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IEEE Educational Activities

Major activities and plans

Report to the TISP workshop participants

23 July 2005

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Scope of Responsibility

“The IEEE Educational Activities Board (EAB) shall recommend to the Board of Directors policies on educational matters and implement programs specifically intended to serve and benefit IEEE members in educational pursuits, the engineering and scientific community, and the general public”

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EAB

14 voting members

Main portfolios: Accreditation (US and non-US) Pre-University Education Public Awareness of Engineering Continued Education (including IEEE

Expert Now) Education about Standards Educational requirements for admission

to IEEE Section and Society Outreach Internal affairs: Strategic Planning, N&A

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Major responsibilities

Accreditation

Continued Education

Pre-University Engineering Education

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Accreditation

Continued Education


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Accreditation in the US

IEEE is one of the founding societies of ABET Largest Member Society in ABET

Objectives Maintain educational standards Influence the curriculum Ensure relevance of ECE/CS curricula

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Scope

More than 300 IEEE members are engaged in accreditation on behalf of IEEE

750 programs in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering Technology

220 programs in Computer Science and Information Technology

Partnership with ACM and AIS

Annual expenditures: about $1M

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Some accreditation challenges

Accreditation of multidisciplinary and emerging programs

Mechatronics, Biomedical Engineering, Systems Engineering

Growth rates Computer Engineering, Computer Science, IT

Industry participation

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Accreditation

Continued Education


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Objective

Provide IEEE members with access to high quality continued education opportunities

On line and live courses Quality control Reduced fees

CEU credit and material relevant to renewal of licenses and re-training

IEEE is a recognized CEU provider Section technical activities can provide CEUs to

participants

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Partners in Education

Provides reduced-cost access to peer-reviewed on-line educational programs

Current providers include 17 universities and commercial groups

U. of Washington, Drexel, Stevens, NJIT, SPIE Number of providers will expand from 17 to 50

by the end of 2005

Existing program is under major overhaul Will be re-launched in September 2005

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IEEE Expert Nowhttps://www.monsoon5.com/index.html

A new program at the first stage of distribution In collaboration with Thomson NETg

Timely, high-quality, leading-edge, on-line tutorials

Selected from IEEE Conference tutorials and short courses

The “Best of the Best” were Identified and peer reviewed

By Societies/Councils/ Standards Packaged as 1-hour modules Marketed to corporations Offered at a discount to members

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Continuing Professional EducationIEEE Expert Now

On-line learning modules

1 hour each

Voice over animated graphics

Based on best IEEE Conference Tutorials

Highly engaging/interactive

CEUs available for completion

Can be used for Section C.E. Activities

Available early-mid 2006

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Potential Benefits

Builds a bridge to Industry

Unlocks value of IEEE conference-based intellectual property (IP)

Offers potential of obtaining IEEE Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

Serves the Profession, including IEEE Members and Sections

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Simple and Consistent Graphical User Interface

Takes you to the previous screen

Stops the Audio and Visual

Replays the Audio and Visual of the current screen

Takes you to the next screen

Opens the course hierarchy in a separate window where a search can be performed

• Clean Interface

• Intuitive Navigation

• Convenient Course Map

• Linear Outline for Quick Navigation

Provides a linear view of the course structure

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Template-Driven Course Design

•Systematic Approach to Course Development

•Consistent Learner Experience

•Instructionally sound, objectives-driven content

•All courses developed will share consistent instructional design

•Enhance learning experience

•Development Efficiency

•Defined and repeatable process

•Reduced effort for subject matter expert

•Efficiencies gained reduced cost

Course Objectives:

•Gain an understanding of wireless sensor networks and their various applications.

