K-Gray Engineering Pathway

1. K-Gray Engineering Pathway AAAS Annual Meeting Higher Education Resources in the NSDL Engineering Pathway February 17, 2007

2. Comprehensive K-Gray Pathway for Engineering Education

3. TeachEngineering : Jacquelyn Sullivan – Univ. of Colorado at Boulder René Reitsma, Oregon State University Gary Ybarra & Paul Klenk, Duke University Mike Mooney, Colorado School of Mines Martha Cyr, Worcester Polytechnic Institute NEEDS – Higher Education Alice Agogino, Jialong Wu, Andi Niess, Paul Mackinney, Esha Datta,Grace Hsu, UC Berkeley Evaluation/ Sustainability Joe, Tront, Virginia Tech Nancy Van House, School of Information, UC Berkeley Advisory Board K-Gray Engineering Pathway

4. Target Audience for K-12 Resources • K-12 teachers, parents, students, professional development groups, summer enrichment programs and service organizations interested in problem/inquiry-based learning and bringing in real-world concepts used in engineering and applied sciences suitable for K-12. • Corporations, engineering professionals, engineering faculty and college students involved in K-12 engineering initiatives.

5. Target Audience for Higher Education • Career information for transition for students interested in careers in engineer, computer science or technology. • Higher education professionals (faculty, instructors, staff) who need access to ABET-related engineering education resources. • Engineering students in higher education — community colleges, undergraduate universities and research universities.

6. Engineering Pathway Features: • K-12 Community Resources • Higher Education Community Resources • Resources for Broadening Participation: Careers, Diversity • Browse and Search Resources by Keyword, Grade Level, Standard, Learning Resource Type, Title, Author, Review, Special Topics, Host Collection, Publication Year and more • Metathesaurus to Suggest Related Search Terms • Links to related terms in the NSDL • Reviews of resources/ Top Picks / Most Downloaded • User statistics on downloads, views and comments • Online Cataloging; RSS Feeds of New Resources • Personal Workspace

7. K-12 Target Audience • TeachEngineering manages the K-12 collections. • TE’s vision is to use engineering as a vehicle to integrate science and math in K-12 classrooms through inquiry-based curricula & hands-on activities that demonstrate the creativity of engineering and are relevant to the lives of youth.

8. K-12 Teacher/ Outreach Benefits • Curricula • Hands-on • Inquiry- and project-based • Promote connections to other subjectsIntegrate Science, Technology, Math &Engineering concepts through engaging activities • Aligned with K-12 educational standards • Provides tools to assess learning outcomes • Consistent look and feel is teacher friendly

9. Promotes Curricular Innovations

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11. Computing [1405] Computer Science [1275] Information Systems [81] Information Technology [128] Engineering [4265] Aerospace Engineering [93] Agriculture Engineering [93] Architecture Engineering [107] Bio/Bio-Medical Engineering [99] Ceramic Engineering [78] Chemical Engineering [132] Civil Engineering [205] Computer Engineering [1154] Construction Engineering [49] Electrical Engineering [329] Engineering Management [58] EP Higher Ed CS and Engrg. Disciplinary Resources • Engineering Mechanics [45] • Environmental Engrg [177] • General Engrg., Engrg. Science [403] • Geological Engineering [92] • Industrial Engineering [117] • Manufacturing Engineering [114] • Materials Engineering [156] • Mechanical Engineering [406] • Mineral and Mining Engineering [69] • Naval Architecture and Marine Engrg. [32] • Nuclear Engineering [81] • Ocean Engineering [47] • Petroleum Engineering [53] • Software Engineering [45] • Surveying and Geomatics Engineering [46]

