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IEEE EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES BOARD (EAB) Louisville Marriott Downtown Louisville KY Meeting Minutes 16 February 2008 Approved by EAB 21 June 2008 The IEEE Educational Activities Board (EAB) held its first meeting of 2008 on 16 February 2008 at the Louisville Marriott Downtown, Louisville, KY , USA[1] 1. CALL TO ORDER AND OPENING REMARKS – Micheli-Tzanakou Evangelia Micheli-Tzanakou, IEEE Vice President, Educational Activities and Chair, Educational Activities Board (EAB), called the meeting to order at 8:00 AM and asked for introductions. A member quorum was confirmed. (Agenda Tab 1 - Minutes Attachment 1- Attendance) 2. REVIEW AND ADOPTION OF CONSENT AGENDA Dr. Micheli-Tzanakou reviewed the Consent Agenda as submitted and asked for comments. No comments were provided. The Consent Agenda included the following: a. Approval of EAB Minutes – 17 November 2007 (Agenda Tab 2a)
b. Ratification of
EAB Operating Committee (OpCom) Action: Appointment
of EAB c. Affirmation of 2008 EAB Membership (Agenda Tab 2c) d. Affirmation of 2008 EAB Committee Membership (Agenda Tab 2d) e. Approval of Appointments to the EAB Committee on Engineering Accreditation (CEAA), and the ABET Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) (Agenda Tab 2e)
f.
Approval of Appointments to the EAB Committee on
Technology Accreditation g. Approval of PSPB Operations Manual, Section 8.2 – Publications Guidelines:
Proper Handling
of Articles Written by Publications Volunteers
(Agenda Tab 2g)
3. REVIEW AND ADOPTION OF AGENDA Dr. Micheli-Tzanakou reviewed the Agenda and reviewed modifications in the schedule of items. The Agenda was unanimously approved as modified.
4.
REPORT OF THE VICE PRESIDENT – Micheli-Tzanakou Dr. Micheli-Tzanakou announced with regret the passing of Dr. William E. Sayle II on 2 February 2008. Dr. Sayle was a dedicated IEEE volunteer who made outstanding contributions in engineering education for the IEEE and ABET. In 2004, he was awarded the IEEE EAB Meritorious Achievement Award in Accreditation Activities. Dr. Sayle was Professor Emeritus of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. Following her remarks, Dr. Micheli-Tzanakou led the EAB in a moment of silence in honor of Dr. Sayle Dr. Micheli-Tzanakou called attention to EAB award materials that were distributed to the EAB. She announced that efforts are currently underway by EAB Awards and Recognition Committee (ARC) Chair, Alfred MacRae and his committee to revitalize the EAB Awards Program and encouraged EAB members and guests to support these activities. a. EAB Vision: Collegiality; Inclusion; Respect; Competitive; Critical and Effective: Dr. Micheli-Tzanakou described a vision for the EAB that includes: conducting business with collegiality; welcoming all who wish to participate; respecting each other while remaining competitive; and expressing constructive criticism that helps the EAB to remain effective. b. Issues to be addressed in 2008
b.1
Inter-Group Communication: Strive to increase
communication between the IEEE Organizational
Units as well as with EAB’s partners in
industry and
academia b.4 Diversity and Cultural Respect: Honor differences and work together to move EAB forward successfully
c.
Changes in the
Accreditation Policy Council (APC): Mr.
Eric Tappert is the new APC Chair for
2008. Discussions will continue
regarding the role of APC in 2008 and beyond,
including: increased focus on policy issues;
assistance to IEEE Representatives on the ABET
Board of Directors regarding policy;
development of long-term goals for IEEE
accreditation activities in the US,
outside
of ABET; development of long-term goals in global
accreditation; and
development of EAB’s next policy paper
on the role of standards in engineering
education.
1 Working with ABET:
Continue close cooperation with IEEE
Representative Directors on the ABET Board of
Directors and with CSAB; increase involvement in
policy issues concerning ABET by providing
IEEE Representative Directors to ABET
information regarding IEEE’s views on
key issues, e.g., ABET finances and
governance; appoint a new IEEE Representative
Director to ABET
e.
Global Accreditation :
Defining IEEE’s five-year
objectives; developing new regional programs;
assisting existing and developing systems
f.
Primary Objectives for 2008
f.5
Accreditation in the United States: Regulate
IEEE activities; help re-organization of ABET;
seek opportunities to support diversity of
accreditation methods f.7
Accreditation.org: Expand and promote
g.
