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AAEE2015 Conference

Blended Design and Project Based Learning: a future for engineering education

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2:00pm

Registration desk opens Reception area

5:00pm

Welcome Reception Whites's Paddock Bistro

8:00am

Registration desk opens Great Ocean Road Foyer

9:00am

Introduction and Welcome to the Country Great Ocean BallroomAssoc. Prof. Aman Than Oo

9:10am

Conference Opening Great Ocean BallroomProfessor Beverley OliverDeputy Vice-Chancellor (Education)

9:30am

Welcome by Conference Chair Great Ocean BallroomProfessor Guy Littlefair

9:40am

Associate Professor Aman Oo introduces 'Infogram' Great Ocean BallroomAssoc. Prof. Aman Than Oo

9:50am

Keynote address Great Ocean BallroomProf. David Lowe • Mr Geoff Hayes

10:30am

Morning tea Great Ocean Road Foyer

10:50am

| 1A | Design of Final Year Capstone Project Course to Maximise Student Learning Experience and Outcomes Rincon RoomS. Gunalan | 1B | I'll believe it when I see it Winkipop RoomN. Haritos | 1C | Effective Technology for a Calculus Bridge Program: Bringing Education Home Zeally RoomSandra B. | 1D | Design for Dissemination - Development of a Humanitarian Engineering Course for Curriculum Sharing Bells RoomJeremy Smith | 1F | Workshop: Building Collaborations through Storytelling while Revising Mechanics of Materials Curriculum for Implementation Gaming RoomGrace Panther

11:05am

| 1A | Filling in Cultural Awareness Gaps for International Senior Capstone Projects Rincon RoomPhillip Sanger | 1B | Engaging First Year Engineering Design Students with 3D Printers - A Pilot Trial and Evaluation Winkipop RoomDavid Hobbs | 1C | Laboratories transformation Zeally RoomGary | 1D | Lessons Learned from Tangible Curriculum Week Bells RoomProf. Euan Lindsay

11:20am

| 1A | Collaborative learning approach to introduce computational fluid dynamics Rincon RoomEmilie | 1B | Transforming the Communications Engineering Laboratory Education through Remotely Accessible Software Radio Platform Winkipop RoomSumedha | 1C | Student Project Development based on Industry Oriented Learning: Design of a Sustainable Standalone House Zeally RoomT. Qi | 1D | A Study of the understanding and attitudes of the engineering undergraduate toward plagiarism: Can attitudes be modified by in-class instruction? Bells RoomC. Schaller

11:35am

| 1A | Introduction to Needs Analysis for increasing first year engineering students’ ability in conceptual design Rincon RoomA. Drain | 1B | Teaching for Understanding in Engineering Mathematics Winkipop RoomNigel | 1C | Novel Design of a Renewable Energy Remote Laboratory Zeally RoomLiam Lyons | 1D | Humanitarian Engineering - What does it all mean? Bells RoomNick Brown

11:50am

| 1A | Teaching engineering research skills in a flipped classroom Rincon RoomE. Mitchell | 1B | Renewable Energy in the Digital Domain: Authentic Laboratory Learning Activities and Assessment Winkipop RoomSumedha | 1C | Improving Student Satisfaction Improves Learning – A Case Study in the Scholarship of Teaching Zeally RoomNirmal | 1D | A National Sustainable Engineering Challenge: improving engineering curricula across Australia Bells RoomM. Rosano

12:05pm

| 1A | Effectiveness of placement and non-placement work integrated learning in developing students' perceived sense of employability Rincon RoomMargaret J. | 1B | The use of auto-tracking camera in iLectures for effective learning Winkipop RoomFaisal | 1C | Relationship between Learning in the Engineering Laboratory and Student Evaluations Zeally RoomSasha Nikolic | 1D | A modified Gardner’s Multiple Intelligence Model to address employability skills of vocational and engineering students Bells RoomM. Aftabuzzaman

12:15pm

| 1A | Improving Graduate Attributes through Project Based Learing Rincon RoomA. Stojcevski

12:20pm

| 1A | Discussion session Rincon RoomChair: Professor Alex Stojcevski | 1B | Discussion session Winkipop RoomChair: Associate Professor Stuart Palmer | 1C | Discussion session Zeally RoomAssociate Professor Mohammad G. Rasul | 1D | Discussion session Bells RoomChair: Associate Professor Lydia Kavanagh

