Open Education Resource

Thermal Engineering

Work done as part of AICTE approved FDP on Use of

ICT in Education for Online and Blended Learning

Parag Chaware

Rujuta Agavekar

Cummins College of Engineering, Pune

(Group ID 982)

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Index

1 Introduction 3

1.1 About the OER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

1.2 Learning Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

1.3 Salient Features of this OER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

1.4 Tools used for OER Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

1.4.1 Helpful documentation for tool usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

2 Design Decisions 6

2.1 Nature of Decisions taken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2.1.1 Content Decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2.1.2 Pedagogic Decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2.1.3 Technology Decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

3 OER Structure and Use for Teaching Learning 8

3.1 Active OER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

3.2 Structure of OER in WordPress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

3.2.1 Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

3.2.2 Video lectures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

3.2.3 Home Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

3.2.4 Laboratory Manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

3.2.5 Web Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

3.2.6 Quiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

3.2.7 Queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

3.2.8 Class Presentations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

3.3 Structure of OER in MOODLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

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3.3.1 Lesson Activity in MOODLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

3.3.2 Quiz in MOODLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

3.4 Using OER for teaching learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

4 Evaluating Effectiveness of OER 22

Effectiveness of OER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

4.1 Effectiveness at the Student Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

4.2 Effectiveness at instructor level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

4.3 Online feedback on OER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

5 Consolidated Log of Team Work 25

5.1 Consolidated Log of Team Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

6 References 27

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SECTION 1

Introduction

1.1 About the OER

The present open education resource (OER) is a collection of Wordpress and MOODLE

Lesson activities. The activities are useful as out-of-class learning while flipping the

classroom and in class assignments to be used by instructor. There are videos for self

learning of the basic concepts of thermal sciences, out of class assignments to evaluate the

leaning of the subject for students and class presentations and laboratory assignments

for the use of instructor.

The OER can be download from

https://thermalenggoer.wordpress.com/

Open Education Resource

� Target Audience: Second, Third year Mechanical Engineering

� Tags: Thermal Engineering, Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer,

Refrigeration, Air Conditioning

� OER developed in Wordpress and MOODLE 2.3

� You are free to use, distribute and modify it, including for commercial purposes,

provided you acknowledge the source and share-alike.

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� This resource is licensed under

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons

“Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported”

license.

1.2 Learning Objectives

After using this OER student will;

� Understand the basics of heat transfer

� Know the vapor absorption cycle

� Analyze the transient heat conduction with spatial variations

� Evaluate the outlet temperatures of cross flow heat exchanger if inlet conditions are

known

The OER will helpful for the instructor from following aspects;

� Laboratory assignments on Thermal Engineering

� Links to the videos on Thermodynamics course ME209 conducted by IITBombayx

� Class presentations on Transient Heat Conduction, Heat Exchanger

� Conduct quiz on MOODLE and grade the students

1.3 Salient Features of this OER

This OER will help the students and instructor to learn and test their knowledge about

Thermal Engineering using

� Videos with details description of basic concepts with real life examples

� Self explanatory presentations

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� Self study material for students

� Question repository, quizzes and assignments for self assessments

� Platform Student to ask questions and getting answers from peer

1.4 Tools used for OER Creation

1. Blog on WordPress

2. Padlet

3. MS Office

4. LATEX

5. MOODLE

6. Screen casting softwares ShareX and Screecast-O-Matic

1.4.1 Helpful documentation for tool usage

1. Publishing OER with WordPress. WordPress is a free and open-source content

management system free domain creator https://en.support.wordpress.com/

2. Creating video using screen capturing technique https://support.screencast-o-matic.

com/hc/en-us/sections/115002072008-How-to-use-Screencast-O-Matic

3. Design and development of course Learning Management System MOODLE is used

https://docs.moodle.org/30/en/Moodle_manuals

4. LATEXis used for content creation like home assignments, Class Presentations

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SECTION 2

Design Decisions

2.1 Nature of Decisions taken

The design decisions involved in the creation of this OER were of broadly four types:

1. Content Decisions

2. Pedagogic Decisions

3. Technology Decisions

4. Work Distribution

2.1.1 Content Decisions

These are the decisions taken related to topics to be covered, sequence of the content, etc

a) The topics to be covered in the OER are related to the domain expertise of the team

members i.e. Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics, Refrigeration

b) Description of basics of above topics to be provided

c) Laboratory assignemnts and class presentations of heat transfer to be provided for the

use of instructor

d) For self assessment of the students and for class assessment quizzes to be provided

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2.1.2 Pedagogic Decisions

Resources for out of class activity and In class activity is to be provided in form of

screencast videos, class tutorial assignments, home assignments.

