students in reflecting on experience, how to help engineering educators make effective teach- ing decisions, and the application of ideas from complexity science to the challenges of engineering education.Miss Yuliana FloresDr. Hadas Ritz, Cornell University Hadas Ritz is a senior lecturer in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and a Faculty Teaching Fellow at the James McCormick Family Teaching Excellence Institute (MTEI) at Cornell University, where she received her PhD in Mechanical Engineering in 2008. Since then she has taught required and elective courses covering a wide range of topics in the undergraduate Mechanical Engineering curriculum. In her work with MTEI she co-leads teaching workshops for new faculty
’ experiences in K-12 and higher educationas they adapted to new technology while education shifted to an online format as a result ofCOVID-19. This autoethnographic study sought to understand commonalities in five instructors’attitudes toward online education tools, external variables that affected their adaptation, and theiroverall perceptions of the technology and its usefulness. The research design was guided by theTechnology Acceptance Model (TAM). Deductive analysis of reflections, interviews, and focusgroup transcripts demonstrated the presence of TAM constructs in participants’ experiences.Participants recognized the usefulness of various technologies and tools but did not inherentlyview them or the experience of teaching online in a positive
Paper ID #32676Supporting Students’ Skillful Learning: Lessons Learned from a FacultyDevelopment WorkshopDr. Patrick Cunningham, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Patrick Cunningham is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technol- ogy. His professional development is focused on researching and promoting metacognition, self-regulated learning, and reflection among students and faculty in Engineering Education. Dr. Cunningham has been a PI/Co-PI on two NSF-funded grants and led Rose-Hulman’s participation in the Consortium to Pro- mote Reflection in Engineering Education (CPREE). He is also a
conversation withtheir supervisor or mentors to ensure that choices are made based on reflection about teachingpractice as well as timelines for submitting dossiers for promotion and tenure.We determined that incorporating meaningful, but intermittently administered summativeoptions as part of faculty annual reviews would ensure that the focus remained on teachingdevelopment, rather than strictly measured performance. To meet the needs of faculty whowould require summative evaluations for their promotion and tenure dossiers, our review optionson classroom teaching, syllabus and course materials include instructions and forms to helpobservers produce written reports documenting their observations that could be incorporated intoformal summative letters
projects to the missions and tactics. It is important to recognize that no one person will contribute in a meaningful way to all aspects of the canvas. 8. Discuss any of the above with a peer, thinking partner, or with a small group to hear their thoughts on your own canvas as well as to see the diversity of ways in which to fill out the canvas.The Henderson model of university change (Henderson et al., 2011) identifies four approaches touniversity change that ideally would be used in synergy. Three are primarily top-down (e.g., policies,programs). The single bottom up approach is to create a culture of ‘reflective practitioners.’ (Schon,1984). It is difficult, if not impossible, for an administrator to map out how every
sustained faculty changes, including their awareness and carerelated to students’ success, their readiness and implementation of online teaching pedagogy, andtheir initiatives in creating inclusive learning environments for diverse student needs. Resultssuggest the importance of fostering and sustaining change by creating collaborative spaces forfaculty to reflect on and support each other’s teaching practice. A departmental Community ofPractice (COP) related to teaching provided faculty with existing space, norms, and practicesupporting each other in reflecting on, adapting, and improving their teaching to support theneeds of diverse learners. We share our findings and implications in a traditional lecture.IntroductionThe emergence of COVID-19
learning pedagogy, and assessment through collaborativelearning sessions and 3) scaffolding learning moments to build up to a culminating courseexperience. In the following sections, each of these strategies corresponding to the course designconsiderations are described, as well as my instructor reflection on student feedback.Table 1Translation and Reframing of Course Design Considerations for Implementation in an Open-ended Course Design Context Course Design Core Idea and Reframed Approach Strategy for Considerations Approach to Expand Thinking Implementation Focus on learning Focus on being and Journey mapping for objectives to address
, service, and career advancement) and provideholistic faculty support in areas such as time management, work-life topics, and well-being [1].From the context of the CTL, the intentional alignment of programs, in which the relationshipsbetween goals and activities of different faculty development programs are considered, helps toidentify strategic approaches to advancing the CTL’s goals. At the same time, from the contextof faculty members, participating in exercises that encourage the consideration of an issue fromboth big picture and granular perspectives and the connections between the factors that impactthe issue can help foster reflection and make visible the role of faculty members in the issue.The objectives of this paper are to 1) present a