12:30pm

Lunch Great Ocean Road Foyer

1:30pm

Industry sponsor forum: Smart sparrow Winkipop Room

1:50pm

| 2A | Development of ‘superpracs’ that appeal to both male and female high school students Rincon RoomRebecca Gravina | 2B | Development and Implementation of a Flipped-Classroom Delivery in Engineering Computing and Analysis for First Year Engineering Students Winkipop RoomD. Hastie | 2C | Looking through a glass onion : Assessing the affordances of an augmented reality experimental learning (AuREL) proposal for engineering student online experimentation Zeally RoomGeorge Banky | 2D | Using Reflective Writing and Textual Explanations to Evaluate Students’ Conceptual Knowledge A. Goncher Bells RoomA. Goncher | 2E | Workshop: Toward a Community-Informed Framework Characterizing the Impact of Engineering Education R&D Spring Creek Retreat (or Bells Retreat)M. Borrego and A. Gardner • Jeremi London | 2F | Workshop: Understanding Gender in Teamwork to Increase the Numbers of Women in Engineering Gaming RoomKacey Beddoes • Grace Panther

2:05pm

| 2A | A Multidisciplinary Project to Enhance Workplace Readiness Rincon RoomTrudy Harris | 2B | Engineering Gen Y: An Integrated Approach Winkipop RoomNicholas Tse | 2C | Educator Preferences Regarding the Types of Information Desired to Support Decision Making Regarding Adoption of Remotely-Accessible Engineering Instructional Laboratories Zeally RoomS. Tuttle | 2D | A research agenda for design-based learning in engineering education Bells RoomStuart Palmer

2:20pm

| 2A | Implementation of blended learning strategies in a core civil engineering subject – an experience Rincon RoomS. Shrestha | 2B | A trial flipped classroom implementation for first-year engineering Winkipop RoomGavin Buskes | 2C | Design of Learning Spaces for Engineering Education Zeally RoomDr Paul Collins | 2D | Reconceptualising Engineering Research as Boyer's Four Scholarships Bells RoomL. Mann

2:35pm

| 2A | How do we instill experience into young engineers? The use of posters as a learning tool in engineering project management Rincon RoomF. Hui | 2B | Effects of video tutorials on first year engineering student’s engagement and learning performance Winkipop RoomM. Belkina | 2C | A Comparison and Evaluation of Aeronautical Engineering Learning Outcomes using an Airborne Flight Laboratory and a Flight Simulator Laboratory Zeally RoomR. Lewis | 2D | Reflections on Developing and Implementing an Advanced Engineering Project Management Course Bells RoomD. Thorpe

2:50pm

| 2A | Developing a national approach to eportfolios in Engineering and ICT Rincon RoomJustine Lawson | 2B | Comprehensive Innovation and Practice in Teaching and Learning for the Kind of Signal Courses Winkipop RoomPing | 2C | Guidelines for learning and teaching of final year engineering projects at AQF8 learning outcomes Zeally RoomAssociate Professor Mohammad G. Rasul | 2D | Can simple ideation techniques influence idea generation: comparing results from Australia, Czech Republic, Finland and Russian Federation Bells RoomIouri Belski

3:05pm

| 2A | Outside interests, the engineering student and teamwork Rincon RoomC. Schaller | 2B | From work placement to employability: a whole-of-course framework Winkipop RoomBouchra | 2C | “I could replay the videos”: Evaluating the effectiveness of instructional videos in a threshold concept-based flipped classroom in electronic engineering Zeally RoomJonathan | 2D | Mapping Quantitative Skills (QS) in First-year Engineering for on campus and distance students Bells RoomJanelle Wilkes

3:20pm

| 2A | Discussion session Rincon RoomChair: Dr Prue Howard | 2B | Discussion session Winkipop RoomBen Horan | 2C | Discussion session Zeally RoomChair: Dr L. O'Moore | 2D | Discussion session Bells RoomChair: Dr Surendra Shrestha

3:30pm

Afternoon Tea Great Ocean Road Foyer

3:50pm

| 3A | A Framework for Managing Learning Teams in Engineering Units Rincon RoomKali Prasad Nepal | 3B | A comparison of web and paper based approaches for idea generation Winkipop RoomA. Valentine | 3C | Where (or what) to next for the High School 'PBL' STEM graduate? Zeally RoomA. Hendry | 3D | Perspectives of stakeholders on engineering graduate employability Bells RoomMargaret J.