Other Areas
a.5 Initiate Webinars for hands-on course experience a.6 Develop model curricula in Biometrics a.7 Develop Professor-In-Training by experts in new technologies a.8 Explore with Mathworks incorporating MATLAB in IEEE Expert Now IEEE a.9 Sponsor workshops on emerging technologies a.10 Create e-Zine for communication within EAB a.11 Create a wiki/portal for EAB activities (Minutes Attachment 2, 2a, 2b) 5. REVIEW OF EAB 2005-2007 - Kam Past VP-EA Moshe Kam provided an overview of EAB’s responsibilities and structure and reported on major activities during 2005-2007. a. Mandate: EAB is charged with implementing educational programs to serve IEEE members, the engineering and the scientific community and the general public; and recommending to the Board of Directors policies on educational matters.
b. Organizational
Structure: 16 voting members and one non-voting
member (Managing Director-EA); EAB
Representatives and Liaisons to IEEE groups
and outside organizations
d.
Pre-University Activities - Objective:
Increasing the propensity of young
people to select engineering as a career path 1 TryEngineering.org: In 2005 the IEEE Board of Directors approved a new initiative: “Launching our Children’s Path to Engineering” and requested review and consolidation of all IEEE pre-university education in engineering, technology, and computing. A major outcome of this action was the development of TryEngineering.org, which was accomplished in partnership with IBM and the New York Hall of Science and was launched in June 2006. TryEngineering.org is a web portal about engineering and engineering careers that was initially developed for students, parents, school counselors and teachers and was intended to help young people understand better what engineering means, and how an engineering career can be made part of their future. Visitors to the site explore how to prepare for an engineering career, ask experts engineering- related questions and play interactive games. Since its launch, TryEngineering.org has caught the attention of the university community, and the portal has evolved to become an increasingly popular resource for both the pre- university and university communities.
Currently, TryEngineering.org provides university searches in 23 countries and is operating in English, Chinese, German, Spanish, French, Japanese and Russian.
e. University-Level Activities - Objectives: Improve academic curricula and ensure their purposeful adaptation to the changing technical and business climate; improve delivery and effectiveness of engineering education; improve retention of engineering and technology students.
ensure active involvement of the Institute in maintaining the quality and relevance of engineering education and seeks a leadership role in accreditation within all the areas of its technical activities.
Development of IEEE’s white paper on accreditation Development of a comprehensive on-line resource on accrediting bodies and mutual recognition agreements
Assistance to emerging accrediting bodies and
accreditation projects worldwide: China, the
Caribbean, and Peru
f. IEEE Position Papers: EAB developed the following IEEE Position Papers in 2007:
In 2008, the EAB/SA Standards Education Committee ( SEC) will develop an IEEE Position Paper on the role of technical standards in the academic curriculum.
g.
Post-University
Education: Provides practitioners in
IEEE’s fields of interest
with accessible and affordable high-quality
continuing education products. Main
activities: IEEE Expert Now, an on-line tutorial
library; Education Partners, an
on-
line course library; and development of
certification programs in Biometrics
Washington, DC
h. Consolidation of IEEE On-line Courses: The Board of Directors has directed the EAB to consolidate IEEE on-line course offerings by the end of 2008.
(Minutes Attachment 3) 6. MANAGER DIRECTOR’S REPORT: OVERVIEW OF THE EDUCATIONAL
ACTIVITIES DEPARTMENT (EAD) – Gorham MD-EA
Douglas Gorham provided an overview of EA staff
functions. He pointed out that the
EAD is made up of 20 positions, and many
EA staff members serve cross functions. He
distributed the 2008 EAB Committees and Staff
Support list and discussed EA responsibilities
as
set forth
in the EAB Mission and current goals.
7. FINANCE COMMITTEE (FinCom) REPORT – Kam
FinCom Chair Moshe Kam summarized items included on his report to the IEEE FinCom Meeting of 12 and 14 February.
a.
Strategic Topics for 2008-2009
b.
Financial Goals for 2008-2009:
b.1 Increase the customer
base of IEEE Expert Now
c. Financial Goals for 2010-2012
d.
Other Issues: EAB is currently exploring development
of a program to educate
new university professors
e. Five-Year
Goals
f.
Continuing
Programs: Teacher in-Service Program;
Global Accreditation;
Assessment program for Electrical
Engineering Technology programs; Education
Partners Program
g.
EAB Budget with standard target yearly increase
h.
IEEE Expert Now – Preparing for Phase 2
i.
Certification
j.
Biometrics –
Market Research
k.
EAB budget summary
l.
Next Steps:
develop a list of additions to the target budget
(Minutes Attachment 5 – Confidential Material)
8.
