Collaborative PBL to Enhance Freshman Design Experience in Digital Engineering

协作 PBL 增强数字工程新生设计经验

• 批准号: 0737130
• 负责人: Nancy Warter-Perez
• 金额: $ 13.84万
• 依托单位: California State L A University Auxiliary Services Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-07-01 至 2012-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0737130&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; PBL; Enhance; Freshman; Design

Engineering - Electrical (55)The project is implementing collaborative project-based learning (CPBL) in a first-year digital engineering course. The objectives of the proposed work are to foster students' skill in engineering design from the freshman level, to stimulate students' interests and increase the retention rate with a pipelined design experience, and to improve teaching and learning efficiency by highly interactive instruction using Tablet PCs. This new course is combining with the standard first-year introduction to engineering course to help overcome the frustration many engineering students feel when they encounter only mathematics and science courses in the first several semesters. The project team is developing a complete set of course material that includes a series of in-class collaborative projects that 1) stimulate students' learning interest and make them more engaged in the classroom; 2) tie the theory taught in class with a real-world design experience; 3) provide insights into engineering careers; and 4) create a natural link to the subsequent courses. In addition, a Tablet PC based interactive instructional technology is being developed in collaboration with the Colorado School of Mines to provide real-time in-class demos and interactive exercises. Evaluation efforts, under the direction of an external evaluator, are using various survey tools, interviews, focus groups, and the analysis of student products and records to monitor the project's progress toward its objectives. The project team is disseminating their material and results by website postings and by publication and presentations through the standard engineering education forums, through the NSDL, and through several special outlets like Educause, the Tablet PCs in Higher Education Workshop, and a local campus teaching and learning center workshop. Broader impacts include the dissemination of their material, outreach to counselors from local high schools and community colleges, and the potential increase in retention of engineering students, especially students from underrepresented groups.

工程-电气（55）该项目正在第一年的数字工程课程中实施基于项目的协作学习（CPBL）。本研究的目的是从大一开始培养学生的工程设计技能，通过流水线式的设计体验激发学生的兴趣，提高学生的留存率，并通过使用平板电脑的高度互动式教学提高教学效率。 这门新课程与标准的第一年工程课程介绍相结合，以帮助克服许多工程专业的学生在前几个学期只遇到数学和科学课程时所感到的挫折感。 项目团队正在开发一套完整的课程材料，其中包括一系列课堂合作项目，1）激发学生的学习兴趣，使他们更加参与课堂; 2）将课堂上教授的理论与现实世界的设计经验联系起来; 3）提供对工程职业的见解; 4）与后续课程建立自然联系。 此外，正在与科罗拉多矿业学校合作开发一种基于平板电脑的互动教学技术，以提供实时课堂演示和互动练习。在外部评估员的指导下，评估工作正在使用各种调查工具、访谈、焦点小组以及对学生产品和记录的分析，以监测项目实现其目标的进展情况。 项目团队通过网站发布、出版物以及标准工程教育论坛、NSDL、Educause、平板电脑高等教育研讨会和当地校园教学中心研讨会等几个特殊渠道，传播他们的材料和成果。 更广泛的影响包括传播他们的材料，与当地高中和社区大学的辅导员进行外联，以及潜在地增加工程专业学生的保留率，特别是来自代表性不足群体的学生。