The NSF national science, mathematics, engineering, and technology education digital library program

2001 ◽  
Vol 44 (5) ◽  
pp. 83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lee L. Zia
Keyword(s):  
Technology Education ◽  
Digital Library ◽  
Engineering And Technology Education ◽  
Engineering And Technology ◽  
National Science ◽  
Library Program

The NSF NSDL GREEN Digital Library: Green's Functions Research And Education Enhancement Network

2002 ◽  
Vol 760 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura M. Bartolo ◽  
Adam C. Powell ◽  
Gregory M. Shreve ◽  
Vinod K. Tewary
Keyword(s):  
Technology Education ◽  
Digital Library ◽  
Green's Functions ◽  
Materials Science ◽  
Green’S Functions ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology ◽  
Engineering And Technology Education ◽  
Engineering And Technology ◽  
National Science

ABSTRACTGreen's functions are powerful mathematical tools with strong pedagogical value providing not only solutions to difficult problems but also visualization for understanding phenomena. The majority of upper division engineering and materials science students receive very little exposure to Green's functions and the boundary element method. The Green's Functions Research and Education Enhancement Network (GREEN) Digital Library which the authors are developing will, therefore, play an important role in undergraduate and graduate education. The National Science Foundation has launched the National Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology Education Digital Library (NSDL) program to stimulate and sustain continual improvements in the quality of science, mathematics, engineering, and technology education. The NSDL Program is a major digital library initiative and the GREEN Digital Library is a collaboration of the Center for Theoretical and Computational Materials Science of the Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Kent State University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This paper describes the primary components of the GREEN Digital Library, an organized collection of educational materials integrating research, education, and application of Green's functions to serve undergraduate and graduate communities:1. Problem Bank: A bank of available “real-world” problems, introduced by industrial participants.2. Code Bank: Working code for solved Green's functions routines.3. Archive: A list of citations to relevant literature, and published / unpublished works subject to copyright restrictions, with links elsewhere for additional information.4. Teaching Bank: A collection of lecture / course notes from existing university courses, as well as providing a forum for discussion of approaches to teaching this material.

Megatrends in Engineering and Technology Education

2012 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arun Patil ◽  
Henk Eijkman
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Technology Education ◽  
Digital Communication ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Fully Integrated ◽  
Engineering And Technology Education ◽  
Doing Business ◽  
Engineering And Technology ◽  
The World ◽  
Communication Practices

Engineers and technologists increasingly have to confront socio-scientific issues and evolving communication technologies. Digital communication technologies, such as social media, are important drivers for growth and for changes in learning and in professions as well as and doing business. In the 21st century, to be a scientifically literate engineer and technologist means also to possess the communicative imagination. Thus, moving toward a future with more fully integrated social media into the world of knowledge and communication practices will be a challenging process of resolving tensions and dilemmas. This chapter presents an overview of current megatrends in communicative imagination and advanced approaches of various communication technologies in engineering and technology education. The chapter also reflects on the transformative nature of social media.

Hubble's Expanding Universe: a Model for Quality in Technology Infused engineering and Technology Education

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 16-29
Author(s):  
Judith Parker
Keyword(s):  
Learning Communities ◽  
Technology Education ◽  
Milky Way ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
Access To Education ◽  
Expanding Universe ◽  
Milky Way Galaxy ◽  
Expanded Access ◽  
Engineering And Technology Education ◽  
Engineering And Technology

Until Edwin Hubble's discoveries in 1924, astronomers thought that our Milky Way galaxy was the entire universe. Hubble provided a model of a larger universe beyond our galaxy and an expanding universe. Since then the Hubble telescope has allowed us to view galaxies farther and farther away and introduce ideas beyond our comprehension nearly a century ago. This seems an appropriate model for the expanding universe of learning that is provided by technology. Technology has provided us with an expanding view of our individual and collective universe of engineering and technology education. It has provided expanded access to information and increased opportunities for communication. Our learning communities can span our neighborhood, field of interest and the globe. However, just as Hubble's expanded universe brought challenges to astronomy, the expanded access to education comes with challenges in assuring quality.

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