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Socio-cultural Elements of Learning through Service

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; William Joseph Frey, Univ. Puerto Rico - Mayaguez; Marcel J. Castro-Sitiriche, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez; Joann M. Rodriguez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Jeffrey Santiago, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Tyrone Medina, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez; Ricardo Maldonado; Cristina Rivera-Vélez, GREAT IDEA; Davis Chacon-Hurtado, University of Connecticut; Pablo Jose Acevedo, UPRM

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). Papadopoulos has diverse research and teaching interests in structural mechanics, biomechanics, engineer- ing ethics, and engineering education. He is PI of two NSF sponsored research projects and is co-author of Lying by Approximation: The Truth about Finite Element Analysis. Papadopoulos is currently the Program Chair Elect of the ASEE Mechanics Division and serves on numerous committees at UPRM that relate to undergraduate and graduate education.Dr. William Joseph Frey, Univ. Puerto Rico - Mayaguez William J. Frey has taught research, business, engineering, and computer ethics at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez since 1990. He is a member and former director of that university’s Center for Ethics in the

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Socio-cultural Elements of Learning through Service

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Antonette T. Cummings P.E., Purdue University; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Paper ID #10076Immersive Community Engagement ExperienceDr. Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette Carla B. Zoltowski, Ph.D., is Co-Director of the EPICS Program at Purdue University. She received her B.S. and M.S. in electrical engineering and Ph.D. in engineering education, all from Purdue University. She has served as a lecturer in Purdue’s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Dr. Zoltowski’s academic and research interests include human-centered design learning and assessment, service-learning, ethical reasoning development and assessment, leadership, and assistive technology.Ms. Antonette T

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Socio-cultural Elements of Learning through Service

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jon A. Leydens, Colorado School of Mines; Juan C. Lucena, Colorado School of Mines; Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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intersections between professional communication research and social justice—at the 2012 International Professional Communication Conference.Dr. Juan C. Lucena, Colorado School of Mines Professor Lucena is Director of Humanitarian Engineering at Colorado School of Mines and teaches Engineering & Sustainable Community Development and Engineering & Social Justice. Juan obtained a Ph.D. in STS (Virginia Tech) and two engineering degrees (Rensselaer). His books include Engineering and Sustainable Community Development (Morgan &Claypool, 2010) and Engineering Education for Social Justice (Springer, 2013). He has researched under grants like Enhancing Engineering Education through Humanitarian Ethics, and Invisible

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Impact of Community Engagement on Communities

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lindsey A Nelson, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Children and Youth Empowerment Center of Kenya in 2009. The teampromptly moved primary operations to Kenya. As the Mashuvu team worked to implement thehealthcare kiosks in country, they confronted assorted cultural, ethical, and legal issues. PennState Law School started encouraging law students to join the Mashuvu team in 2009 andestablished the International Sustainable Development Projects Clinic. As more kiosks have beeninstalled, Mashuvu team members have compared the effectiveness of the telemedicine kiosks toface-to-face consultations and have preliminary evidence that telemedicine connects peopleliving in rural areas with comparable preprimary healthcare.This project showcases several strengths of the Humanitarian Engineering and

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Models of community engagement practices

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aimee S. Navickis-Brasch, University of Idaho, Moscow; Anne Liu Kern, University of Idaho, CDA; Fritz Fiedler, University of Idaho, Moscow; Jillian Rae Cadwell, University of Idaho; Laura Laumatia, Coeur d'Alene Tribe; Kathy C. Haynie, Haynie Research and Evaluation; Christine Meyer, Coeur d’Alene Tribe Department of Education

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curriculum development and evaluation.5. Communities Must Benefit The purpose of educational research is "to advance knowledge about education, to encourage scholarly inquiry related to education, and to promote the use of research to improve education and serve the public good"27. Typically, data collected as part of educational research is used to address research questions, and to write and publish papers. This ultimately benefits the researcher and improves the practice of education. Although some funding institutions such as the National Science Foundation (NSF) require dissemination of the research and evaluation findings28, in CBPR projects, research is only considered ethical if the community receives adequate benefits from

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Impact of Community Engagement on Students

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Laura M. Patterson, University of British Columbia

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, teamwork skills, ethical considerations,and the ideas of service and community. The assignment was intended to blend Cargile Cook’srhetorical literacy of audience adaptation and social literacy of team work in a complexassignment that allowed students to exercise their creativity and ingenuity to solve a real-worldproblem. Projects like this greatly enhance workplace skills. Cargile Cook asserts that exposingstudents to these multiple layers of literacy in assignments repeatedly “prepares them for life Page 24.292.3long learning”9 a challenging graduate attribute to quantify.It can be challenging to engage first-year engineering students in their