may have a difficult time adapting to highlysocial university, local community, or governmental service organizations. The authors reflect onhow their time as graduate student leaders, in student government, student organizations, andcampus committees, influenced their ability to maximize impact while efficiently balancing timespent. The authors’ service portfolios span a range of fields – as student organization advisors,committee members, or advisory board members – in diverse types of institutions (from researchuniversities to undergraduate teaching colleges) and have each balanced their personal andprofessional goals with their commitments. While not all junior faculty may have comparablegraduate student leadership backgrounds, the
parenthesesThe survey also included an open-ended question for both cohorts: Share your thoughts and reflections about your experiences collaborating with the faculty advisor (e.g., mentorship experience), and your overall experience conducting researchIV. RESULTSCohort 1 ResultsThe questions administered on the survey (Table 2) were intended to inquire about developingrelationships, commitment to mentorship, genuine desire for mentee to succeed, and willingnessof the faculty member to disseminate personal and academic wisdom.Table 2. Student Response Percentages: Cohort 1 Question N Yes No Prior to joining the group, did you engage in research
Advance Trainingfor Research and Teaching Activities”. In it, Chuchalin establishes the following classificationof competencies for engineering professors : technical, pedagogical, social, psychological,ethical, didactic, evaluative, organizational, communicative and reflective competenciesAdditionally, we have utilized the investigative work of Ramón Bragós Bardía, which proposessix actions to promote the development of generic competencies in engineering with referenceto framework standards 9 and 10 of CDIO, including: relevant experience in the industry, designof courses that develop these competencies, experience exchange activities with the industry,and mentoring by professors with extensive professional experience. Methods The method used
work has chosen to adopt Scrum at an operational level. Theintent is that Scrum Teams will be formed within the department that will be focused ondeveloping products that can enhance the quality of the student experience, quality of education,and the success of the faculty. Some of these products can include changes to the curriculum,modifications to instruction, and recruitment, and professional development.A prevalent change strategy in STEM education [19], identifies the use of dissemination,reflection, policy, and shared vision tactics to support a balanced approach to institutional change[19]. Each of the key features of Scrum promote align with these tactics [20]. Scrum can promotedissemination through the transparent approach which can
transcribed by a third-party service and permanently deletedonce reviewed and cleaned.Reflexivity and Positionality. Prior to data analysis, the researchers engaged in the process ofreflexivity, in which experiences, beliefs, values, and assumptions on the ways in whichmentoring is used in academe to support the career development of faculty were reflected uponindividually and discussed collectively (Watt, 2007). Reflexivity is integral in qualitativeresearch because it forces the consideration and exposure of researcher bias through analyticalreflection and dialogue. The theoretical underpinnings of the pragmatic lens were revisitedduring the reflexivity process to ensure practical implications were foundational to the way inwhich the transcripts
collaboration inshared physical spaces. Faculty and GTA reflections on the changes to teaching and learning dueto the online pivot provide insight into support that can be provided to help instructional stafffacilitate implementation of ACL across various modes of instruction. The guiding question forthe current study was: How did the rapid shift to online instruction due to COVID-19 affectadoption of ACL in calculus courses?MethodsThis paper describes insights from interviews with faculty and GTAs who were teaching andsupporting Calculus I and Calculus II courses in the Spring 2020 semester. All faculty and GTAsinvolved in these courses and additional faculty involved in the course-based community ofpractice were invited by email to participate in
, ME) from the Ateneo de Davao University (ADDU) in Davao City, Philippines, and in Engineering Education (PhD) from Virginia Tech. Her research interests include learning experiences in fundamental engineering courses and data-informed reflective practice. Michelle’s professional experience includes roles in industry and academia, having worked as a software engineer, project lead and manager before becoming Assistant Professor and Department Chair for Elec- trical Engineering at the Ateneo de Davao University in the Philippines. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 A Grounded Theory Analysis of COVID-19 Information and Resources Relayed
