1. N E E D S Premier Courseware User Group Session
The National Engineering Education Delivery System
Workshop on Advanced Technology
for Engineering Education and Training
February 24-25, 1998
Brandon Muramatsu
NEEDS Project Manager
N E E D S Premier Courseware User Group Session
ASEE 1998
June 30, 1998
Prof. Alice Agogino, UC Berkeley
Prof. Kurt Gramoll, Univ. of Oklahoma
Prof. Sheri Sheppard, Stanford Univ.
Moderator: Brandon Muramatsu
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2. Quality Review of Courseware on the NEEDS Database
Courseware on NEEDS, as with any scholarly effort, requires review to assure quality and provide recognition. The Quality Review of Courseware effort was developed to advance the field of technology-enhanced learning review as well as continually raise-the-bar for excellent courseware. NEEDS has developed and is implementing a comprehensive, tiered peer review including: non-reviewed, endorsed, and premier courseware.
In addition to the three areas already in operation, we are developing two new forms of review that go hand in hand with the development of our on-line engineering education community.
Establish Credibility of NEEDS as a Source of Quality Educational Material
Enhance Recognition of Scholarly and Creative Effort of Courseware Developers
Levels of Review
Non-reviewed
Gestalt Peer Review: Endorsed Courseware
National Competition: Premier Courseware
User Reviews: User experiences with courseware, contributed by community members
Feature Reviews: Extended reviews on NEEDS that highlight courseware
New!

3. Premier Award Criteria
See the previous page for additional information.
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Engineering Content
Is the content error free?
Software Design
Is it well designed and usable?
Instructional Design
Will students learn from the courseware?
We recognize that all the categories are interwoven.

4. Evaluation Criteria Engineering Content: Software Design:
Premier Award Criteria (cont.)
See the previous page for additional information.
Engineering Content:
Accuracy of content
Organization of content
Consistency with learning objectives
Software Design:
Engagement
User interface and navigation
Interactivity
Multimedia use
Technical reliability

5. Evaluation Criteria, cont.
Premier Award Criteria (cont.)
See the previous page for additional information.
Instructional Design:
Interactivity
Cognition/conceptual change
Content
Multimedia use
Instructional use/adaptability

6. Premier Courseware of 1997 Virtual Disk Drive Design Studio
Copies are available by ing or stop by the NEEDS Booth (#123) at ASEE 1998 in Seattle, WA.
Virtual Disk Drive Design Studio - Prof. Alice M. Agogino, University of California at Berkeley
Drill Dissection and Bicycle Dissection - Prof. Sheri D. Sheppard, Stanford University
Mars Navigator - Prof. Kurt Gramoll, University of Oklahoma
Virtual Disk Drive
Design Studio
Drill Dissection and Bicycle Dissection
Mars Navigator
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for more info
Distribution
600 Copies to FIE ‘97 Participants
300 Copies to Engineering Deans
600 Copies available at ASEE ‘98

7. 1998 Premier Award Competition
We are now accepting submissions for the 1998 Premier Award Competition. Full submission information can be found at
Submit by July 31, 1998 to be eligible for the 1998 Premier Award Competition
To be presented at FIE 1998, Tempe, Az
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8. University of California
Contact Info:
Contact Information
See below.
References
Agogino, A.M. and W. H. Wood III, “The Synthesis Coalition: Information Technologies Enabling a Paradigm Shift in Engineering Education,” Keynote talk, in Hyper-Media in Vaasa’94: Proceedings of the Conference on Computers and Hypermedia in Engineering Education (Ed., M. Linna and P.Ruotsala, Vaasa Institute of Technology) pp
Agogino, A. M. and Muramatsu, B., “Expanding the National Engineering Education Delivery System as the Foundation for an On-line Engineering Education Community,” Proposal to the National Science Foundation, March 1998.
Agogino, A. M. and Muramatsu, B., “The National Engineering Education Delivery System (NEEDS): A Multimedia Digital Library of Courseware, to appear in International Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 13, No. 5, 1998.
Eibeck, P., “Criteria for Peer-Review of Engineering Courseware on the NEEDS Database,” IEEE Transactions on Education, Special Issue on the Special Issue on the Application of Information Technologies to Engineering and Science Education, Volume 39, Number 3, pp , August URL:
Synthesis Coalition and NEEDS, “Premier Courseware of 1997,” 3 CD-ROM set, Berkeley, CA: Synthesis Coalition and NEEDS, 1997.
Brandon Muramatsu
NEEDS Project Manager
3112 Etcheverry Hall
University of California
Berkeley, CA
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