Transcript The IEEE Educational Activities Board 16 June 2007 Meeting Philadelphia, PA Informal meeting/Caucus.

The IEEE Educational
Activities Board
16 June 2007 Meeting
Philadelphia, PA
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Informal meeting/Caucus
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EAB’s Mandate
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The IEEE Educational Activities Board
(EAB) shall…
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Recommend to the Board of Directors policies
on educational matters
Implement programs specifically intended to
serve and benefit IEEE members in
educational pursuits
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And the engineering and scientific community, and
the general public.
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EAB’s programs
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Broad planning of educational activities of the
IEEE
Development and delivery of continuing
education products and activities
Development of guidelines for the IEEE
representatives to accreditation bodies
Monitoring of accreditation activities
Coordination of pre-university programs
Representation of the IEEE in matters regarding
engineering education
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EAB’s Mandate
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The EAB shall be the IEEE interface in
education-related matters with external
bodies
EAB shall be responsible for
administration of the annual assessment
paid to ABET, Inc.
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2007 Membership
Chair
Vice Chair/N&A
Strategic Planning
Section Outreach
Society Outreach
Continuing Education
Pre-university
Education
Accreditation Council
Moshe Kam
Jim Tien
Eleanor Baum
Anu Gokhale
Ken Yang
Roger Sudbury
Arthur Winston
David Baker
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2007 Membership
RA/ Global
Accreditation
Public Awareness
Finance
Technical Activities
Technical Activities
Regional Activities
Continuing Education
Educational Outreach
Jose Antonio de la O
Amy Bell
David Hodges
Andrew Blanchard
Stuart Long
S.K. Ramesh
Roger Sudbury
Douglas Gorham
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Representatives and Liaisons
ASEE
Jim Melsa
GOLD
Verona Wong
HKN
J. David Irwin
WIE
Karen Panetta
IEEE Education
Society
IEEE Computer
Society
Joseph Hughes
Stephen Seidman
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Themes for the Second 2007
EAB Meeting
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Review of progress against 2007 plans
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Some programs progress well, some need rethinking or re-orientation
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First consideration of 2008 goals
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Discussion of EPICS
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Engineering Projects in Community Service
Discussion of Strategic Planning for EAB
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Welcome and Introductions
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Today’s agenda
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Kam
Introductions/Roll Call
0800
0810
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All
Approval of
agenda/consent agenda*
0810
0815
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Kam
EAB activity update
0815
0940
Break
0940
9050
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Gorham
IEEE Educational Activities- 0950
Past, Present and Future
1010
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Ray,
Shoop
Member Business Unit
Update
1030
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1010
Today’s agenda
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Panetta
Women in Engineering Committee
1030
1040
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Gokhale
Sections Outreach Committee
1040
1050
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Hodges
EAB Finance Committee
1050
1100
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Bell
Real World Engineering Projects
1100
1115
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Kam
Executive Session
1115
1200
Lunch
1200
1300
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Jamieson, Invited Speakers: EPICS
Zoltowski
1300
1410
12
Frankel
Strategic Planning
1410
1500
Break
1500
1510
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Baillieull,
Durniak
PSPB: Open Access
1510
1520
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Sudbury
Education Partners’ Program
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1530
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Peskin
Update on University Activity
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1540
15.1
Report of the IEEE Rep to
ABET BoD
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Seidman IEEE Computer Society
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Reports from OUs
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Reports from Outside
Organizations
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Kam
1540
Next Meeting:
17 November 2007
Westin Copley Place,
Boston
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Old Business
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New Business
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Adjourn
1600
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1550
Review of Consent Agenda
Approval of 18 February 2007 EAB Meeting
Minutes
Ratification of EAB Operating Committee
Action: Appointment of IEEE Representative to
the ABET Board of Directors
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Beginning of Formal Meeting
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(Roll Call)
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Approval of Consent Agenda ?
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Approval of Agenda?
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Vice President Report
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EAB’s Activities and Plans
EAB Meeting, Moshe Kam,
Philadelphia, 16
21 June 2007
Outline
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New developments in EAB’s areas of activities
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Areas where we are facing difficulties
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Action and Discussion Items
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Changes in EAB Charters
Editorial Board for EAB’s Portals
Joint Activities with TAB
Expert Now Pilot
2008-2009 Outlook
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Pre-University Education
EAB seeks to increase the propensity of young people
to select Engineering as a career path
EAB seeks to improve awareness of the general public
about Engineering, Technology and Computing
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Pre-University Education
TryEngineering.org
Accreditation.org
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Pre-University Education
TryEngineering.org
Accreditation.org
It is not just pre-university anymore
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Current features of TryEngineering
Life of An Engineer
Lesson Plans
Become an Engineer
Ask an Expert
Find a University
Play Games
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On-line Presence: TryEngineering
