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Meagan Kendall, University of Texas at El Paso; Henry Salgado, University of Texas at El Paso; Alexandra Strong, Florida International University; Gemma Henderson, University of Miami; Yamile Urquidi, University of Texas at El Paso; Valerie Bracho Perez, Florida International University; Ines Basalo, University of Miami

Paper ID #38367The AMPLIFY Project: Experiences of EngineeringInstructional Faculty at HSIsYamile Urquidi Cerros Yamile is a graduate research assistant at The University of Texas at El Paso, pursuing a master's degree in Engineering with concentrations in Environmental Engineering and Engineering Education. Yamile's active research interests center around the intersection of engineering, education, and sustainability. Yamile plans to pursue a multidisciplinary PhD in Environmental Engineering.Henry Salgado University of Texas at El PasoValerie Vanessa Bracho Perez (Graduate Research Assistant) Valerie

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Esther Tian; Daniel Showalter; Tara Kishbaugh; Scott Barge

students are currently in the program. The Science andEngineering Practicum course helped scholars discern their career choices. The embeddedtutoring intervention has benefitted both the scholars and other students in the university. Theproject-based out-of-the-classroom learning approach has proven to be beneficial for the studentsin both their intellectual as well as personal growth. As the first cohort approaching graduation, we plan to provide further career counselingand support for Cohort 1, as well as conduct exit interviews and surveys.AcknowledgementsNSF S-STEM 1741937References[1] G. A. Smith, “Place-based education: Learning to be where we are,” Phi delta kappan, 83(8), 584-594, 2002[2] A. DeFelice, J. D. Adams, B. Branco

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Ignatius Fomunung, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; Christopher Silver, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; Marcy Porter, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Atomic and Molecular Physics from Clark Atlanta University, and a MS in Transportation Engineering from GaTech. Dr Fomunung teaches courses and conducts research in the fields of transportation-energy-air quality analysis and modeling, transportation planning and land use development, and in infrastructure systems analysis and design, monitoring, and rehabilitation. He is the director of UTC’s Center for Energy, Transportation and the Environment (CETE). Recently, Dr Fomunung has diversified his focus area to include research in STEM education, exploring strategies that promote student matriculation, persistence, and success in STEM fields.Marcy Porter (Program Accreditation & Assessment Manager)Christopher Frank

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Julie Zilles, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Ryan Ware; Megan Mericle; Paul Prior; John Gallagher, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; John Popovics, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Lance Cooper; Celia Elliott, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

, illustrate how discursive turbulence canbe generative. In our first semester of meeting weekly, as we were planning a survey ofengineering faculty, we spent many meetings discussing terms and concepts such as genre andprocess, trying to develop and articulate a common understanding. Reflecting on those meetings,several of us remembered not only how difficult it was to develop that shared understanding, butalso our surprise at how much sustained effort it took. During this period of learning howdifferent disciplinary groups described and practiced writing, we experienced discursiveturbulence. It was only with the shared understanding that resulted that we were able to envisiona truly transdisciplinary approach to improving writing skills in our

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Noemi Mendoza Diaz, Texas A&M University; Russell Meier, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Deborah Trytten, University of Oklahoma; Mark Weichold, Texas A&M University; Janie Moore, Texas A&M University

computationalthinking. Study participants answered these questions at each stress point: 1) How many minutes did you take to complete this exercise? Answered using a free-form text box 2) How difficult was the set of questions you just submitted? Answered using a sliding-scale from 0 to 100 with scale text “Very Easy” at 0 and scale text “Very Difficult” at 100. 3) How confident do you feel about your choice of major in engineering or computing after completing this exercise? Answered using a sliding-scale from 0 to 100 with scale text “Having Serious Doubts” at 0 and “Very Confident” at 100.The research plan identified the pre-test ECTD, the midterm exam, and the post-test ECTD asstress points where student confidence may

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ERM: Self-Efficacy, Motivation, and MORE!

