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21st Century Engineering Learning and Teaching: Malaysia Perspective and Direction

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Minneapolis, MN

Publication Date

August 23, 2022

Start Date

June 26, 2022

End Date

June 29, 2022

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods (ERM) Division Poster Session

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14

DOI

10.18260/1-2--41139

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https://peer.asee.org/41139

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Syed Ahmad Helmi Syed Hassan Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

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Syed Ahmad Helmi is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). He received his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Alabama, USA, Master of Engineering in Advanced Manufacturing Technology (AMT), and PhD in Engineering Education from UTM. He is currently a fellow at the Centre for Engineering Education, and Head of the University’s Research Group in Engineering Education (RGEE). Prior to joining UTM, he worked as a maintenance engineer at INTEL, as research officer at the Standard and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia (SIRIM), and as mechanical and industrial engineer at Sime-Darby, Malaysia. His research focuses on Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering and Engineering Education. His recent works include augmented and virtual reality, academic change management, complex engineering problems, manufacturing systems and optimization, supply chain, and systems dynamic modelling. He is one of the University’s Coordinators for Future Ready Educators (FREE). Over the years, he has conducted several workshops on Outcomes-Based Education (OBE) particularly in Student Centred Learning (SCL) throughout Malaysian Higher Institutions, and International Institutions such as in Indonesia, Korea, India, China, Turkey, Morocco, Qatar, South Africa, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. Throughout his career he received several awards such as Global Engineering Education Award 2021, teaching excellent awards, excellent service awards, best paper awards, and gold medals in innovative practices in higher education. He has published several books and more than 130 papers in journals and conference proceedings.

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Khairiyah Mohd-Yusof Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

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Professor Dr. Khairiyah Mohd-Yusof is the President of the Society of Engineering Education Malaysia, the founding Director of the Centre for Engineering Education, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. She is practitioner, trainer, mentor and researcher in scholarly engineering education practices.

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CHIN CHIA YUAN

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graduate research assistant at centre for engineering education

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Fatin Phang

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Nor Farahwahidah Abdul Rahman

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Narina A. Samah Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

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Zaki Yamani Zakaria Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

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Nurzal Effiyana Ghazali Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

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Abstract

Engineering education in Malaysia has been recognized by the Washington Accord (WA) since 2009. The International Engineering Alliance continuously updates the requirements for the Program Learning Outcomes according to the needs of the current and future global graduating engineers that member countries of the WA must fulfill. Recent requirements emphasize lifelong learning, complex problem solving, engineering activities, and computing and digital tools capabilities geared towards developing engineering graduates ready for 21st century challenges. When brought upon engineering educators, these increasing requirements posed a dilemma because most are not trained to educate students beyond what they have experienced in their previous formal learning processes, which may be irrelevant for today’s learners. In a survey conducted by the UK Royal Academy of Engineering, engineering knowledge and skills are the topmost needed challenges to meet the needs of the 4th Industrial Revolution. Thus, to transform engineering education in Malaysia, the gap between the needs of the current and future engineering requirements, with the current engineering education practices, must be determined. Hence, this study aims to identify the gaps in Malaysian engineering education towards preparing 21st century ready educators, study the transition of engineering educators in their attempt to implement innovative education, and finally develop a framework for transforming engineering education through the infusion of innovative teaching and learning to support the development of the future-ready educators. The study uses a mixed-method research design to identify the gaps through document analysis, interviews, questionnaire surveys, and focus group discussions (FGD) among engineering education providers and industry players. The data will be analyzed and triangulated to chart the gaps in engineering education toward preparing 21st century educators. Later, this result will be used to develop the directions, actions, and transformation framework. The findings from this study will be used to formulate Malaysian national policy for transforming future-ready engineering educators who can excel and be on the leading edge of knowledge, innovation, and humanistic values to develop quality engineers in the 21st century. In this work-in-progress paper, only the initial part of the research, which is part of the document analysis, under the training construct, is reported.

Syed Hassan, S. A. H., & Mohd-Yusof, K., & YUAN, C. C., & Phang, F., & Abdul Rahman, N. F., & A. Samah, N., & Zakaria, Z. Y., & Ghazali, N. E. (2022, August), 21st Century Engineering Learning and Teaching: Malaysia Perspective and Direction Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. 10.18260/1-2--41139

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