4:00pm

| 3E | Workshop: Benchmarking Graduate Quantitative Skills in Engineering Spring Creek Retreat (or Bells Retreat)Janelle Wilkes | 3F | Workshop: ePortfolio Basics - How to construct a template for a project-based assessment portfolio using PebblePad Gaming RoomY. Tolentino

4:05pm

| 3A | Providing Automated Formative Feedback in an online learning enrolement Rincon RoomJ. But | 3B | Calculus for Kids: Engaging Primary School Students in Engineering Mathematics Winkipop RoomStephanie | 3C | Enhancing students’ learning experience using peer instruction, tutorial-lecture swapping and Improved Assessment/Feedback techniques Zeally RoomF. Hussain | 3D | Accelerating Higher Degree by Research (HDR) Mechanical Engineers’ academic writing skills: an analysis of the development and outcomes of a novel visual-spatial, physical-tactile, integrated English language... Bells RoomAlison-Jane

4:15pm

| 3A| Tracing software learning and application from formal into informal workplace learning of CAD software Rincon RoomR. Torrens

4:20pm

| 3B | Using classroom response systems to motivate students and improve their learning in a flipped classroom environment Winkipop RoomLucke Alao | 3C | Shifting the Focus. Incorporating knowledge about Aboriginal engineering into main stream content Zeally RoomElyssebeth Leigh | 3D | Comparison of Students’ Learning Style in Engineering Mechanics and Fluid Mechanics courses Bells RoomSaeed Shaeri

4:25pm

| 3A | Residential Schools in a First-Year Undergraduate Engineering Programme Rincon RoomJ. Long

4:35pm

| 3A | Industrial Engagement for Ensuring Engineering Education Standards in Developing Countries Rincon RoomAssociate Professor Mohammad G. Rasul | 3B | Rapid Feedback for Oral Presentations Winkipop RoomD. Shallcross | 3C | Categorising Conceptual Assessments under the Framework of Bloom’s Taxonomy Zeally RoomW. Boles | 3D | Helping Academics manage students with “invisible disabilities” Bells RoomLiza O'Moore

4:50pm

| 3A | A principles-evaluate-discuss model for teaching journal and conference paper writing skills to postgraduate research students Rincon RoomSeth | 3B | Collaborative design using a digital platform in engineering design course Winkipop RoomToh Yen | 3C | Student Experiences of their Academic Transition from TAFE to Higher Education in Engineering Zeally RoomL. Alao | 3D | The Role of Storytelling in the Co-development of Mechanics Course Materials Bells RoomGrace Panther

5:10pm

| 3A | Creative Problem Based Learning Projects for Promoting STEM Rincon RoomJuan Shi | 3C | Does student engagement improve when 1:1 device technologies are used and adapted to cater for individual learning styles during online delivery of engineering courses? A. Firipis Zeally RoomArthur Firipis | 3D | Student Experiences of Threshold Capability Development in an Engineering Unit with Intensive Mode Bells RoomS.Male | 3B | Discussion session Winkipop RoomChair: Associate Professor Laurence Pole

5:20pm

| 3A | Discussion session Rincon RoomChair: Associate Professor Tim Wilkinson | 3C| Discussion session Zeally RoomChair: Dr Prue Howard | 3D | Discussion session Bells RoomDr Paul Collins

8:00am

Registration desk opens Great Ocean Road Foyer

8:45am

Welcome and Housekeeping Great Ocean BallroomAssoc. Prof. Aman Than Oo

8:50am

Industry Plenary Presentation Great Ocean BallroomMr Nino Ficca

9:15am

Keynote Address Great Ocean BallroomAssociate Professor Margaret Jollands • Professor Kerry Reid-Searl

