Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone and Collaborative Projects

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karl Olsen, Washington State University; Todd Beyreuther, Washington State University; Michael Wolcott, Washington State University; Tamara Laninga, University of Idaho

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

 decisions made by one faculty member.    Lessons Learned Through the 6 years of the course, solutions to the barriers mentioned above have been brainstormed and approached with some trial and error. Below are the methods that have been successful in improving the program and building it to its current state.  Page 26.1011.8    Identify Team Problems through Peer Evaluations Peer evaluations have been implemented in an attempt to identify potential conflicts in student groups and address them directly before they expand and propagate. After each group assignment an online peer evaluation form is distributed to students to complete

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Technical Session 11: Curricular and Program Innovations

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marisa Exter, Purdue University; Iryna Ashby, Purdue University; Mark Shaurette, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

of precedent materials, and experienced instructional designers’ beliefs about design character. These studies have highlighted the importance of cross-disciplinary skills and student engagement in large-scale, real-world projects. Dr. Exter currently leads an effort to evaluate a new multidisciplinary degree program which provides both liberal arts and technical content through competency-based experiential learning.Iryna Ashby, Purdue University Iryna Ashby is a Ph.D student in the Learning Design and Technology Program at Purdue University with the research interests focused on program evaluation. She is also part of the program evaluation team for the Purdue Polytechnic Institute – a new initiate at Purdue