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Shaping the embedding of reflection in engineering education

Kraft, Volker

Abstract

Engineering curricula often require students to learn a range of analytics skills, which are critical for all practitioners who want to learn from data. With the right software, learning these skills can be hands-on and engaging, allowing students to explore and analyze realistic data without struggling with a clunky or tedious statistics tool. JMP is interactive and powerful point-and-click software for solving real-world engineering problems. It is ideal for engaging, hands-on teaching of relevant data skills in engineering and is also used by scientists and engineers at leading companies across the globe. While the fundamental skills addressed in this session include understanding variation and uncertainty, we will also look at applications like data modeling, designing experiments and quality management – all from a student’s perspective. This interactive session will demonstrate how JMP can help to engage students’ curiosity and teach engineering data skills which are most in-demand in industry today. We’ll guide you through a series of brief demonstrations, so that you can directly experience the difference JMP can make for your course. Participants will receive a free trial license before the workshop, and the presenters will provide sample data and lead you through several hands-on examples in JMP. We will also discuss best practices and share resources to support integration into engineering courses.

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50 h Annual Con e ence in Sep embe 2022 2293 Volke K a Teaching analy ics skills in Enginee ing: A hands-on in oduc ion using JMP - 10.5821/con e - ence-9788412322262.391 doi:10.5821/con e ence-9788412322262.391 TEACHING ANALYTICS SKILLS IN ENGINEERING: A HANDS-ON INTRODUCTION USING JMP V. K a 1 JMP S a is ical Disco e y Heidelbe g, Ge many Con e ence Key A eas: enginee ing skills; s uden engagemen Keywo ds: p oblem sol ing, da a skills, employabili y ABSTRACT Enginee ing cu icula o en equi e s uden s o lea n a ange o analy ics skills, which a e c i ical o all p ac i ione s who wan o lea n om da a. Wi h he igh so wa e, lea ning hese skills can be hands-on and engaging, allowing s uden s o explo e and analyze ealis ic da a wi hou s uggling wi h a clunky o edious s a is ics ool. JMP is in e ac i e and powe ul poin -and-click so wa e o sol ing eal-wo ld enginee ing p oblems. 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K a [email p o ec ed] 50 h Annual Con e ence in Sep embe 2022 2294 1 TEACHING WITH REAL CASES This sho pape summa izes he key ideas om he p ac ical wo kshop by JMP and p o ides he links o all ee esou ces sha ed wi h he audience. 1.1 Why eaching wi h eal cases? Why should you conside using eal p oblems – ypically sha ed as case s udies – in eaching da a analy ics? The e a e many good a gumen s, which include 1. Real cases help o each he analy ical skills which will be ele an o s uden s in a u u e wo k o ce ( e e o cus ome s o ies [1] o examples who sha ed o inspi ed he cases discussed he e) 2. S o y elling by eal cases can boos he engagemen o s uden s (see [2] o a demo o isual s o y elling) 3. Ins ead o applying a single me hod, s uden s ake a jou ney o s a is ical disco e ies ( he JMP analy ical wo k low [3] shows a “landscape o a el om da a o insigh s”). We will also discuss ha eal cases pe ec ly suppo he GAISE s anda d in s a is ics educa ion [4], especially he i s ecommenda ion on eaching s a is ical hinking. Each case is an example o a "p oblem-sol ing and decision-making p ocess" and equi es mul i a iable hinking: Fig. 1. GAISE I ecommenda ion abou eaching s a is ical hinking [4] In addi ion o his guideline, o he e ised ecommenda ions like “3. In eg a e eal da a wi h a con ex and pu pose” and “4. Fos e ac i e lea ning” suppo he key message o his wo kshop. 1.2 Access o eal cases The wo kshop will sugges he JMP Case S udy Lib a y [5] as an open sou ce p o iding ee access o mo e han 50 case s udies. Each case comes wi h a backg ound s o y, a p oblem- and ask desc ip ion and one o mo e da ase s, a s ep- by-s ep solu ion wi h illus a ions using JMP ools and summa ies abou lessons lea ned om a business, s a is ician’s and JMP use ’s pe spec i e. Solu ions o op ional exe cises a e sha ed wi h au ho ized ins uc o s. 50 h Annual Con e ence in Sep embe 2022 2295 Fig. 2. Examples om he JMP Case S udy Lib a y published a jmp.com/cases Mos cases ha e been de eloped by p ac i ione s in indus y. They can be chosen om a lis based on ield and subjec , co e ed key concep s and le el o complexi y. 2 LIVE DEMO A li e demo will p esen he solu ion o case #52 on p ocess op imiza ion in bio ech om LONZA [5] (Fig. 3), showing sample con en and s yle o a JMP case s udy. The demo will also p o ide a p ac ical example abou applying s a is ical hinking, combining JMP capabili ies o s a is ical disco e ies o sol e a eal-wo ld p oblem. Al e na i ely, eade s o his pape can wa ch a eco ded demo [6] p esen ed by And eas T au mann om LONZA, who is also a co-au ho o he case s udy. 3 CASES IN THE CLASSROOM The e a e se e al op ions o use ou cases s udies in eaching: While educa o s can use case s udies o in-class demons a ions, he mos e ec i e use a e assignmen s o s uden s as homewo k o g oup p ojec s. The cases can s imula e discussions abou which s eps o ake o compa isons o al e na i e solu ions. S uden s can also be asked o p esen he lea ning ou come o “o he decision make s”, o o explain why and how ce ain me hods ha e been applied. 4 MORE TEACHING RESOURCES AND GETTING STARTED Case s udies a e jus one kind o eaching esou ces p o ided by JMP’s Global Academic P og am. Du ing he wo kshop, addi ional esou ces will be sha ed and 50 h Annual Con e ence in Sep embe 2022 2296 Fig. 3. Ex ac om case s udy #52 sha ed by LONZA discussed, including he JMP Leaning Lib a y and he S a is ical Thinking online cou se (see [7] o “In oduc o y Enginee ing S a is ics” cou se ma e ial). Wo kshop pa icipan s and eade s a e welcome o con ac he au ho o a pe sonal discussion o JMP academic esou ces and capabili ies. REFERENCES [1] JMP Cus ome S o ies (2022), www.JMP.com/success. [2] King, C. (2021). A Da k Tale: Visual S o y elling Wi h JMP. Disco e y Summi Eu ope 2021. h ps://communi y.jmp.com/ 5/Disco e y-Summi -Eu ope- 2021/A-Da k-Tale-Visual-S o y elling-Wi h-JMP-2021-EU-30MP-792/ a- p/349276 [3] [4 ] JMP Analy ical Wo k low (2022), h p://www.jmp.com/wo k low. Ame ican S a is ical Associa ion (2016). Guidelines o Assessmen and Ins uc ion in S a is ics Educa ion (GAISE) in S a is ics Educa ion (GAISE) College Repo College Repo 2016. h ps://www.ams a .o g/asa/ iles/pd s/GAISE/GaiseCollege_Full.pd . [5] JMP Case S udy Lib a y (2022), www.jmp.com/cases. [6] T au mann, A. (2020). 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