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Jan Edwards, College of Lake County; ANA PIZANO, College of Lake County

, Lead Research Analyst, IEPR Prior to becoming Lead Research Analyst of Institutional Reporting at College of Lake County Office of Institutional Effectiveness, Planning and Research (IEPR), I have worked in various roles within IEPR where I have gained many transferable skills. I have been working in higher education for 10+ years. I have served on many committees aimed at improving student success. During 2020, I was awarded the College of Lake County Excellence Values award. I am currently serving on the following Latinx Outreach and Success Committee, Anti- Racist Taskforce, Transitions Taskforce, Quarterly Values Selection Committee, and UndocuAllies Committee. I hold a Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and

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ERM: Engineering Identity: (Identity Part 1)

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Hannah Budinoff, The University of Arizona; Vignesh Subbian, The University of Arizona; Francesca Lopez

the confirmatory factor analysis in the 2016 study, which shows goodinternal consistency (α ≥ .89), and the design self-efficacy scale items with scores ranging from 1to 6. We also used Godwin’s 11-item engineering identity measure [23], which has demonstratedgood internal consistency (α ≥ .77). Scores ranged from 0 to 7 (note: a mistake in our surveyresulted in an 8-point scale instead of the 7-point scale from 0 to 6 used in the original survey).Analysis plan: The study team documented strategies and challenges for ABP implementationthrough self-reflection during the semester and de-briefing at the end of the semester.Differences in mean pre- and post-test scores for each measure in the intervention group wasevaluated using paired t-test

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 4

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Jocelyn Jackson, University of Michigan; Jesse Gilbert-Sovern, University of Michigan; Aileen Huang-Saad, Northeastern University; Joi-lynn Mondisa, University of Michigan

workloads. The study also highlights the importance ofunderstanding target markets when creating recruitment plans and materials for minoritizedengineering populations. Whether this takes form as an expansion of recruiting efforts at diverseinstitutions and organizations, more awareness is needed around ensuring content and delivery isculturally relevant and inclusive of racially diverse populations. Future work includes aninvestigation on how unequal domains of power impact the experiences of racially minoritizedpopulations in STEM entrepreneurship. As society pushes to cultivate a diverse and innovativefuture through entrepreneurship education, findings from this work offer insight into howprograms can better support racially minoritized

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Computers in Education Division Poster Session

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Jeritt Williams, Illinois State University; Jaby Mohammed, Illinois State University

basics and AOI logic gates. Studentsagain responded well to interface and user experience. The instructor plans to introduce Verilogand VHDL coding later in the course after increasing confidence in CAD-based design andcircuit fundamentals. This will ideally allow students to see a greater relationship between theschematic and text-based approach. Finally, the instructor is considering increasing rigor ofcourse material and projects, as more topics can be covered in less time. Logisim-Evolutionsoftware provides novice users with an intuitive interface and requires less troubleshooting thanthe Vivado Design Suite. Additionally, the ability to utilize the software on almost any system,coupled with the ability to use a variety of FPGA devices may

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Issues Facing STEM Programs at Rural Two-Year Colleges

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Lesley Strawderman, Mississippi State University; Mahnas Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University; Umar Iqbal; Alta Knizley, Mississippi State University; Jenna Johnson, Mississippi State University; Rani Sullivan, Mississippi State University; Shane Brauer, Mississippi State University

felt “Resources on how to handle the new way like I was missing one thing or another.” of balancing and study school.”Planned InterventionsAt Mississippi State University, we have developed a new program targeted at improvingtransfer student success within engineering programs. The Bulldog Engineering TransferStudent (BETS) program provides financial support to transfer students, as well as two college-wide programs to improve engineering transfer student success: BETS Transitions and All BETSOn Me (see Figure 1). Figure 1. Bulldog Engineering Transfer Student (BETS) ProjectAs the availability of online resources continues to expand, informational resources available tocommunity college students for

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Statics Fanatics 2

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Hadas Ritz, Cornell University; Sanjit Basker; JINGJIE YEO, Cornell University

aspect of FBDs that ourstudents have struggled with: correctly dealing with internal loads revealed by “exploding” aframe or mechanism by separating sub-parts at joints. Correctly dealing with reactions at joints orconnections is an important higher-level use of FBDs 11 . Understanding how FBDs of theexploded system help identify efficient solution plans for equilibrium analysis can improvestudent success 12 . The aspects of exploded FBDs that we most sought to emphasize are: (i)showing equal and opposite reactions on the separated bodies, and (ii) distinguishing two forcemembers (with a known line of action of the reaction force based solely on geometry) frommulti-force members (where any reaction force acts in an arbitrary direction that must

