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Presented byJames BoeInstructor, Department of TechnologyValley City State UniversityValley City, ND

National Science FoundationAdvanced Technology Education Program (ATE)

Engineering Technology Competencies:

Integrating Curriculum and Forging Pathways.

Project Goal Develop a curricula and implementation model

that results in increased ability and pursuit of careers within the field of engineering. Model: K-12 students apply critical math, science,

and technology knowledge while planning, designing, testing, revising, and implementing engineering activities.

Challenge: Prepare, motivate, and retain students in the pursuit of engineering related opportunities.

Project Objectives Objective 1: Online Teacher Education Model

Design, implement, and document a model of effective, interactive, online teacher training that results in teacher retention and satisfaction.

Objective 2: Develop and Disseminate Classroom Implementable Products All participating teachers will develop three standards-based products for

each of their eight course units. These classroom implementable products will score at least a 2.5 on the rubric and will be shared online.

Objective 3: Articulated Standards-based Engineering Technology Pathway Create an articulated standards-based engineering technology course series

that informs, motivates, and prepares middle and high school students for progressively more sophisticated competencies.

Project Partners Bismarck Public Schools (fiscal agent,

implementation) Valley City State (curriculum and teacher

training) Bismarck State College (curriculum, support) ND Department of Career and Technical

Education (curriculum and support)

Project Overview This project is developing a curricula and an implementation model

that has provided in increased ability and fostered the pursuit of higher education in the field of engineering. The curricula and model is resulting in middle and high school students applying critical math, science, and technology knowledge while they plan, design, test, revise, and implement engineering activities.

The value added product, as a result of this project, is standards-based units of study at the 7-12 level and an articulated pathway for learners to successfully transition to two-year engineering technician programs. The units of study are assembled into two separate curricula for the middle and high school levels and a model implementation plan. 

ETP Websitehttp://www.ndetp.com/

The Model Research-based curriculum

Standards-based and interdisciplinary Comprehensive pathway and articulation plan

(K-14) Instructional model

Unit design Instructional strategies

Courses TECH 665: Innovation and Engineering Design (middle

school) Course prepares prospective teachers to teach a middle school

course emphasizing engineering design activities to understand how criteria, constraints, and processes affect designs. Brainstorming, visualizing, modeling, constructing, testing and refining designs will be studied.

TECH 660: Design for Engineering (high school) Course provides an orientation and exposure to the careers and

challenges of engineering. Major engineering concepts included are modeling, systems, optimization, technology-society interaction, design and ethics.

Online Course Delivery Course is delivered

through Valley City State University www.vcsu.edu

BlackBoard

Create learning content online

Custom learning paths for individuals

Facilitation of communication, participation and collaboration

Evaluation of work Deliver Publisher

content.

Learning Management System (LMS)

Online Course Delivery Valley City State University

Online Course Homepage

Online Course Delivery Unit and Assignment Description

Online Courses Should Be Great!

Right?

Not Always They Can be:

Time consuming Boring Confusing Isolated

What Can Make It Better? The amount of involvement and participation

of online students is based on how the instructor develops, organizes, and facilitates the content.

Images/Diagrams Multimedia Communication

Collaboration tools Video Interactivity

BlackBoard Collaboration Tools Most LMS have limited collaboration tools

built in for students and instructors. Chat room – Basic instant messaging software for

class participants and instructor. Virtual Classroom – This is a simple

collaboration software with whiteboard, shared browser and polling software.

Discussion Board – Static bulletin board system for posting and responding to students and instructors.

Other Collaboration Options Online instruction has numerous options

beyond the Learning Management System. Desktop video conferencing Web collaboration tools Virtual Classrooms Instant Messaging Streaming Video

Desktop Video Conferencing Desktop video conferencing has improved

and now many are absolutely free. NetMeeting/Xmeeting iVisit Marratech Free Skype Ineen And many more….

NetMeeting/Xmeeting Peer to Peer calling

utilities allow users to collaborate via video.

Some applications also allow desktop or application sharing.

iVisit Multi-party

conferencing software allows up to 16 users to video and audio conference

Desktop sharing and whiteboard options.

Marratech Free Multi-party

video/audio conference.

Server software allows for private rooms and up to 5 participants.

Browser share and white board features.

Skype Cross platform peer-

to-peer conference software.

Multiparty calling is also available.

Allows computer users to call land line telephones.

Web Collaboration Tools Free Utilities

Vyew Yugma FREE vRoom DimDim

(alpha)

Pay Utilities WebEx Elluminate Wimba Connect

Professional

Vyew Free online

collaboration utility. Allows presenter to share desktop and applications with participants.

Yugma FREE Downloadable

collaboration software for one to many or many to many conferencing, chat, and desktop sharing.

vROOM Free java based

collaboration utility.

Allows desktop/app. sharing, audio, video, and polling.

Elluminate Virtual Classroom

Software. Allows

desktop/app. sharing, audio, video, and polling.

Horizon Wimba Virtual Classroom

Software. Allows

desktop/app. sharing, audio, video, quizzing, and polling.

WebEx Virtual Classroom

and support software.

Allows desktop/app. sharing, audio, video, training, and meetings.

Instant Messengers Instant messengers can create a wonderful

collaboration environment for online students. Most have presence detection so students can view who is online and chat about coursework or research.

Commercial instant messengers may not be a good idea if they are also used for personal chatting. It could be a distraction.

Instant Messengers Live Messenger Yahoo Messenger AOL Instant Messenger Google Talk Jabber Wildfire

Video Support and Instruction Streaming video is an excellent option for

video. It requires fewer resources from the user

Downloadable Video is another option but often requires long download times

Flash and Shockwave videos/tutorials Multimedia webpages Learning objects

Streamed and Downloadable Video Streaming Services are generally subscription

based and require reasonable fees for access to online videos. Some are free! United Streaming – Discovery Channel

Teacher’s Domain Merlot MIT Open Courseware

Teachers Domain Teachers' Domain is

an online educational service with two related components — collections and courses — that help teachers enhance their students' learning experiences and advance their own teaching skills.

Multimedia Multimedia websites and Flash or Shockwave

tutorials are great for delivering tutorials or instruction on software applications.

Captivate Camtasia Camstudio

Free & Open Source Software Free and open source software can help to

ensure that all students are exchanging information and assignments in a format that is compatible with others.

Open Source software is often cross platform and works as well as commercial competitor software.

The Goal Make your online courses interesting,

challenging, engaging and easy to understand. Higher level of interaction/participation Increased success rate Better retention More fun

NDETP

Questions

D-Link i2eye – DVC 1000

teched.vcsu.edu

Thank You Presentation is available at:

http://www.ndetp.com

Valley City State University

Online Technology Education Program