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Monday
10.00 – 11.00 Conference Registration
11.00 – 11.15 Welcome address from Loughborough University’s Vice Chancellor, Professor Shirley Pearce C.B.E

Welcome adress now available to view online

11.15 – 11.50 Key note: Norman Fortenberry

Norman’s keynote now available to view online

12.00 – 13.00 Parallel 1 Parallel 2 Parallel 3
Laboratory Based Education Supporting Learning and Teaching Enquiry Based Learning
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 15.30 Workshop 1
Integrating Online Resources into Taught Courses
Workshop 2
How can evidence inform my teaching practice?
Workshop 3
Learning Spaces
Workshop 4

Discover WebPA
15.30 – 16.00 Afternoon tea
16.00 – 17.30 Parallel 4 Parallel 5 Parallel 6
Using Media to support engineering students Enquiry Based Learning 2 Peer Assessment
20.00 Conference Dinner – Loughborough
University
Tuesday
07.30 – 08.30 Conference Run
09.15 – 09.50 Keynote: Ian Cameron
10.00 – 11.00 Parallel 1 Parallel 2 Parallel 3
Enhancing the Student Experience Employer Engagement Globalisation and Sustainable Development education
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee
11.30 – 13.00 Parallel 4 Parallel 5 Parallel 6
Problem Based Learning Skills & Industry Internationalisation
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
Entries to the Royal Academy of
Engineering Student Design Poster Competition 2008
will also be on display in the exhibition area
14.00 – 15.30 Workshop 1
Remote and virtual labs
Workshop 2
Engineering the Future
Workshop 3
Ethics Case Studies
Workshop 4
Involving Students in Assessment
15.30 – 16.00 Afternoon Tea
16.00 – 17.30 Parallel 7 Parallel 8 Parallel 9
E-Learning Working with Industry Teaching Awards 2008
19.00 – 23.00

Gala Dinner, National Space Centre, Leicester
Drinks Reception supported by WebPA