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Christine Cunningham, Pennsylvania State University; Gregory Kelly, Pennsylvania State University

principles to the design of two engineering units for upper elementary out- of-school settings.Theoretical FrameworksYES rests in a sociocultural learning theory. That is, we consider youth in their cultural, social,linguistic, and institutional contexts. As youth interact with peers, learning communities, andmore-knowledgeable others to engage in authentic engineering work and discourse, they developdisciplinary knowledge and practices [12–14]. Engaging in engineering design activitiesincluding brainstorming, planning, constructing, testing, analyzing, and iterating affords youthopportunities to develop facility with the types of activity and discourse (speaking, gesturing,writing, representing) that constitute engineering [15, 16]. Youth

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Mohammad Uddin, East Tennessee State University; BEVERLY SMITH, East Tennessee State University

teachingexperiencesare a key factor in recruiting STEM students into the teaching profession (Otero,Pollock, McCray, & Finkelstein, 2006; Task Force on Teacher Education in Physics, 2012).Students whohave had prior experience working with school-aged students are more motivatedto become teachers (Coon, 2020; Westerlund, Radcliffe, Smith, Lemke, & West, 2011; Eick,2002; Tomanek & Cummings, 2000). Our partner organizations include local and regionalscience museums and science institutes and outreach programs at ETSU. Our plan is to hire eight Summer Teaching Interns each summer, for an average of5 weeks each and place them to one of the partner organizations. Before starting theirTeachingInternships, our participating students meet together as a

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Oleksandr Kravchenko, Old Dominion University; Konstantin Cigularov, Old Dominion University; Phillip Dillulio

, students worked closely with the faculty advisor on how to follow thecollege-approved plan of conducting work in the lab. This included wearing face masks at alltimes and regular use of hand sanitizers and gloves when working with commonly sharedequipment. Since labs were operated at a significantly reduced capacity, allowing only between4-8 students in the lab depending on the square footage, the Senior Design groups were split intosub-groups of up to four students and worked in the lab on different days of the week. In someinstances, design and fabrication work could be conducted remotely by using students’ ownworkspaces. Proper arrangements were made for completing school assignments off campus byaccessing the university computers remotely via

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Kimberly Luthi, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide; Mohua Kar; Lisa Macon, Valencia College

not participate in the study. Items (b) “real‐world connections” and (e) “making difference through STEM” showed a notable increase,which may reflect changes made to instruction. Also, the students involved in the PLTLactivities noted that they wished there were more: (a) peer mentors or other students to meet withregularly to discuss my plans/feedback and (b) workshops or other activities that teach strategiesand provide resources to strengthen STEM skills.As a result of the focus group, the team noted that most students experienced faculty membersmaking connections and course content to the real world which was a goal of the grant for boththe faculty members involved and the peer leaders. Also, most students perceive that they

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Julie Fogarty, California State University, Sacramento; Robin Altman, California State University, Sacramento; Jennifer Lundmark

plans to pursue a STEM graduate degree, pursue a career as a healthprofessional, and/or that they intend to practice, conduct research in, or teach in a STEM-relateddiscipline for at least three years after graduation.While none of the values from the ECS PAL program are statistically significant at this point dueto a small population size and inability to do propensity-score matching, encouraging trends areseen in Table 1 including the following: 1) over the two semesters, the average course grade forPAL students is higher than the course grade for students who did not participate in PALregardless of whether or not the average GPA of students participating in PAL was less than,equal to, or greater than those not participating and 2) in all but

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Zhaoshuo Jiang, San Francisco State University; Juan Caicedo, University of South Carolina; Robert Petrulis

important role in educating URMs. The recruitment plan included threerecruitment mechanisms: 1) a project website; 2) personal emails and fliers to a targeted list ofcolleagues, and 3) advertisement on websites such as pathwaystoscience.org. A study wasperformed to evaluate the most efficient strategies for recruitment (Jiang et al., 2019a). Resultsindicated that inviting participants through direct emails to colleagues was a particularlyeffective way of promoting the program. The program attracted a diverse and competitive poolof applicants and successfully selected cohorts of well-qualified participants. As shown in Table1, the application numbers increased continuously, with 368 applicants in total. The number for2021 in Table 1 combines the

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Jessica Vaden, University of Pittsburgh; Melissa Bilec, University of Pittsburgh; April Dukes, University of Pittsburgh; Amy Nave; Amy Landis; Kristen Parrish, Arizona State University

strategies theycan use in the classroom and advocating for their use. Developing reflective teachers centers onencouraging and supporting educators as they develop new teaching concepts, action research,and curriculum development in the second quadrant. The third quadrant focuses on enactingpolicy changes and strategic planning which usually occurs at an administrative level rather thanat the educator level. The final quadrant is focused on developing a shared vision among andempowering stakeholders to create an environment that fosters new teaching concepts andpractices [9]. The research tasks for this work can largely be grouped into these quadrants fromdeveloping the inclusive classroom strategies menu which aligns with the curriculum andpedagogy

