Work in progress - an empirical study of virtual dissection and student engagement

Author

Paretti, Marie C. ; Li, Yanfeng ; McNair, Lisa D. ; Moore-Russo, Deborah ; Terpenny, Janis

Author_Institution

Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

fYear

2008

fDate

22-25 Oct. 2008

Abstract

This paper reports preliminary results from a study of physical and virtual dissection activities. Nine universities are developing virtual dissection tools to supplement and/or replace physical dissections. Student engagement was measured using the Situational Intrinsic Motivational Scale (SIMS). We describe the assessment methodology and preliminary findings. The results highlight the role virtual dissection can play in engaging students in engineering.

Keywords

computer aided instruction; engineering education; product design; work in progress; physical dissection activities; situational intrinsic motivational scale; student engagement; undergraduate engineering education; virtual dissection; work in progress; Collaborative tools; Current measurement; Design engineering; Educational institutions; Engineering education; Engineering students; Humans; Laboratories; Online Communities/Technical Collaboration; Product design; Product dissection; cyberinfrastructure; motivation; student engagement; virtual dissection;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference, 2008. FIE 2008. 38th Annual

Conference_Location

Saratoga Springs, NY

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1969-2

Electronic_ISBN

0190-5848

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.2008.4720314

Filename

4720314