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Course number: EEE64 Intro To Logic Design Lab

Reflection on Instructional Change:

My primary focus during my remote learning redesign was to simplify and clarify the instructions to the students regarding the objectives and execution of each lab assignment.

I definitely benefitted from the side car's demonstration of breakout rooms and polling. I (now) use breakout rooms during all lab sessions and have also made frequent use of polling to tweak the course's direction and priorities. I and my students have also benefitted from various verbal techniques that I learned from my colleagues for keeping students engaged during class meetings. Additionally my students and I have benefitted from the sidecar class discussion regarding the use of OneNote as class teaching tool.

I also benefitted from the class discussion regarding the increased effectiveness of synchronous teaching techniques as compared to asynchronous teaching techniques. As a result of that classroom discussion I switched another class that I'm teaching from a planned asynchronous format to a synchronous format.

The most important feature that was added to my Fall 2020 instruction was the shipment of Lab Kits to all CPEEEE64 students. The ability to ship those lab kits resulted from my participation in the Engineering Department's PIVOT program. Equity amongst students was significantly improved by the fact that (unlike previous semesters) the students did not have to buy their own lab project components

Student working with CSUS (PIVOT) program lab kit Lab kits being shipped to students

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Pre Side Car - Syllabus and Schedule

EEECPE64 Syllabus.docx

Post Side Car - Syllabus and Schedule

EEECPE64 Online Labs PIVOT.docx

Faculty Biography

Personal mottos:

1) A very wise man once said.... "In the quest for knowledge one must always we bold....for new knowledge defends against loss of the old"

2) Don't worry, its going to be fun .... I "promise"

3) No questions = No understanding

4) Education is like medical insurance. Few people ever try to get their full money's worth

5) Humor with positive attitudes helps both students and teachers achieve their goals.

Biography

MS Physics from The Ohio State University; College of Electrical Engineering

I have several decades of experience working for Silicon Valley companies;

1) Developing process flows for the fabrication of integrated circuits.

2) Performing electrical measurements of fabricated transistors and other electrical structures and identifying the causes of less than desired fabrication process yields

3) Developing Reverse Engineering de-fabrication techniques

Most recently I've worked for the US Government developing techniques to protect the integrity of the data contained within integrated circuits.

I very much enjoy and look forward to interacting with students who need extra help understanding course concepts. I genuinely want to hear from you...as often as needed.

Please feel free to contact me anytime at neal.levine@csus.edu