12. Black and African American Scientists and Engineers (62) Broadening Participation (43) Cooperative and Collaborative Learning (10) Engineer 2020 (31) Ethics in Science and Engineering (95) Green Design, Manufacturing and Sustainable Engrg. (188) Hispanic Engineers and Scientists (19) Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) (20) History of Technology (57) Mechanical/Artifact Dissection (10) MEMS and NEMS Technology (40) Mobile Learning (120) Multimedia Case Studies of Design in Industry (15) EP Allows Users to Define Topical Series • Nanotechnology (18) • Native American Engineers and Scientists (31) • Persons with Disabilities (31) • PhET - Physics Ed Technology (23) • Premier Award Courseware (16) • Service learning (Community-Based) (42) • Project Links at RPI (15) • Simple Machines (40) • Teaching and Learning Research (72) • Technology and Society (15) • US News Top Ten Undergraduate Institutions (32) • US News Top Ten Undergrad Programs at Research U’s. (117) • Women and Information Technology/ Gender Equity (1140)

13. Levels of Review in EP • Supports a multi-tier evaluation system from our national award competition with sponsors from industry to user-based reviews of individual learning resources. • Ingestion level (minimum level) • User ratings & comments • Peer review • Premier award

14. The Premier Award for Excellence in Engineering Education Courseware • A national competition to identify and reward the authors of high-quality, non-commercial courseware designed to enhance engineering education • The Premier Award is about the entire experience of using the courseware by learners, not just the courseware itself • A dissemination system to distribute the Premier Courseware (via CD’s, ASEE Prism ads, presentations at FIE with IEEE & ASEE)

15. The Premier Award for Excellence in Engineering Education Courseware • A national competition to identify and reward the authors of high-quality, non-commercial courseware in engineering education • The criteria focuses on the experience of the learners. • Instructional Design • Does it enhance learning? Does it promote learning objectives? Degree of interactivity? Degree of cognitive/ conceptual change? Is multimedia used creatively and effectively for learning goals? Is the courseware adaptable and can be used in a variety of settings. • Software Design • Is it well designed and usable? • Engineering Content • Is the content appropriate, accurate and well presented?

16. 2005 Premier Award Winners • Biological Information Handling: Essentials for Engineers by Mary Lidstrom, et al. at the University of Washington. • Pyro: Python Robotics by Doug Blank and Deepak Kumar at Bryn Mawr College, Lisa Meeden at Swarthmore College and Holly Yanco of the University at Massachusetts, Lowell.

17. 2006 Premier Award Winners • Web-CAT by Stephen H. Edwards of Virginia Tech, is a flexible, tailorable automated grading system designed to process computer programming assignments. Web-CAT runs as a web application on a server and provides all of its capabilities via a web interface-all submission activity, feedback, viewing of results, and grading activities take place via your web browser. Its plug-in architecture makes Web-CAT highly customizable and extensible, allowing it to support virtually any model of program grading, assessment, and feedback generation.

18. Growing the Engineering Pathway • Harvest/adapt resources from targeted projects (e.g., NSF GK-12 awards, NSF Engineering Research Centers, National Academy). • Harvest/adapt resources related to cutting-edge gaps (NSF priorities, NAE Engineer 2020 reports). • Leverage engineering content and services within other NSDL collections. • Infuse resources on inclusion and diversity in engineering education.

19. Planned Engineering Pathway Features: • Align resources to ABET criteria, starting with (a)-(k) • My Workspace will add the ability to create multiple folders and annotate folders and resources in folders • Ability to publish folders for public view; customize which metadata is published • Recommender system • More social networking (commenting, tagging, forums, etc.) • More student-centric resources and rating schemes • Disciplinary pages with expert editors • Improve mobile device access • Widgets that can be added to your website for customized search

20. Hands-On SessionSelecting Learning Materials • Establish course goals • higher order thinking skills • basic academic and communication skills • discipline-specific knowledge and skills • liberal arts and academic values • work and career preparation • personal development • Identify student learning outcomes • Design learning environment and pedagogical approaches • Assess student learning

21. Questions in Evaluating Courseware • Does it enable desired learning outcomes? Is there evidence of success? • Is it age appropriate and encourage high expectations? • Does it provide prompt feedback? • Does it address diverse learning styles? • Can students easily grasp how to use this courseware? • Do students have access to the necessary support? • Does it work reliably? • How much technical support is needed? • How much time will it take for me to learn to use? • Are there assessment instruments and educator’s guides?

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