WP1: Curriculum design, development and implementation

Moving beyond traditions: bachelor thesis redesign, Anders Berglund, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden Development of real life power systems learning facilities at CQUniversity, Amanullah M Than Oo, CQUniversity, Rockhampton, Australia Engineering education and attitudes toward mathematics: a comparative study, H. W.  Ker, Chihlee Institute of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan Target based education: a simple guide, Satesh Namasivayam, KDU University College, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia A dynamic approach to outcomes based education in engineering curriculum, Chockalingam Aravind Vaithilingam† and Rajparthiban Rajkumar‡, UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia† Taylors University, Selangor, Malaysia‡

 

WP2: Assessment, feedback and academic performance

Early identification of students at risk, determining the causes of student attrition, Duncan Folley and Stephen Wilkinson, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, UK Evaluating effectiveness of residential school for materials engineering course at CQUniversity, Australia, Patrick Keleher†, Arun Patil‡ and Kai Duan*, CQUniversity, Rockhampton, Australia† CQUniversity, Mackay, Australia‡ CQUniversity, Gladstone, Australia* Learning strategy, motive and intention: predicting academic performance of engineering undergraduates, Aini Nazura Paimin†‡, Roger G. Hadgraft†, Kaya Prpic† and Maizam Alias‡ The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia† Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Parit Raja, Malaysia‡ Development of preprocessing modules for an adaptive qualitative assessment with dynamic questions generation: a concept map approach, Diyana Syamsiyah Rozali, Mohd Fadzil Hassan and Norshuhani Zamin, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Seri Iskandar, Malaysia Logistics education as a way for unemployment reduction, Sebastian Kot and Beata Slusarczyk, Czestochowa University of Technology, Czestochowa, Poland

 

WP3: Important issues of engineering and technology education

Design projects in first-year physics for engineering, Boon Leong Lan, Monash University, Selangor, Malaysia Math-oriented critical thinking elements for civil engineering undergraduates: are they relevant? Napisah Muhamad Radzi, Mohd Salleh Abu, Shahrin Mohamad and Fatin Aliah Phang Abdullah, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Johor Bahru, Malaysia The Design and the implementation of MUML, Hazim Rawashdeh†, Abdullah Moh Zin‡ and Sufian Idriss‡, Tafila Technical University, Tafila, Jordan†  Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia‡ Cognitive perspectives of social informatics in professional education, K. Sukumaran, Archana Institute of Technology, Krishnagiri, India Synthesis and characterization of Cdse Quantum Dot via pyrolysis of organometalic reagent, Charles Ahamefula Ubani and Sulaiman Mohammed Yusof, University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia Mathematical model for neutralization system, Ahmmed Saadi Ibrehem, UCSI  University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

 

WP4: Class-room learning/teaching in engineering and technology educationl

Teaching earth pressure theory using physical models:  an example in civil engineering, Jim S. Shiau and Michael A. Hobson, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia Learning enhancement by implementation of Peer Assisted Study Session (PASS), Mohammad Hosseini Fouladi, Carolina Vanathas and Obai Younis Taha Elamin, Taylor’s University, Selangor, Malaysia Learning how to invent: the use of functional decomposition among novice engineers during solution development, Norkhairolizah Hamzah†‡ and Peter C-H Cheng‡, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia† University of Sussex, Brighton, UK‡ Ontology-based annotation recommender for learning material using contextual analysis, Diana Purwitasari, Esti Yuniar, Umi L. Yuhana and Daniel O. Siahaan, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Surabaya, Indonesia

 

WP5: Regional and global issues of engineering and technology education

The EU Lifelong Learning Programme and the enhancement of engineering education in Europe and on the global scale, Giuliano Augusti†, Claudio Borri‡ and Elisa Guberti‡, ENAEE, Brussels, Belgium†, Università Di Firenze, Firenze, Italy, Italy‡ Engineering leadership; education: an overview of;the engineering leadership programs offered in Europe and Australia, Harry Siu-lung Ku† Steven Goh† and Hamid Nasim Khattak‡, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia† Higher Colleges of Technology, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates‡ Science, technology and society (STS) issues priorities of secondary school students and physics teachers in Yemen, Mohammed Yousef Mai, Lilia Halim, Ruhizan Mohammed Yaseen and T. Subahan M. Meerah, University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia Relationship between mentoring program characteristics and mentees’ career: a study in a government owned University, Azman Ismail†, Teh Choon Jin‡, Nik Ghazali Nik Daud†, Ali Boerhannoeddin‡ and Michael Kho†, National Defence University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia† University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia‡

 

WP6: Ethics and gender issues in engineering and technology education

The Tacit dimension in engineering and technical management education: some theoretical considerations, Harold P. Sjursen, New York University Polytechnic Institute, New York, USA A review of using virtual reality for learning: influences on gender differences in spatial abilities, Dayana Farzeeha Ali, Muhammad Khair Noordin, Ahmad Nabil Md. Nasir and Mohd Safarin Nordin, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia Results  of  analytical  thinking  skills  training  through  students  in  system  analysis  and  design  course, Sudjit Montaku, Muban Chom Bueng Rajabhat University, Ratchaburi, Thailand Vygotskian problem-based learning for workplace effects of gender, synchronicity and feedbacks highlighting, Shazarin binti Ahmad Zainuddin, Azween bin Abdullah and Alan Giffin Downe, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia