TY - GEN
T1 - Development of course modules for multidisciplinary STEM education
AU - Spanias, Andreas
AU - Banavar, Mahesh K.
AU - Braun, Henry
AU - Spanias, Photini
AU - Zhang, Yongpeng
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors at ASU are being supported in part by the NSF award 1525716 and the SenSIP center. M.K. Banavar at Clarkson University is supported in part by the NSF DUE award 1525224.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 IEEE.
PY - 2016/11/28
Y1 - 2016/11/28
N2 - Traditional STEM education models in electrical engineering and computer science rely on structured classes, laboratories, and textbooks to transfer key concepts. Even though this process meets most of the ABET objectives, it does not respond well to current workforce needs that require widely accessible programs that will provide a large pool of graduates with STEM backgrounds, analytical and programming skills, critical thinking, and leadership abilities. In this work in progress paper, we describe our efforts to motivate students to pursue studies in STEM areas. We accomplish this by creating and disseminating modules that demonstrate how math and engineering theory enable modern applications such as those embedded in wireless devices.
AB - Traditional STEM education models in electrical engineering and computer science rely on structured classes, laboratories, and textbooks to transfer key concepts. Even though this process meets most of the ABET objectives, it does not respond well to current workforce needs that require widely accessible programs that will provide a large pool of graduates with STEM backgrounds, analytical and programming skills, critical thinking, and leadership abilities. In this work in progress paper, we describe our efforts to motivate students to pursue studies in STEM areas. We accomplish this by creating and disseminating modules that demonstrate how math and engineering theory enable modern applications such as those embedded in wireless devices.
KW - Digital Signal Processing
KW - Mobile learning
KW - Online learning
KW - STEM Education
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U2 - 10.1109/FIE.2016.7757416
DO - 10.1109/FIE.2016.7757416
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85006802474
T3 - Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE
BT - FIE 2016 - Frontiers in Education 2016
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 46th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE 2016
Y2 - 12 October 2016 through 15 October 2016
ER -