AAEE Newsletter - August 2004
Newsletter of the
Australasian Association
for Engineering Education
August 2004
Contents
2004 Conference!
Catch the Early Bird Rate for the 2004
Conference!
The Australasian Association for Engineering Education and the University of Southern Queensland are pleased to invite you to Toowoomba for the 15th Annual conference for the Australasian Association for Engineering Education and the 10th Australasian Women in Engineering Forum.
register now!
Register for the AaeE Conference before 30th August to catch the early bird rate! The registration brochure can be found on the Conference website: http://www.usq.edu.au/aaee. This site is also easily accessible from the AaeE website: http://www.aaee.com.au.
conference themes
The central theme for this year's conference is the need to create flexible learning environments that empower the learner as they progress through their lifelong educational journey. The increasing emphasis on flexible learning presents new challenges for students, educators, and practitioners and these issues will be explored during the conference. The conference will commence with a welcome reception on Sunday 26th September and concludes with a plenary session on Wednesday 29th September.
draft program
A copy of the draft program has been posted on the Conference website (see above).
participate
At the Conference you will have a unique opportunity to:
· Learn how to respond to diversity by creating flexible learning environments;
· Discern the impact of the new technologies on your teaching environment
· Engage in discussions about innovations in learning and teaching;
· Participate in workshops on a wide range of topics
· Collaborate with people from other universities; and
· Enjoy the company of new and old friends at the social events
post-conference activities
Delegates are encouraged to stay over and participate in the Research Collaboration morning to be held on Thursday 30th September.
The Australian Council of Engineering Deans (ACED) and the Engineering Associate Deans will also be meeting on Thursday 30th September.
Representatives of the College of Environmental Engineers will be launching two important documents during the workshop sessions on Wednesday 29th September:
· A Sustainability Module for first year Environmental Engineering students; and
· A draft of the new guidelines for the design of undergraduate Environmental Engineering programs
They would welcome the participation of Heads and other academic staff from relevant Schools or Departments in these important discussions.
finally
The members of the organising committee look forward to welcoming you to the Conference.
David Dowling
Chair, AAEE 2004 Conference Organising Committee
Annual awards
Each year, the Association recognises excellent achievement in Engineering Education in a number of categories. The awards for 2004 are:
· Excellence in Teaching and Learning in Engineering Education
· Excellence in Curriculum Innovation in Engineering Education
· Excellence in Inclusive Practice in Engineering Education
· Excellence in a Curriculum Team Project in Engineering Education
· New Educator’s Award for Teaching and Learning in Engineering Education
· Excellence in Teaching and Learning in Mechanical / Mechatronic Engineering Education
· Excellence in Teaching and Learning in Industrial / Manufacturing Engineering Education
The award criteria and procedures are described on the website at: http://www.aaee.com.au/award/aaee%20awards%202004.pdf
Please email your award Nomination and supporting evidence to Val Lee at Engineers Australia (VLee@engineersaustralia.org.au) by COB on 20th August 2004.
National Executive
The Annual General Meeting of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education will be held during the Conference at USQ on Tuesday, 28 September 2004, commencing at 1.15pm sharp in room Q501.
Nominations are now being accepted for election to the Executive Committee of AaeE for 2004/5. Nomination forms are available on the website at http://www.aaee.com.au/about/executiv.htm. Elections will take place at the Annual General Meeting. Nominations should be submitted before the conference.
Useful Websites
Thanks to Allison Brown from RMIT (School of Electrical and Computer Engineering) for this excellent list:
Educational Technology
· Chickering and Ehrmann 'Implementing the Seven Principles' http://www.tltgroup.org/programs/seven.html
· Why Bother – Stephen Gilbert Paper – http://www.tltgroup.org/gilbert/whybother.htm
· The Changing Faces of Virtual Education – http://www.col.org/virtualed/index2.htm
· Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Teaching Online – http://www.merlot.org/Home.po
· Agilent Technologies – Educators' Corner – http://www.educatorscorner.com/index.cgi
· Learning Technology – http://lttf.ieee.org/learn_tech/issues/january2001/#18
· Instructional Design Theories – http://www.indiana.edu/~idtheory/home.html
· Teaching Tips – http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/teachtip.htm
· Explorations in Learning and Instruction: The Theory into Practice Database – http://tip.psychology.org/
· Web Teaching – http://www.dartmouth.edu/~webteach/articles/media.html
· The Technology Source – http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=issue&id=165
Engineering Education
· William Wulf – The Urgency of Engineering Education Reform – http://www.nae.edu/nae/naehome.nsf/weblinks/NAEW‑4NHMKV?opendocument
· Taking Stock – A Study of Engineering Education – http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/PPP/takingstock/index.htm
· Richard Felder's Education Papers – http://www.ncsu.edu/felder‑public/Papers/Education_Papers.html
· Engineering the Future – Yale Paper – http://www.ucop.edu/acadaff/yale.html
· Centre for Lifelong Learning and Design – http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~l3d/
· Envisioning a 21st Century Science and Engineering Workforce for the US – http://www.nap.edu/books/0309088569/html/index.html
· Rocky Mountains Institute – Sustainability Papers – http://www.rmi.org/
Future Conferences
Expressions of interest are invited for hosting future conferences. A copy of the guidelines for prospective hosts may be obtained from Wageeh Boles at QUT, w.boles@qut.edu.au.
Contributions
Don’t forget to share your good ideas, conference announcements, book reviews, great websites, etc with other members. Send them to Roger.Hadgraft@RMIT.edu.au for inclusion in the next Newsletter.