Paper ID #33525Design-Based Research: Students Seeking Co-Op in Refined Educational ModelDennis Rogalsky P.E., Minnesota State University, Mankato Dennis Rogalsky is excited to be part of the faculty for the IRE Bell program and share in this innovative approach to engineering education. Dr. Rogalsky’s degrees are in chemical engineering and he has twenty years of industry experience providing process control and automation solutions in petrochemical facil- ities. His career has blended educational and engineering experiences and he looks forward to teaching and research opportunities with the IRE Bell program and
,educators and students alike--especially in the wake of an unprecedented shift to remote workduring the COVID-19 pandemic. This literature review is a first step to understand and improvevirtual internship experiences for engineering students. It aims to establish a context for furtherresearch to understand how virtual engineering internships can best achieve their intended goals,both in terms of advancing individual student careers and learning as well as supportinginstitutional goals of access and equity in engineering education. The institutional focus emergeswithin the literature and represents a fundamental commitment, as universities may considercoordination of internships for students a key “structure of opportunity” for retention and access
learning opportunities for youth. There is a breadth of research on the impact ofthe programs on the participants, but very little on the impact of the experience on theundergraduate student instructors and the transferability of skills developed in their outreachwork to their future academic and career opportunities. The goal of this project is to address thisgap, through the development and assessment of a “Future Skills” framework for transferableskill development.This work in progress paper documents our efforts towards this goal, in the context of theemployment of undergraduate students associated with Actua, which is a large, national STEMoutreach organization. Actua partners with universities and other organizations to support andfacilitate
the collegiate competition’s first evervirtual semester – “Career Connected Learning.” Career Connected Learning was a five-partvirtual initiative providing students with resources to excel in the competition, collaborate withother universities, and meet stakeholders’ expectations. This dynamic initiative tailored activitiesto universities’ unique circumstances and was praised by all stakeholders.This case study reviews the competition organizer’s successful implementation of thecontingency thinking process. As this was the first time the organizers implemented a highlyadaptive process, the organizers faced many challenges including a compressed timeline, everchanging constraints for planning events, and the impacts of COVID-19 on team
, and how the model addressed an acute need during the COVID-19 pandemic.Moreover, it will provide an overview of the implementation journey, specifically highlightingchallenges that arose within the broader institutional and industry partner ecosystems and howthey were addressed. Finally, it will discuss how the intervention, now established, could beused to open up access to experiential learning—especially for non-traditional, international,and traditionally underserved minority students.Broader contextEconomists find that entering the workforce in an economic downturn has short-term salaryimplications and impacts an individual's earning potential throughout their entire career [5], [6].The analysis found that entering the workforce in a
burden are both crucial underlying elements to this program’ssuccess, but the importance of hands-on, experiential activities that help the student visualizetheir professional career cannot be under-estimated.I. IntroductionThe purpose of land grant institutions of higher education, as defined under the Morrill Act, is toprovide opportunities for the residents of their home states to achieve a collegiate education at areasonable price and enhance the educated work force living within the state. Unfortunately, thedecline in state support for these schools and the rising costs of operation have forced land grantschools to admit more out-of-state and international students that pay tuition upcharges for theirincoming classes, at the expense of in
in research practicesfor undergraduate students. Active participation in research is an important part of experientiallearning, which can help to prepare students for careers in a variety of settings includingindustrial R&D departments, academia, and government research labs. Undergraduate students’research experiences may be limited in their value, however, by the learning curve students faceas they begin to conduct research. The quality of their training may also be limited, with somereceiving excellent training and orientation from a strong research lab or faculty mentor, andothers receiving little guidance. In order to better prepare undergraduate students for research,faculty members in different departments at Kettering University
Paper ID #32451Entering Research Online: Developing a Virtual Course to SupportExperiential Education for Undergraduate Research AssistantsMs. Candyce Hill, Michigan State University Candyce is an academic advisor in the College of Engineering at Michigan State University (MSU). She holds a Master of Arts in Student Affairs Administration from MSU and a Bachelor’s degree in History and Judaic Studies from the University of Michigan (U of M). Before coming to MSU, Candyce worked as a teacher in Tulsa, Oklahoma and then as a career adviser at U of M.Dr. Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University Katy Luchini-Colbry is the
(communication, creativity, empathy, entrepreneurial mindset,ethics, global/cultural awareness, grit/persistence/resilience, leadership, lifelong learning, riskmanagement, systems thinking, and teamwork). Although most students at this institutionparticipate in experiential learning, the framework aims to provide students with richer, moremeaningful experiences through intentional engagement and reflection. Through several informalconversations, both students and employers have expressed the need for students to reflect andbe able to better communicate the value of their experiences in relation to their technical skillsand career aspirations. This point is reinforced by recent industry reports which emphasize thedifficult time employers have in finding
, typically taken in the second half oftheir junior year or the first half of their senior year. Students in the course wrote an essay, as arequired assignment, in which they reflected on the links between their co-op work and thecourse, and were asked for permission to use those essays in the professor’s research on thistopic. Analysis of the essays shows that students typically did see connections; in many cases,these were connected to the course content. However, in other cases, students noted that they hadlearned problem-solving skills, time management, or other skills that were not directly connectedto the class content, which were also useful in their co-op assignments and future careers. Theresults of this work can be used to motivate students
, Technical University of Denmark Anna Friesel is Professor at the Center for Electro-technology, DTU Diplom - Technical University of Denmark, Campus Ballerup. She is also the president of the EAEEIE - European Association for Educa- tion in Electrical and Information Engineering, which is a European non-profit organization, with mem- bers from nearly seventy European Universities, most of them teaching in the area of Electrical and In- formation Engineering (EIE). Anna Friesel is a member of the IEEE Educational Activities Board (EAB) Faculty Resources Committee (FRC). The mission of the EAB FRC is ”to promote the continued evo- lution of engineering education and the career enhancement of Engineering, Computing and
experiences develop essential skills needed tosucceed in the ever-increasing global marketplace and are appreciated by prospective employers.Also, students with international educational experiences have increased awareness of careeroptions and a clearer idea of their career goals [8,9]. Braskamp [1] suggested that study abroadexperiences enhance global learning and development, which has become the core of holisticstudent development.One of the most important goals of any study abroad program is to broaden students’ globalperspectives and train future leaders to be more effective, respectful of other cultures. Studieshave demonstrated that these programs have the potential for nurturing a global citizenry ifeffective pedagogical techniques are
University of Seattle managing degree and certificate programs and teaching various CS courses. Her current research interests are related to teaching in STEM fields. She advises the cyber security club, and is a member of several organizations including OWASP-Portland Chapter. Dr. Dvorak is passionate about teaching, technology, career pathways and student success.Mr. John L. Whiteman, University of Portland John L. Whiteman is a security researcher for Intel Corporation and a part-time adjunct cybersecurity in- structor for the University of Portland. He also teaches the UC Berkeley Extension’s Cybersecurity Boot Camp. John received a Masters of Science in computer science from Georgia Institute of Technology, a