19.00 Coaches depart from Loughborough University
to Leicester
19.30 Drinks Reception – supported by WebPA
20.00 3D Film
20.30 Dinner
23.00 Coaches depart for Loughborough University
Wednesday
09.15 – 09.50 Keynote: Matthew Harrison
10.00 – 11.00 Parallel 1 Parallel 2 Parallel 3
The Future of Engineering Curriculum Development 1 Active Learning and Key Skills Development
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee
11.30 – 13.00 Parallel 4 Parallel 5 Parallel 6
Curriculum Development 2 The First Year Experience Developing Engineering Education
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 15.30 Workshop 1
Helping academic staff be successful
Workshop 2
Course Design and Learning Outcomes
Workshop 3
Learning Technologies
Workshop 4
Multimedia System Integration Workshop: Hands-on
15.30 – 16.00 Afternoon Tea and Closing address
DAY 1
Norman Fortenberry, Director of the Center for the Advancement of Scholarship on Engineering Education (CASEE) at the National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
12.00 – 13.00 – Parallel 1 – Laboratory Based
Education – located in Room D102
Session Chair: Peter Goodhew, UKCME
P003 Withdrawn – Evidence-Informed Development of Engineering Practical Work: effecting change through staff and student engagement Aidan Reilly,
Centre for Applied Research in Educational Technologies, University of Cambridge, UK
P023 ReLOAD-SAFE: A System for Submission, Assessment, Feedback and Evaluation of Remote Experiments J. F. Gallagher,
University of Leeds, UK
P051 The TriLab, a Novel View of Laboratory Education M. Abdulwahed,
Loughborough University, UK
12.00 – 13.00 – Parallel 2 – Supporting
Learning and Teaching – located in Room CC0109
Session Chair: Jane Pritchard, Engineering Subject Centre, UK
P077 The Impact of the CETL Programme in England. A Perspective
from the Engineering CETL
Adam Crawford and
John Dickens, engCETL, Loughborough University, UK
P090 The Changing Face of Engineering Pat Morton, Sheffield Hallam University, UK, with support from Womens
Engineering Society (WES) and UK Resource Centre for Women in SET (UKRC)
P007 Training Tomorrow’s Lecturers: Messages from a national survey of recently-appointed Materials Scientists Adam Mannis,
UK Centre for Materials Education
12.00 – 13.00 – Parallel 3 – Enquiry based
Learning – located in Room D109
Session Chair: Carol Arlett, The Engineering Subject Centre
P011 Using Enquiry-Based Learning (EBL) to prepare Students for Group Work: Lessons from successive implementations Norman Powell CEEBL (Centre for Excellence in Enquiry-Based Learning), University of Manchester, UK
P018 Collaborative Modeling Lab to increase Learning Engagement Gwendolyn Kolfschoten, Systems Engineering Section, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
P029 Activity Led Learning within Aerospace at Coventry University Dr. Caroline Lambert, Coventry University, UK
14.00 – 15.30 – Workshop 1 – located in Room
CC0109
W003 Integrating Online Resources into Taught Courses N. A. Rutter, Z. H. Barber and T. W. Clyne, University of Cambridge, UK
14.00 – 15.30 – Workshop 2 – located in Room
D102
W006 How can evidence inform my teaching practice and how can I gather this evidence? Liz Willis and Jane Pritchard,
the Engineering Subject Centre, UK
14.00 – 15.30 – Workshop 3 – located in Room
D109
W015 A Learning Spaces Strategy for the 21st Century Toni Kelly, University of Birmingham, UK, Simon Steiner, the Engineering Subject Centre, UK
14.00 – 15.30 – Workshop 4 – located in SIGMA,
A.2.34
W005 Discover WebPA: An online self and peer assessment system Steve Loddington, engCETL, Loughborough University, UK
16.00 – 17.30 – Parallel 4 – Using Media to
support engineering students – located in Room CC0109
Session Chair: Clara Davies, University of Leeds, UK
P033 Blending the Engineer’s Learning Environment through the use of Audio Anne Nortcliffe, Faculty of Arts, Computing, Science and Engineering, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
P057 Users as Producers: students using video to develop learner autonomy Mike Bramhall, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
P070 Game Based Learning in Engineering Education Jos Darling, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bath, UK
P089 From Distance to Online to Blended: A Programme’s Journey Anthony Williams and Willy Sher, School of Architecture and Built Environment, The University of Newcastle, Australia
16.00 – 17.30 – Parallel 5 – Enquiry Based
Learning 2 – located in Room D109
Session Chair: Adam Crawford, engCETL, Loughborough University, UK
P005 Team project work for distance learners in engineering – challenges and benefit Mark Endean,
Faculty of Mathematics, Computing and Technology, The Open University, UK
P006 Online Student Individual Project Management System Johann Siau, School of Electronic, Communication and Electrical Engineering, University of Hertfordshire, UK
P020 An Investigation into the Adoption of CDIO in Distance Education Clive Ferguson, School of Engineering and Information Technology, Deakin University,
Australia
16.00 – 17.30 – Parallel 6 – Peer Assessment
– located in Room D102
Session Chair: Professor Alison Halstead, Aston University
P016 An Examination of Academic and Student Attitudes to the Peer Assessment of Group Work using WebPA in Engineering Steve Loddington, engCETL, Loughborough University,
UK
P063 Experiences with using peer marking in year 1 engineering Anthony Rossiter, Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, University of Sheffield, UK
P068 Peer Assessment and Developing Students’ Professional Ethics Dr Jonathan Swingler, School of Engineering Sciences, University of Southampton, UK
DAY 2
Keynote Address Engineering and
Education: The Spatial Imperative in Curriculum Innovation

