Dr. Antonio Soares College of Engineering Sciences, Technology, and Agriculture Electronic Engineer Technology June 13 The Integration of Software- and Hardware- based Instructional Technologies into the STEM Curricula at Florida A&M University and Surrounding Middle and High Schools

Outline Introduction FAMU MSEIP Programs –CASE –LEARNS –IRIS Middle and High Schools An Example Project – The Boebot Conclusions

Introduction STEM Degree Programs at FAMU Ph.D. Programs –Engineering (6), Physics, Environmental Sciences Master’s Programs –CS, Biology, Chemistry Bachelor’s Programs –Engineering Technology, BASE, and Mathematics Issues in STEM Disciplines

MSEIP Programs at FAMU FAMU – CASE (2007) –Center for Academic Support in Engineering –Housed in College of Engineering FAMU –LEARNS (2007) –Multimedia Learning Resource Management System –Housed in College of Arts and Sciences FAMU-IRIS (2010) –Interdisciplinary Remote Instructional Support Center –Housed in College of Engineering Sciences, Technology, and Agriculture

CENTER FOR ACADEMIC SUPPORT IN ENGINEERING FAMU-CASE

CASE Overview Provide Peer-to-peer academic support Develop online content to supplement face to face instruction

Software Packages Camtasia Studio 7 by TechSmith –Screen Recording and Video Editing Software Captivate 5 by Adobe –Application Simulation Software Articulate Presenter 9 by Articulate –E-Learning Software Tools All packages produce a Flash SWF file

Software Usage Camtasia –Useful for general screen recording Non-Powerpoint Applications Can annotate with voiceover/camera Captivate –Useful for recording the individual software steps Can easily annotate instructions without the need of audio Presenter –Useful for Powerpoint Applications –Annotation, Voiceover, with Programming

Hardware Setup Blue SnowBall Logitech Webcam Wacom Bamboo

MULTIMEDIA LEARNING RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FAMLEARNS

Motivation - Goal How to leverage existing technologies to reduce failing rate? Create and share multimedia resources - Captured Learning Resources (CLRs) –of entire lectures –of single topics –of tutoring sessions Must be easy for instructors to use Must be accessible to all students Should be affordable

Technologies CAMStudio - free video recording software –Created custom version (FAMStudio) that simplifies publishing/editing Livescribe - Pulse Smartpen ($ GB) –Used in conjunction with document camera and projector, can be used to record entire lectures –Great for recording tutoring sessions –Very easy to publish MIMIO Capture ($800 educational) –Allows anything written on any whiteboard to be recorded. –Wireless

INTERDISCIPLINARY REMOTE INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT CENTER FAMU-IRIS

FAMU-IRIS Overview Provide Supplemental Instruction –Bottleneck courses in Engineering and Engineering Technology –STEM Gatekeeper courses Provide online academic support –Tutoring, Webinars, and Peer Coaching Unite existing STEM academic support programs –IRIS, CASE, LEARNS, STEM-LC, etc.

FAMU-IRIS Operation

server Tablet PC Smart Board Smart Document Camera HD Camera Smart Slates HP Z 400

FAMU-IRIS Blackboard

FAMU-IRIS Elluminate

FAMU-IRIS Blackboard Initial Implementation

FAMU-IRIS Webpage

FAMU-IRIS Elluminate

Middle and High Schools Teacher Collaboration Remotely collaborate in Grant Writing Laboratories Provide Academic Support Remotely assist students -Assignments -Papers

Sample Project – The Boebot

The Boebot By Parallax The Microcontroller – BS2 PBASIC –specifically for the BASIC Stamp common instructions (GOTO, FOR...NEXT, IF...THEN…ELSE) specialized instructions (SERIN, PWM, BUTTON, COUNT and DTMFOUT).

Getting Started Basic Stamp Editor Run your BASIC Stamp Editor by double- clicking the shortcut on your desktop Connect your Serial Cable

Testing Connection Click the Run menu, then select Identify to check for connectivity

Your First Program Click the Run menu, then select Identify to check for connectivity

Basic Stamp Math First, save the program under a new name by clicking File and selecting Save As A good new name for the file would be HelloBoeBotYourTurn.bs2. √ Modify the comments at the beginning of the program so that they read: ' Robotics with the Boe-Bot - HelloBoeBotYourTurn.bs2 ' BASIC Stamp does simple math, and sends the resultsto the Debug Terminal.

Basic Stamp Math √ Add these three lines between the first DEBUG command and the END command: DEBUG CR, "What's 7 X 11?" DEBUG CR, "The answer is: " DEBUG DEC 7 * 11 √ Save the changes you made by clicking File and selecting Save.

The Result

Programming with ASCII ASCII is short for American Standard Code for Information Interchange. Most microcontrollers and PC computers use this code to assign a number to each keyboard function.

Programming with ASCII Example

Tracking Time Servos need a message that repeats 50 times per second PAUSE command tells the BASIC Stamp to wait for a while before PAUSE Duration PAUSE 1000 – pause 1 second

Tracking Time Example

Commands Over and Over DO DEBUG "Hello!", CR PAUSE 1000 LOOP Servo Control PULSOUT Pin, Duration Duration units that are two millionths of a second! PULSOUT 12, 750

Commands Counter FOR Counter = StartValue TO EndValue {STEP StepValue}…NEXT myCounter VAR Word FOR myCounter = 1 TO 10 DEBUG ? myCounter PAUSE 500 NEXT DEBUG CR, "All done!" END

SAMPLE PROGRAM

Conclusions Future Work –FAMU eTutoring Online STEM Collaboration is Possible –Research –Academic Support –Workshops