Conference Session

TELPhE Division Technical Session 1: Expanding Technological and Engineering Literacies

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Neelam Prabhu Gaunkar, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Sara Kaye Jones; Mani Mina, Iowa State University of Science and Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

communicate their status with the instructors.This form of feedback can make the students play a significant role in their classroom educationand enhance the course outcomes.The student’s Autonomy: Student as an agent of changeThe instructor’s goal should be facilitating students’ learning, providing a creative space forencouraging engagement, discussions, and moving towards more in-depth and advanced learning,problem finding, and problem-solving. At the same time, students need to be more than just passiveparticipants, expecting to have a one-directional pathway to knowledge. Students and faculty needto have reflections, discussions, open Q/A, and examination of the expectations several timesduring the process. Students need to be honest