Opening Debate


On the topic of online labs and learning outcomes

Invited Moderator

Maggi

Professor Maggi Savin-Baden (Coventry University, UK)

Maggi Savin-Baden has researched and evaluated staff and student experience of learning for over 20 years and gained funding (Leverhulme Trust, JISC, Higher Education Academy) to research the effectiveness of learning in immersive spaces. She is an experienced evaluator of curricula, research, and research methodologies and an expert in the development of innovative and creative scenarios designed for learning.
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Invited Panel

LLAMAS

Professor Euan Lindsay
Former Dean of School of Engineering and Built Environment, Central Queensland University.

Euan graduated as a Mechatronics Engineer and completed his PhD at Melbourne University researching in to Students' perception of Remote Laboratories. Prior to moving to CQU, Euan was at Curtin University, and has been active in this area and a pioneer in sharing laboratories amongst Australian Universities along with Prof David Lowe. Euan has published several refereed papers in Pedagogy related to Remote Labs. His research focus has been on the learning outcomes of remote and virtual laboratory classes, and how these flexible learning approaches can be embedded in the curriculum. In 2007 he received a Carrick Award for Australian University Teaching and in 2010 he was the President of the AAEE. He is a Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy.



Yiannis

Yiannis Pavlou
Academic Director of Europe for National Instruments

Yiannis Pavlou is currently the Academic Director of Europe for National Instruments corporation. Yiannis has worked for National Instruments for 15 years and has served the organization in roles of technical support, product management, product strategy and more recently as General Manager for the Eastern European region in Europe. Yiannis is an associate board member of the SEFI organization (European Engineering Education Organization) and has a keen interest in the synergy between education, research and innovation policy.


Lyle

Dr. Lyle D. Feisel
Dean Emeritus (retired) of the Thomas J. Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science at the State University of New York at Binghamton.

Following service in the U.S. Navy, he received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Iowa State University. From 1964 to 1983, he was a member of the faculty of the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and served as Head of that institution's Electrical Engineering Department from 1975 to 1983. In 1969-70, he was a National Visiting Professor at Cheng Kung University in Tainan, Taiwan, ROC, and in 1982, held the Wachtmeister Chair in Engineering at the Virginia Military Institute. He has had industrial employment with Collins Radio, Honeywell, IBM, and Northrop, has consulted for private and public organizations, and has been very active in accreditation and continuing education activities. He has published both technical and educational papers and is the holder of two patents. He is a member of the Board of Directors of RAE Systems, Inc. Dr. Feisel is a Fellow of the IEEE, ASEE and NSPE and has served as president of the American Society for Engineering Education, the IEEE Education Society, the Electrical Engineering Department Heads Association, the Electrical Engineering Division of ASEE, and the Association of Engineering Colleges of New York State. He has been Vice President - Educational Activities of IEEE serving on the IEEE Board of Directors for three years. He has also served as a member of the Technical Activities Board, the Publications Board and the Educational Activities Board of IEEE. He has served as a member of the Engineering Accreditation Commission and of the Board of Directors of ABET and has chaired and served on various national committees. Dr. Feisel is a member of various honor societies, and is a recipient of the Western Electric Fund Award, the Meritorious Service Award and the Achievement Award of the IEEE Education Society, the Ben Dasher Award, the Ronald J. Schmitz Award, the IEEE Centennial Medal and Millennium Medal, the Iowa State University Professional Achievement Citation in Engineering, the New York State Society of Professional Engineers Award for Achievements and Contributions in the Field of Education, and an IEEE Region 1 Award for Innovative Leadership in Engineering Education. In 2000, he was named New York State Engineer of the Year and in 2002 received the NSPE Award, the highest honor awarded by the National Society of Professional Engineers

Dr. Feisel's Participation Supported by:

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