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• EdSoc Sponsors Student Conference in Austria
• The Interface: November Issue Online
• Siberia EdSoc Chapter Officials & Mongolia Engineering Leaders Attend Conference
• Jordan: IMCL Conference in April 2007
• Engineering Week in Brazil (supported by EdSoc & IEEE Foundation)
• Saudi Chapter Chair Leads Formation of Persian Gulf Chapters
• The New State University
• Tunisia: Conference on E-Learning in Industrial Electronics
• Republic of South Africa: Engineers Learn How to Teach Teachers
• PODcasting: Learn All About It!
• 2005 IEEE Annual Report Available Online
• IEEE Launches Internet Television
• A Powerful Web-based Presentation Tool
• EdSoc Administrative Committee: San Diego, California USA
| EdSoc & IEEE Foundation Sponsor Student Conference in Austria |
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"...the student's work was well beyond our expectations!" Marcelo Castro, Chair,
EdSoc Student Activity Committee
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Under the direction of Michael Auer and Andreas Pester of the Carinthia Technical Institute
in Austria, a student track was established within the larger
ICL 2006 Conference, which was held in Austria from September 27-29. This track was funded by the Education (EdSoc) and the IEEE Foundation.
The student program provided a track for students from around the globe to share ideas on how education in the computer
technology and engineering fields benefits society. The student
track attendees had the opportunity to interact with 300 professionals from over 50 countries and allow for
further exchange of information between students and professionals on an international level.
John Carroll Stamper (above left), University of North Carolina Charlotte, is presenting his paper entitled:
Automating the Generation of Production Rules for Intelligent Tutoring Systems; Gernot Stampf
(left most photo below) and Bernard Kofler (below, second photo from left) present their paper entitled:
Levitating Object in a Controlled Magnetic Field with 2D-movement. Both students are from the
Carinthia Technical Institute in Austria; In the third photo from the left, from left to right, Marcelo Castro,
Chair, EdSoc Student Activity Committee, poses with Gregor Globacnik, a student at University of Maribor, Slovenia, Matjaz Debevc
student advisor at the University of Maribor, Slovenia and Chair of the IEEE-Slovenia EdSoc Chapter, and
Nejc Vivod a student at the University of
Maribor, Slovenia. The two group photos show a segment of the student audience who attended the student track at the ICL Conference.
| The Interface: November Issue Online |
The Interface is a joint newsletter of the Education Society and the ASEE's Electrical and Computer Engineering Division
| Siberia EdSoc Chapter Officials & Mongolia Engineering Leaders Attend Conference |
| "This was a terrific experience... everyone should attend this conference!"
Natalia Chupakhina, Siberia EdSoc chapter secretary-treasurer |
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In June 2006 Sergei Sitnikov, (above, fourth from the left) the rector of SibSUTIS and IEEE member,
and Natalia Chupakhina (center in photo above), Secretary-Treasurer
of IEEE-Siberia Education Society Chapter, took part in the 8th International
Conference Electronics, Information and Communications (ICEIC 2006) held in Ulan-Batar,
Mongolia. They presented a paper entitled: Adoption of Higher Education in Telecommunications using
Internet Technologies, which was devoted to the organization of Distance Learning; DL courses for
professional development; Virtual university; Cisco local academy with DL program;
Videoconferencing carried out at SibSUTIS. This conference was sponsored by the National University
of Mongolia (MUST). The conference was opened by MUST Vice President Professor Dasjamts (photo below).
In July 2006 IEEE Members of Siberian Section, Education Society Chapter took part in the
7th Annual International Siberian Workshop and Tutorial on Electron Devices and Materials
held in the picturesque place in Altai. The IEEE-Siberia EdSoc chapter organized and conducted a session
entitled: Modern
educational technologies in radioelectronics and telecommunications. Though the
session was “a newcomer," it was a success and attracted much attention by the conference
participants. Thirteen reports were presented at the session. The reports covered the following
topics: Engineering education via the Internet; New technologies of training; Adult
vocation training by means of DL technologies; Virtual laboratories in engineering
education; Electronic manuals in tool-book environment, etc.
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"There are several outstanding conferences in Siberia with lots of local experts presenting their papers."