open toquestions. Our department chair is deeply integrated in our program’s teaching and led the chargeas we pivoted to emergency remote teaching (ERT) halfway through the Spring 2020 semester.In this paper, we reflect on how our department’s faculty successfully navigated the transition toERT and share lessons learned on how we continue to maintain high quality education whileonline. We have also reported elsewhere on our students' responses to the adjustments madeduring the COVID-19 pandemic using a compassionate flexibility model [1].Establishment of a Virtual Community of PracticeBefore the pandemic, our department of five faculty already had strong relationships and anetwork of support. When classes were cancelled for a week to prepare
. Therefore, this paper seeks to answer the following research question: Whateducational supports do engineering faculty at HSIs propose to embed in their curricula toincrease their students’ intrinsic motivation?To answer this question, thirty-six engineering educators from thirteen two- and four-year HSIsfrom across the continental United States were introduced to the SDT and approaches forsupporting students’ intrinsic motivation during a multi-institutional faculty developmentworkshop series. Participants were asked to reflect on and prototype learning experiences thatwould promote intrinsic motivation and fulfill students’ needs for competence, relatedness, andautonomy to learn engineering [1]. Data were collected through a series of reflection
researchers.AcknowledgementsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.2016753. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this materialare those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation. The authors would also like to thank the participants for their insights and theadvisory board members Cynthia Finelli and James Pembridge for mentorship in guiding thisstudy.References[1] E.A. Walker, J.M. Pettit, and G.A. Hawkins, Goals of Engineering Educaiton: Final Report of the Goals Committee, in Engineering Education 1968. p. 367-446.[2] E. de Graaff, “Ten years in engineering education research: looking back ahead,” Taylor & Francis
manner, andencouraging faculty to use the document. The intent of the workshop was not to dictate to facultywhat exactly to do in their respective classrooms but rather to spur discussion and encourageself-reflection on class structure, logistics, and teaching philosophy.After introducing the concept of inclusive teaching through an interactive dialogue, the benefitsof an inclusive classroom were discussed. Following this, demographic information comparingthe percentage of women and URMs in the department to the COE as a whole was included.Whether or not the specific department had higher or lower than average female/URM studentenrollment, the importance of creating a welcoming climate in the department, and the role itplays in attracting and
discipline. These scores were generated from theclose-ended questions requiring students to choose from a scale of 1 to 5. A snapshot of somesummaries of the quantitative assessments using the 5-point rating is presented in Table 1.Table 1: SET assessment on a 5-point scale Parameter Average Standard Score Deviation Found ways to help students answer their questions 2.38 0.99 Helped students to interpret subject matter from diverse perspectives 2.00 0.94 (e.g., different cultures, religions, genders, political views) Encouraged students to reflect on and evaluate what they
each FLC meeting, there is also an opportunity for faculty to reflect, take notes,and consider assessment techniques when implementing these strategies.Faculty receive individual support through coaching and timely feedback from the FLCfacilitators. Twice a year, a facilitator meets one-on-one with each participant. The first session isat the start of the program, and it focuses on getting to know the faculty member and their goalsof the FLC. The second session is in the spring as they begin to plan their KEEN Card. Thefacilitator provides feedback during and outside of the FLC meetings, particularly for theirasynchronous work of these small implementations and their KEEN Card plans.Data Collection and Analysis
principles and adapts thepractices to the online environment [1].” In the summer 2020, DoIT continued to provide various forms of the training creatingPIVOT+. In this professional development, faculty are welcomed to participate eithersynchronous/asynchronous engaging in ten modules over 10 days. Participants “review contentand complete reflection activities asynchronously in a Blackboard course while preparing theircourse materials for online delivery [1].” Effective practices for using technology, teachingonline, and key essential tools are discussed. Additionally, experienced faculty were asked toserve, during the two weeks, as peer mentors. As a part of PIVOT+, the College of Engineering and Information Technology (COEIT)invested
department will continue to survey GTAs and instructors. Inaddition, we plan to collect feedback from GTAs about specific elements of the modifiedtraining, as well as ask continuing GTAs to reflect on how their training needs have evolved asthey have gained experience.References[1] S.E. DeChenne, L.G. Enochs, and M. Needham, “Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Graduate Teaching Assistants Teaching Self-Efficacy,” Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Vol. 12, No. 4, December 2012.[2] C. Deacon, A. Hajek & H. Schulz, “Graduate teaching assistants’ perceptions of teaching competencies required for work in undergraduate science labs,” International Journal of Science Education, Aug. 2017.[3] Y. Cho
