Report of Educational Activities Corodinator-2005

Singapore

March 2005.

Role of Educational Activities Chair

• Information Source for EAB activities, products/services to Region entities.

• Bring back issues of concern to Region to EA.• Provide some level of organization and support to education

opportunities within Sections/Consortium of Sections.• Plan and initiate activities in the area of concern to Region as a

whole such s accreditation, Curiculla, Cross certification, web based education.

• Provide and share information about programs and best practices.• Data base/information for Continuing Education Programs in the

Region.

2004 REPORTSFinancial Support given

◊ For DLP to Delhi, Hong Kong, and Seoul Sections

◊ For other Educational programs to Bangalore(tutorial on emerging technologies), Gujarat(Linux and embedded systems workshops), Indonesia(tutorial on robot), Seoul(lecture on flash memory), Singapore(Science symposium and tutorial on publishing research), and Thailand(e-camp for pre-college students)

2004 REPORT

Bangalore $500 One-day tutorial

Delhi $1,600 DLP

Gujarat $1,250 Workshops on Linux and Embedded Systems

Hong Kong $1,000 DLP

Indonesia $500 Tutorial Lecture for Robot Contest

Seoul $1,340 DLP

Singapore $1,500 Science Symposium and Tutorial

Thailand $500 E-Camp

Total $8,190

2004 REPORTAccreditation Workshop

Successfully held in Bangkok on 6-8 November 2004. 56 people participated from Australia, Bangladesh, Hong kong,

India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Pakistan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand.

Speakers/Organizers are from Austria, Japan, Thailand, and U.S.A. The program and photos are found in the EAB accreditation

workshop page. Reported in the December issue of “The Institute”. Questionnaire survey is now going on.

2004 EAC FINANCE

Budget Actual

Distinguished Lecturer Program

$8,000 $3,440

EAC related activity subsidy $5,000 $4,750

Accreditation Workshop $15,000 $15,000

Total $28,000 $23,190

EAB/R10 Activities: Pre-College

o Vinny Competition-World-Wide Competition for One-Minute Videos Describing How Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics(STEM) can Help Solve Common Global Problems http://vinny.pcs.cnu.eduo Impact: There is a mentor from Indonesia

o Hong Kong E-Week-EAB funded the HONG Kong Section in introducing the concept of Engineers Week(E-Week)o Impact: Hong Kong Section appointed two volunteers, Prof.

Richard Chen and Mr. Y.W. Liu, to “role out” E-Week in Hong Kong 2005

o EAB/IEEE Foundation Research Project- to have an inventory of pre-college educational activities throughout the IEEEo Impact: Make available on a website to help Sections etc. identify

resources, best practices and contacts to start or enhance pre-college programs, and to assist IEEE Foundation in making funding decisions regarding pre-college proposals

EAB/R10 Activities:Accreditation

Accreditation Workshop in Bangkok, Thailand(6-8 November, 2004) Attendance included participants from Australia, Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand.

Post-Workshop: EAB will poll participants asking them how they will use their new found accreditation knowledge.

November 2005: EAB will poll participants to determine if any countries have developed and/or improved their accreditation system as a result of the new found knowledge.

Educational Activities Coordinator-2005

Continue with the work of the Executive Committee and Educational activities Coordinator of the previous year.

Support the goals of sections Education Programmes to meet member needs.

Work towards possible Education partnerships with other agencies and Educational Institutions.

Educational Activities Coordinator-2005

To encourage volunteer participation and involvement in professional development initiatives.

To encourage participation of involvement of section in planning project activities in tune with IEEE xplore objectives.

To provide and assist section and members in getting new and latest information on educational activities and initiatives of IEEE.

Needed Activities in 2005

• A major overhaul of EAB website

• A single interface to (most) educational activities in IEEE

IEEE Accreditation Activities Outside the United States

Identify needs Global accreditation workshops

Assist in establishing new accreditation systems

Participate in ABET Substantial Equivalency Visits

Provide program evaluators for international activities

HOWEVER WE DO NOT HAVE “A SEAT AT THE TABLE” IN NON-US ACCREDITATION BODIES

Activities In 2005

New initiative proposal 2005-2006• Engineering center for Pre-College Education• Portal for guidance counselors• Tryengineering.org

• With a role for the virtual museum• Pre-College education Summit(2007)• Institutionalization of the Teacher-in-service program.

2005 PLANS

Distinguished Lecturer Program• Keep promoting more programs• Financial support will be available to meet Sections/Chapters’ needs Continuing Education Program• Encourage Continuing Education Programs in many

Sections/Chapters• Encourage Continuing Education Units for Continuing Education

Programs• Publicize IEEE educational videos, multimedia CD-ROMs and

structured self-study courses Other Educational Program• Encourage other education activities in many Sections/Chapters• Financial support will be available to meet Section/Chapters.• Send requests before 15th May 2005.

2005 PROPOSED BUDGET

◊ Budget DLP $ 7500

◊ EAC Subsidy $ 5000

◊ EAB Meeting and Office expenses $ 2500

◊ Total $15000