10:00am

Morning tea Great Ocean Road Foyer

10:20am

| 4A | Using a contextualised English support programme to assist international engineering students Rincon RoomShaun Chen | 4B | Project – Based Learning (PBL) in Standard and Distant Mode Postgraduate Engineering Management Course Winkipop RoomHiyam Al-Kilidar | 4C | Students’ approaches to learning through self- and peer assessments Zeally RoomR. Fulcher | 4D | Text analytics visualisation of Course Experience Questionnaire student comment data in science and technology Bells RoomStuart Palmer

10:30am

| 4E | Workshop: Student centred learning approaches to creating humanitarian engineers Spring Creek Retreat (or Bells Retreat)Nick Brown • J. O'Shea • J. Price • Jeremy Smith • A. Stoakley | 4F | Workshop: Reflective Practice in 3 Domains Gaming RoomJuliana Kaya Prpic

10:35am

| 4A | Implementation of an Embedded Project-Based Learning Approach in an Undergraduate Heat Transfer Course Rincon RoomP. Woodfield | 4B | An Exploration of the current use of Tabletpcs within the School of Engineering and Technology at CQUniversity Winkipop RoomAntony Dekkers | 4C | Distributed Constructionism in Engineering Tutorials Zeally RoomChris Browne | 4D | (How) Do Professors Think About Gender When Designing PBL Experiences? Bells RoomGrace Panther

10:50am

| 4A | Implementing engagement-based teaching in engineering research courses Rincon RoomFrancesca Maclean | 4B | Effectiveness of using a classroom response system in enhancing classroom interactivity and students' learning Winkipop RoomJ. Hossain | 4C | A Systematic Assessment Strategy for Grading Student Answers Zeally RoomS. Sathiakumar | 4D | Why are students choosing STEM and when do they make their choice? Bells RoomL. Dawes

11:05am

| 4A | The CSU Engineering Model Rincon RoomJim Morgan | 4B | High Definition Multi-View Video Guidance for Self-Directed Learning and More Effective Engineering Laboratories Winkipop RoomRay Eaton | 4C | Relationships between Civil Engineering Students’ Learning Approaches and their Perception of Curriculum and Teaching Quality Zeally RoomKali Prasad Nepal | 4D | A Template for Change - Demonstrating how reforms in engineering education can be delivered successfully Bells RoomKeith Robinson

11:20am

| 4A | Collabor8: (Re-)Engaging female secondary cohorts in STEM subjects Rincon RoomBronwyn Holland | 4C | Gap Analysis in Concept Understanding Zeally RoomRavi Prakash Gorthi | 4D | Success at tertiary level – analysis of factors that impact on improved performance Bells RoomT. Wilkinson | 4B | Discussion session Winkipop RoomAssociate Professor Michele Rosano

11:35am

| 4A | Making the Change to PBL: what it takes Rincon RoomW. Wan Muhd Zin | 4D | Assessing Engineering Disciplines with Expected Success for Females in Saudi Arabia Bells RoomChair: Dr Tim Aubrey

11:50am

| 4A | Discussion session Rincon RoomChair: Dr George Banky | 4C | Discussion session Zeally RoomChair: Assoc Prof Mathew Joordens

12:00pm

Lunch Great Ocean Road Foyer

12:30pm

AGM Rincon RoomAAEE Association

1:30pm

| 5A | First-Year Student Engineers Experience Authentic Practice with Industry Engagement Rincon RoomSaiied Aminossadati | 5B | Videoconferencing for teaching and learning using highly interactive pedagogy Winkipop RoomG. Moore | 5C | Learning beyond the curriculum: Academics’ perspectives on ICT student employability skillsorning tea Zeally RoomAssociate Professor Margaret Jollands | 5D | Improving Links between Mathematics and Engineering: Digging Beneath the Topics Bells RoomSally Male | 5E | Workshop: Shifting Perspectives - Changing direction. Integrating Aboriginal Engineering into modern engineering curricula Spring Creek Retreat (or Bells Retreat)Elyssebeth Leigh | 5F | Workshop: PPIR: Introducing Professional Performance to Engineering Students Gaming RoomAshley Brinson • J. Nurse

