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 REPORTS Financial 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$500One-day tutorial Delhi$1,600DLP Gujarat$1,250Workshops on Linux and Embedded Systems Hong Kong$1,000DLP Indonesia$500Tutorial Lecture for Robot Contest Seoul$1,340DLP Singapore$1,500Science Symposium and Tutorial Thailand$500E-Camp Total$8,190

2004 REPORT Accreditation Workshop  Successfully held in Bangkok on 6-8 November  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 BudgetActual Distinguished Lecturer Program $8,000$3,440 EAC related activity subsidy$5,000$4,750 Accreditation Workshop$15,000 Total$28,000$23,190

EAB/R10 Activities: Pre-College oVinny Competition-World-Wide Competition for One-Minute Videos Describing How Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics(STEM) can Help Solve Common Global Problems oImpact: There is a mentor from Indonesia oHong Kong E-Week-EAB funded the HONG Kong Section in introducing the concept of Engineers Week(E-Week) oImpact: Hong Kong Section appointed two volunteers, Prof. Richard Chen and Mr. Y.W. Liu, to “role out” E-Week in Hong Kong 2005 oEAB/IEEE Foundation Research Project- to have an inventory of pre- college educational activities throughout the IEEE oImpact: 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 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 15 th May 2005.

2005 PROPOSED BUDGET ◊Budget DLP$ 7500 ◊EAC Subsidy $ 5000 ◊EAB Meeting and Office expenses$ 2500 ◊Total $15000