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TryEngineering.org is becoming an
increasingly popular resource for the
pre-university and university
communities
40,000
visitors per
month
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Countries of Users: English Version
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US (70%)
India (5%)
China (3.3%)
Canada
United Kingdom
Austria
Australia
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Malaysia
Germany
Japan
Thailand
South Africa
Korea
Brazil
Assumes that unknown country is distributed
like the known countries
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Most Requested Files: Lesson Plans
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Build a robot arm
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Close to 17,000 downloads
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Cracking the Code (bar codes)
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Critical Load (Civil Engineering)
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What’s new
New Lesson Plans
Give Binary A Try
Computer arithmetic and
ALU design
Hand Biometrics Technology Biometrics
Sail Away
Watercraft design
Simple Kitchen Machines
Simple Machines
Dispenser Designs
Design: user satisfaction,
costs, materials
Engineering Ups and Downs Elevators
Build a Big Wheel
Ferris Wheels
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What’s new
Additional New Lesson Plans
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Sort it Out
Sticky Engineering
Challenge
Ship the Chip
Move That
Lighthouse!
A Question of Balance
Program Your Own
Game
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Engineering Air Traffic
Pipeline Challenge
Infrared Investigations
Hull Engineering
Engineered Sports
Engineered Memory
Wind Tunnel Testing
What’s new
New University Searches: 15 Countries
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Australia
Brazil
Canada
Pakistan
France
Germany
India
Japan
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Korea
Mexico
New Zealand
Malaysia
South Africa
United Kingdom
United States
What’s new
New Languages:
TryEngineering goes international!
中文
Chinese
Deutsch
German
Español
Spanish
Français
French
邦人
русский
Japanese
Russian
1 June 2007
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Launched Last Night!
What’s new
A New Original Game: Questioneering
Question: The following are examples of word
processing applications:
Questions created by 26
graduate students,
engineers, and
engineering professors
(A) LaTex and Microsoft Word
(B) MIDI and RS-232
(C) Pdf and PCM
(D) QWERTY and AZERTY
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What’s new
A New Original Game: Questioneering
Question: Artificial neural networks are...
(A) Brain implants designed by biomedical engineers
(B) Models of interconnected processors used for
signal processing and computation
(C) Neuron architectures present in people who were in
bad brain accidents
(D) Internet discussion groups devoted to Cognitive
Science
We are looking for an Intern to provide players with
more feedback
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Future services – focus on the
University/College Student
What’s new
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Effective oral and written presentations
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Job search and preparation for interview
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Writing a resume
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Looking for graduate school
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Graduate school homepage already available
through University Search
New material is being prepared by Carole Mablekos
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Future Services – interviews with
students and practitioners
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Interviews with students from California
State University, Northridge
Interviews with ECE and Biomedical
Engineering practitioners engaged in
Biometrics work
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Future services:
www.Accreditation.org
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This website was purchased by EAB in an
auction
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Coming in
August 2007
We also own EngineeringAccreditation.org
We are working on content:
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Introduction to Accreditation
List of recognized accrediting bodies
worldwide
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List of mutual recognition agreements
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And the programs they accredit
Including original texts and commentary
Policy papers on accreditation
Links and scholarly papers
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Other Future Plans
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Refresh material in the Life of an Engineer
Section
Expand coverage of engineering
disciplines in the Become an Engineer
Section
Review and make use of the recent
Usability Study made on the portal
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Action Item
Establishment of IEEE EAB Editorial
Board for Engineering, Technology
and Computing Portals
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Objectives
(1) Develop strategies for the future of the IEEE
websites and portals in the areas of engineering,
technology and computing education
(2) Prepare plans to maintain and expand the
coverage, quality, reach, and relevance of these
portals and sites
(3) Oversee and monitor the execution of these
plans
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Possible Action
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Resolved that the establishment of a
standing committee of the EAB OPCOM
called the IEEE EAB Editorial Board for
Engineering, Technology and Computing
Portals and proposed Charter shall be
approved
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Teacher In Service Program
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The Teacher In Service Program (TISP)
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A program that trains IEEE volunteers to
work with pre-university teachers
Based on approved Lesson Plans
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Prepared by IEEE volunteered
Tested in classrooms
Associated with Education Standards
Designed to highlight engineering design
principles
The cost is less than $100 for a class of 30
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How does it work?
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Section volunteers run a TISP training
event
EAB provides logistical support and
instructors
Volunteers gather for a day and a half of
training
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With teachers and school administrators
Volunteers spread the program in their
school districts
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2006-2007
Complete
Underway
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Boston (R1)
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Piura, Peru (R9)
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Indianapolis (R4)
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Rio de Janeiro (R9)
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Memphis (R3)
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Baltimore (R2)
