2nd World Conference on Technology and Engineering Education Proceedings

World Institute for

Engineering and Technology Education (WIETE)

SERVING THE INTERNATIONAL ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY COMMUNITY

2nd World Conference on Technology and Engineering Education

Proceedings

Contents

	Front cover	0
	Initial pages	1-5
Z.J. Pudlowski & S. Kocijancic	Preface	6
A. Kalanidhi	Quality in higher education - a comparative study of campus and virtual education (Opening Address)	7
S. Kocijancic	An overview of research and development activities in technology education carried out at the Faculty of Education at the University of Ljubljana (Opening Address)	10
H.P. Sjursen	What philosophy can learn from engineering - the impact of emerging technologies on the social world (Opening Address)	16
A. Porębska, S.A. Mitkowski, A.M. Dąbrowski & P. Zegarmistrz	Gender as a factor determining the choice of technical studies	21
S. Wiak, D. Jeske, M. Krasuski & R. Stryjek	Modern distance examination using the latest technology - the E-matura project	27
D.Q. Nguyen & Z.J. Pudlowski	Global issues in environmental engineering education	32
K. Susman, J. Pavlin, S. Ziherl, M. Pečar & M. Čepič	Phase transitions in the frame of mechanical model	38
M. Čepič & J. Pavlin	Lap-tops, mobiles, iPods and liquid crystals	43
D. Rihtaršič & S. Kocijancic	Introducing 32-bit microcontrollers technologies to a technology teacher training programme	49
F. Vrbančič & S. Kocijancic	Introducing the radio frequency identification technology to a vocational high school programme of mechatronics	54
D. Jeske, M. Krasuski & R. Stryjek	Computer-aided mathematical analysis of graduates - Business Intelligence in the E-matura project	61
A.M. Dąbrowski, S.A. Mitkowski, A. Porębska & P. Zegarmistrz	The use of numerical methods in teaching selected topics in circuit theory based on MATLAB	64
D. Schott	Processes in nature - student modelling and simulation using mathematics and MATLAB	71
K. Ban & S. Kocijancic	Introducing topics on nanotechnologies to middle and high school curricula	78
P. Zegarmistrz, S.A. Mitkowski, A. Porębska & A.M. Dąbrowski	Nodal analysis of finite square resistive grids and the teaching effectiveness of students’ project	84
D. Jeske, M. Krasuski & R. Stryjek	A secure and highly accessible examination system - E-matura: a case study	90
J. Machotka, A. Nafalski & Z. Nedić	The history of developments of remote experiments
A. Nafalski, Z. Nedić & J. Machotka	Remote engineering laboratories for collaborative experiments	96
A. Lisowska-Lis, S.A. Mitkowski & J. Augustyn	Infrared technique and its application in science and engineering in the study plans of students in electrical engineering and electronics	104
D. Jeske, M. Krasuski & R. Stryjek	Natural user interfaces in modern education	109
A.R.N. Molson & A.A.F. Molson	Laws controlling contracts: the importance of Web-based Information Management Systems for engineering education and industry	113
E. Ovcin, M. Di Pardo, A. Hancic & J. Sluga	The ERGOMAN Project: designing the new Process Ergo-Designer profile and training model and its validation	118
G. Šantej & S. Kocijancic	Commencing projects that implement the use of magnetic sensors in pre-higher technology education	124
	Index of Authors	128