ICALT 2006—July 4-7, 2006 Kerkrade, The Netherlands
—International Conference on Advanced Learning Technology — Deadline February 4
ITHET 2006, July 10-13, 2006 in
Australia - IT-based higher education & training - abstract deadline 17 January 2006
ICEE 2006 July 23-28 in San Juan, Puerto Rico USA - state of the art advances
in education and research.
FIE 2006
Call For Papers in San Diego, Calif. USA October 28-31, 2006. Abstract deadline: January 16, 2006
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| Nominate Someone for an IEEE Award |
Many organizations units within the IEEE have award programs. We should all make every effort to identify to acknowledge our colleagues who provide distinguished
service to IEEE and to the community.
Other IEEE awards:
the RAB Awards page
the EdSoc Awards page
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| Send digital photos to Editor |
I would like to include digital photos of EdSoc members in-action in this publication. Send digital photos and information about the photo to me—
Rob Reilly (r.reilly@ieee.org).
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The deadline for IEEE Fellow nominations is March 1st. This is a hard deadline. Refer to the
Society's Awards Web page
IMCL 2006 April 19-21 in Amman, Jordan mobile technology in education focus
eit2006 East Lansing, Michigan USA May 7-10 2006 electro & information technology
EE 2006, Liverpool, England UK July 2006 focuses on
teaching engineering & policy in higher ed
FIE 2006 will be held in San Diego, California USA from October 28-31, 2006 engineering education focus
WCCSETE—World Congress on Computer Science, Engineering and Technology Education,
March 19-22, 2006 Santos, Brazil
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• Serbia-Montenegro Chapter Meets in Belgrade
• Visit the Education Society's Web site
• Distinguished Lecture Series Online—Wikis, Blogs, RSS and Podcasting
• European Union Program: Joint Master Program in Remote Engineering
• ICECE Conference in Spain—Major Success
• Call For Champions
• Editors of the Transactions and The Interface End Their Terms of Service
• Transactions CFP: Virtual Laboratories
• IEEE Presidents Come from the Education Society
• Today's Engineer Available Online
• IEEE EAB Honors Penn State University's Philip Laplante
• EdSoc's Financial Status
• Are You An IEEE Senior Member?
• Tau Alpha Pi—Undergrad Honors Organization
• ASEE's Engineering and Education Site
• Administrivia
Education Society Links
Education Society's Home Page
IEEE Transactions on Education
The Interface
News&Notes archive
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| Serbia-Montenegro Chapter Meets in Belgrade |
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On November 28, 2005 in the facilities of the Computing Center of the ETF (Faculty of Electrical Engineering)
in Belgrade, the founding meeting of the
IEEE Serbia and Montenegro (SCG) Chapter of the Education Society was held. The founders of the
Chapter are 12 members of the IEEE Education Society of SCG. Approximately twenty people attended the meeting. |
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in-attendance were: Serbian Vice Minister for Science and Ecology, Mr. Ivan Videnovic; Chapter Vice Chair
Prof. Katic; IEEE Fellow Prof. Milutinovic; Prof. Kolundžija, and Chairs of the seven other IEEE
SCG Chapters. Dean of the ETF, Prof. Kovacevic; Vice Dean for Education, Prof. Protic; and the Student Vice
Dean, Ana Jankovic also participated. |
| Participants at the meeting expressed their opinion that the meeting was exceptionally successful and proposed a
number of initiatives for the Chapter operation. IEEE Education Society SCG Chapter is the 9th in the IEEE SCG Chapters
family.
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During the meeting the first officers were elected: Chapter founder and ETF Belgrade faculty member Dr Vladimir
Petrovic (right; center with light red shirt and red tie) was elected the Chair of
the new Chapter, Dr Vlado Delic (FTN Novi Sad) was elected the Secretary/Treasurer and Vladan Pantovic
M.Sc. (Energoprojekt-InGraf Belgrade) was elected the Vice Chair.
