3rd International Conference on Integrity, Reliability & Failure
The scope of the Symposium Instrumentation and Engineering Measurement is within areas and applications related to integrity, reliability and failure issues in structural mechanics:
Metrology, Data acquisition and monitoring systems, Process measurement and control, Remote measurement and actuation, Sensors and transducers development, Wireless communication, Electro-optical instrumentation, Biomedical devices, Biomedical measurement and instrumentation, Measurement in engineering education.
The Symposium offers two keynote lectures on relevant topics within its scope.
Mixed Reality Systems
Dr. Dieter Müller, University of Bremen, artecLab
Currently one of the most challenging aspects of human computer interaction design is the integration of physical and digital worlds in a single environment. This fusion involves the development of "Mixed Reality Systems”, including various technologies from the domains of augmented and virtual reality. In my talk I will present related concepts and discuss lessons learned from our own research and prototype development. Our recent work involves the use of mixed reality (as opposed to ‘pure’ virtual reality) techniques to support seamless collaborative work between remote and hands-on laboratories.
Distinguished Lecturer will be Susan Marie Zvacek, Ph.D. She is from 1999 Director, Instructional Development and Support, University of Kansas.
Creating Engaging Online Courses
Susan M. Zvacek, Ph.D., University of Kansas
Promoted by
Maria Teresa Restivo
Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto
Porto, Portugal
In Conjunction with
IRF’2009
3rd International Conference on Integrity, Reliability & Failure
Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto
PORTO - PORTUGAL
20-24 July 2009
(http://paginas.fe.up.pt/clme/IRF2009/index.htm)
The scope of the Symposium Instrumentation and Engineering Measurement is within areas and applications related to integrity, reliability and failure issues in structural mechanics: Metrology, Data acquisition and monitoring systems, Process measurement and control, Remote measurement and actuation, Sensors and transducers development, Wireless communication, Electro-optical instrumentation, Biomedical devices, Biomedical measurement and instrumentation, Measurement in engineering education.
The Symposium offers two keynote lectures on relevant topics within its scope.
Mixed Reality Systems
Dr. Dieter Müller, University of Bremen, artecLab
Currently one of the most challenging aspects of human computer interaction design is the integration of physical and digital worlds in a single environment. This fusion involves the development of "Mixed Reality Systems”, including various technologies from the domains of augmented and virtual reality. In my talk I will present related concepts and discuss lessons learned from our own research and prototype development. Our recent work involves the use of mixed reality (as opposed to ‘pure’ virtual reality) techniques to support seamless collaborative work between remote and hands-on laboratories.
Distinguished Lecturer will be Susan Marie Zvacek, Ph.D. She is from 1999 Director, Instructional Development and Support, University of Kansas.
Creating Engaging Online Courses
Susan M. Zvacek, Ph.D., University of Kansas
Faced with the prospect of developing, and then teaching, an online course, it is only natural to start by pondering, “What am I going to do?” The more important question, however, is, “What are my students going to do?” We know that humans learn by doing things – sometimes that “doing” is observable and easily measured, sometimes not -- but learning will not happen without the learner’s involvement in the process. Based on this alone, online courses have an unprecedented opportunity to act as a catalyst for meaningful change in higher education by focusing on student engagement with online labs, remote-access content repositories, and collaborative interaction tools.
The Symposium received support for these contributions from the University of Porto and from the IEEE Education Society, as well as the IEEE Education Society Portuguese Chapter and DLP IEEE Educagtion Society.
Faced with the prospect of developing, and then teaching, an online course, it is only natural to start by pondering, “What am I going to do?” The more important question, however, is, “What are my students going to do?” We know that humans learn by doing things – sometimes that “doing” is observable and easily measured, sometimes not -- but learning will not happen without the learner’s involvement in the process. Based on this alone, online courses have an unprecedented opportunity to act as a catalyst for meaningful change in higher education by focusing on student engagement with online labs, remote-access content repositories, and collaborative interaction tools.
The Symposium received support for these contributions from the University of Porto and from the IEEE Education Society, as well as the IEEE Education Society Portuguese Chapter and DLP IEEE Educagtion Society.
