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This episode of the Talking Technicians podcast, from the Micro Nano Technology Education Center (MNT-EC), features an interview with Heather, who started the business Hybrid Strategies Incorporated using no-code and low-code tools. Heather talks about the business, being a digital process engineer,...

This paper, by John R. Patton of the Home Depot and Indiana State University, covers the topic of task diminishment in construction work. Task diminishment is described as sub-optimal execution that fails to conform to a task requirement. The paper offers a literature review of the topic, as well as...

This paper, by Richard M. Felder, Hoechst Celanese Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering at North Carolina State University, discusses proven strategies for effective teaching, why most faculty members don't know about them, and ways to change the system to make their use more widespread.  

This 11-page report available through the Building Efficiency for a Sustainable Tomorrow (BEST) National Center website summarizes the findings of an NSF ATE funded project to develop a "commonly understood, scientific means of field testing HVAC system control performance." The project originated...

This page from DeafTEC presents a list of resources on teaching math to deaf students. Resources include Word Problem Analysis Template, ASL/Math Dictionaries, Math signs, Math Concept Description in ASL, Math Lesson in ASL, a best practices at the secondary level presentation, and more

This presentation, provided by the Building Efficiency for a Sustainable Tomorrow (BEST) Center, is from the BEST Center's 2022 Institute and is concerned with with the incorporation of sustainability and energy literacy into technician education. The presenters focus on how sustainability and...

This video presentation discusses virtual reality (VR) as a tool in education, while demonstrating Altspace VR, a social virtual reality application. The presenters include Mark Gill and Alan Srock, who cover topics including the benefits of VR for teaching online classes, the differences between...

This PowerPoint presentation, provided by the National Center for Autonomous Technologies (NCAT), covers teaching in social virtual reality (VR). During this presentation, senior personnel Mark Gill and Alan Srock from St. Cloud State University AHS discussed the immersive collaborative tool of...

These technology lesson plans were developed by master teachers for Thirteen Ed Online, an extension of the Education Broadcasting Corporation. Lesson's range from being appropriate for fifth through twelfth grade learners and are color coded accordingly. Each lesson includes an overview, learning...

This 8-page paper, provided by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, discusses teaching perspective free-hand sketching in engineering design courses. "This paper presents the development of a perspective-based sketching curriculum and the study of how this method compares to more...