EPICS: ENGINEERING PROJECTS IN COMMUNITY
SERVICE - Kam for Dandekar Dr. Kam provided a report on EPICS on behalf of Society Outreach Committee (SOOC) Chair Kapil Dandekar. EPICS was founded at Purdue University in 1995 and currently has programs in 18 universities and at an increasing number of high schools. These are partnerships between the universities and local non-profit organizations to implement interdisciplinary design projects. The program provides communities with access to technology-based solutions and provides universities with the opportunity for students and their professions to integrate engineering design with service learning. Dr. Dandekar, who is serving as EAB representative, has proposed creating a 12-month pilot program with objectives, timeline, milestones, recruiting plan, and performance metrics. The target date for starting is September 2008.
(Minutes Attachment 6)
9. ACCREDITATION POLICY COUNCIL (APC) REPORT – Tappert
APC Chair
Eric Tappert provided a report, which included:
a. APC Meeting
Update - 15 February 2008
b. Appointments to
the CEAA and the CTAA were approved in the Consent
Agenda (Agenda Tab 2e, 2f)
d.
Role of Standards in Education: The APC agreed
to work with the EAB/SA Standards
Education Committee (SEC) to develop a
policy paper on the role of Standards in
education.
e.
Balance of program evaluators: Historically, the
IEEE has endeavored to
maintain a balance between academic and
industry/government backgrounds of
its pool of program evaluators. The APC has
formed a task force to consider this
practice and determine if it should be continued. f. IEEE program evaluators processes: Through its Partnership to Advance Volunteer Excellence (PAVE) program, ABET has recently taken over training of new IEEE program evaluators. The APC will examine the impact of this practice on IEEE processes. (Minutes Attachment 7)
10. COMMITTEE ON GLOBAL ACCREDITATION ACTIVITIES (CGAA) REPORT - Kam
CGAA Chair Moshe Kam provided a report.
a. Mission and
Scope of Responsibilities
b. CGAA Membership: Region 1, one member ; Region 2, two members; Region 8, one member; Region 9, three members; Region 10 , one member
c.
Key Activities: IEEE provides help to
accrediting bodies in formation, including
training of program evaluators; help to
groups that want to start new accrediting
bodies; and education about accreditation
d.
Current Activities d.1 China: In 2006 IEEE established an accreditation working group in China, the IEEE Working Group on Education in China (WGEC). In 2007 IEEE held a workshop on engineering accreditation in cooperation with the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST), which is the accrediting body in China. In preparation for the workshop, EAB completed a translation of ABET accreditation materials into Chinese. Attendees included program evaluators from China and from IEEE, Bruce Eisenstein, Michael Lightner, Moshe Kam and Douglas Gorham. At the invitation of CAST, IEEE will return in 2008 to hold a second workshop in cooperation with CAST and the Chinese Ministry of Education. Michael Lightner and Moshe Kam will narrate the workshop.
d.2 Peru: IEEE is providing on-going assistance to ICACIT, which is the accrediting body in Peru. In 2006, EAB provided the first non-US EAB training workshop for program evaluators in Peru. The workshop was prepared and delivered by Past APC Chair Mario Gonzalez, a well-known educator from the University of Texas at Austin. EAB provided a complete translation of ABET materials into Spanish. In 2007, EA Manager of University Activities, Arnold Peskin, was instrumental in efforts to complete a first draft of governance documents and structure of ICACIT. In December, a second training workshop led by Dr. Gonzalez was held in Arequipa. Activities planned for 2008 include a final version of accreditation manuals, appointment of 20 program evaluators and the first series of independent accreditation visits by ICACIT.
d.3 The
Caribbean: EAB is working with a group
centered in the University of West
Indies to
create the Accreditation Agency for
Technology, Engineering and
Computing
(AATECC) in the Caribbean . The desired
outcome of this effort is a fully functional
stable accrediting body operating wherever
there is a higher
education institute in the Caribbean, and membership
of the body in the
Washington Accord. d.4 Additional Region 9 activities: EAB will identify other groups in Region 9 and review needs.
(Minutes Attachment 8)
11.
CSAB REPORT - Neveda
12.CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION COORDINATING COMMITTEE (CPEC) REPORT - Plataniotis
CPEC ChairKostas Plataniotis provided a written report for the Agenda. (Agenda
Tab 5) 13.PUBLIC AWARENESS COMMITTEE (PAC) REPORT – Carletta
PAC Chair Joan Carletta reported on the EAB/WIE Joint New Initiative, Real World Engineering Projects (RWEP), formerly named, Increasing the Representation of Women in IEEE Fields of Interest. This is a two-year (2007-2008) New Initiative with a total budget of $380K. The goal is to provide faculty worldwide with fully developed curricula for first-year EE/CE/CS/ET team-based projects that illustrate “real-world” problems with solutions that impact society.
