Robotics and Problem-Based Learning in STEM Formal Educational Environments

Grandgenett, Neal; Ostler, Elliott; Topp, Neal; Goeman, Robert

doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-0182-6.ch005

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“…These surveys were validated for the project and derived from previous NSF projects associated with members of the Automate team (Grandgenett, Thiele, Pensabene, McPeak, 2015;Grandgenett, Ostler, Topp, Goeman, 2012). Each feedback survey has ten or more questions associated with formative input.…”

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Building Automation and the Contextualization of Information Technology: The Journey of a Midwestern Community College in the U.S.

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Perry²,

Pensabene³

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The buildings in which people work, live, and spend their leisure time are increasingly embedded with sophisticated information technology (IT). This article describes the approach of Metropolitan Community College (MCC) in Omaha, Nebraska of the United States to provide an occupational context to some of their IT coursework by organizing IT instruction around the context of building automation systems (BAS). This contextualization allows IT students not only to study IT as a standalone discipline but also to study its integrated use within a specific occupational context. The article also describes MCC's focused curriculum design efforts funded by the National Science Foundation's Advanced Technological Education program. These efforts toward BAS-contextualization of the IT curriculum have become a catalyst for systematic contextualization of IT instruction at MCC and support the institution's broader efforts to become a national model in IT instruction and interdisciplinary engagement within the United States. The research-based approach, activities, and outcomes of this project are all described here, as well as the lessons learned by one community college seeking to make their IT program increasingly relevant to their students and the IT workforce of today.

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Building Automation and the Contextualization of Information Technology: The Journey of a Midwestern Community College in the U.S.

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Pensabene³

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“…Throughout this study, we used assessment instruments such as interviews, focus groups, surveys, and transcribed audio recordings of the individual interviews. These assessment instruments were based on ones that had been previously used, validated, and modified in several National Science Foundation science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education projects facilitated in Nebraska (Barker, Nugent, & Grandgenett, 2013;Grandgenett, Ostler, Topp, & Goeman, 2012;Nugent, Barker, Grandgenett, & Welch, 2016) and that were familiar to the educational research specialist on the team. All assessments and other materials collected from participants were also approved under University of Nebraska Medical Center/UNO Institutional Review Board No.…”

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Genuine Faculty-Mentored Research Experiences for In-Service Science Teachers: Increases in Science Knowledge, Perception, and Confidence Levels

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Journal of Science Teacher Education

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“…2008) and VEX (Das Shuvra et.al. 2010, Ruzzenente 2012) at levels from K1-12 (Grandgenett 2012) to undergraduate programs, and (Sébastien 2001) we have seen the value of PBL when used with Robotics. In these examples, many of the project learning activities are centered around competitive goals.…”

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Project Based Learning Using the Robotic Operating System (ROS) for Undergraduate Research Applications

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Forsyth²,

Korpela³

2017 ASEE Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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received his PhD from Johns Hopkins University in 1990 in Mechanical Engineering. His Thesis and initial work was on underwater explosion bubble dynamics and ship and submarine whipping. After graduation he took a position with the US Army where he has been ever since. For the first decade with the Army he worked on notable programs to include the M829A1 and A2 that were first of a kind composite saboted munition. His travels have taken him to Los Alamos where he worked on modeling the transient dynamic attributes of Kinetic Energy munitions during initial launch. Afterwards he was selected for the exchange scientist program and spent a summer working for DASA Aerospace in Wedel, Germany 1993. His initial research also made a major contribution to the M1A1 barrel reshape initiative that began in 1995. Shortly afterwards he was selected for a 1 year appointment to the United States Military Academy West Point where he taught Mathematics. Following these accomplishments he worked on the SADARM fire and forget projectile that was finally used in the second gulf war. Since that time, circa 2002, his studies have focused on unmanned systems both air and ground. His team deployed a bomb finding robot named the LynchBot to Iraq late in 2004 and then again in 2006 deployed about a dozen more improved LynchBots to Iraq. His team also assisted in the deployment of 84 TACMAV systems in 2005. Around that time he volunteered as a science advisor and worked at the Rapid Equipping Force during the summer of 2005 where he was exposed to a number of unmanned systems technologies. His initial group composed of about 6 S&T grew to nearly 30 between 2003 and 2010 as he transitioned from a Branch head to an acting Division Chief.

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Robotics and Problem-Based Learning in STEM Formal Educational Environments

Cited by 6 publications

References 8 publications

Building Automation and the Contextualization of Information Technology: The Journey of a Midwestern Community College in the U.S.

Building Automation and the Contextualization of Information Technology: The Journey of a Midwestern Community College in the U.S.

Genuine Faculty-Mentored Research Experiences for In-Service Science Teachers: Increases in Science Knowledge, Perception, and Confidence Levels

Project Based Learning Using the Robotic Operating System (ROS) for Undergraduate Research Applications

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