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Kuala Lumpur (R10)
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Dallas (R5)
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Cape Town (R8)
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Expected attendance
Venue
Expected Attendance
Piura
At least 100
Rio de Janeiro
50-70
Baltimore
40-60
Dallas
50-70
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Recent information “From the Field”
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Six new programs in South Africa
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Four new programs in Malaysia
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To subject advisors and educators
Total number of affected teachers will be more
than 700
160 teachers
Continued support from RAB and IEEEUSA
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What TISP still lacks…
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A good mechanism to track activities
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We keep “discovering” that activities take
place without our knowledge
Quantifying the long-range impact
Expanding the programs to volunteer
groups in corporations
Corporate sponsor
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What TISP still lacks…
Doug Gorham and Moshe Kam signed up by
to promote TISP
A “8-figure Contract Dollar Amount” Rumored
Spokesperson in Piscataway: “We have No Comment”
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The Munich Summit
General Chair:
Arthur Winston
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Meeting the Growing Demand For
Engineers and Their Educators
2010 - 2020
International Summit
Munich, Germany
9 - 11 November 2007
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www.ieee.org/education
Deadline for Abstract submission:
30 June 2007
Munich Summit
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General Objective
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Focus
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Steer the educational system at both pre-university and
university levels to be more cognizant and more
responsive to the anticipated needs for qualified
engineers and their educators
The growing demand for engineers and their educators
Actions required to meet that demand for engineers and
their educators in the period 2010-2020.
Participants
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Representatives from industry, government, and
academia
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focus on decision makers and policy makers.
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Some of our Speakers
Speaker
Organization Position
Leah Jamieson
IEEE
President
Reinhold Achatz Siemens
Head of Corporate
Technology
Nicholas
Donofrio
Executive VP,
Innovation and
Technology
IBM
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IEEE To Push For More Engineers And Educators
Worldwide
Sam Davis | ED Online ID #15748 |
June 4, 2007
While the demand for engineers has waxed and waned over
the past half century, the need seems to be growing again.
At least, that’s the premise of Meeting the Growing Demand
for Engineers and Their Educators 2010-2020, a conference
that will be held in Munich, Germany, Nov. 9-11, 2007.
http://www.elecdesign.com/Articles/Index.cfm?AD=1&ArticleID
=15748
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University Level Activities
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Main Activities
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Development of Model Curricula
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And related certification and assessment tools
Development of special programs for
retention
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Programs for education about Standards
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Accreditation
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Development of Model Curricula
And related certification and
assessment tools
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Model Curricula
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The work plan of EAB calls for
development of model curricula in three
areas:
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Biometrics
Systems Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Significant progress in the area of
Biometrics: Biometrics Education Working
Group
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Biometrics Education Working Group
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Leaders: Evangelia Micheli-Tzanakou and Russell
Lefevre
Goals
1. Pre-university education: presence of Biometrics
on TryEngineering.org
2. University-level education: model curricula
3. Post-university education
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Certification in Biometrics
Biometrics Expert Now modules
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Model Curricula in Biometrics
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Working group was established
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Consisting of IEEE and non-IEEE participants
Leading experts in the field
Leader: Evangelia Micheli-Tzanakou
Most recent meeting: 11 June 2007
Currently developing
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Model curriculum for a major and minor in
Biometrics Engineering
Body of Knowledge for an IEEE certification
program and model curricula
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Biometrics – Plans for 2007
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A lesson plan on Biometrics on TryEngineering
(done)
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We wait to see how often it is used
A Biometrics Engineer profile on Life of an
Engineer
Development of Body of Knowledge for
Biometrics curricula as well as Certification
Development of three Expert Now modules on
Biometrics
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Systems Engineering
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Systems Engineering
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We were in discussions with the IEEE
Systems Council on Model Curricula
Most recently we had a conversation with
Nicholas Donofrio
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IBM Executive VP, Innovation and Technology
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Contact was facilitated by Lew Terman
In July and August we expect to identify
the focus and cooperation opportunities
with IBM
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Assessment Test for 2- and 4-Year
Electrical/Electronics Engineering
Technology Degree Programs
A New Program emerging from
EAB’s Committee on Technical
Accreditation Activities
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Assessment Test for 2- and 4-Year
Electrical/Electronics Engineering
Technology Degree Programs
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Discussions on the proposed test took
place last year
The idea is to supply programs and their
graduates with an assessment tool
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A credential for the student
An opportunity for the program to compare
itself to group averages
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Recent Activities
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A proposal for test development was developed
with SME
A survey of US programs was conducted