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Models of community engagement practices

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Linda Vanasupa, California Polytechnic State University; Lizabeth T. Schlemer, California Polytechnic State University

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research questions themselves (e.g., What is the underlyingassumptions beneath the questions that are being asked? Who defines the system of study?)Objective research is best utilized in the study of inanimate objects which can be manipulatedwith fewer ethical concerns; However, it is less applicable to human systems where manipulationand control of human subjects raises ethical questions. In action research, the aim is to serve thecreation of the desired outcome. In our case, our research was initiated with the intent of creatingsocial value toward thriving communities. The result of action research is “meaning,” derivedthrough reflexive contemplation of the patterns, to include the thought patterns of theresearchers, who are themselves subjects

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Socio-cultural Elements of Learning through Service

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kaitlin Litchfield, University of Colorado, Boulder; Amy Javernick-Will, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Cathy Leslie P.E., Engineers Without Borders - USA

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& data 4 0.800 0.639 e: Solve Problems 3 0.033** 0.539 k: Use skills 3 0.004*** 0.121 Broad Skills 26 0.609 0.012** d: Multi-disp. Teams 3 0.293 0.227 f: Ethics 3 0.919 0.292 g: Communication 3 0.955 0.187 ABET Outcomes i: Lifelong learning 3 0.424 0.165

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Impact of Community Engagement on Communities

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William M. Jordan, Baylor University

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, including environmental, ethical, cultural, social, political, and economical aspects”;(b) seeks simplicity (as opposed to what Langdon Winner terms manifest and latent complexity); (c) chooses decentralization over authoritarian centralization; (d) employs labor intensive as opposed to capital intensive strategies; and (e) addresses itself to the unique characteristics of the surrounding community. Working with the marginalized and the poor does not imply charity. Rather, a true partnership with the community that is being served must be forged through a model where the community is involved in decision-making and management of projects. We understand this to be true for our

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Socio-cultural Elements of Learning through Service

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bowa George Tucker, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; David O. Kazmer, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Chris Swan, Tufts University; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Kurt Paterson P.E., James Madison University; Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University; Greg Rulifson P.E., University of Colorado, Boulder; Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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waste materials.Dr. Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder Angela Bielefeldt, Ph.D., P.E., is a Professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental, & Architec- tural Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder. She has been on the faculty since 1996. She serves as the ABET Assessment Coordinator for the Department. Professor Bielefeldt teaches introduc- tory courses for first year engineering students, senior capstone design, and environmental engineering specialty courses. She conducts engineering education research related to learning through service (LTS), social responsibility, sustainability, ethics, and globalization.Prof. Kurt Paterson P.E., James Madison UniversityDr. Olga Pierrakos

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Models of community engagement practices

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tiago R. Forin, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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where students can receive academic for a project that is uniquely provided outside 9of the normal engineering curriculum. This allows the GDTs an opportunity to address thetechnical, professional, and social aspects of global competency. To control the quality of the Page 24.82.8work done by the GDTs, the faculty advisor that heads a project creates a curriculum based onproblem-solving and design. Therefore the students receive credit for their work and are boundby the usual work ethic that is expected of a student in a normal engineering course. Faculty advisors are recruited based on their

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Impact of Community Engagement on Students

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chris Swan, Tufts University; Kurt Paterson P.E., James Madison University; Timothy Henry Hellickson, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach

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introduction to engineering through a community/university collaboration in assistive technology, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Conference and Exposition Proceedings, Session 3253, pp. 2363-2365.48. Pritchard, M.S. and E. Tsang (2000). Service learning: A positive approach to teaching engineering ethics and social impact of technology, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Conference and Exposition Proceedings, Session 3630.49. Siegler, R. (1991). Piaget’s Theory on Development, In Children’s Thinking, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, pp. 21-61.50. Swan, C., T. Rachell, and K. Sakaguchi (2000). Community-based, service learning approach to teaching site remediation design, American Society for

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Impact of Community Engagement on Communities

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carlos German Montoya Rodriguez, Ohio State University; Mariantonieta Gutierrez Soto, The Ohio State University; Roger Dzwonczyk, The Ohio State University; John A Merrill, Ohio State University; Howard L. Greene, Ohio State University; Miriam Cater, Ohio State University

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specificobjectives and skills that must be attained for engineering students. While nearly all of thecriteria could be achieved in the classroom, service learning programs more effectively addressthe following criteria5: • An ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams; • An understanding of professional and ethical responsibility; • An ability to communicate effectively; • A broader educational goal in which they understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental and societal context; • An increase in knowledge of contemporary issues.International service learning is rapidly becoming a popular credit-bearing study abroad optionfor engineering students (6-8). This learning experience integrates a multi-faceted, real