Full Implementation Of A New Format For Freshman Engineering Course At Virginia Tech

Lo, Jenny; Lohani, Vinod K.; Griffin, O. Hayden

doi:10.18260/1-2--573

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“…Lo and Lohani co-taught two sections (~160 students in each) of ENGE1024 in fall 2005. Details of fall 2005 implementation can be seen in a companion paper 3 .…”

Section: Engineering Exploration (Enge1024)mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…With significant changes to the ENGE1024 course in 2004 and 2005 3,5 , the teaching of ethics was modified to include a new video, the National Institute for Engineering Ethics' Incident in Morales, as well as a group presentation assignment on an assigned contemporary issue. Recent events related to hurricanes Katrina and Rita provided important topics that address engineering, engineering ethics, and contemporary issues.…”

Section: Engineering Exploration (Enge1024)mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Introduction Of Contemporary Engineering Ethics Issues In A Freshman Engineering Course

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2006 Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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This paper presents summary of changes that were introduced in "ethics" instruction in a freshman year introductory engineering course at Virginia Tech. While ethics is 10% of the course content, substantial changes were made to the course curriculum in fall 2005 so that 1200 students could be better engaged in learning ethics material. Parts of these changes are attributed to an NSF supported department-level reform (DLR) project. Traditionally, ethics instruction in the course included reading assignments and video presentations. However, this year, a presentation assignment was developed for the course's 32-seat workshops. Groups of 3 to 6 students were assigned one of eight recent topics: 1) levee construction in New Orleans 2) looting and government response in New Orleans 3) debris removal in New Orleans 4) contamination issues in New Orleans 5) rebuilding New Orleans 6) Asian tsunami of December 2004 7) San Francisco and earthquake preparedness and 8) Galveston and hurricanes. For each topic, groups were given instructions regarding subjects and questions to address. During a workshop period, each team was allowed 6 minutes to present and 2 minutes to answer questions. The main goals of this assignment were to increase freshmen students' engagement in technical communication and teamwork and to boost awareness of current events and ethics. Surveys revealed students' opinions and showed that the changes to how ethics is taught at Virginia Tech is well-received by many students.

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“…Lo and Lohani co-taught two sections (~160 students in each) of ENGE1024 in fall 2005. Details of fall 2005 implementation can be seen in a companion paper 3 .…”

Section: Engineering Exploration (Enge1024)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Engineering Exploration (Enge1024)mentioning

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Introduction Of Contemporary Engineering Ethics Issues In A Freshman Engineering Course

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2006 Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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“…have been incorporated into EngE 1024. These activities are primarily driven by a new Department-Level Reform (DLR) project from the NSF and a new course delivery format was piloted in spring 2005 with ~210 students 3 . Full implementation of these revisions was successfully executed for the entire freshman engineering class (~1200) in fall 2005 4 .…”

Section: Application Of Tablet Pc In Freshman Engineering Programmentioning

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Analysis Of Tablet Pc Based Learning Experiences In Freshman To Junior Level Engineering Courses

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2008 Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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“…A companion paper in this conference presents the details on the fall 2005 implementation of various activities in EngE1024 course. 6 The Models…”

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Multiple Models Of A Freshman Engineering Experiment

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2006 Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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Full Implementation Of A New Format For Freshman Engineering Course At Virginia Tech

Abstract: She is the co-coordinator of the first semester engineering course and has been involved with educational projects related to freshmen programs, engineering ethics, and undergraduate research.

Cited by 9 publications

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Introduction Of Contemporary Engineering Ethics Issues In A Freshman Engineering Course

Introduction Of Contemporary Engineering Ethics Issues In A Freshman Engineering Course

Analysis Of Tablet Pc Based Learning Experiences In Freshman To Junior Level Engineering Courses

Multiple Models Of A Freshman Engineering Experiment

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