Vertical Integration of the TekBot Learning Platform into Computer and Electronics Engineering Programs

电气工程（55）这个项目是适应和增强TekBot移动的机器人平台开发的俄勒冈州州立大学在垂直整合的方式，使用基于问题的学习作为整个计算机工程和电子工程课程的基本策略。该项目的目标是：1）调整和实施TekBot课程材料围绕其课程中的各种课程序列; 2）调整和实施基于问题的学习策略，补充和增强TekBot课程材料; 3）开发和实施持续的评估方法和工具，以确定TekBot传播的有效性和对学生学习的影响; 4）传播项目的材料、实践和成果，以及（5）在项目范围之外继续进行这些新的教育改革。 在这种课程模式中，学生通过解决问题的情景积极参与学习过程，让他们更深入地参与自己的学习。因此，预期的结果包括增加学生在选定的课程作业和课程成绩的成功，减少课程退出和失败率，并增加积极的学生对课程的看法和对计划的承诺。 与俄勒冈州州立大学的持续合作伙伴关系将导致这两个机构的持续方案改进。该项目开发的TekBot学习单元和实验室实验正在项目网站上编入索引，欧洲经委会其他部门可免费查阅这些链接。调查人员计划在暑期学校为高中数学和科学教师和学生展示TekBot技术，目标是代表性不足的妇女和少数民族学生以及农村地区的学生。他们还计划通过工程教育研讨会和部门负责人会议以及期刊和会议论文来传播他们的TekBot学习平台。

Electrical Engineering (55)This project is adapting and augmenting the TekBot mobile robot platform developed at Oregon State University in a vertically integrated fashion, using problem-based learning as a foundational strategy throughout the computer engineering and electronics engineering curriculum. The project objectives are to: 1) adapt and implement TekBot course materials around various course sequences in their curriculum; 2) adapt and implement problem-based learning strategies that complement and augment the TekBot course materials; 3) develop and implement an ongoing assessment methodology and tools to determine the effectiveness of the TekBot diffusion and impact on student learning; 4) disseminate the materials, practices, and results of the project, and (5) continue these new educational reforms beyond the scope of the project. In this curriculum model, students are actively engaged in the learning process through problem-solving scenarios that allow them to more deeply participate in their own learning. As a result, the anticipated outcomes include increased student success on selected course assignments and course grades, reduced course withdrawal and failure rates, and increased positive student perceptions of the curriculum and commitment to the program. An ongoing and collaborative partnership with Oregon State University will lead to continuing program improvements at both institutions. The TekBot learning modules and laboratory experiments developed in this project are being indexed on the project website with linkages freely available to other ECE departments. The investigators are planning on showcasing the TekBot technologies in summer institutes for high school mathematics and science teachers and students that target underrepresented women and minority students as well as students from rural areas. They also areplanning to disseminate their TekBot learning platform via workshops at engineering education and department head conferences and through journal and conference papers.