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Jennifer Cromley; Joseph Mirabelli, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Karin Jensen, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

the focus of existing literatureabout STEM doctoral student experiences and stressors. However, these themes are in mostcases closely related to known stressors in the general workplace stress literature and in studiesof academic culture and postsecondary student stress. To highlight these themes, we brieflyreport these stressors below.Travel-related stressors for international students. International students often spoke of stressorsrelated to being unable to travel to or from home, either due to travel bans or restrictions,difficulty getting flights, visa problems, and/or COVID-19 outbreaks. Both the uncertainty offuture plans and homesickness related to being unable to be in person with family were noted asmajor stressors for many

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Qin Zhu, Colorado School of Mines; Rockwell Clancy, Colorado School of Mines; Andrea Gammon, Delft University of Technology; Ryan Thorpe

institutions. The focus on the context and complex conditions related toengineering ethics education will help us in developing a theoretical framework around cross-cultural engineering ethics education and triangulate data sources (qualitative and quantitative) tohelp answer Research Question 2.By the end of the project, we aim to have enough responses to assess the cross-cultural, andlinguistic validity of the study materials. We plan to conduct exploratory and confirmatory factoranalysis on the ESIT and MFQ and employ classic test theory (CTT) and item response theory(IRT) to interpret the psychometric characteristics of the ESIT and MFQ across cultures andcontexts.SummaryEngineering education has given insufficient attention to the global

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Student Division Technical 3: Mixed - Research, Engineering Design, Design Thinking, and Curriculum Design

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Hugh Scribner, University of Colorado Boulder; Katherine Goodman, University of Colorado Denver; Jean Hertzberg, University of Colorado Boulder

show students the beauty in the physics andengineering concepts they are laboring to learn. Due to this neglect, many engineering studentscomplete their engineering courses with the ability to solve complex engineering problems but nodesire to further explore the topics they have learned. In fact, in some cases STEM students leavetheir classes feeling that the topics that they learn about are unrelated to the real world andfrivolous. Because of this emotional response it is becoming common to see students graduatingfrom university with degrees in STEM but no plans to pursue a career in a STEM field[1].Although the Mechanical Engineering curriculum at the University of Colorado has a significantemphasis on design, all the formal design

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Civil Engineering Division - The New Normal: Enduring Technology Improvements in the Classroom

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Sotiria Koloutsou-Vakakis, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Christopher Tessum; Eleftheria Kontou; Hadi Meidani; Lei Zhao

, respectively.In our class implementation, in phase 1 (overview), students initiate an action plan for solvingthe problems using the tools made available to them. This is after the instructor presents a briefoverview of the concepts students first learned about by watching the pre-lecture videos. Theoverview is a reminder and a lead to help students use that early knowledge to solve a problem.In phase 2 (problem solving), students arrive to a computationally assisted solution throughcareful reading of the problem, discussion with their teammates and experimentation thatinvolves learning iteratively by erring, reasoning about where they erred and why, and finallycorrecting and arriving to the solution. At this stage, the instructor and TAs walk around

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Engineering Libraries Division Poster Session

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James McAllister, University of Arkansas

to purchase. The proposal was broken down into several parts wherethe first piece included objectives that stressed the importance of the need of students andfaculty. The first part also explained the importance to align with the current strategic plan,access to new technologies on campus, and training interested library personnel. This piece alsoincluded goals and solutions that helped with creating timelines and aligning with the objectives.The second portion of the proposal provided general facts and statistics such as collectionnumbers of monographs and serials of the Mullins library along with the number of librarypersonnel employed. Such statistics and descriptions were added to the proposal for the formalityof illustrating the scope

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ETD - STEM Issues in ET I

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Austin Asgill, Kennesaw State University; Cyril Okhio, Clark Atlanta University

listed earlier in the paper asrelated to technical and non-technical issues. Working students, and students getting ill or affectedby family members getting sick and dying from COVID was a major issue. Several of the assignedprojects could not be completed to the planned levels within the time frame of the semester due tothese issues. Absence of team members on out-of-state job assignments was another particularlybig issue with some teams. Even though these students could meet virtually, many experienced thesame issues listed such as poor Internet service, etc. In addition their work schedules interferedwith timely completion of project milestones.V. ConclusionThis paper has presented some of the issues experienced in offering problem-based

