Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Endeavors: Mechatronics, Robotics, and Technology

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Vetria L. Byrd Ph.D., Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

, student self-assessments are used to gauge self-efficacy and quizzes are used to assess competency. What isinnovative about the approach is the automation of the process for students and faculty. Studentscomplete a worksheet online and receive a copy of their responses by email with the option togenerate a PDF version of their responses. Subsequently, the student submits the PDF version toBrightspace for review by the instructor. After submitting the worksheet, students complete aself-assessment survey to assess student’s self-efficacy with content covered in class andreinforced in the worksheet. Worksheets coupled with self-assessments provide insight onstudent’s data visualization capacity levels.The goals of the worksheets are to enable

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Learning and Teaching Experiences

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Susan J. Ely, University of Southern Indiana; Jotam E. Chen, University of Southern Indiana

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

pandemic potentially impacted the results ofthis survey. It is also possible that an established survey on self-efficacy in technical writing forengineering students has already been developed. Using a validated survey could provide morethorough and nuanced results than those obtained in this research.It is also important to note that faculty advising practices may need to be adjusted, to furtherencourage sophomore students to enroll in the ENGR 291 Experimental Design and TechnicalWriting course as sophomores, rather than waiting until they are upperclassmen. While increasinga student’s comfort with technical writing is a desirable outcome, increasing their technicalcommunication skills is the primary objective. Faculty should reinforce the

Conference Session

Design in Multidisciplinary Learning Environment

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Monica A. Mellini P.E., Montgomery College

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

module was organizedwith the intent to provide a new set of vocabulary in parallel with new opportunities for praxis.Engineering educators are positioned to nurture professional identity development, and indeed,the process of “identifying with a community of practice” is central to learning itself [9].Godwin [10] identifies several components of engineering identity development: individualinterest and affinity, self-efficacy, performance, recognition. In ENGINEERING 101, eachstudent produced a course portfolio in which the student curated showcase examples of theircourse production and narrated individual reflections on the assignments and methods employedtherein, their learning, and a statement of who they are across identities that hold

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Endeavors: Mechatronics, Robotics, and Technology

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Alyson Grace Eggleston, The Citadel; Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

: A case for the assertion-evidence approach,” International Journal of Engineering Education, 29(6), 1564-1579, 2013.[11] L. Reave. “Technical communication instruction in engineering schools: A survey of top- ranked US and Canadian programs.” Journal of Business and Technical Communication, 18(4), 452-490, 2004.[12] M. Schuurman, M. Alley, M. Marshall, C. Johnstone, “The effect of a targeted speech communication course on the public speaking self efficacy of engineering undergraduates. In Proceedings from the 2008 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2008, June. Retrieved from https://peer.asee.org/3210.[13] C. A. Twigg, C. A. “Redefining Community: Small Colleges in