Educational Activities in 2009

Teofilo Ramos

Educational Activities in 2009

Continuing EducationContinuing Education Portal: EAB initiated an effort to strategically focus continuing education across IEEE.As a first step, a portal has been launched that contains an “inventory” of online offerings across IEEE: http://www.ieee.org/web/education/prodev/index.html IEEE Expert Now

Objective is to develop a critical mass of continuing education modules in clusters in key content areas New authors and content partners are being added

EAB is launching a professional certification program in biometricsEAB makes an effort to increase the number of members taking courses through the Education Partners Program2

Educational Activities in 2009

Pre-University EducationExpand our Teacher In-Service Program (TISP) focusing on student branch members

Uruguay, Canada, Ecuador

Find a corporate sponsor for TISPLaunch of TryNano.org – March 2009Add features to TryEngineering.org

Additional languageGames

Develop a volunteer resource site

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Educational Activities in 2009

University Education– Plan an IEEE/IBM sponsored conference focusing on

Systems-oriented Engineering Education, March 2010

– Establish a pilot for a summer school program on emerging technologies

– Identify needs for EAB efforts in India– Develop model curricula in Biometrics and Systems

Engineering– Expand the Technical English Program in Region 8

and Region 9– Develop the new IEEE-HKN Board of Governors upon

merger between IEEE and HKN– Outreach to IFEES 4

Educational Activities in 2009

AccreditationAssist in improving governance of ABET (US)Assist in developing accreditation procedures for programs that use non-traditional delivery methods in ABET (US) Assist English speaking countries in the Caribbean to create their own accrediting body (CACET)Participate in efforts leading to China becoming a provisional member in the Washington Accord Plan a conference on global trends and emerging challenges in accreditation

In Region 8 – to assess the impact of the Bologna Process and new accreditation initiativesIn Region 9 – to develop regional cooperation and address program structure, content and titlesApr 10, 20235

Educational Activities in 2009

Standards Education– Establish and promote an on-line presence

focused on education about standards– http://www.ieee.org/web/education/standards/index.html

– Plan and organize a standards education workshop or conference in late 2009/early 2010

– Develop an IEEE position paper on the role of technical standards in the curriculum of academic programs in engineering, technology, and computing

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Educational Activities in 2009

Women In Engineering– Increase outreach efforts to pre-

university educators and students– Expand the content of the WIE magazine

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