Explaining Education to Engineers: Feedback Control Theory as a Metaphor
dc.contributor.author | Cheville, A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Lindsay, Euan | |
dc.contributor.editor | Larry Richards | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-01-30T13:12:27Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-01-30T13:12:27Z | |
dc.date.created | 2011-02-23T20:01:17Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Cheville, Alan R. and Lindsay, Euan D. 2010. Explaining Education to Engineers: Feedback Control Theory as a Metaphor, in Richards, L. (ed), Frontiers in Education 2010, Oct 27 2010. Washington DC: IEEE. | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29371 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1109/FIE.2010.5673336 | |
dc.description.abstract |
One of the barriers for engaging engineering faculty in the scholarship of learning and teaching is thechallenge of learning a new vocabulary. Becoming fluent in engineering education requires the acquisitionof new concepts and ideas that are often expressed in unfamiliar terms. Feedback control is a technical fieldcommon to a range of engineering disciplines that can be used as a model to help bridge the conceptual gapbetween traditional engineering and engineering education. Many of the key elements of engineering education can be represented by the elements of a feedback control system, with their behaviour in a learning environment paralleling their behaviour in a process control context. The feedback control model can be used to explain: the importance of timely feedback to students, the significance of assessment and evaluation in the learning process, the impact of learning styles upon learning outcomes, and the need for student-centered teaching approaches. While both fields have complexities that cannot be captured by simple models, the basic ideas can be explained simply. Feedback control metaphors make the basics accessible to a wider audience of engineering faculty. | |
dc.publisher | IEEE | |
dc.subject | Formative Assessment | |
dc.subject | Feedback Control | |
dc.subject | Program Evaluation | |
dc.subject | Summative Assessment | |
dc.title | Explaining Education to Engineers: Feedback Control Theory as a Metaphor | |
dc.type | Conference Paper | |
dcterms.source.issn | 0190-5848 | |
dcterms.source.title | Proceedings of Frontiers in Education 2010 | |
dcterms.source.series | Proceedings of Frontiers in Education 2010 | |
dcterms.source.conference | Frontiers in Education 2010 | |
dcterms.source.conference-start-date | Oct 27 2010 | |
dcterms.source.conferencelocation | Washington DC | |
dcterms.source.place | Champaign, IL, USA | |
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curtin.department | Department of Mechanical Engineering | |
curtin.accessStatus | Open access |