by Ian Cameron
10.00 – 11.00 – Parallel 1 - Enhancing the
Student Experience – located in Room CC0109
Session Chair: Professor Mike Bramhall, Faculty of Arts, Computer, Engineering
and Science, Sheffield Hallam University
P015 Using part-time students to improve the student experience Tim Davis, Coventry University, UK
P065 The experiences of part-time students in civil engineering compared with those of full-time students John Davies, Coventry University, UK
P010 Engaging and Retaining Engineering Students Elaine Smith, School of Engineering and Computing, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK
10.00 – 11.00 – Parallel 2 – Employer
Engagement – located in Room D102
Session Chair: Professor Steve Rothberg, Dean of Engineering, Loughborough
University, UK
P069 Good Practise in Collaboration with Employers Barbara Karleuša, Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Rijeka, Croatia
P084 The new 14-19 Diploma in Engineering: an authentic engineering education? Mark Yelland, The Royal Academy of Engineering, UK
P002 Working in partnership to support employer engagement in engineering Carol Arlett, the Engineering Subject Centre, UK
10.00 – 11.00 – Parallel 3 – Globalisation
and Sustainable Development education – located in Room D109
Session Chair: Roger Penlington, School of Computing, Engineering & Information
Sciences, Northumbria University, UK
P001 The Development of Competencies for Engineers within a Global Context Malcolm Allan, School of Engineering and Computing, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK
P042 The Teaching of Sustainable Development at Aston University Dr J P Fletcher, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Aston University, UK
P046 Paper withdrawn – An HE curriculum for teaching and learning ethical issues arising from pervasive communications Holly Meyer, State University, USA
11.30 – 13.00 – Parallel 4 – Problem Based
Learning – located in Room D102
Session Chair: Elaine Smith, Engineering & Computing, Glasgow Caledonian
University, UK
P037 Innovative Problem-based learning approach using on and offline resources in 1st Year Chemical Engineering Dr D. Rossiter, Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, The University of Sheffield, UK
P061 Problem Solving and Creativity for Undergraduate Engineers: the use of robots as a development tool Jonathan Adams, The University of Northampton, UK
P025 The use of learning styles as a guide for project group formation and methods of assessment Paul Hermon, School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Queen’s University Belfast, UK
P062 The development of a module to equip students with real-world problem-solving skills Anna Hiley, School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, The University of Manchester, UK
11.30 – 13.00 – Parallel 5 – Skills &
Industry – located in Room D109
Session Chair: Ian Lindsay, The Engineering Subject Centre
P056 A non-mathematical framework for Developing the Conceptual Understanding of Classical Mechanics Peter Vivian, Coventry University, UK (in collaboration with the Blackpool &
The Fylde College).
P052 Industrial sponsorship: undergraduate students’ expectations and achievements F. Soltani-Tafreshi, engCETL, Loughborough University, UK
P075 Do Materials Science and Engineering students learn the skills, attitudes and abilities that they need as graduates? Diane Taktak, UK
Centre for Materials Education, University of Liverpool, UK
11.30 – 13.00 – Parallel 6 -
Internationalisation – located in Room CC0109
Session Chair: Susan Doyle, UKCME
P040 Becoming and being an Engineer in an internationalised context:
international students’ engagement with ‘real-world’ enquiry at
Masters’ level
Catherine Montgomery, Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning: Assessment for Learning, Northumbria University, UK
P055 Effective English Support for International Students in Engineering Departments Linda Gray, Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, University of Sheffield, UK
P060 Educating for Intercultural Working Life: A Case Study Juha Kontio, Turku University of Applied Sciences, FINLAND
13.45 – 15.45 – Workshop 1 – located in SIGMA,
A.2.34
W011 The impact of remote and virtual laboratories in engineering education: ZK Nagy, M. Abdulwahed, R. Blanchard and E. Read and E. Lindsay
14.00 – 15.30 – Workshop 2 – located in Room
D102
W009 Engineering the Future: Practitioners, Researchers and Policy Makers Working across Sectors G MacBride, Faculty of Education, University of Glasgow, UK
14.00 – 15.30 – Workshop 3 – located in Room
D109
W014 Ethics Case Studies: Placing Ethical Practice in an Engineering Context Heather Fotheringham, IDEA CETL, University of Leeds, UK
14.00 – 15.30 - Workshop 4 – located in Room
CC0109
W004 Involving students in assessment: developing understanding of assessment
standards within a community of assessment practice.
Margaret Price, ASKe CETL, Oxford Brookes University, UK

16.00 – 17.30 – Parallel 7 – E-Learning – located in Room CC0109.
Session Chair: Simon Steiner, The Engineering Subject Centre, UK

Click to view Simon’s introduction to this parallel session

P004 Enhancing the Teaching and Learning of Structural Concepts
through Experience of Seeing and Touching
Tianjian Ji, School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, The University of Manchester,
UK
P013 A Health and Safety Risk Education e-Learning Package for Undergraduate Engineers

Nicola Stacey, Health and Safety, Laboratory UK

P038 Social Networking Sites Within Higher Education, Threat or Opportunity? Sheila Baron, Southampton Solent University, UK
P088 Using an electronic voting system to enhance learning and teaching Mark Russell, Automotive and Design Engineering, University of Hertfordshire,
UK
16.00 – 17.30 – Parallel 8 – Working with
Industry – located in Room D102
Session Chair: Malcolm Carr-West, The Engineering Subject Centre, UK
P058 An Integrated Strategy for HE Engineering Provision between FE Colleges and Universities within Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Dr Patrick Barber, The Lifelong Learning Network for Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, UK
P028 Teaching Engineering in a Simulated Industrial Learning Environment: A Case
Study in Manufacturing Engineering
Dr. Sunil Rohan Tittagala, Faculty of Arts, Computing, Engineering and
Sciences, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
P085 Synergies and antagonies of MSc modules and industrial short courses N.S.Ferguson, Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton, UK
16.00 – 17.30 – Parallel 9 – The Engineering
Subject Centre Teaching Awards 2008 – located in Room D109
  Creating a Learner-Centred Approach in Product Innovation Gavin Cutler, The Engineering Innovation
Institute, University of Hull, UK
  Project Based Learning in Mechatronics Robert Parkin, Wolfson School of Mechanical
& Manufacturing Engineering, Loughborough University, UK
  Impact of Animated Visual Models in Enhancing Student Understanding of
Complex Processes
Dave Pearce, Department of Electronics,
University of York, UK
  .A Blended Module Design to Engage New Students Anthony Rossiter, Automatic Control and
Systems Engineering, University of Sheffield, UK
DAY 3
Matthew Harrison
10.00 – 11.00 – Parallel 1 – The Future of
Engineering – located in Room D102
Session Chair: Euan Lindsay,  Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia
P035 Engineering the Future: a sustainable concept? G MacBride, Faculty of Education, University of Glasgow, UK
P074 The London Engineering Project – A Higher Education Institution Model Dr. Elizabeth Read, Royal Academy of Engineering, UK
P080 A National Subject Profile for UK higher education programmes in Materials Tim Bullough, Department of Engineering, University of Liverpool, UK
10.00 – 11.00 – Parallel 2 – Curriculum
Development 1 – located in Room CC0109
Session Chair: Ivan Moore, Centre
for Promoting Learner Autonomy (CPLA), Sheffield Hallam University, UK
P027 Assessment of Learning Outcomes: The EASIMAP Solution Alan Maddocks, the Engineering Subject Centre, UK
P082 Institutional Strategies Implementing Outcome-Based Education for
Engineering – First Experiences from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Norihan Abu Hassan, College of Science and Technology, Universiti Teknologi
Malaysia
 