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The meeting included two technical presentations: J. Ðordevic, B. Nikolic, A. Stojkovic, M. Mitrovic:
"The System for Architecture And Computer Organization Distance Learning" and S. Vukosavic: "Educational
Impact of The IEEE Future Energy Challenge Students Competition", both by the authors from ETF Belgrade.
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| Visit the Educations Society's Web site |
www.ieee.org/edsoc
| Every Education Society member should regularly visit the Web site. Our Web site has been built to house as much
information about the Society as possible. The Web site, which is hosted on a IEEE server, is the archive for
The Interface and the News&Notes bulletins. It also provides information about the IEEE Transactions
on Education and there is even a discussion about becoming published in the Transactions by former Editor-in-Chief
Ted Batchman. The Society's online Distinguished Lecturer Program is hosted there and archives of past presentation are
accessible. All Chapter activity is viewable from the Chapters Committee page. Also information about specific
EdSoc Chapters is listed. The Web site is a wealth of information—be sure to visit it soon! |
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| Distinguished Lecture Series Online—Wikis, Blogs, RSS and Podcasting |
| European Union Program: Joint Master Program in Remote Engineering |
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Within a European Union (EU) funded SOCRATES project, IEEE members from Austria, Germany, Ireland, Romania, Slovenia
and Ukraine have developed a Joint European Master Program Remote Engineering (MARE). This project is supported by the
Austrian and Slovenian Chapters of the IEEE Education Society and their chairs, world-renown leader and innovator
Michael E. Auer, Austria, (below left) who is also the MARE
project coordinator and Matjaz Debevc, Slovenia (below right).
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Remote Engineering (or more commonly know as Online Engineering) is one of the future directions for advanced
teleworking/e-working environments especially in engineering and science (economics, informatics) but also in all other
fields of society. In the last two to three years in Europe, a large number of projects in designing and developing
remote and virtual labs have been undertaken. We can see the same trend in other parts of the world. This is related to
the growing technical possibilities of the Internet (bandwidth) and new models of e-learning, distance learning
and e-work. The forerunners in this area are engineering disciplines and natural sciences.
Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation are very future trends in engineering and science.
For a more detailed description of this project see a Word-formated document, or, a
PDF document. Also refer to the MARE Web site.
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| ICECE 2005 Conference in Spain—Major Success |
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ICECE’2005,
International Conference on Engineering and Computer Education, was held in Madrid, Spain
from November 13—16, 2005.
A major success, this conference was held to address the issues that are evolving as Europe is currently experiencing the
construction of a Higher Education Common Space. The topics of
the ICECE 2005 Conference addressed the issues that promote the development of this type of environments. (in photo, from
left: Francisco Arcega, Chair, Membership Committee, Spain Education Society Chapter; Nancy Batchman; conference keynote speaker Ted Batchman, Dean of the School of Engineering, University
of Nevada USA; and, Conference Co-Director Manuel Castro who is also the Chair of the Spain Chapter of the Education Society.
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Do you want to 'champion' a cause? This publication may be your answer! This publication is a very powerful tool by which to communicate with members of the
engineering community. More than just providing some news and interesting tidbits of information, it may be that this
publication can provide a ferry service for islands of excellence. It may be that this publication can gather
engineering professionals together who might not otherwise make-contact with each other!
I would like to offer this forum to anyone who
has a request for collaboration, needs help with a particular program, would like to meet a colleague that may wish to
collaborate on a certain project, would like to develop a program, etc.
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Let me start the Call For Champions going right now! I think that the IEEE (or the Education Society) should
have an IEEE Student Honors Organization. As you will see just below, the
American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) sponsors and excellent National Honor Organization for students (Tau Alpha Pi).
But that organization is USA-centric. We should follow the ASEE's model or propose collaborating with them
to expand their organization. Funding: the IEEE Foundation provides grant funding for programs for such programs,
especially for student-involved programs. Anyone interesting being a 'champion' for this cause? Let me know if you
are.
Also, let me know if you have
an idea of your own that you'd like to 'champion' or make contact with others who would like to join you in 'championing' a cause!
