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

电气工程（55）本项目采用俄勒冈州立大学开发的TekBot移动机器人平台，将基于问题的学习作为贯穿计算机工程和电子工程课程的基本策略，并以垂直整合的方式对其进行调整和扩展。该项目的目标是：1)适应和实施TekBot课程材料围绕不同的课程序列在他们的课程；2)调整和实施基于问题的学习策略，以补充和增强TekBot课程材料；3)开发和实施一种持续的评估方法和工具，以确定TekBot传播的有效性及其对学生学习的影响；4)传播项目的材料、实践和结果，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场景积极参与学习过程，使他们更深入地参与到自己的学习中。因此，预期的结果包括增加学生在选定课程作业和课程成绩上的成功，减少课程退课和不合格率，增加学生对课程的积极看法和对项目的承诺。与俄勒冈州立大学的持续合作伙伴关系将导致两所机构的项目持续改进。在这个项目中开发的TekBot学习模块和实验室实验正在项目网站上编入索引，并可免费向欧洲经委会其他部门提供链接。研究人员计划在面向高中数学和科学教师和学生的暑期课程中展示TekBot技术，这些课程的目标是代表性不足的女性和少数民族学生以及来自农村地区的学生。他们还计划通过工程教育和部门主管会议的研讨会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.