Boris Krouk, Chair, Siberia EdSoc Chapter |
| Jordan: IMCL Conference in April 2007 |
Paper submission deadline is
15 November 2006.
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The Interactive Mobile and Computer aided Learning Conference
(IMCL) aims to promote the development of Mobile Learning in the Middle East, provide a forum for education and
knowledge transfer, expose students to latest ICT technologies and encourage the study and implementation of mobile
applications in teaching and learning. The conference will also present an opportunity for educators to develop new
skills and to stimulate critical debate on theories, approaches, principles and applications of m-learning, hence
facilitate dialogue, sharing and networking between diverse cultures with regard to the optimal use of emerging
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IMCL 2007 will provide participants with the newest state of the art on portable devices and
their role in university education and potential benefits for learning purposes. Examples of the implementation
by laptops, palmtops, mobile phones, PDA, smart phones, WAPs, GPS and a navigational system, WWW-access via
Bluetooth, WLAN or GPRS will be presented, accompanied by experimentations to demonstrate their coherence and feasibility. The conference will promote Jordan as the e-country of the Middle East and PSUT as an ICT Center of
Excellence.
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| Engineering Week in Brazil (supported by EdSoc & IEEE Foundation) |
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"This was an outstanding event. The IEEE Foundation grant we received was of great assistance."
Hugo Hernandez-Figueroa, South Brazil EdSoc Chapter Chair
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In the photo above, are the organizers of the Engineering Week activities at the University of Sao Paulo's (UNESP)
Bauru campus, from left to right: Dr. Renê Pegoraro, Computer Department UNESP at Bauru, who teaches algorithms
at Computer Science course and conducts research in artificial intelligence and robotics; Dr. Augusto Ronchi
Junior UNESP at Bauru,
who teaches in Mechanical Engineering Department, is coordinator for international cooperation programs of
Engineering School; Dr. Rob Reilly, Chair, EdSoc Chapters Committee; Dr. Wilson Massahiro Yonezawa,
is the Head of the Computer Department at UNESP at Bauru and researches distance learning.
At the University of Campinas (UNICAMP), world renown engineering educator Professor Hugo Hernandez-Figueroa, Chair of
the South
Brazil Chapter and Professor at UNICAMP, with Marcelo Campino Castro, Chair of the EdSoc
Student Activity Committee.
Shown after an Engineering Week event with world renown engineering educator, Professor Hernandez-Figueroa
(above left photo, person in
middle with white shirt), also shown in the photo are (left to right) Alexandre
Silva, José Amilton Mores Junior, Professor Hernandez-Figueroa, Gustavo Moreira Calixto,
Joice Jeronimo and Juliano Brianeze.
In the right most photo above, Dr. José Eduardo C. Castanho, a professor in the
Electrical Engineering Department. He is the Student Branch Counselor of UNESP Bauru, his area of expertise is
in Digital Design, and his major area of interest is computer vision.
| Saudi Chapter Chair Leads Formation of Persian Gulf Chapter |
| "an EdSoc chapter in each of the Gulf countries is our goal, but we shall begin with a
joint Section chapter."
Dr. Bakr Hassan, Chair, Saudi Arabia Chapter
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The Saudi Arabia chapter of the Education Society is very productive. They conduct top quality
technical meetings, and their conferences are first rate. Dr. Bakr Hassan (left), the chapter chair, is
currently working toward organizing the Education Society's efforts in other (Persian) Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
countries. His intention is to form a Joint Section Chapter consisting of the GCC countries. The GCC is composed of Bahrain, Kuwait,
Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
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Currently several EdSoc members in GCC countries have stepped forward and are willing to assist in the development of
a GCC-wide EdSoc chapter, which may later evolve into separate chapters. For more information contact Dr. Bakr Hassan at bakr.hassan@gmail.com.
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The University of Illinois is now getting ready to launch a whole new campus, creating an online
division that could eventually rival the individual campuses in enrollment levels, operating in a very
different environment. The University of Illinois Global Campus would be operated as a separate
for-profit entity, have almost entirely part-time faculty members (and none with tenure), and focus
on a relatively small number of degree programs. To read this story and comments from the field
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| Computer Aided Blended Learning Conference |
| May 7-9, 2007 Florianopolis, Brazil Submission deadline: November 17
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This interdisciplinary conference aims to focus on the exchange of relevant trends and
research results as well as the presentation of practical experiences gained while developing
and testing elements of interactive computer aided learning. Therefore pilot projects,
applications and products will also be welcome.