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Will you use the test?
How much will your graduates pay for it?
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The general reaction was very favorable
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The program requires $60-100K for start-up
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Options for the Next Step
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New initiative proposal to IEEE
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Inclusion in EAB budget/ use of surplus
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Proposal to potential external funders
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Currently planned – target date 1 September
2007
Regardless of source, this program will be
implemented
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Development of Programs
for Increasing Student Retention
Amy Bell, Initiative Leader
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http://ieee.org/web/education/university/RealWorldEngineering/index.html
“Real World Engineering Projects”
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Development of projects that will lead to a new resource for
faculty who teach first year electrical engineering (EE),
computer engineering (CE) and computer science (CS)
students
These projects should:
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Focus students on Real World problems with solutions that
benefit society
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Get students excited about their own, original creative
solutions
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Increase student retention through personal satisfaction
and accomplishment
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Enhance student accomplishment through achievement
Projects focused on
Engineering Technology
students are welcome
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Accreditation – Policy Paper
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IEEE’s Policy Paper on Accreditation
Purpose
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Declare IEEE’s core beliefs about
accreditation
Guide the activities of IEEE volunteers who
work “for” IEEE on accreditation
Help IEEE representatives to other Boards
and Committees understand and explain
IEEE’s policies
“Quick reading” in February 2007
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Main problem: description of relation with
licensing
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The next steps…
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Discussion with CTAA representatives: June 2007
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Done. The only major change is in relations with
Licensing
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Discussion with CEAA representatives: July 2007
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Discussion with APC: September 2007
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Discussion with EAB: October 2007 and
November 2007
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Approval by EAB: November 2007
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Approval by BoD: November 2007
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The First Professional Degree in
Engineering
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Background
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IEEE was requested to provide its official
position on the First Professional Degree
in Engineering
Possible designations
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A Bachelor of Science or equivalent
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Four-year program
A Master of Science or equivalent
A Bachelor-plus
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E.g. B.Sc. Plus 30 semester credits
So far no similar request to re-consider Engineering
Technology
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Main Arguments For Exceeding the
B.Sc. Requirement
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Increase in the volume of required knowledge
needed for engineering practice
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Comparison of bodies of knowledge required by
practitioners in Medicine and Law to that required
by Engineering
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And differences in professional status
Changes in the mainstream engineering degree
structure in Europe
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This is the essential argument of the US NAE
The Bologna Declaration
The positions of ASCE and NAE
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Main Arguments Against Exceeding
the B.Sc. Requirement
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No demand for a change from the field
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Change would increase barriers of entry into
engineering
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No pressure from industry
No complaints on deficiencies with respect to public
welfare or safety
May decrease the propensity of young people to choose
engineering as a career path
Change would disrupt the engineering profession
Change is fostered by a registration/licensing
system that has already lost its relevancy
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How IEEE will Consider the Matter
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Discussion by APC, EAB and the Board in
February 2007
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In the EAB meeting, two presentations, pro/con
Distribution of two position papers
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Will appear in The Institute in September 2007
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Comment period
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Subsequent discussion in November 2007
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Target date for IEEE position is late 2007/early 2008
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Next steps…
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Discussion of The Institute insert
with CTAA
Review of feedback from the
membership by Mid October 2007
Report to the IEEE BoD in November
2007
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Accreditation Activities
Peru, the Caribbean, China, The
United States
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Peru
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We met with the leadership of ICACIT
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During R9 meeting in Lima (March 2007)
During Meeting Series in Philadelphia (June
2007)
We are waiting for a letter from ICACIT:
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Need for consultants for new programs
Training needs
Assistance with preparing governance
documents of ICACIT
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IEEE’s recommendations
on the next steps of ICACIT
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ICACIT should complete in 2007
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Its governing documents
Populating its commission(s) and
committee(s)
ICACIT can be ready for visits in 2008
We may have another face to face meeting
in Piura in August 2007
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The Caribbean
