An `Engineering-Health Science' Interdisciplinary Approach to Promoting Mobile Technology for Multidisciplinary Applications
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman-College Senior |
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Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering Computer Engineering Computer Science Electrical Engineering Engineering Education Research Engineering Technology Information Technology Mobile Learning |
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Reference - Educational Research Paper |
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Audio |
| Author(s): |
JAMES ZHANG MARY TESLOW PHILIP SANGER |
| Description: | Published in Int. J. Engng Ed. Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. pp. 74±78, 2008. Part of special issue in IJEE on Mobile Technologies in Engineering Education (II). Abstract: "This is a progress report on our ongoing interdisciplinary project to promote mobile technology for multidisciplinary applications. The project consists of collaborative efforts between engineering and health science faculty and students in using mobile techniques to collect, transmit, analyse and store health data. Main techniques of wireless data acquisition and transmission, as well as key issues such as privacy and data security are addressed through joint course instruction sessions and laboratory experiments. The project is initiated via a Health Science Health Care Informatics course and an engineering Wireless Communications and Systems course. Health science students are to learn engineering techniques of effective use of wireless communications systems, while engineering students are to gain knowledge of applications in health sciences. Upon successful implementation and further improvement, this model can be further expanded into other areas such as natural sciences and business administration where the same concepts can be applied using different datasets. The interdisciplinary approach of using mobile technology will result in a revolutionary and exciting learning environment with truly multidisciplinary applications." |
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| Keywords: | mobile technologies; multidisciplinary applications; health science |
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Mobile Technologies in Engineering Education (II) |
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| Related ABET Criteria: |
(b) Design and conduct experiments, analyze and interpret data |
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Conclusions: "The ultimate goal of this project is to build a model for an interdisciplinary, application-specific mobile learning environment that can be extended to multiple disciplines. Its objectives include, but are not limited to, creating a learning environment where engineering and technology students learn `mobile technology within a mobile environment', developing an application-specific environment where health science students learn real-time data collection/processing using mobile technology, and nurturing students' capabilities of inventing application- specific technologies in multiple disciplines through team work." |
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Medium |
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Very low |
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| Publication Date: | January 2008 |
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WWW |
| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | http://www.ijee.dit.ie/latestissues/Vol24-1/s11_ijee2016.pdf |
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IEEE LOM Record |
| Collection: |
International Journal of Engineering Education
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