Click here to view the ICBL's Call For
Papers for this conference.
Topics of interest include:
- Collecting experiences and needs of
Education Institutions in e-Learning
- Organizational frameworks for e-Learning
- E-Learning methods, methodologies,
tools
- Pedagogical and psychological issues
- Technical and theoretical issues
- Remote and virtual laboratories
- Real world experiences
- Pilot projects / Products / Applications
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| Tunisia: Conference on E-Learning in Industrial Electronics |
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The First International Conference on E-Learning
in Industrial Electronics will be held in Hammamet, Tunisia on December 18 - 20, 2006.
The submission deadline for papers is: October 17, 2006.
The purpose of the First International Conference
on E-Learning in Industrial Electronics (ICELIE) is to provide
a forum for presentation and discussion of modern education and electronic learning methods for teaching in the
field of industrial electronics. This conference is co-sponsored by the IEEE Industrial Electronics, the IEEE
Region 8 and the IEEE France Section.
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E-learning & Education Technical Topics:
- Diversity
- Ethics
- Globalization:
- Innovative uses of technology in the classroom Laboratory
experiences
- Partnerships: industry, government, university, international
A special workshop for European degrees in engineering and technologies will be organized. All the above topics
are related and not limited to the following tracks (in a matrix-clustered form):
- Track-1 Power Electronics: power electronic devices and systems, high frequency power converters, digital control of power electronics, energy systems, static variable and harmonic compensations.
- Track-2 Electrical Machines & Drives: small machines, servos and actuators (DC, AC sinusoidal, AC non-sinusoidal), special machines (PM, VR, supraconductors), design-oriented aspects, modelling & simulation, thermal, acoustic noise and vibration aspects, measurements and testing, monitoring and diagnosis, transformers and coils, linear drives and magnetic levitation, inductive energy transfer.
- Track-3 Industrial Informatics: factory communications, flexible manufacturing systems, industrial automation, process automation, CAD/CAM/CAT/CIM, LANs, industrial applications of Internet technologies.
- Track-4 Robotics & Mechatronics: robotics, intelligent sensors, industrial vision, actuators and motion control, autonomous mobile robots, multi-sensor fusion, micro-electro-mechanical systems and integration, electrical vehicles and intelligent transportation, tele-robotics, tele-operated medical applications, tele-operated vehicle, virtual environments, human machine interface, education technology transfer.
- Track-5 Signal Processing & Computational Intelligence: data reduction and signal processing, estimation and identification techniques, industrial applications of neural nets, fuzzy algorithms, evolutionary computing and intelligent systems
- Track-6 Computer & Advanced Control Systems: Advanced control and measurement, non-linear control systems, computer and microprocessor-based control, instrumentation electronics, automotive electronics, application specific ICs, System-on-Chip, reconfigurable systems, embedded systems technologies, integrated systems and processes.
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| Republic of South Africa: Engineers Learn How to Teach Teachers |
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In the photos: (left photo) Professor Tinus Pretorius (left)
Chair, IEEE South African Section assists local teacher; (middle photo) Mr Jan Randewijk (left), Western
Cape Education Department playing an active role in the workshop; (right photo) Ms Penny Vinjevold, National Education Department,
delivers a talk at the workshop.
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Engineers from various disciplines met in Cape Town, South Africa to learn more about how to support mathematics,
science and technology teaching in schools. The engineers attended a training session hosted by the Cape Peninsula University of Technology and the
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). They planned the workshop in co-operation with the SAIEE and the Western Cape Education Department (WCED).
The training session, funded by the IEEE, was held on 4-5 August 2006 at the Victoria & Alfred Hotel at the Waterfront in Cape Town. Strategies for building effective partnerships were discussed with schools and teachers. The IEEE provided lesson plans and materials that can be used in the classroom.
The training session was held under the auspices of IEEE’s
Teacher In-Service Program (TISP) Training for South Africa. TISP assists schools as they implement the new curriculum for Further Education and Training (FET) in schools, which covers Grades 10 to 12. TISP is a proven program that leverages existing engineering skills in the country to assist teachers.
