A Peer-to-Peer Mentoring Approach for Sensor Technology Education for Civil Engineering Students

在这个项目中，正在开发一个模块化的课件，向土木工程专业的学生介绍传感器技术。本课程基于自定进度的模块，学生学习这些模块，然后将所学知识传授给其他学生。拟议课程的直接好处是扩大了土木工程课程的广度，将传感器和监测这一新兴领域包括在内，涉及到该专业的每个专业。这门课程采用模块化的自定进度模式，让学生能够及时获得他们想要的东西。课程的发展将直接与系里其他课程以及系里教员正在进行的研究项目联系在一起。本课程中的材料与其他课程中的材料之间的联系有助于加强新技术如何适应传统材料。将研究项目作为拟议课程模块的主题还有一个额外的好处，那就是向本科生和研究生介绍尖端研究想法。这门课程也是一种培养初学研究生成为许多研究项目的研究助理的一种方式。智力优点：拟议的课程使用了一种不同的教学方法来向学生传递材料。这个班的学生不是听课考试的模式，而是通过动手实验的方式学习。此外，最近学过材料的学生可以通过将他们的知识传授给新学生来加强学习。学习效率是建议方法的另一个好处，因为学生只在需要的时候才学习需要的东西。这种及时学习的方法在学习上更有效率，因为学生通常在上课时还没有准备好学习。通过将他们的准备与最近完成材料的同龄人的牵手相结合，学生可以在更短的时间内学习材料，同时保留更多的材料。更广泛的影响：学习模块的动手性质和自定进度的学习方式将材料开放给不同学习风格的学生。这一点对于本课程所教授的材料尤其重要，因为其内容传统上被认为是电气工程领域的，但学生是土木和环境工程专业的。拟议的格式将吸引更多具有不同背景的观众。本课程将有助于马里兰大学土木工程与环境工程系的改革。同样的模块可以很容易地被其他大学的其他类似部门采用。对工科院校其他院系也有一定的借鉴作用。

In this project, a modular courseware to introduce sensors technology to civil engineering students is being developed. The course is based on self-paced modules that students learn and then pass on what they have learned to the other students. The direct benefit of the proposed course is to broaden the breadth of the civil engineering curriculum to include the emerging area of sensing and monitoring that touches every specialization within the major. The modular self-paced format of the course allows students to acquire as much as they desire in a just-in-time fashion.The development of the course will be directly linked to the other courses that are being offeredin the department as well as research projects that are being performed by the faculty of thedepartment. The linkage between the material in this course to the materials from other coursesserves to reinforce how new technology fits into the traditional material. Using research projectsas subjects for the modules of the proposed course has the additional benefit of introducingcutting-edge research ideas to undergraduate as well as graduate students. The course also servesas a way to train beginning graduate students to become research assistants for many researchprojects.Intellectual Merit: The proposed course uses a different pedagogical approach to deliver thematerial to the students. Instead of the lecture-examination mode, students in this class learn froma hands-on experimentation approach. In addition, students who have recently learnt the materialcan reinforce their learning by passing on their knowledge to the new students. Learning efficiency is another benefit of the proposed approach as students learn only what isneeded when they need it. This just-in-time learning approach is more efficient in learningbecause students typically are not ready to learn when they go to classes. By combining theirreadiness with the hand-holding from their peers who have recently finished the material, students can learn the material in a much shorter amount of time while retaining more of the material.Broader Impacts: The hands-on nature of the learning modules and the self-paced learning stylethat they are intended for opens the material to students with varied learning styles. This isespecially important for the material being delivered in this course as the content is traditionallyconsidered to be in the domain of electrical engineering, but the students are in civil andenvironmental engineering. The proposed format will appeal to a wider audiencewith different backgrounds. This course will help reform the Civil and Environmental Engineering department at the University of Maryland. The same modules can easily be adopted by other similar departments at other universities. It can also serve as a model for other departments of the engineering college.