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Meeting at the University of West Indies
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St Augustine, Trinidad, April 2007
Leadership of the University, College of
Engineering, local government
Mario Gonzalez, Moshe Kam
Discussion of the accreditation needs of UWI
“Accreditation Agency for Technology,
Engineering and Computing in the Caribbean”
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The Caribbean – between now and the
end of 2007
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Workshop on accreditation: UWI
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September 2007, Port of Spain
Workshop on accreditation in the
Caribbean
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December 2007, Puerto Rico (maybe)
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IEEE Working Group on Education in China
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China
The Working Group on Education in China
is operating
Chair is Professor Shensheng Zhang of
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Planned Activities
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Committee on Accreditation Models planning
meetings
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Shanghai, August and November 2007
Workshop for officials and decision makers
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With CAST, October 2007
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Objectives in China
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Develop models and pilot studies for an
accrediting program
Develop connections to decision making
bodies to advance the idea of new
accreditation models
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Currently working with CAST = the China
Association for Science and Technology
(CAST)
http://english.cast.org.cn/
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The US: ABET
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We maintain a continuous dialog with the
leadership of ABET
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Working closely with CSAB
Our efforts have contributed to
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Significant changes in the Financial Model of ABET
The financial model of the new program evaluator
training program
Plans for significant changes in the way ABET’s BoD
operates
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Follow-up is Key
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The US: ABET – Issues we need to watch
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The way International Accreditation by
ABET is implemented
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The evolution of ABET’s governance
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…and the role of non-US program evaluators
We are concerned about the non-activity of the
governance task force
ABET’s financial health
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Training Program Evaluators
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The basic training of program evaluators will be
done by ABET
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This is a major change
weakens the participation of professional associations
in the training of their program evaluators
Provides better quality training compared tot the old
“death by PowerPoint” approach
We have not yet determined how we will train new
evaluators on discipline-specific criteria
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“Program Criteria”
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Training Program Evaluators (2)
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IEEE has developed an on-line tool for
training program evaluators
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With Unreal Productions
The infrastructure is good but more work
on content is needed
We probably will work simultaneously on
content of the tool and application to
discipline-specific program criteria
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Education about Standards
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IEEE Standards in Education Portal
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A joint project of the Standards
Association and EAB
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Substantial funding by the US NSF
… “provides materials and resources in
addition to links to the various Standards
Development Organizations (SDOs) and
other associations supporting the
incorporation of the teaching of standards
in the various undergraduate engineering
and engineering technology programs”
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Main Features
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Tutorial modules
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Glossary
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Case illustrations
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Reference Guide
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News and Features
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Applications
(submitted by
users)
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Status Snapshot
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Additional material is incorporated in the portal
on a regular basis
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New tutorials, new test cases
Programs that have used the portal are highly
satisfied
Educators seeking material for education on
standards are finding the site
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Indexed in a high position by commercial search
engines
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Future Improvements
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Look and Feel
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Promotion
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Letting potential users know the site exists
Explaining how to use the site in
undergraduate education
Review of the site with educators outside
North America
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Post-university Education
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New Developments: post-university
(continuing) Education
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IEEE Expert Now
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Availability for members
Revenue distribution to societies
EAB investment in modules
Editorial Board
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[Certification in Biometrics]
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Standards Workshop
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IEEE Expert Now
Availability for members
Revenue distribution to societies
EAB investment in modules
Editorial Board
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IEEE Expert Now
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1-hour long on-line learning modules
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Developed by leading experts
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Usually on the basis of conference workshops
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Professionally produced
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Easy to use player-viewer
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audio and video files, diagrams, animations, and
automatic place marking
Optional CEUs
100
Snapshot – May 2007