The overall goal of the program is to encourage collaboration between the engineering team and local education departments, to establish in-service training sessions for teachers who are teaching subjects related to engineering in Grades 10 to 12.
Cameron Dugmore, MEC for Education in the Western Cape, said: “This program is an excellent example of how all sectors can cooperate to improve the quality of education in the country and to build the scarce skills we desperately need to grow and share the economy. We are deeply grateful to the engineers taking part in this program, and look forward to working with them as we develop the teaching skills and knowledge of our teachers.”
The workshop attracted about 90 participants, about 30 from education departments and 60 volunteer engineers. Top officials from the national education department and about all provincial education departments were present. Engineers came to understand the challenges that education departments face and showed their commitment to help teachers understand engineering principles and applications so as to equip them with knowledge and lesson plans to teach engineering related subjects.
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In the photos: (left) Mr Viv Crone, President, South
African Institute of Electrical Engineers; (second from left) several attendees work on IEEE-EAB created lesson
plans; (third from left) Professor Nico Beute, Chair of the IEEE South Africa Education Society Chapter speakers to the participants;
(fourth from left) IEEE Vice President for Educational Activities, Professor Moshe Kam speaks to
participants; Director of IEEE-EAB activities, Dr. Douglas Gorham, monitors activities at the TISP workshop |
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According to IEEE South Africa Education Society Chapter Chair Nico Beute (above, middle photo), "the workshop was so successful,
that, as a follow up, similar workshops are held countrywide in September for about 240 teachers."
Engineers will
share their knowledge and practical expertise with teachers, they will provide them with lesson plans, material
and instruments to prepare them to present engineering related lesson plans to their students. The project is
funded by the IEEE, a world-wide USA based engineering society with about 570 South African members and the SAIEE,
the South African Institute of Electrical of Electrical Engineers.
The training session was coordinated in association with the Engineering Council of South Africa, the South African Institution of Mechanical Engineers, the South African Institution of Civil Engineers, the Institute of Professional Engineering Technologists, and the Chamber of Engineering Technology.
For more information contact Dr. Doug Gorham, d.g.gorham@ieee.org, tel (USA) +1 732 562 5483, or Professor Nico
Beute, BeuteN@cput.ac.za, tel (RSA) 021 460-3657. Click the hyperlink for more information about the
IEEE Teacher Inservice Program.
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| PODcasting and much more! |
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Would you like to learn about Wikis, Blogs, Podcasting, and RSS?
Burks Oakley has recorded a series of
four presentations entitled; "Wikis, Blogs, RSS and PODcasting" for the
Education Society. These are PowerPoint presentations with-voice-over. These presentations were produced
using software called Impatica. You can learn more about the Impatica
software at http://www.impatica.com.
These
lectures may be viewed in a web browser on any personal computer.
The only constraint is that you must have a Java-enabled browser. The first presentation will be on Blogs,
the
second presentation is about RSS, the third presentation is about Podcasting, and the fourth
presentation is about Wikis.
To see any or all these presentations, go to the:
Education Society's Web archive.
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| 2005 IEEE Annual Report Available Online |
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“Enabling Innovation: Improving Our World” is the theme of the
2005 IEEE Annual Report.
It is being mailed in early September to corporate, education and government leaders around the world, and to
IEEE volunteers and staff. The
entire report can be viewed online.
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| IEEE Launches Internet Television |
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"IEEE.tv is a next-generation member benefit..." |
IEEE has announced the Beta release of IEEE.tv – an Internet-based broadcasting network that will produce
and deliver prerecorded, special-interest programming for engineers and technologists. A collaborative
effort of IEEE volunteers, members and staff across the organization, the new service will initially be
available only to members only through the myIEEE web
portal, but will expand to provide select content intended for the general public in September.
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According to Pedro Ray, Vice President of IEEE Regional Activities, “IEEE.tv is a next-generation member
benefit that will enable site visitors to view unique video content on a wide range of topics. IEEE.tv will
advance IEEE’s commitment to educating the public on important technology and engineering issues.”
