workforce; identifying the characteristics and requirements of the engineering field, particularly electrical engineering; identifying the relationship between electrical engineering and other related fields; relating their personal characteristics to occupational requirements; acquiring decision-making skills; making short-term and long-term plans for achieving occupational goals; researching employers in the field; presenting themselves effectively and communicating with employers and professionals in the field; and dealing with conflict situations involving professional ethics. The basic features of this course are described.<>
{"title":"Career development for engineering students","authors":"P. Samai, M. M. Drossman","doi":"10.1109/FIE.1989.69384","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.1989.69384","url":null,"abstract":"In 1986-7 the Office of Career Development and the School of Engineering and technology of New York Institute of Technology collaborated in developing a mandatory one-credit course for students majoring in electrical engineering. This course, which was primarily designed for second-semester freshmen and sophomores, would serve as a pilot project for students in all other engineering majors offered at the college. The purpose of the course was to assist students to achieve competencies in the following areas: identifying their individual interests, skills, values, and abilities relevant to carrier decisions; understanding the changing characteristics of the American workplace and workforce; identifying the characteristics and requirements of the engineering field, particularly electrical engineering; identifying the relationship between electrical engineering and other related fields; relating their personal characteristics to occupational requirements; acquiring decision-making skills; making short-term and long-term plans for achieving occupational goals; researching employers in the field; presenting themselves effectively and communicating with employers and professionals in the field; and dealing with conflict situations involving professional ethics. The basic features of this course are described.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":319513,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings 1989 Frontiers in Education Conference","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114588384","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}
The author review his previously published model (1987, 1988) for understanding problem-solving cognitive activity. He then uses it and some student problem-solving protocols to evaluate ways in which instruction can fail to help the student. Ways of determining the student's zone of proximal development, ways of presenting heuristics that will enable student growth, and ways of evaluating problems to assure that they are in the student's zone of proximal development are then presented along with an example.<>
{"title":"Teaching problem-solving heuristics to engineers and testing for results: hit or miss","authors":"V. Cox","doi":"10.1109/FIE.1989.69419","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.1989.69419","url":null,"abstract":"The author review his previously published model (1987, 1988) for understanding problem-solving cognitive activity. He then uses it and some student problem-solving protocols to evaluate ways in which instruction can fail to help the student. Ways of determining the student's zone of proximal development, ways of presenting heuristics that will enable student growth, and ways of evaluating problems to assure that they are in the student's zone of proximal development are then presented along with an example.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":319513,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings 1989 Frontiers in Education Conference","volume":"59 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114991796","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}
The authors describe programs of joint industry/university collaboration that have been successfully developed by the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Washington State University (WSU) with the John Fluke Manufacturing Company. Attention is given to such joint-program examples as equipment donations, research programs, and the senior design project.<>
{"title":"Impact of university/industry collaboration on engineering education-a success story","authors":"Y. Shamash, R. Massengale","doi":"10.1109/FIE.1989.69385","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.1989.69385","url":null,"abstract":"The authors describe programs of joint industry/university collaboration that have been successfully developed by the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Washington State University (WSU) with the John Fluke Manufacturing Company. Attention is given to such joint-program examples as equipment donations, research programs, and the senior design project.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":319513,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings 1989 Frontiers in Education Conference","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124119938","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 computer program used to generate accurate scaled diagrams of mechanisms is described. The program contains 16 subroutines which are written using an integrated graphics software system called DI-3000. Each subroutine can be called, using several arguments, to generate a computer-aided drawing of a basic link group of a mechanism. In this manner, an accurate diagram of a complicated mechanism, either in a single position or a sequence of subsequent images, can be generated by a simple program containing only several statements.<>
{"title":"Computer aided graphics as an aid to mechanism design","authors":"R. G. Fenton, W. Cleghorn, Jing-fan Fu","doi":"10.1109/FIE.1989.69368","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.1989.69368","url":null,"abstract":"A computer program used to generate accurate scaled diagrams of mechanisms is described. The program contains 16 subroutines which are written using an integrated graphics software system called DI-3000. Each subroutine can be called, using several arguments, to generate a computer-aided drawing of a basic link group of a mechanism. In this manner, an accurate diagram of a complicated mechanism, either in a single position or a sequence of subsequent images, can be generated by a simple program containing only several statements.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":319513,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings 1989 Frontiers in Education Conference","volume":"54 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125778424","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}
The authors examine the basic mission of engineering graphics in light of developments in computer graphics. They address the questions: Where does computer graphics fit within engineering graphics? Where does computer graphics/modeling fit within engineering design? Is there an advantage to engineering drawing over computer geometric modeling? They also address theoretical difficulties which arise between technical drawing and computer geometric modeling such as whether geometric modeling 'Is geometric modelling, indeed, graphics?'; the redefining of engineering graphics, computer geometric modeling, engineering design, 2-D/3-D drawing/geometric modeling, and virtual space.<>
{"title":"The new engineering graphics","authors":"M. R. Ziai, R. Kelso","doi":"10.1109/FIE.1989.69372","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.1989.69372","url":null,"abstract":"The authors examine the basic mission of engineering graphics in light of developments in computer graphics. They address the questions: Where does computer graphics fit within engineering graphics? Where does computer graphics/modeling fit within engineering design? Is there an advantage to engineering drawing over computer geometric modeling? They also address theoretical difficulties which arise between technical drawing and computer geometric modeling such as whether geometric modeling 'Is geometric modelling, indeed, graphics?'; the redefining of engineering graphics, computer geometric modeling, engineering design, 2-D/3-D drawing/geometric modeling, and virtual space.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":319513,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings 1989 Frontiers in Education Conference","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125517436","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}