1:45pm

| 5A | Debate Activity as an Effective Interactive Learning Approach for Civil Engineering Students Rincon RoomL. Ho | 5B | Factors Affecting Deep Learning of Engineering Students Winkipop RoomA. Karim | 5C | Student perspectives on supporting portfolio assessment in project-based learning Zeally RoomBenjamin Taylor | 5D | Educational Utilities of Virtual Laboratories for Engineering Education Bells RoomA. Altalbe

2:00pm

| 5A | Volunteering for success: strategic design and implementation of the Icarus Program Rincon RoomJoseph Gattas | 5B | 2D versus 3D Collaborative Online Spaces for Student Team Meetings: Comparing a Web Conferencing Environment and a Video-Augmented Virtual World Winkipop RoomSasha Nikolic | 5C | Australian Primary School Students' Perceptions of Engineering Zeally RoomDuncan Symons | 5D | Research Methodology employed in PBL Facilitation Studies Bells RoomW. Wan Muhd Zin

2:15pm

| 5A | Abstract concepts made real: A pilot study examining pedagogical approaches in thermodynamics tutorials Rincon RoomBianca Capra | 5C | The case study of failure analysis of engineering components: Effects on students’ employable skills, conceptual understanding, and perception Zeally RoomEyitayo Olatunde | 5D | The Beginning of a Scholarly Conversation on Impact in Engineering Education: A Synthesis of the Three Major Difficulties Associated with Studying Research Impact Bells RoomJeremi London | 5B | Discussion session Winkipop RoomProf. David Lowe

2:30pm

| 5A | TRIZ Evolutionary Approach in Engineering Education Rincon RoomVictor Berdonosov | 5C | The Pedagogical Content Knowledge Involved in Teaching for Student-centred Learning in Engineering Zeally RoomHannah Jolly

2:45pm

| 5A | Students Perspectives on Design Based Learning in Undergraduate Engineering Studies Zeally RoomSiva Chandrasekaran | 5A | Quick Start to First Year Student Motivation and Better Employability Rincon RoomP. Radcliffe | 5C | Discussion session Zeally RoomBen Horan | 5D | Discussion session Bells RoomDr Llewellyn Mann

3:00pm

| 5A | Discussion session Rincon RoomChair: Dr Tim Aubrey

3:10pm

Afternoon Tea Great Ocean Road Foyer

3:30pm

| 6C | Workshop: Exploring Questions of Sequence in Engineering Curricula Zeally RoomH. Tilstra and R. Hadcraft | 6D | Workshop: RALfie – Remote Access Laboratories for Fun, Innovation and Education Bells RoomAlexander Kist | 6E | Workshop: How to prevent and mitigate gender inequity in engineering disciplines Spring Creek Retreat (or Bells Retreat)P. Ekambaram | 6F | Workshop: Engineering Pathways for Regional Australia Gaming RoomM. Symes and P. Doe

4:30pm

5:45pm

Bus to conference dinner Reception

6:00pm

Conference Dinner at The Pier The Pier

10:00pm

Bus return to hotels TBA

8:45am

Bus to CADET TBA

9:00am

Registration desk opens CADET (KE) Foyer

9:30am

Welcome and Housekeeping CADET (KE) Lecture TheatreAssoc. Prof. Aman Than Oo

9:35am

Launch AAEE website and AAJE CADET (KE) Lecture Theatre

9:45am

Keynote Address CADET (KE) Lecture TheatreChair: Assoc Prof Fae Martin • Dr David Baglee

10:30am

Morning tea CADET (KE) Foyer Tours: High Voltage Lab High Voltage Lab Tours: Virtual Reality Lab Virtual Reality Lab

11:00am

| 1 | Masterclass: Flipped Classrooms (CADET) KE2.102L. Kavanagh and C. Reidsema | 2 | Masterclass: CDIO in the Australian and New Zealand Context KE2.202Duncan Campbell A Panel of Dangerous Ideas CADET (KE) Lecture TheatreProf. Euan Lindsay • Prof. David Lowe • Prof. Beverley Oliver

12:30pm

Closing Ceremony and Handover 2016 CADET (KE) Lecture Theatre

1:00pm

Lunch CADET (KE) Foyer

1:30pm

Buses return to hotels/Geelong Train Station CADET (KE) Foyer

3:00pm

Free time/Golf RACV RECEPTION