60 courses are available

37 (15 +22) more are in development

We have five (5) corporate customers
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
First reimbursement to societies – in 2008
Members subscription is now available

Though not yet advertised

Members can access a module for a period of 30
days for $69.95
101
New in 2007

An Editorial Board


Quality control, gap analysis, recommendation
for EAB investment in modules, sun setting
and archiving
Member sales
2007 EAB investments:
Standards
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Module clusters
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Biometrics
IEEE 802.11
Biometrics
Modules about Standards
102
IEEE Expert Now
Course Projections
90
90
83
80
70
70
60
54
50
40
30
20
16
13
10
7
10
7
7
5
0
1st Qtr 2007
2nd Qtr 2007
Available
3rd Qtr 2007
In Production
* based on funding commitments for the current yr.
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4th Qtr 2007
In Development *
7
Subject Areas Featured in the
Collection
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Aerospace
Artificial Intelligence
Biomedical Engineering
Circuits & Devices
Communications
Computer (Computer
Engineering / Networking /
Software; CyberSecurity)
Cybernetics
Instrumentation &
Measurement
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Lasers & Optics
Management /
Professional Development
Microwave Theory &
Techniques
Power / Power Electronics
Robotics
Reliability
Signal Processing
Vehicular Technology
Standards
Societies Funding Development
In 2006
In 2007 to date
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Aerospace & Electronic Systems
Communications
Circuits & Systems
Computational Intelligence
Electron Devices
Engineering in Medicine &
Biology
Industry Applications
Lasers & Electro-Optics
Microwave Theory & Techniques
Power Electronics
Reliability
Robotics & Automation
Solid-State Circuits
Systems, Man & Cybernetics
Vehicular Technology
105
22 New Modules
Society
AAES
CIS
ComSoc
EDS
EMBS
IAS
LEOS
MTT-S
SSCS
PELS
Number of Modules
3
3
1
2
1
1
2
5
2
2
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General Parameters