P053 Issues Associated with Professional Accreditation of UK Master’s Programmes Jane Horner, Department of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering,
Loughborough University, UK
10.00 – 11.00 – Parallel 3 – Active Learning
and Key Skills Development – located in Room D109
Session Chair: Martin Pitt, Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, The
University of Sheffield, UK
P047 Role-play experience through virtual re-construction of accident investigation Graham Schleyer, University of Liverpool,
UK
P008 Towards Sustainable ‘Activity Led Learning’ Innovations in Teaching, Learning and Assessment Sarah Wilson-Medhurst, Faculty of Engineering and Computing, Coventry University, UK
P079 Embedding teamworking and teamskills into an engineering degree programme -
various models
Simon Steiner, the Engineering Subject Centre, UK
11.30 – 13.00 – Parallel 4 – Curriculum
Development 2 – located in Room D109
Session Chair: Professor John Dickens, The Engineering Subject Centre, UK
P026 Application of a Generic Curriculum Change Management Process to Motivate and Excite Students Charles D. McCartan, School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Queen’s University, Belfast, UK
P076 Mech 2: Post award analysis Peter Ostafichuk, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia
P044 Engineering Management – The Lost Discipline? Robin Clark, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Aston University, UK
11.30 – 13.00 – Parallel 5 – The First Year
Experience – located in Room D102
Session Chair: Rob Pearce, The Engineering Subject Centre, UK

Click to view Rob’s introduction to this parallel session

P054 Making the most of intro week Anthony Rossiter, Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, University of Sheffield, UK
P030 Making Students Engineers Euan Lindsay, Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia
P012 An evaluation of the motivation of engineering students using self-determination theory Nick Savage, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Portsmouth, UK
11.30 – 13.00 – Parallel 6 – Developing
Engineering Education – located in Room CC0109
Session Chair: Chris Taylor, UKCME
P032 Innovative Curriculum Development within the Motorsport B.Eng course at Coventry University. Prof. Peter White, Faculty of Engineering and Computing, Coventry University, UK
P043 Blending Arts and Sciences – Gimmick or Necessity? M. Karamanoglu, Product Design and Engineering, School of Arts and Education, Middlesex University, UK
P049 A review of current undergraduate and postgraduate medical engineering courses in the UK Thomas J Joyce Centre for Rehabilitation and Engineering Studies (CREST), Newcastle University, UK
14.00 – 15.30 – Workshop 1 – located in Room
D102
W013 Helping academic staff be successful – added VALUE Peter Goodhew, Department of Engineering, University of Liverpool, UK
14.00 – 15.30 – Workshop 2 – located in Room
CC0109
W008 Basing Course Design on Learning Outcomes Alan Maddocks, the Engineering Subject Centre, UK and Ivan Moore, Director
CPLA CETL (Centre for Promoting Learner Autonomy), Sheffield Hallam University,
UK
14.00 – 15.30 – Workshop 3 – located in Room
D109
W001 Learning technologies and the current and future role in engineering education Rob Pearce and Jane Pritchard, the Engineering Subject Centre, UK

Click to view Rob’s introduction to this parallel session

14.00 – 15.30 – Workshop 4 – located in SIGMA,
A.2.34
W tbc Multimedia System Integration Workshop: Hands-on Johann Siau, School of Electronic, Communication and Electrical Engineering,
University of Hertfordshire, UK
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