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This short article reviews the different types of questions that can be effectively asked in class to promote active learning, with particular relevance for the engineering classroom.

This webpage, from National Cybersecurity Training and Education (NCYTE) Center, is one of seven learning modules from the Cybersecurity-Infused Computer Science Modules series. This module "focuses on practical aspects of private key and public key cryptography," and the Primary Learning Objectives...

This paper, from the American Society for Engineering Education, discusses the NSF ATE-funded Applying Research-Based Instructional Methods in the Classroom project at Sinclair Community College. The project, led by Professor Houdeshell, focuses on the "application and evaluation of research-based...

This 29-page paper, written by Robert I. Lerman, discusses employer-led training. The following questions are addressed in this paper: What types and amounts of skill development and especially employer sponsored traning are taking place in the U.S. overall? Is it increasing or decreasing? What are...

Presented by the Arizona Solar Center, a non-profit organization that promotes the use of solar energy, this webiste provides information about solar technologies, including photovoltaics, solar cooking, solar water heating, solar architecture, wind power. It also provides hands-on activities for...

This 24-page paper, provided by the American Society for Engineering Education, discusses the implementation and assessment of the Unconventional Thinking in Engineering Design (UnTiED) ideation method in a freshman engineering graphics course. This paper presents the following: Results from a...

This resource, provided by Florida State University, is a curriculum analysis report of the Assessing Information Technology Educational Pathways That Promote Deployment and Use of Rural Broadband study. The goal of this National Science Foundation Advanced Technological Education project is to...

This 4-page document, provided by the New England Board of Higher Education, is intended for students who have solved a Problem Based Challenge (PBL). PBLs are industry-based case studies created by Problem Based Learning Projects. After a student has completed a challenge, students fill out the...

This paper, published in International Federation for Information Processing, Volume 222, discusses whether trace evidence of files is left by Windows-based secure deletion programs. Secure deletion programs purport to permanently erase files from digital media. The authors examine five popular...

This article, from Brandon Plewe and Steven Prager, outlines the University Consortium of Geographic Information Science's (UCGIS) Geographic Information Science and Technology Body of Knowledge, which is a curriculum meant "to identify the broad spectrum of knowledge, skills and techniques that...