IEEE Expert Now is sold by IEEE Sales and
Marketing
Course modules are produced by NETg



NETg was sold to SkillSoft in November 2006
Academic sales via IEEE Xplore® to start in 3rd Qtr.
2007
Revenue sharing to sponsoring OUs expected to
begin in early 2008
107
Who can buy Expert Now?
Entity
Corporations
Government
Organizations
Academic
Institutions
Members
Format
The whole
library
One course
at a time
* NETg LMS access managed by EAD staff
108
Delivery
Thomson NetG
platform* or
customer’s system
Thomson NetG
platform or IEEE
XPLORE
IEEE XPLORE
Coming in 2007
Expert Now for Academics
via IEEE Xplore





Unlimited viewing of courses
15 simultaneous users
Site model
Preferred by academic
subscribers
Will boost our efforts in selling to
universities
109
Expert Now
Member Sales
A membership benefit
Financial goal is to break even
110
Member Sales: Free Trial
April 2006: Launched Free Trial
 Open to anyone who has an IEEE web
account
 3 fixed courses offered




Real-Time Computer Systems with Applications
Transition into Management
Introduction to Wireless Ad-hoc Networks
CEUs available upon successful passing
of the assessment at no additional cost
111
Free Trial Statistics
27 June – 22 January 2007


3,217 visitors in 7 months
 Close to 1.5% of target market
57% - non-US
 61.1% - members
 21.2% - students
 1% - non-members
 16.7% - all other grades
112
248 requests for
IEEE CEUs
since April 2006
Member Sales: Since March 2007



Product is available through XPLORE
So far outreach only to members
who requested information about the
product
Since launch: Sold 51 titles; ~$3500
113
Expert Now in Section Meetings



IEEE Sections are encouraged to use
Expert Now in Chapter meetings
Format: 3-4 modules are exhibited
simultaneously in different rooms, with a
local moderator
So far – a pilot in Region 10, planned
events in Regions 4 and 8
114
A Proposal for a Pilot Study


Select about 10,000 members in 2-3 large
sections
Offer them one (1) Expert Now module at
renewal time


Track usage of the module


Tell them how to get more
Are the members reading it?
Track the effect of the offer on sales of
IEEE Expert Now
115
A Proposal for a Pilot Study


Select about 10,000 members in 2-3 large
sections
Offer them one (1) Expert Now module at
renewal time


Track usage of the module


Tell them how to get more
Are the members reading it?
Track the effect of the offer on sales of
IEEE Expert Now
116
Discussion
Proposal for an Expert Now
Pilot Study
117
Standards Workshop
Expert tutorials on the 802 family of
IEEE Standards
12-13 October
Chicago, Illinois
118
Scope

A day-and-a-half meeting in Chicago,
Illinois


75-100 attendees
Experts

Todor Cooklev
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John Barr

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Program Chair & Chair 802.11/802.15 working groups
Chair, Bluetooth Special Interest Group
Roger Marks

Chair 802.16 working group
119
Special Speakers



Donald Purcell
Chairman, The Center for Global Standards
Analysis
 Luncheon Speaker: “Strategic Standardization”
Miguel Pellon

Motorola Vice President Technology –
Standards
120
Program


Introduction to the Standard development
process
Tutorials


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

802.11
802.15
Bluetooth
802.16
Cross Promotion: Inclusion of 4 IEEE Expert Now
learning modules on IEEE 802 with registration
121
Expected Outcomes



Useful meeting for practitioners
Better understanding of the potential
of EAB-SA Standards Workshops
Development of a workshop series in
2008-2009
122
Other Areas of Operation…
123
Other areas we are working on…

IEEE on-line educational offerings



Cooperation with the IEEE History Center


User survey underway
Website due August 2008
The History Center Wiki
Joint activities with Technical Activities