Course Outcome:

At the conclusion of this course, you should be able to demonstrate an understanding of:

•Signal acquisition and management

•Computing

•Communication

•Power management

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Links to External Resources

Ability to link to external resources, including:

•Web sites

•White papers

•Articles

•PDFs

•Multimedia

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Consistent Look & Feel

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Interactive Animations

•Animations flow with the content, creating a “visual sentence”

•Interactivity keeps the learner engaged

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Demo

• To view a demo go to https://www.monsoon5.com/index.html

Username: elearning Password: ieee Select a Course, by Title: "Real Time Computer Systems with Applications" "Wireless Sensor Networks with Applications" “Reliability Analysis of Computer Based Systems Using Dynamic

Fault Trees” “Effects of Reliability Mechanisms on VLSI Circuit Functionality” “Solid State Lighting” (Parts 1 & 2)

Use the map button and choose “Introduction”

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Accreditation

Continued Education


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What is the Problem?

Flat or declining engineering enrollments in North America, Western Europe, Australia

In the face of strong projected demand

Disappointing performance of youth in Mathematics

Women & minority students conspicuously under-represented

Public perception of engineers/ engineering/ technology is largely misinformed

Resulting in early decisions that block the path of children to Engineering

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BS Degrees Awarded (US)

Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics

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Why should we care?

Our public imperative We are stewards of the profession

The will of the membership

The expectations of Industry

Our size, clout and stature If not us – who?

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What others are doing…

ASME started a new line of services to teachers and engineers in Pre-University education

ACM started CSTA – the Computer Science Teachers Association a membership organization…supports and promotes the teaching of

computer science…by providing opportunities for K-12 teachers and students

ASCE has a new portal and a new magazine for children 8-12

The New York Hall of Science and IBM launched www.TryScience.org

The NSF, Columbia, Cornell and others launched the TeachEngineering Digital Library

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What we used to do…

Until 5-6 years ago, most initiatives… Directed at children Local Many “one-time shots” Almost exclusively in the US Little long-term impact

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Until 5-6 years ago, most initiatives… Directed at children Local Many “one-time shots” Almost exclusively in the US Little long-term impact

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More recently, attempts to have a more sustainable and long-term impact

Activities directed at educators and school systems We are probably better “programmed” to work with educators than

with children

The Deans Summit and other planning meetings Bringing together Deans of Engineering with Deans of Education

Organized multi-association outreach to guidance counselors

The beginning of web presence An opportunity to address large populations

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What we want to do

Increase the propensity of young people worldwide to select Engineering as a career path

Build a sustained public awareness

program, led by IEEE, with broad support of corporations and professional associations

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Key components

A multi-association Center for Pre-University Engineering Education

Institutionalization of IEEE’s Teacher In-service Program

Web portal featuring resources for the guidance counselor community

Develop a prototype TryEngineering.org program

Fund-raising campaign for sustainable support (endowment)

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A Center for Pre-University Engineering Education

The interface between… industry the teacher/counselor community professional associations academia

in all major pre-University engineering education matters

First stop for joint projects

Response to Industry’s guidance in 2004 public awareness discussions

Requires cooperation of associations and teacher/counselor associations

We made several important steps here

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Institutionalize IEEE’s Teacher In-service Program

We plan to increase support for the program and extend its reach

Develop a repository of plans and a coordinated network of volunteers Significant web support

Standardize some of the projects and provide components/devices

Provide follow-up programs and on-line interaction

Pilot project in Region 3 aiming to reach half of the Sections, 1000 educators/year

Will be launched 23 July 2005

If support model is successful we shall export it to other Regions Another US Region in 2006 South Africa and a second country in R8 in 2006

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Portals for students, parents, teachers, and counselors

TryEngineering.org in cooperation with the New York Hall of Science, IBM, and the IEEE Virtual Museum

A portal for guidance counselors (2005:US) http://www.targetmarketing.org/cpceip/index.htm

Modeled after the NRC website for doctoral programs

Allow counselors and students to create searches based on “screens”

“Provide me with all schools with telecommunication engineering programs on the US East Coast that also have a WIE Chapter”

Screens allow “professional” as well as “social” criteria

Participation in Engineeringgirl.com (with ASCE and WBGH)

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Counselor Links

Resources

Societies

Ask an Engineer

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Our partners

The IEEE Foundation

United Engineering Foundation

ASME

ASCE

National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC)

American School Counselor Association (ASCA)

IBM and the New York Hall of Science

National Academy of Engineering

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