At the conclusion of this portion of the course you should be able to

The new dimensions in education are calling for a change in the methodology of instructions and learning. Terms such as critical thinking, just in time learning, learning to learn (to name a few) are being used in a continuous basis among educators. Accreditation associations such as ABET are asking for more engagement of students in the learning process, team work and creative thinking. Students that are able to contribute to the global economy and be productive after graduation are those who are problem solvers, team players, quick learners, can communicate and are able to take the initiative on there own and continue on learning new skills that can contribute to the working environment.

The facilitator of this course has developed notes in such a way to engage students in the learning process. The instructors will do very little, if any, lecturing in the traditional sense. You will do most of the teaching, your teacher will act as a facilitator rather than as a dispenser of knowledge. You will be required to interact constantly, in a productive way with classmates, doing much of the work in teams. You will be an active participant rather than a passive observer and note-taker. You will be expected to think critically at all times. Since participation is a requirement of cooperation, attendance at class is vital in this course. Reading a book can never substitute the actual experience of working in a team.

The facilitators have divided the material into several lessons. Each lesson will start by stating the objective of each lesson. By the end of the lesson you should assess yourself and your team members if you have grasped the objectives of that lesson. Learning Pro/E is like learning any other software is similar to language learning. You will need to know the alphabets (How the software is structured), vocabulary (Commands) and grammar (Sequence).

A world wide web page has been designed for the course. You will be able to access the page from any computer that has web capability on it. The course home page address is http://ci.acns.fsu.edu/EML3002C-01.fa99. The course lecture previews, homework assignment, announcements, email for help and other stuff will be provided in the course web page.

Homework assignment consists of two parts; individual homepage and team homework. One part is for each individual student to submit and the other part is a team assignment.

In the individual homework, students are expected to work separately on the assigned homework. Any attempt of copying homework will lead to violation to the Academic Honor code. Late homework will not be accepted.

In the team homework, the instructor will assign the groups. If a student's name appears on a solution set, it certifies that he/she has participated in solving the problems. Students whose names do not appear on a solution set will receive zeros. No individual homework of the team assignments will be accepted.

Each week students are expected to change teams. Teams will consist of a maximum of three students. You cannot work with the same people two consecutive weeks. The team homework will require the three students' participation. The team should share and distribute responsibility. Each group should designate a coordinator, a recorder and a checker. The coordinator is responsible of making sure that everyone understands who is supposed to be doing what and monitors, records and turns in with the assignment a statement of what the group did well and what (if anything) needs improvements. The recorder prepares the final solution and the checker, checks the final solution for correctness and verifies that everyone in the group understands all the solutions.

Each student is required to maintain a notebook (electronic is recommended) to record events that occurs in the class including individual homework, team assignments, or assignment that are conducted during the class time. The notebook should have an organized table of content that will be formed as a log book record with dates and activities. You should record in your journal the names of the group members that participated with you in the activity, the activity and the solution for that activity. The journals will be collected at the end of the semester. Students who do not keep a neat journal with all activities will be panelized by deducting 10 points from their final grade.

Students will be required to finish a ProE project at the end of the semester. This project will be an individual project. The project is to develop a ProE design sketches and perform some parameter analysis on the stirling engine. Details will be given during the course. Project development will be a major contribution to the student's final grade.

Individual Homework 25%

Team Assignment 25%

Project 40%

Final Exam 10%

90-100 A 80-89 B 70-79 C

60-69 D 0-59 F