Activities for pre-university educators/student in IEEE
conferences
Contribution of material to TryEngineering by IEEE
societies
Pre-university on-line magazine
124
Other areas we are working on…

IEEE on-line educational offerings



Cooperation with the IEEE History Center


User survey underway
Website due August 2008
The History Center Wiki
Joint activities with Technical Activities



Activities for pre-university educators/student in IEEE
conferences
Contribution of material to TryEngineering by IEEE
societies
Pre-university on-line magazine
We are behind schedule
125
Discussion: Activities with TAB



Activities for pre-university
educators/student in IEEE
conferences
Contribution of material to
TryEngineering by IEEE societies
Pre-university on-line magazine
126
Comments/Discussion
127
EAB Charter Changes
Section 1.10 - EAB Objectives
Section 1.11 - Educational Programs
Section 1.12 - Education Conferences
128
Motivation for Changes

EAB Objectives


Clarity in language
Educational programs


Providing a more comprehensive description
of the nature and scope of our activities
Avoid narrow and outdated terms


Pre-university not Student Pipeline, Pre-professional
University-level activities, not Accreditation
129
Motivation for Changes (2)

Responsibilities and duties of VP-EA



Provide a more comprehensive
description of responsibilities and
duties
Use the same language we send to IEEE
N&A in our own documents (…)
Note: a VP-EA manual is in planning
130
Possible Action

Resolved that the revisions to the
IEEE EAB Operations Manual shall
be approved.
131
Other Planned Charter Changes
132
Sections Under Consideration
4.11
Accreditation Policy Council (APC)
Charter
4.11.1 Accreditation Activities
4.11.2 Accreditation Process
4.11.3 IEEE Representative Directors to
ABET Procedures
4.14
Committee on Global Accreditation
Activities (CGAA) Charter
133
Motivation

Make the Charter conform to our activities



Describe in clear language what we do and what we
want to do
Declare our basic objectives in accreditation in a
general (not US based) terms
Reduce dependence of our accreditation
committees on ABET structure

E.g., the existence of INTAC
134
Motivation (2)

Remove automatic representation of members of
ABET OUs on our accreditation committees


E.g., CAC, INTAC
Allow EAB to train non-US program evaluators in
the current ABET training program


We are more restrictive than ABET (!)
We will address and discuss issues of cost
135
Comments and Observations
136
EAB’s Recommendations to the
IEEE Nominations and Appointments
Committee
2008 Vice President for
Educational Activities
137
Procedures



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
The Session
Number of Candidates
Closing Nominations
Candidates recommended by EAB N&A
Candidates nominated from the floor
Election Procedures
After the Elections
138
Procedures: the Session

An executive session

Chaired by VP-EA, Moshe Kam

Should MK have to relinquish the gavel,
it would be relinquished to Arthur
Winston

Since the immediate past chair of EAB is
also chair of EAB N&A
139
Procedures: Number of Candidates


The Chair of N&A reports on the number
of candidates that N&A is recommending
to the EAB
Committee decides on the number of
candidates it wishes to forward to EAB
nomination and appointments committee


We have no limitations on the number
In the past few cycles we have forwarded two
names
140
Closing Nominations

Motion to close nominations
141
Procedures: Candidates
Recommended by EAB N&A

The Chair of N&A reports the names
of candidates recommended by EAB
N&A and puts them in nomination
142
Procedures: Candidates Nominated
from the Floor

Members of EAB can add names to
the list of nominees

Provide



name of candidate
declaration that candidate has agreed to
serve if elected and has submitted
biography and candidate statement
Move to put candidate in nomination

Motion requires a Second and then a
Majority
143
Election Procedures

Secret Ballots

Approval voting

In each round, the candidate with the least
number of votes is removed from list of nominees


Ties resolved by voting rounds between last place
candidates
Voting stops when the number of remaining
nominees is equal to the number specified in
Procedures: Number of Candidates
144
After the Elections…

Chair of EAB N&A writes to Chair of
IEEE N&A on EAB recommended list
145