Pedagogic decisions those were taken for the Out-of-class segment are mostly related to:

� Cognitive Levels of questions to be asked for out of class activity – Remember to

Apply and for In class activity – Analyze to Create Level

� Assessment Strategies for out of class – Multiple choice questions, In class activity

– Subjective questions requiring hand calculations

2.1.3 Technology Decisions

For developing the Out-of-Class and In-class activities, the different technology to be

used was decided as follows;

� Creation of blog on www.wordpress.com for content management

� Tool to be used for creating screencast Screencast-O-Matic tool for video creation

as it s user friendly no separate installation is required as it is webbased. Can create

videos up to 15 minutes with free account.

� MS Powerpoint andis to be used for creating class presentations.

� Videos are to be uploaded on www.youtube.com and link is to be provided on

WordPress page for easy and self paced access.

� Setting up Out-of-Class using MOODLE Lesson activity and self paced quizzes on

MOODLE for assessment.

� Use of Google form for short quizzes in and out class activity

� Creating a padlet on www.padlet.com for students to post the questions and peer

to answer.

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SECTION 3

OER Structure and Use for Teaching Learning

3.1 Active OER

For checking the active OER, you may access Link to the OER

https://thermalenggoer.wordpress.com/

3.2 Structure of OER in WordPress

Following Screen shots explain the construction of OER in WordPress

The OER contains following pages.

3.2.1 Home

Home page contains the introduction to the OER and links to the various sections of the

OER

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3.2.2 Video lectures

Video lectures created using screen cast methods are made available on this page. Lec-

tures on heat transfer, refrigeration, power plant engineering are listed here

https://thermalenggoer.wordpress.com/video-lectures-lex-videos/

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3.2.3 Home Assignments

This section contains the home assignments of higher cognitive level.

You can download the content by clicking on the link.

https://thermalenggoer.wordpress.com/assignments/

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3.2.4 Laboratory Manuals

The laboratory manuals for the subjects heat transfer, fluid mechanics and refrigeration

and air conditioning are provided

You can download the content by clicking on the link.

https://thermalenggoer.wordpress.com/laboratory-journal/

Reference:

1. Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer, 7th Edition, Theodore L. Bergman, Adri-

enne S. Lavine, Frank P. Incropera, David P. DeWitt, Wiley India, 2016.

2. Heat and Mass Transfer: Fundamentals and Applications, Fifth edition, Yunus A

Cengel; Afshin J. Ghajar, TataMcgraw Hill, 2017, ISBN-13: 978-9339223199.

3. Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, 3 edition, Arora C P, McGraw Hill Education,

2017, ISBN-13: 978-9351340164.

4. Fluid Mechanics, Third edition, Yunus Cengel, John Cimbala, McGraw Hill Edu-

cation, 2017, ISBN-13: 978-9339204655.

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3.2.5 Web Resources

Additional resources for creating flip classroom exercise for thermodynamics course is

made available in this section. Video lectures for the course engineering thermodynamics

by IITBombayx are made available in this section.

https://thermalenggoer.wordpress.com/thermodynamics/

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3.2.6 Quiz

Online quizzes using Google forms are created. Quiz for the subjects heat transfer, re-

frigeration and fluid mechanics can be taken.

https://thermalenggoer.wordpress.com/psychrometry/

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3.2.7 Queries

The padlet is created for the students for posting their queries . The queries can be solved

by peer interaction or by the instructor.

The same can be accesses from

https://padlet.com/rujuta_agavekar/Thermodynamics

https://padlet.com/parag_chaware/HT_Queries

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3.2.8 Class Presentations

Presentations for ready reference of the instructor are created. Can be used by instructor

and students also.

You can download the content by clicking on the link.

https://thermalenggoer.wordpress.com/class-presentations/

Reference:

1. Heat and Mass Transfer Data Book, Eighth edition, C.P. Kothandaraman, NEW

AGE International, ISBN-13: 978-8122435955.

2. Refrigeration and Psychrometric Charts with Property Tables, S.K. Kataria Sons,

ISBN-13: 978-8189757212.

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3.3 Structure of OER in MOODLE

To take the lesson activity in MOODLE click the MOODLE link on the home page.

OR

https://paragchaware.gnomio.com/

Enter following credentials to login to the MOODLE

Username: ht200

Password:Ht@12345

Following Screen shots will depict the MOODLE activity. It includes Lesson and

quiz.

3.3.1 Lesson Activity in MOODLE

After loging in to the MOODLE, you will see the course page. Click on the Course Heat

Transfer

Heat Transfer course contents are viable now.