IEEE.tv will feature original IEEE-produced content within a viewer that may in the future serve as a
carrier for non-IEEE productions. The August release includes exclusive programming accessible to members
only. In September, general interest programming including those promoting careers in engineering and
demonstrating new technology in everyday applications will be available to anyone who visits
www.ieee.org/ieeetv. New programs will be added monthly.
David Green, Chair of the IEEE.tv Advisory Group, said IEEE.tv will reflect different aspects of the
IEEE experience. Programs will be categorized into a number of “series” which will include a variety
of different program formats and venues.
“IEEE.tv will dedicate one series to IEEE conference highlights, while another series will consist of
interviews with authors who publish books with IEEE,” explained Green. Additional series will cover
technology and careers, special events such as IEEE president-elect candidate debates and introductions
to new IEEE products.”
“The launch of IEEE.tv is the latest service that adds value to IEEE membership from the convenience of the desktop,” said Ray. In 2005, IEEE launched the members-only web portal “myIEEE,” a one-stop and personalized web area for members to access their benefits and manage their IEEE account. IEEE.tv will be integrated within myIEEE.
Ray also sees IEEE.tv as a natural extension of IEEE’s technical community. “IEEE.tv is member-supported, and will offer programming for the members by the members. It is intended to make broadcasting a vibrant and valuable component of the IEEE experience.”
IEEE.tv was launched as a pilot program in 2005. The initial programming slate and technical usability of IEEE.tv resulted from feedback from members worldwide representing different technology and engineering disciplines.
The IEEE is the world's largest technical professional society. Through its 365,000 members in 150 countries, the society is a leading authority on a wide variety of areas ranging from aerospace systems, computers and telecommunications to biomedical engineering, electric power and consumer electronics. Dedicated to the advancement of technology, the IEEE publishes 30 percent of the world's literature in the electrical and electronics engineering and computer science fields, and has developed more than 900 active industry standards. The organization also sponsors or co-sponsors more than 300 international technical conferences each year.
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| The Teaching Professor Conference |
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The
Teaching Professor newsletter and Magna Publications invite presentation,
panel discussion, and interactive poster session proposals for the
fourth annual Teaching Professor
Conference. The goal of the conference is to produce substantive work upon which teaching professors
can act as change agents for building legitimacy, scholarship, and respect for their roles on campuses
and in society.
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The Teaching Professor
Conference offers seven topical areas, presented as multiple concurrent
sessions and poster sessions for the various roles and concerns of teaching professors. We invite
submissions for 75-minute presentations and panel discussions focusing on the agenda of “Educate.
Engage. Inspire.” Your submission may fall within one of the topical areas listed below; however we
welcome compelling ideas that may not be addressed in these topical areas.
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| See, Hear, Learn: Online Tutorials |
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Atomic Learning provides software training
using a unique just-in-time approach. Our library of thousands of short tutorials on dozens of applications
are focused on answering the common questions anyone may have when learning software.
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We like to call them "atoms of learning" and they are easy to access whenever and where ever you need them. A subscription to Atomic Learning provides you access to all of the tutorials and other valuable educational resources.
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| A Powerful Web-based Presentation Tool |
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Impatica for PowerPoint makes it easy to add narrated business presentations to your web site or e-mail marketing
programs. Now you can deliver fully narrated and animated PowerPoint presentations to essentially any Internet device
without plug-ins and even at normal modem speeds. It is the software of choice for the
EdSoc's Distinguished Lecture Series
presentations.
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| Impatica for PowerPoint simply converts the PowerPoint file into
a compressed format that is optimized for streaming over the Internet. The Impatica file is typically 95%
smaller than the PowerPoint HTML files. Impatica for PowerPoint supports most of the features of
PowerPoint, including text, graphics, transitions, animation effects and, of course, narration.
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For more information, pricing, to view demos of the software, and to download fully functional trial software, go to: Impactica's Web site.
| EdSoc Administrative Committee Meets: San Diego, California USA |
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The Education Society's Administrative Committee will conduct its annual business meeting from 9am to 5pm on 28 October
2006 at the
2006 Frontiers in Education Conference,
which will be held in San Diego, California USA. The draft
agenda for this meeting is available online.
This meeting is open to Education Society members and any other interested parties. Inquiries about this meeting should
be directed to Daniel Litynski the Education Society President.
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