This paper presents information about technological literacy classes (TLCs) for liberal arts majors, emphasizing an engineering‐based approach with a strong hands‐on component. Engineering‐based TLCs can increase technological literacy for liberal arts students and benefit engineering and engineering technology (ET) programs at the same time. The central goal of this paper is to provide resources for engineering and ET faculty interested in developing TLCs, including a summary of successful teaching strategies, an annotated bibliography, and a discussion of differing approaches to technological literacy. The paper proposes a working definition for technological literacy (drawing on “cultural literacy” (Hirsch)). A survey of technological literacy covers C. P. Snow's The Two Cultures, the New Liberal Arts (NLA) Program, and the Science/Technology/Society (STS) movement. The paper suggests formation of an ASEE group to specifically address technological literacy as a liberal art.
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DISCLAIMERThis document was prepared as an account of work sponsored by the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor The Regents of the University of California, nor any of their employees, makes any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefu]ness of a,ny information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by its trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof, or The Regents of the University of California. The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof or The Regents of the University of California and shall not be used for advertising or product endorsement purposes.This report has been reproduced directly from the best available copy. .. AbstractThe window industry's commercialization of low-emissivity coatings and lowconductivity gas-filling over the past few years has helped to drastically reduce heat transfer rates through the glazedareas of windows. However, few changes have taken place in the design and construction of window frames and edges, leaving these elements to account for most of the heat transfer through today's state-of-theart windows. This paper presents design and material requirements for the manufacture of low-conductivity window frames obtained through the use of finite element computer modeling. Such frames will compliment and not degrade today's most energy-efficient insulated glass units.
The Engineering Technology (ET) department at UNC Charlotte began offering the first two years of its BSET curriculum in the fall semester 2004, having previously been exclusively a "two plus two" program. Although much of the first two years includes basic studies in English, math, and physics, the department has chosen to teach its own freshman level class in computer competency.
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