Student Projects Course for Computer Engineering Majors

Institutions of higher education that respond to the economic base in their region will remain competitive and be better positioned to obtain public funds and donor support. In addition to mandated program viability standards based on measures such as graduation rate, individual institutions and state coordinating boards can use ten-year occupational trend data to assess future program viability. We used an occupational demand model to determine whether academic programs can meet projected statewide needs for high demand and high growth occupations. For example, computer engineering, the highest growth rate occupation in Alabama, is projected to have 365 annual average job openings, with 93.6% total growth over ten years. But only 46 computer engineering majors graduate annually from all Alabama institutions of higher education. We recommend using an occupational demand model as a planning tool, decision-making tool, and catalyst for collaborative initiatives.

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Work in progress — Developing an individualized life-long learning plan for junior electrical and Computer Engineering majors

2011 Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE) ◽

10.1109/fie.2011.6142723 ◽

2011 ◽

Author(s):

Michael Elmore ◽

James Constable

Keyword(s):

Computer Engineering ◽

Engineering Majors ◽

Work In Progress ◽

Learning Plan ◽

Life Long Learning

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Designing a New Video Game App as an aid for Introduction to Programming classes that use C Programming Language

Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Higher Education Advances ◽

10.4995/head17.2017.4606 ◽

2017 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Maria Pantoja

Keyword(s):

Video Game ◽

Engineering Students ◽

Performance Testing ◽

First Year ◽

Computer Engineering ◽

Engineering Majors ◽

Game Based Learning ◽

C Programming Language ◽

C Programming ◽

Games For Learning

This paper describes the use and development of a mobile application as an aid for an introduction to programming class in C, for first year engineering students. One of the biggest problems in teaching programming, and in particular in C is the concept of memory allocation and pointers. To help visualizing these concepts we developed an application in the form of a video game that works on both Android and iOS devices. The paper is inspired Digital Game Based Learning (DGBL) pedagogical theory, studying the kind of learning that happens when playing computer and video games, how to use this medium as a tool for learning, and how to design games for learning. Research has shown benefits in using mobile applications to better engage students and help them learn at their own pace and levelWe did some preliminary performance testing on students from two different groups. One group of computer engineering students and another one of non-engineering majors, both groups learning to program, with no previous knowledge of programming, to evaluate the benefits of the application. The results of this test show that there is an improvement in the students understanding in C, and we also noted a very positive attitude of students toward using something as familiar to them as mobile phones to help them understand the material.

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