VIE: Vertical Integration of Computer, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering Education (Planning Grant)

电子及电脑工程学系及机械工程学系正与教育界同仁合作，计划发展电脑、电子及机械工程方面的新及重新编排的课程。该项目名为“计算机、电气和机械工程教育的垂直整合”，简称VIE，这一名称具有象征意义，因为VIE一词的意思是邀请、挑战、努力、竞争。该项目将邀请和挑战一些团体共同努力，通过综合项目和经验来改善学生的学习。本项目的基本前提是整合：课程整合、科研与教学整合、跨学科信息整合、社区整合。本项目提出的学习流模型具有多方面的教育目标，包括：通过学习流模型整合课程，将学习流模型应用于探究性学习，整合信息资源支持跨学科学习流，以及将学习流模型扩展到大学预科工程教育。VIE的目标是创造一个相互联系的学习环境，在这个环境中，大学生可以看到跨课程和学科的联系，大学预科学生可以看到与工程的联系，本科生可以看到与研究和实践的联系，各级学生和教师都可以从发现过程中的互动和指导中受益。知识价值VIE项目引入了学习流的新概念，并为工程项目定义了学习流模型。通过基于问题的学习，学习流模型自然地将研究和探究与教学联系起来。该项目的一个组成部分将应用一种新的资源模型，为学习流开发一套完整的教育资源。这有利于跨学科的学习流程。除了在学习流程中跨课程连接学生之外，VIE项目还提出了一个扩展组件，以连接研究生，本科生和大学预科学生。更广泛的影响该模型本身有望成为任何工程项目的参考。重新塑造课程的目标是更好地准备工程学生和毕业生学习和应用知识。因此，它将服务于许多与工程毕业生的质量有利害关系的部门。该模型旨在缩小课程之间的知识差距。该模式可以扩展到提高所有学生的教育机会，包括大学预科生、女性和少数族裔学生。这种模式将帮助教师以不同的方式教学，也将帮助学生以不同的方式学习。它有可能改变学术环境的社会结构。

The Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Mechanical Engineering in collaboration with educational colleagues is planning to develop new and reformulated curricula in computer, electrical, and mechanical engineering. The project is titled Vertical Integration of Computer, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Education, or VIE, which is symbolic, as the word vie means to invite, challenge, strive, compete. This project will invite and challenge a number of constituencies to work together to improve student learning through integrated programs and experiences. The fundamental premise of the proposed project is integration: curriculum integration, integration of research and teaching, integration of interdisciplinary information, and integration through community. This project proposes the learning stream model with multifaceted educational objectives, including: curriculum integration through the learning stream model, application of the learning stream model to inquiry-based learning, integrated information resources to support interdisciplinary learning streams, and extension of the learning stream model to precollege engineering education. The goal of VIE is to create a connected learning environment, in which college students see connections across courses and disciplines, pre-college students see connections to engineering, undergraduates see connections to research and practice, and students and teachers at all levels benefit from the interaction and mentoring that takes place in the process of discovery.Intellectual MeritThe VIE project introduces the novel concept of a learning stream and defines the learning stream model for an engineering program. The learning stream model naturally bridges research and inquiry with teaching, through problem-based learning. A component of this project will apply a new resource model to develop an integrated set of educational resources for a learning stream. This facilitates interdisciplinary learning streams. In addition to connecting students across courses in a learning stream, the VIE project proposes an outreach component to connect graduate, undergraduate, precollege students.Broader ImpactsThe model itself is expected to be a reference for any engineering program. The goal of re-shaping the curriculum is to better prepare engineering students and graduates to learn and apply knowledge. As a result, it will serve many sectors having a stake in the quality of engineering graduates. The model is designed to close the knowledge gaps between courses. The model can be extended to enhance educational opportunities for all students, including precollege, women, and minority students. The model will help faculty teach differently, and it will help students learn differently. It has the potential to change the social fabric of the academic environment.