The Center for Advanced Engineering and Technology Education (CAETE) recently expanded its platform to include hybrid and flipped classrooms to meet the college’s goal of increasing enrollment and innovation in education.
Sarah Miller, the college’s assistant dean for inclusive excellence, used CAETE’s lecture-capturing capabilities to record academic advisors speaking about what being an engineer in their discipline means and what is expected of students. These sessions were posted online for students to watch and determine if engineering is the right fit for them.
Linden McClure, adjunct professor of electrical, computer and energy engineering, and John Meyer, instructor in the Engineering Management Program, are using CAETE’s Remote Instruction Units to allow them to teach remotely to students in the classroom. This technology also gives highly sought professionals from NASA, JPL and other universities who cannot come to Boulder, but are willing to teach for us, a platform to do so.
Two professors in computer science, Thomas Hauser and Bruce Loftis, plan to use CAETE technology to offer a joint course with professor Hawwn-Wei Shen from The Ohio State University. Lectures will be recorded by Shen and made available online for students from both universities to watch. Class meeting time will be used to discuss lecture content and delve more deeply into the subject matter through discussion among students in class and those participating online.
CAETE has also extended its capabilities to the School of Education, where associate professor David Webb plans to use the technology to offer a graduate course called Assessment in Math and Science Education, which is also of interest to engineering students participating in STEM activities.
With continuing innovation in teaching and technology, there are no boundaries to where and how students learn, where and how professors teach or how students receive services.