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IEEE Technical Activities Volunteer Training Activities in Education
July 2014
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Presentation outline
Educating for and beyond your technical community– Pre-university education
– University education
– Continuing education
How your technical community can benefit– Awards
– Competitions
How you personally can volunteer
Who to contact
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Educating for and beyond your technical community
Education activities differentiated by age group
Pre-university education – targeted at ages 8 – 18
– Focus formal and informal education
– Student and teacher focused
University education– targeted at ages 18+
– Focus course content and awards
Continuing education– Focus on professional development
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Pre-university education
activities typically focused for 8-18 years of age
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Pre-university education - portals
Open-source portals with resources for teachers, students, parents, etc.– TryEngineering.org
– TryComputing.org
– Accreditation.org
– TryNano.org
Typically aimed for age groups 8-18
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tryengineering.org
Lesson PlansOver 100 hands-on class activities
University searchWhere to study engineering
Play Games Play virtual games
In 9 Languages!Including
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trycomputing.org
DiscoverExplore careers using visual cloud tool.
StudyExplore computing degree programs around the world
WorkBrowse computing professional career profiles and computing hero profiles
Participate!
We are looking for career profiles – find someone from your TC
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Pre-university education - TISP - train the teacher
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Pre-university education - TISP
Teacher in-service program
Train Volunteers– IEEE Section / Society / Chapter Members
– Teachers and Instructors
Using approved lesson plans from portal
IEEE members will develop and conduct TISP training sessions with teachers
Teachers use ideas / lessons in classroom
www.ieee.org/teacherinservice
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Get involved – TISP
Get your community involved - Plan a TISP event
Organise a TISP road show
Train local teachers on use of a specific lesson plan
Create a lesson plan based on your technical expertise
Panic! limited time?
Power & energy
Computing
Electronics
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Pre-university education – EPICS
Engineering Projects in Community Service
University and high-school students to work on engineering-related projects for local area humanitarian organizations
The need– Community service organizations need help from those
with technical backgrounds to use technology to deliver their services.
– This encourage young students to pursue engineering study.
www.ieee.org/go/epics-high
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Get involved – typical EPICS projects
Drexel University
Sensor network monitoring river air- & water-quality
The Philadelphia Clean Air Council is developing and disseminating policies for improving air and water quality. The team are creating a sensor network to monitor the air and water quality.
Purdue University
Boiler Green Initiative Wind Turbine
The team are constructing a wind turbine on campus to power recreational lights and educate the community about wind energy and environmental sustainability.
Did you know?
We are still waiting for a group from China to participate – get an EPICS team together
- be the first and benefit your local community
Instructions on how to participate:http://www.ieee.org/education_careers/education/
preuniversity/epics_for_sections.html
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Pre-university informal education - IEEE Low Cost Exhibits
Create low cost museum exhibits for science and technology centers targeted for teachers, parents and students ages 8-18 that can be replicated in museums around the world
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Pre-university informal education - IEEE Spark!
Volunteer
Future editions - Technical communities to propose ideas and help with content generation
Promote competition – ‘Ignite a Spark!’ submit pictures of student outcomes from an activity listed in prior edition. Announced soon, be prepared!
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University education
activities for educators and students
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University education - Standards
Objective: promote use of standards in universities
Education standards eMagazine: – OpenStand
– e-Health Standards
– Communications & Networking Standards
– Focus on Standards Education in China (2012, vol 2, no 2)
– The Smart Grid
Case studies
Practical ideas from professors
http://www.ieee.org/education_careers/education/standards/index.html
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University education - Curriculum guidelines
Objective: share good practice on curriculum
Curriculum Guidelines define what topics should be in specific curriculum
Case studies on how they can be used
Example: The Computer Society has many curricular definitions
Participate - these can be specialized for specific countries / programs and submitted for ‘Recognition’ by the society
http://www.computer.org/portal/web/education/Curricula
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University education - Portal trystandards.org
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Get involved – Standards education
Subject matter experts sought - work to create tutorials and case studies of the application of standards. IEEE honorariums are now available. Contact [email protected]
Grants to undergraduate and graduate students to help with graduate and capstone design projects with an industry standards component ($500US for students, with additional honoraria for faculty mentors).
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University informal education - IBM-IEEE Smarter Planet Challenge
Joint IEEE/IBM competition for current students to develop projects for future students to: – Demonstrate applications of technical, business and legal
principles that solve real-world problems based on IBM’s Smarter Planet Challenge
– Encourages students to work together in multi-disciplinary teams
You’ve still got time!– Application deadline: 1 October 2014
– Judging completed: 15 November 2014
– Awards announced: 1 December 2014
http://www.ieee.org/education_careers/
education/university_programs/
smarterplanetchallenge.html
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Professional education
activities to help enhance your career
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Professional education
Objective: To provide IEEE members and all persons involved in IEEE’s fields of interest with accessible and affordable high quality continuing education products
– IEEE English for Engineering
– IEEE eLearning Library
– Short course training
– Standards Education
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Participate – Training Opportunities
Webinar – ½ to 1 hour presentation focused on your field
Tutorial - is a 1-2 hour presentation focused on your field
Short course - Typically ½ day to 1 day-long on a set topic
Create / curate content for live presentation and/or online– New and emerging trends
– Introduction to state-of-the-art topics
– Innovative approach
From Society/Technical Council-sponsored content
Consider– Events at flagship conferences and workshops
– Content previously presented at sponsored events for new audiences
– Existing online collections of conference tutorial materials
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Competitions & awards
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Competitions and Awards
Why? – Bring visibility to your technical community
– Motive students to learn new technologies / approaches
Enter competitions or create your own
How?– Student or professional teams may demonstrate the use of
technological / practical applications or be given a problem to solve using a specific technology and compete against others in finding best solution
– Participants may produce content (video, poster, etc.) explaining a particular field of interest
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IEEE Education Awards - 10 annually
– Meritorious Achievement Award in – Accreditation Activities
– Continuing Education
– Informal Education
– Standards Education Award
– Professional Development Award for– Employer
– Section
– Society/Council
– Pre-University Educator Award
– Major Educational Innovation Award
– Meritorious Service Citation
Did you know…
In 2009 the IEEE South Africa Section created an Educational Activities committee. That year they won 2 awards!
Plan for 2015 now…
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Volunteering
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Volunteering: case study
Technical conference Co-chair
Volunteered to ‘mark’ a student comp for Computer Society in Region 8
Acted as judge for the international competition
2008 won CS University Educator
Member Computer Society EAB
Voted BoG (2009); VP EAB
Session chair Transforming Engineering Education (2010)
Chair IEEE EAB PECC
Now CS 1st VP (MGA) and Chair IEEE ETCPSC
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How You Can Volunteer
To participate in any of these activities– Identify which type of activity best fits your strengths/field of
interest
– Propose plan for your activity (value, quality of information, etc.)
– Identify which Society/Technical Council, Chapter, Section, Region, Student Branch, or Organizational Unit is appropriate for dissemination of material or further planning of activity
– Contact appropriate Society/Technical Council, Chapter, Section, Region, Student Branch, or Organizational Unit
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Contacts
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Who to Contact
To see how you can help volunteer first determine where your interests or ideas are best suited
Then, for:– Technical Activity contact that Society/Technical Council’s VP
– interests of a specific geographical area, contact Chapter/Section/Region VP of Education or Education Chair
– Activity pertinent to a Student Branch, contact that Student Branch’s Education Chair
– Standards, contact IEEE Standards Association Education Chair
– IEEE Education activity, use contact on web site
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Any questions?