Send email to me, Rob Reilly
(r.reilly@ieee.org) (left) and I should be able to include for Call For Champions. I am not sure what
the parameters for such Calls will be, but I want to start this program and see what develops!
Please make your Calls brief, specific, and to-the-point. Again, send them to me, Rob Reilly
(r.reilly@ieee.org).
| Editors of the Transactions and The Interface End Their Terms of Service |
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The Editor-in-Chief of the
IEEE Transactions on Education, David A. Conner (left), of the
University of Alabama at Birmingham, and, Editor of
The Interface, William Sayle (right) of the Georgia Institute
of Technology, have separately informed Society President, Daniel Litynski, that they wish to bring their
tenures to a close.
Conner has been an outstanding Editor-in-Chief of the
IEEE Transactions on Education
since 2001. A new Transactions Editor-in-Chief is expected to assume office on July 1, 2007.
Sayle has been the Editor
of The Interface for the past
10 years, during which time the publication has shown tremendous profession growth.
Both men have shown extraordinary professionalism, have been top-of-the-line editors, managers, and colleagues. Their successors will have 'large shoes' to
fill!
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| Transactions CFP: Virtual Laboratories |
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The IEEE Transactions on Education, the peer-reviewed journal of the IEEE Education
Society, has announced a Special Issue addressing Virtual Laboratories. The deadline for submission is 2 June 2006.
High quality laboratory experiences enhance the learning of model-based knowledge domain concepts and theories and provide the bridge from concept to practical understanding. However, access to real-world laboratories is limited because of the number of students who need access and the cost of equipment, supplies, and maintenance.
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Virtual laboratories, whether accessed locally or remotely, have the potential to solve this problem. Virtual laboratories provide learning experiences similar to their in-class analogues, can facilitate deep learning in model-based knowledge domains, and can enable learning without most of the overhead inherent in traditional lab experiments. However, virtual labs are not actually real-world experiments in a physical laboratory but are simulations – mathematical models implemented on a computer. Questions often arise with regard to the overall quality of a virtual laboratory experience because of student and faculty perceptions of a virtual experiment, the reality of a virtual experiment not actually being a real experiment, and the perceived difficulty and pace of the virtual simulation compared to its real-world counterpart. The purpose of the Special Issue will be to addresses these concerns.
Authors wishing to contribute to this Special Issue should refer to the Transactions’ Web site at:
www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/es/ToE-manuscript.html for information relative to the scope of Transactions and manuscript preparation.
For complete details, go to Virtual Laboratories Call For Papers.
| IEEE Presidents Come from the Education Society |
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Education Society member, Leah Jamieson, a professor at
Purdue University, has been
elected IEEE President for 2007. Jamieson is only the second woman to be elected as IEEE President. She joins a number of other Education
Society members who have held the IEEE Presidency. Education Society members Michael Lightner (2006), Arthur Winston (2004), and Bruce Eisenstein (1999) have
held this office in recent years. Jamieson states that she: "will bring to the position of President
a deep understanding of the IEEE and record of leadership and service both to the profession and to IEEE. I will be guided
by key principles – value of membership, appreciation for volunteers, value to the profession and to society, sound
financial models – in helping IEEE realize our myriad opportunities."
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| Today's Engineer Available Online |
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IEEE-USA Today's Engineer is a monthly webzine devoted to the issues affecting U.S. IEEE members' careers, such as professionalism, management skills, engineering performance, engineering skills and competencies, product development practices, project management issues, innovation and entrepreneurship, business practices.
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Additionally, Today's Engineer now includes content formerly published in IEEE-USA Policy Perspectives, including articles and commentary on the topics that are shaping legislation, the technology workplace, and the engineering world.