The characteristics of a graphical user interface (GUI) are described. The advantages and disadvantages of the GUI are reviewed, and trans-platform graphical interfaces are considered. The major GUIs are then described along with the basic components, i.e., the windowing system, the imaging model, and the applications programming interface.<>
{"title":"Windows and icons and mice, oh my!-the changing face of computing","authors":"B. A. Harding","doi":"10.1109/FIE.1989.69429","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.1989.69429","url":null,"abstract":"The characteristics of a graphical user interface (GUI) are described. The advantages and disadvantages of the GUI are reviewed, and trans-platform graphical interfaces are considered. The major GUIs are then described along with the basic components, i.e., the windowing system, the imaging model, and the applications programming interface.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":319513,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings 1989 Frontiers in Education Conference","volume":"68 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116931333","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}
The author describes the experiences gained while incorporating MICRO-CAP II into a basic circuit analysis course. MICRO-CAP II is a SPICE-based software that can be used to do AC, DC, transient and Fourier analysis. MICRO-CAP II not only allows one to draw the schematic of a circuit but also to do computer analysis directly from the schematic. A set of exercises solved with the aid of the MICRO-CAP II that enhances the teaching of such topics as transient analysis, frequency response, and input/output characteristics of circuits at DC conditions is described. Special features of the MICRO-CAP II and the reaction of the students who used the software are pointed out. It is shown that the MICRO-CAP II can be used by students to obtain, verify, or check the characteristics of electrical circuits of various degrees of complexity.<>
{"title":"Teaching circuit analysis with MICRO-CAP II","authors":"J. G. Okyere","doi":"10.1109/FIE.1989.69390","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.1989.69390","url":null,"abstract":"The author describes the experiences gained while incorporating MICRO-CAP II into a basic circuit analysis course. MICRO-CAP II is a SPICE-based software that can be used to do AC, DC, transient and Fourier analysis. MICRO-CAP II not only allows one to draw the schematic of a circuit but also to do computer analysis directly from the schematic. A set of exercises solved with the aid of the MICRO-CAP II that enhances the teaching of such topics as transient analysis, frequency response, and input/output characteristics of circuits at DC conditions is described. Special features of the MICRO-CAP II and the reaction of the students who used the software are pointed out. It is shown that the MICRO-CAP II can be used by students to obtain, verify, or check the characteristics of electrical circuits of various degrees of complexity.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":319513,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings 1989 Frontiers in Education Conference","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114066777","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}
The New Jersey Master Faculty Program is a state-wide faculty-oriented program designed to increase teaching effectiveness and student learning. The participating faculty are grouped into pairs. One member assumes the role of observer and the other the role of observed. The roles of the members changes each semester. Six students taking an 'observed course' are selected at the beginning of the semester; three of these meet regularly with the observer and the other three with the course instructor, the 'observed'. The aim of these interviews is to investigate how students learn and what impediments they encounter in their learning process. The ultimate goal is to use the knowledge obtained from discussions with the paired faculty member and the students to enhance teaching effectiveness of the faculty involved. The author describes the Master Faculty Program, topics discussed with students, and how the program is implemented at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.<>
{"title":"Experiences with the New Jersey Master Faculty Program","authors":"J. Carpinelli, R. Dresnack, J. Grow, W. Hubbi","doi":"10.1109/FIE.1989.69414","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.1989.69414","url":null,"abstract":"The New Jersey Master Faculty Program is a state-wide faculty-oriented program designed to increase teaching effectiveness and student learning. The participating faculty are grouped into pairs. One member assumes the role of observer and the other the role of observed. The roles of the members changes each semester. Six students taking an 'observed course' are selected at the beginning of the semester; three of these meet regularly with the observer and the other three with the course instructor, the 'observed'. The aim of these interviews is to investigate how students learn and what impediments they encounter in their learning process. The ultimate goal is to use the knowledge obtained from discussions with the paired faculty member and the students to enhance teaching effectiveness of the faculty involved. The author describes the Master Faculty Program, topics discussed with students, and how the program is implemented at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":319513,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings 1989 Frontiers in Education Conference","volume":"27 6","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"113989414","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}
The author describes the intent and format of a classroom design workshop. The goals of the design workshop and the design project are presented, and the results of the projects are compared with prior years' results when no design workshop was implemented. It is observed that the workshop technique can produce beneficial results for both students and professors working on design-oriented assignments. The methods described for the workshop can be applied in any technical class where the design activity attempts to solve a creative engineering application. The use of this approach in a senior-level course in electrical engineering technology at Purdue University is discussed.<>
{"title":"Conducting a design workshop in the classroom","authors":"S. Garrod","doi":"10.1109/FIE.1989.69405","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.1989.69405","url":null,"abstract":"The author describes the intent and format of a classroom design workshop. The goals of the design workshop and the design project are presented, and the results of the projects are compared with prior years' results when no design workshop was implemented. It is observed that the workshop technique can produce beneficial results for both students and professors working on design-oriented assignments. The methods described for the workshop can be applied in any technical class where the design activity attempts to solve a creative engineering application. The use of this approach in a senior-level course in electrical engineering technology at Purdue University is discussed.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":319513,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings 1989 Frontiers in Education Conference","volume":"88 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115627093","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}
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