Benefits of RWEP
Dr.
Carletta reported on 2008 project timelines; review
criteria, and titles. 2008 goals
include: development of the RWEP portal;
development of an assessment plan; publication and
promotion of inaugural projects; and
development of strategy for continuation funding.
(Minutes Attachment 10) Dr. Micheli-Tzanakou welcomed Vice President, IEEE Publication Services and Products, John Baillieul, who presented the 2008 PSPB Initiative on Competitive Positioning. A discussion followed. (Minutes Attachment 11)
15.
IEEE EXPERT NOW EDITORIAL BOARD REPORT
– Basar IEEE Expert Now Editorial Board Editor-in-Chief, Tamar Basar reported on the background and current status of IEEE Expert Now.
IEEE
Expert Now is a library of one-hour long on-line
learning modules developed by recognized
experts, usually on the basis of conference
workshops around the world. It is designed to
facilitate the continuing education needs of
IEEE members and other practicing engineers,
scientists and researchers. In 2007, the EAB
established the IEEE Expert Now Editorial
Board to maintain quality control and develop
strategies for the future of the IEEE Expert Now
library and to prepare plans to maintain and
expand the coverage, quality, reach and relevance
of the library. Dr. Basar reported on the
current status and discussed future plans of
IEEE Expert Now.
16. EAB/STANDARDS ASSOCIATION (SA) STANDARDS EDUCATION COMMITTEE (SEC) – Mills
SA Representative Steve Mills provided an update of EAB/SA SEC activities. The committee is scheduled to meet on Saturday, 23 February 2008 to review goals and action items and put in place an operation plan for the year. Objectives for 2008 include development of an IEEE Position Paper on the role of standards in education and development of the IEEE Standards Education Web Portal.
17. AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR ENGINEERING EDUCATION (ASEE) – Melsa
American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) President James Melsa provided an update of ASEE activities.
(Minutes Attachment 13)
18. ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HEADS ASSOCIATION (ECEDHA) – Smith
19. PRE-UNIVERSITY EDUCATION COORDINATING COMMITTEE (PECC) – Winston
20.
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY AND COMPUTING PORTALS
– Pelham
Educational Outreach Program Manager, Yvonne Pelham
reported on new features of the
TryEngineering.org and Accreditation.org.
In addition to listings for pre-university students, there are now listings for undergraduate and graduate students and recent graduates. Listings include: competitions, summer programs, internships, research positions.
A new e-newsletter subscription will be
available soon to any visitor who provides an
email address. The newsletter will include
noteworthy items about engineering, spotlights
about TryEngineering.org and announcements of
new features.
A new addition to the popular “Play
Games” section, the Build a Bionic
Arm game will be available soon. This game
challenges players to design, build and test a
prosthetic robotic arm using the latest
materials and techniques. The goal is to engineer an
arm that recreates the capabilities of the
human arm. The game broadens interest in
engineering, shows how engineers solve real world
problems and demonstrates the integration of
multiple engineering disciplines involved in
bionic arm building.
Recognized accrediting agencies worldwide Mutual recognition Agreements, their texts and interpretations Accreditation Overview – tutorial and annotated bibliography of articles, books, publications and other resources University search
(Minutes Attachments 15a)
21.
STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION – Frankel Dr.
Micheli-Tzanakou introduced Ms. Jean Frankel of
Tecker Consultants who led the EAB,
Staff and guests in a Strategic Planning
Session. Ms. Frankel explained that the
purpose of the session was to build on what
EAB already has in place; create additional elements
of a full Strategic Long-Range Plan; and set
future context with a SWOT (Strengths,
Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis.
She pointed out that the session
outcomes are intended to put into content
existing EAB work and provide a basis on which to
prioritize future efforts, measure progress,
and communicate across the IEEE in a common
language of strategic planning. (Minutes Attachment 16) 22. EXECUTIVE SESSION – Micheli-Tzanakou
Dr. Micheli-Tzanakouannounced the following actions taken during Executive Session:
23.
OLD BUSINESS - Micheli-Tzanakou There was no Old Business.
24.
NEW BUSINESS - Micheli-Tzanakou There was no New Business.
25.
CLOSING REMARKS – Micheli-Tzanakou Micheli-Tzanakou thanked EAB members for their participation during the meeting and looked forward to a productive year.
26.
NEXT MEETING – Micheli-Tzanakou 21 June 2008 Denver, CO
27.
ADJOURNEMENT - Micheli-Tzanakou A motion to adjourn at 4:33 pm was approved.
[1] A preliminary agenda was provided on the World Wide Web. |