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� Lesson on Basics of Heat Transfer, includes video and quiz

� Quiz on convection

� Quiz on conduction

To take the lesson Click on Basics of ‘Heat transfer’

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3.3.2 Quiz in MOODLE

To attempt quiz-1 click on ‘quiz on convection’ you will see MCQ

To attempt quiz-2 click on ‘quiz on conduction’ you will see

MCQ

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3.4 Using OER for teaching learning

This section provides the information about the use of OER for teaching learning The

OER provides various resources for students and instructor for teaching leaning. These

are;

� Video lectures (Screen cast lectures) - Can be used for flipped classroom activity.

Links to you tube are provided here

� Laboratory journals - Laboratory journals for the subjects Heat Transfer, Fluid

Mechanics and Refrigeration are provided for instructors. PDF documents can be

downloaded from here

� Assignments - Higher cognitive level home assignments for deeper leaning. Click

here to download

� Additional web resources - Additional leaning resources for learners. Click [here]to

visit

� Class Presentation - Presentations for instructors are provided for classroom pre-

sentations. To download click here

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� Quiz : Quizzes for subjects psychometry, fluid mechanics and heat transfer are

provided. Instructor and students can use it.

� Students Questions : Student can post their queries here It can be solved using

peer discussions or instructor can answers it at the end

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SECTION 4

Evaluating Effectiveness of OER

The OER effectiveness can be assessed at two levels:

1. Student level

2. Instructor level

4.1 Effectiveness at the Student Level

Effective use of the OER at student level can be judge by its access by the student and

the learning from OER.

The statistics of the OER visits is available on wordpress.

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For the students feedback and queries about OER a page is created on the

https://padlet.com/parag_chaware/OER_Queries

4.2 Effectiveness at instructor level

The instructor will find the laboratory manuals, higher cognitive level home assignments

here in the OER. The effectiveness of the OER from teachers point of view can be

ascertained by;

� Requesting the teachers to fill the survey about implementation of OER

� Feedback page on wordpress from instructors

4.3 Online feedback on OER

Feedback about the OER to access its effectiveness can be given by user from this page

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Q1 Ease of use of OER

i) Easy access to the content

ii) Ease of Download the content

iii) Usefulness of home assignments

iv) MOODLE access

Q2 Content Coverage

i) Concept understanding by video lectures

ii) Cognitive level of the home assignment as per the requirement of course

iii) Topic coverage in class presentations

iv) usefulness of laboratory manual

Q3 MOODLE Instructions

i) Ease of access to MOODLE content

ii) Quality of MOODLE quizzes

iii) Lesson Planning in MOODLE

Q4 How we can improve this OER?

Q5 Would you recommend this OER

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SECTION 5

Consolidated Log of Team Work

The consolidated log of team work is as shown below:

5.1 Consolidated Log of Team Work

Consolidated log of team work is as shown in table 5.1 on page 26

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Table 5.1: Consolidated Log of Team Work

Activity Team Member Amount of Time Additional Logs if any

DiscussionParag Chaware 3Hrs

Discussions on Topic and finalizationRujuta Agvekar 3hrs

Tool ExplorationParag Chaware 4 Hrs

Wordpress and MOODLE Screencast and PadletRujuta Agvekar 6Hrs

OER CreationParag Chaware 6 Hrs

Cretaed screencast videos Lab manuals, presentationsRujuta Agvekar 6Hrs

OER DocumentationParag Chaware 4Hrs

Created document for use of OERRujuta Agvekar 4 Hrs

Individual Reflection (Diary Logging)Parag Chaware 2 Hrs

decided to create a padlet to create log of discussionsRujuta Agvekar 2 Hrs

OER EvaluationParag Chaware 8 hrs

Review of intermediate versions and final versionsRujuta Agvekar 8 hrs

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SECTION 6

References

Following is a list of sources cited while creation of the OER

1. Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer, 7th Edition, Theodore L. Bergman, Adri-

enne S. Lavine, Frank P. Incropera, David P. DeWitt, Wiley India, 2016.

2. Heat and Mass Transfer: Fundamentals and Applications, Fifth edition, Yunus A

Cengel; Afshin J. Ghajar, TataMcgraw Hill, 2017, ISBN-13: 978-9339223199.

3. Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, 3 edition, Arora C P, McGraw Hill Education,

2017, ISBN-13: 978-9351340164.

4. Fluid Mechanics, Third edition, Yunus Cengel, John Cimbala, McGraw Hill Edu-

cation, 2017, ISBN-13: 978-9339204655.

5. Heat and Mass Transfer Data Book, Eighth edition, C.P. Kothandaraman, NEW

AGE International, ISBN-13: 978-8122435955.

6. Refrigeration and Psychrometric Charts with Property Tables, S.K. Kataria Sons,

ISBN-13: 978-8189757212.

7. https://www.iitbombayx.in/courses/IITBombayX/ME209x/2015-16/about

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