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The Robotic Decathlon: Project-Based Learning Labs and Curriculum Design for an Introductory Robotics Course
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Cappelleri, D. J.; Vitoroulis, N. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2013
This paper presents a series of novel project-based learning labs for an introductory robotics course that are developed into a semester-long Robotic Decathlon. The last three events of the Robotic Decathlon are used as three final one-week-long project tasks; these replace a previous course project that was a semester-long robotics competition.…
Descriptors: Robotics, Introductory Courses, Student Projects, Active Learning
Career and Community Studies: An Inclusive Liberal Arts Programme for Youth with Intellectual Disabilities
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Blumberg, Richard; Carroll, Stuart; Petroff, Jerry G. – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2008
Post-secondary education for youth with Intellectual Disabilities is an emerging area of research. Although there has been increasing interest and recent programme development in this area, there is little research that explores benefits of liberal learning for these students. This paper describes the experiences of three college faculty who…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Liberal Arts, College Faculty, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities)
Sleeping with the Enemy: Making Outcomes Assessment Work in the Classroom.
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Schueler, Paul – 1994
In 1991, the New Jersey Board of Higher Education's College Outcomes Evaluation Program (COEP) was canceled due to lack of state funding. Despite the cancellation, 17 community colleges formed the New Jersey County College Project on General Education to develop goals, objectives, and assessment criteria for general education. The Project grounds…
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Outcomes Assessment, College Planning, Community Colleges