Today's Engineer strives to provide insights into both hemispheres of IEEE-USA's operations — building careers and shaping public policy.
| IEEE EAB Honors Penn State University's Philip Laplante |
Dr. Phillip Laplante has received the IEEE Educational Activities Board (EAB) Meritorious Achievement Award in Continuing
Education. This award recognizes IEEE members for the dedicated contribution to the design, delivery, and support
of continuing education courses and programs in the fields of interest to IEEE members. The award consists of $1000
and a brass and walnut plaque. Specifically Dr. Laplante's EAB award was given: “for ongoing contributions and
innovations in continuing engineering education as a Volunteer to IEEE and as an academic administrator and educator”
Professor Phillip Laplante is Associate Professor of Software
Engineering at Penn State’s Great Valley Graduate Center. In this capacity he conducts research, and teaches
graduate courses in Software and Computer Engineering, Information Technology, and Technical Project Management.
He also serves as the Chief Technology Officer for the Eastern Technology Council and founded and leads its CIO
community of practice, the CIO Institute.
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| CFP: ITHET 2006 in Sydney, Australia |
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10-13 July in Sydney, Australia |
ITHET 2006 Seventh Annual Conference will bring together people from higher education and industry to explore responses in higher education and training to the convergence of current technologies and the accompanying transformation in how we communicate and access information. The power and sophistication of communication and information technologies continues to grow rapidly even as they become cheaper and faster.
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Society Treasurer, James Sluss from the University
of Oklahoma, reports that: "As
we approach the end of the year, the Society is performing well against
the 2005 budget. The Education Society is on a solid
financial footing with a current net worth of approximately US$565k.
Our major sources of income are: a. the IEEE Transactions on
Education, and, b. publications from the Meetings and Conferences that we
co-sponsor. Our major expenses are publications-related and
administrative expenses that support IEEE headquarters activities.
Looking ahead to the 2006 budget, our projected income is US$470k and
projected expenses total US$394k.
In photo: left, Society President, Dan Litynski and, right, Society Treasurer James Sluss.
View the most recent
balance sheet. |
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| Are You an IEEE Senior Member? |
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"And why not? Many members do not understand the requirements for and benefits of becoming a Senior
Member. Contrary to popular opinion, a Nobel Prize in Physics, 40 years of experience, and a Ph.D. in Electrical
Engineering are not prerequisites for becoming a Senior Member! Senior Membership confers benefits not
only on the member but on his [or her] Section as well...
apply now! For details on becoming a Senior Member, visit the
IEEE Senior Member Program page."
(Connecticut IEEE Section's home page, 2003).
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| If you are interested in pursuing this, you should start in your local chapter or section, or contact people you 'know' from
conferences as you will need to have 3 references from IEEE members who know you personally.
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| Tau Alpha Pi—Undergrad Honors Organization |
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Do you have undergrad students that qualify? |
Tau Alpha Pi of the ASEE is a USA national honor society for engineering technology, just as Phi Beta Kappa is for liberal arts and Tau Beta Pi is for engineering. Founded in 1953 and managed for more than 30 years by engineering technology educator Frederick J. Berger, Tau Alpha Pi is open to both associate-degree and baccalaureate candidates.
Tau Alpha Pi membership is open to top-performing associate-degree and baccalaureate students in engineering technology programs. Only the highest 4 percent of an institution's total engineering technology enrollment in a given academic term may be elected members. Each chapter may have further requirements such as minimum grade point averages and minimum length of enrollment restrictions. Once elected to membership, students receive an honorary certificate of induction and a Tau Alpha Pi key. The membership fee is $35.
| ASEE's Engineering and Education Site |
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Regular users of the EngineeringK12 Center’s outreach program database
will now find the collection of K-12 and pre-college engineering, math,
science, and technology programs easier to use and convenient to
update. By simply registering with the database, outreach program
providers will now have access to the new user interface, allowing them
to add, edit, and manage listings at anytime. This feature will ensure
that the most current information on engineering outreach programs is
available to database searchers.
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| This publication is a service of the IEEE Education Society. If you would like an item placed in News & Notes, send it to:
Rob Reilly, Editor (r.reilly@ieee.org).
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A special thank you to Martin Llamas-Nistal (Spain) and Burks Oakley II (USA) who serve as the Review Board for the
News&Notes bulletin.
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