focused on faculty development and providing faculty with information, theselessons learned are more from our reflections as a Center. • “There is a thing as too many workshops” at least from the facilitator perspective. In addition to the Summer Workshop Series featured here, we also moved our New Faculty Workshop to Zoom in July and were facilitating multiple workshops per week. For our small Center (3 faculty members working on both this series as well as the New Faculty Workshop), the large number of workshops led to stress and burnout for our Center members. • Overall, the workshops were well received by the faculty; multiple faculty members reached out before the end of the summer or fall to
nationally representative surveyon postsecondary faculty, and thus results from our study reflect data from more contemporarycohorts of faculty. In addition, the ECDS has comprehensive data, including demographic andindividual-level factors, PhD institution and program characteristics, and measures regardinghow well PhD programs prepare students for their faculty position in terms of skill sets. Theseaforementioned variables are aligned with our adapted theoretical framework (Fig. 1). We restricted our analytical sample to individuals with a science, engineering, or socialscience PhD, and to those who hold a teaching position within the U.S. Thus, our sampleincludes tenure-track faculty, lecturers and other non-tenure track teaching personnel
of professional valuesand attitudes). According to Eaton et al. [1], some teaching activities in the online environmenthave “the potentials to cultivate deeper learning experiences, but they can fail to do so ifactivities are not designed and implemented properly.” The rapid switch to online instruction inMarch 2020 did not allow faculty members to train, plan and reflect upon the best teachingmodes for online instruction, unless they had previously taught an online class. Therefore, aswith many other researchers, we consider the Spring semester to be an example of remotelearning rather than planned online learning [3].In October 2020, the Chronicle of Higher Education conducted a survey among faculty membersin US institutions to gain
doing engineering with engineers [1] - [7]. As part of this culture change, thedepartment implemented several major curricular changes beginning Fall 2019 [1] - [4]. Thesechanges were designed to give students hands-on engineering experiences and engage them withpracticing engineers. The department introduced a new required integrated design sequence forthe first, second, and third-year students [3], [4]. The new design sequence complements theexisting year-long, industry-sponsored senior design experience. The circuits andinstrumentation courses were replaced with a lab-focused, two-course sequence combiningcircuits and instrumentation curriculum [7]. Senior design was retooled to better reflect theexperiences of working engineers [3], [4]. In
priority in their position, which could misrepresent how thegeneral population of engineering faculty feel about student mental health. Finally, this surveyfocused on faculty self-reported confidence levels about communicating with students aboutdifferent mental health concerns rather than quantifiable skill levels. Literature shows that evenwith trained therapists, there is little relationship between confidence and competence when itcomes to treatment efficacy. In fact, it has been found that therapists who have higher levels ofself-doubt can help facilitate better patient outcomes [25]. This is possibly due to positive self-reflections that result in improved therapeutic interventions. As a result, lack of confidence doesnot necessarily mean
skills,knowledge, and attitudes of a faculty can be a roadblock to training and determining facultyreadiness [13]. Teaching behaviors by faculty that reflect knowledge, skills, and attitudes must beidentified prior to a faculty training program, and training content must be developed to meet theirneeds at the appropriate level [14].Instructor and Learner’s InteractionBolliger & Halupa [15] stated the need to place a high value on communication between theinstructor and students, and the instructor’s timely responsiveness. Interaction facilitates dialogueand promotes active and collaborative learning. Unlike synchronous or face-to-facecommunication, online courses may lack interaction due to the physical separation of students andinstructor
grant from the National Science Foundation # 2027471. Anyopinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those ofthe authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.References[1] J. Bourne, D. Harris, and F Mayadas, “Online engineering education: Learning anywhere, anytime,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 94, no. 1, pp. 131-146, 2005.[2] C. Hodges, S. Moore, B. Lockee, T. Trust, and A. Bond, “The difference between emergency remote teaching and online learning,” Educause Review, vol. 27, 2020, [Online]. Available:https://er.educause.edu/articles/2020/3/the-difference-between- emergency-remote-teaching-and-online-learning.[3] L