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ERM: Mentoring for Everyone! And Let's talk about Graduate Students

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Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder; Sabina Schill, University of Colorado Boulder; Haley Passov

teams of 6 to 20 students; (2) content preparation via weekly planning sessions withSTEM faculty member leading the LA-supported course; (3) pedagogy education via a weeklycourse or seminar in science education theory and practice for all new LAs. However, the LAmodel is instantiated differently at different institutions. LAs have primarily been used in largeintroductory STEM courses, such as physics, chemistry, and mathematics; these courses aretypically required for engineering students in the first and second year of their curriculum.While the majority of studies have focused on the benefits of LAs to the experiences of thestudents in the courses (their subject matter learning and outcomes including identity andbelonging; e.g., [12, 14-18

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Faculty Development Division Technical Session 2

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Vicki May, Dartmouth College; Diana Kardia

improving the climate and culture for all on campus. The climate initiative was planned and piloted incollaboration with Dr. Abigail Stewart, a professor of Psychology and Women’s and Gender Studies atthe University of Michigan. Prof. Vicki May served as the director of the campus-wide initiative. Theinitiative is committed to providing meaningful climate data, promoting awareness around climate issues,initiating productive discussions, fostering local ownership of climate, and informing departmentalchange in policies, norms, and interactions. While participation in the initiative was optional, mostdepartments, including the Thayer School of Engineering, opted to participate.This initiative specifically differs from campus-wide climate survey

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ECE Division Technical Session 4: Student-centered Learning and Teaching Methodologies

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Alex Phan, University of California, San Diego; Huihui Qi, University of California, San Diego

thiscomparison, we examine the effect of video assignments on performance of students on oralexamination. In both classes, we taught the same curriculum, had the same lesson plan, and thesame group of teaching assistants. The oral examinations maintained the same format, coveringthe same topics with comparable levels of difficulty. In the second class, we added the videoassignments to each weekly homework. All oral exams were conducted over Zoom.The average oral exam scores in the cohort without video assignments (n = 31) was 7.23±1.71and in the cohort with video assignments (n = 24) was 8.79±1.28. This represents a 21%difference in oral exam performance between the two cohorts. The results suggest that the videoassignments had a positive effect on the

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LEAD Technical Session 1: Fostering Leadership Identity Development and DEI in Engineering Students and Professionals

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Rebecca Komarek, University of Colorado Boulder; Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado Boulder

skills in general are shown to increase in capstone design as students across threeresearch sites agreed that they improved their skills in engineering design, teamwork, and self-directed learning [22] based on their experience. In a wide-reaching study of capstone designcourses at over 250 institutions, it was found that leadership is covered in the courses for 81percent of the 522 faculty respondents [23]. For most of those courses, leadership was covered inthe team project (64 percent) or in a lecture (47 percent). The top five topics taught in capstonedesign in 2015 included written communication, oral communication, project planning andscheduling, concept generation/selection, and team building/teamwork [23]. This survey alsofound that 70

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Student Division Technical 4: Student Experience & Competencies

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Brandon Chi-Thien Le, Texas A&M University; Sunay Palsole, Texas A&M University

Paper ID #36981Work in Progress: Exploring Digital Competency Integrationin Primary and Secondary EducationBrandon Chi-Thien LeSunay Palsole Sunay is the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Engineering Remote Education for Texas A&M. He has more than 20 years of experience in the academic technology arena and over fifteen years of experience in distance and online learning. Over his career, he has helped a few hundred faculty from varied disciplines develop hybrid and online courses. He has also helped plan, build and manage successful online programs in nursing, education, engineering, leadership, and cybersecurity

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Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 3: Technology

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Amy Kurr; David Icove, University of Tennessee at Knoxville

diverse viewpoints from those who work with standards.Feedback from professors who did not create the module but implemented it in the classroomwith their students has been largely positive regarding the content and drop-in feature design. Forexample, UT’s Office of the Dean, Tickle College of Engineering, is aware of the contributionsto making this module available to other engineering faculty and is eager to start implementing itacross campus. Requests have been received to further customize the materials for moduleinsertion into a growing breadth of engineering disciplines and courses.As the module evolves, there are plans to address these requests and those gathered from futurefaculty who use the module. Likewise, feedback from stakeholders