IEEE Technical Activities Volunteer Training Activities in Education

July 2014

Presentation outline

Educating for and beyond your technical community– Pre-university education

– University education

– Continuing education

How your technical community can benefit– Awards

– Competitions

How you personally can volunteer

Who to contact

Educating for and beyond your technical community

Education activities differentiated by age group

Pre-university education – targeted at ages 8 – 18

– Focus formal and informal education

– Student and teacher focused

University education– targeted at ages 18+

– Focus course content and awards

Continuing education– Focus on professional development

Pre-university education

activities typically focused for 8-18 years of age

Pre-university education - portals

Open-source portals with resources for teachers, students, parents, etc.– TryEngineering.org

– TryComputing.org

– Accreditation.org

– TryNano.org

Typically aimed for age groups 8-18

tryengineering.org

Lesson PlansOver 100 hands-on class activities

University searchWhere to study engineering

Play Games Play virtual games

In 9 Languages!Including

trycomputing.org

DiscoverExplore careers using visual cloud tool.

StudyExplore computing degree programs around the world

WorkBrowse computing professional career profiles and computing hero profiles

Participate!

We are looking for career profiles – find someone from your TC

Pre-university education - TISP - train the teacher

Pre-university education - TISP

Teacher in-service program

Train Volunteers– IEEE Section / Society / Chapter Members

– Teachers and Instructors

Using approved lesson plans from portal

IEEE members will develop and conduct TISP training sessions with teachers

Teachers use ideas / lessons in classroom

www.ieee.org/teacherinservice

Get involved – TISP

Get your community involved - Plan a TISP event

Organise a TISP road show

Train local teachers on use of a specific lesson plan

Create a lesson plan based on your technical expertise

Panic! limited time?

Power & energy

Computing

Electronics

Pre-university education – EPICS

Engineering Projects in Community Service

University and high-school students to work on engineering-related projects for local area humanitarian organizations

The need– Community service organizations need help from those

with technical backgrounds to use technology to deliver their services.

– This encourage young students to pursue engineering study.

www.ieee.org/go/epics-high

Get involved – typical EPICS projects

Drexel University

Sensor network monitoring river air- & water-quality

The Philadelphia Clean Air Council is developing and disseminating policies for improving air and water quality. The team are creating a sensor network to monitor the air and water quality.

Purdue University

Boiler Green Initiative Wind Turbine

The team are constructing a wind turbine on campus to power recreational lights and educate the community about wind energy and environmental sustainability.

Did you know?

We are still waiting for a group from China to participate – get an EPICS team together

- be the first and benefit your local community

Instructions on how to participate:http://www.ieee.org/education_careers/education/

preuniversity/epics_for_sections.html

Pre-university informal education - IEEE Low Cost Exhibits

Create low cost museum exhibits for science and technology centers targeted for teachers, parents and students ages 8-18 that can be replicated in museums around the world

Pre-university informal education - IEEE Spark!

Volunteer

Future editions - Technical communities to propose ideas and help with content generation

Promote competition – ‘Ignite a Spark!’ submit pictures of student outcomes from an activity listed in prior edition. Announced soon, be prepared!

University education

activities for educators and students

University education - Standards

Objective: promote use of standards in universities

Education standards eMagazine: – OpenStand

– e-Health Standards

– Communications & Networking Standards

– Focus on Standards Education in China (2012, vol 2, no 2)

– The Smart Grid

Case studies

Practical ideas from professors

http://www.ieee.org/education_careers/education/standards/index.html

University education - Curriculum guidelines

Objective: share good practice on curriculum

Curriculum Guidelines define what topics should be in specific curriculum

Case studies on how they can be used

Example: The Computer Society has many curricular definitions

Participate - these can be specialized for specific countries / programs and submitted for ‘Recognition’ by the society

http://www.computer.org/portal/web/education/Curricula

University education - Portal trystandards.org

Get involved – Standards education

Subject matter experts sought - work to create tutorials and case studies of the application of standards. IEEE honorariums are now available. Contact  stdseducation@ieee.org

Grants to undergraduate and graduate students to help with graduate and capstone design projects with an industry standards component ($500US for students, with additional honoraria for faculty mentors).

University informal education - IBM-IEEE Smarter Planet Challenge

Joint IEEE/IBM competition for current students to develop projects for future students to: – Demonstrate applications of technical, business and legal

principles that solve real-world problems based on IBM’s Smarter Planet Challenge

– Encourages students to work together in multi-disciplinary teams

You’ve still got time!– Application deadline: 1 October 2014

– Judging completed: 15 November 2014

– Awards announced: 1 December 2014

http://www.ieee.org/education_careers/

education/university_programs/

smarterplanetchallenge.html

Professional education

activities to help enhance your career

Professional education

Objective: To provide IEEE members and all persons involved in IEEE’s fields of interest with accessible and affordable high quality continuing education products

– IEEE English for Engineering

– IEEE eLearning Library

– Short course training

– Standards Education

Participate – Training Opportunities

Webinar – ½ to 1 hour presentation focused on your field

Tutorial - is a 1-2 hour presentation focused on your field

Short course - Typically ½ day to 1 day-long on a set topic

Create / curate content for live presentation and/or online– New and emerging trends

– Introduction to state-of-the-art topics

– Innovative approach

From Society/Technical Council-sponsored content

Consider– Events at flagship conferences and workshops

– Content previously presented at sponsored events for new audiences

– Existing online collections of conference tutorial materials

Competitions & awards

Competitions and Awards

Why? – Bring visibility to your technical community

– Motive students to learn new technologies / approaches

Enter competitions or create your own

How?– Student or professional teams may demonstrate the use of

technological / practical applications or be given a problem to solve using a specific technology and compete against others in finding best solution

– Participants may produce content (video, poster, etc.) explaining a particular field of interest

IEEE Education Awards - 10 annually

– Meritorious Achievement Award in – Accreditation Activities

– Continuing Education

– Informal Education

– Standards Education Award

– Professional Development Award for– Employer

– Section

– Society/Council

– Pre-University Educator Award

– Major Educational Innovation Award

– Meritorious Service Citation

Did you know…

In 2009 the IEEE South Africa Section created an Educational Activities committee. That year they won 2 awards!

Plan for 2015 now…

Volunteering

Volunteering: case study

Technical conference Co-chair

Volunteered to ‘mark’ a student comp for Computer Society in Region 8

Acted as judge for the international competition

2008 won CS University Educator

Member Computer Society EAB

Voted BoG (2009); VP EAB

Session chair Transforming Engineering Education (2010)

Chair IEEE EAB PECC

Now CS 1st VP (MGA) and Chair IEEE ETCPSC

How You Can Volunteer

To participate in any of these activities– Identify which type of activity best fits your strengths/field of

interest

– Propose plan for your activity (value, quality of information, etc.)

– Identify which Society/Technical Council, Chapter, Section, Region, Student Branch, or Organizational Unit is appropriate for dissemination of material or further planning of activity

– Contact appropriate Society/Technical Council, Chapter, Section, Region, Student Branch, or Organizational Unit

Contacts

Who to Contact

To see how you can help volunteer first determine where your interests or ideas are best suited

Then, for:– Technical Activity contact that Society/Technical Council’s VP

– interests of a specific geographical area, contact Chapter/Section/Region VP of Education or Education Chair

– Activity pertinent to a Student Branch, contact that Student Branch’s Education Chair

– Standards, contact IEEE Standards Association Education Chair

– IEEE Education activity, use contact on web site

Any questions?