Classroom Learning in Low-resource settingsAbstractWith this work-in-progress paper, we report on the design of an innovative curriculum focusingon engineering skills for low-resource pre-college students. Engineering knowledge and skillsare in high demand for local and global knowledge economies and provide individuals access tosocial and economic mobility. However, basic engineering education is inaccessible to manystudents in low-income and low-resource areas. Educational technology may be one componentof a solution that addresses access and equity.The curriculum focuses on science and engineering problem solving within real world contexts.We adopt the Integrated Course Design for Outcome-Based Education approach1 for this design.This curriculum
. Nurturing entrepreneurship requires capableindividuals and capable institutions. We are aware that we cannot add more credits or workloadon the pretext of developing entrepreneurial competencies. Therefore, our framework wouldattempt to integrate the entrepreneurial requirements in the current curriculum and extra-curricular and co-curricular activities as much as possible. We expect institutions to customizethe framework - based on their creative ideas and their institutional requirements – to formulate ablueprint for developing innovative entrepreneurs from their institutes. We are researchingattributes of such capable institutes and are developing institutional capability assessment model.We also are working on developing case studies of
, may result in fewer minority studentsas well [1], [6].Fear of racism – research suggests that students who are susceptible to stereotype threat(potential interpretations of ones’ actions through an existing negative lens) often respond byadjusting behavior patterns to minimize or avoid similar situations [11]. Students of color andmore often African American college students at predominantly white institutions are oftenalready vulnerable to such negativism. Since study abroad is rarely required as part of theundergraduate curriculum, they are more likely to decline the opportunity even in the presence ofother incentives [11], [6]. Studying abroad is often marketed as a means to improve ones’ crosscultural experience. For the minority student
hours of training in academic coaching to become a certified Affiliate Coach with LifeBound, Inc. with a specialized focus in serving Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) populations nationwide. Additionally, she has facilitated numerous national workshops on academic coaching which have been well received by a variety of audiences, including undergraduate and graduate students, fac- ulty and staff in higher education, and corporate representatives. In addition to leading these engaging sessions, Dr. Groh integrates coaching into WIEP programming, student mentoring, and her personal life.Darshini Render, Purdue University, West Lafayette Darshini Render is an Assistant Director for Student Success in the
the University of Denver, West Virginia University, and Virginia Tech. She is currently the director of the University of Glasgow-University of Electronic Science and Technology of China Electronics and Electrical Engineering programme. While at Virginia Tech, she collaborated with Dr. Robert W. Hen- dricks, with assistance of a number of undergraduate students, to develop an instructional platform known as Lab-in-a-Box, which is used in a number of courses within the Virginia Tech B.S.E.E. program. She continues to be actively involved in the development of mobile hands-on pedagogy as well as research on other topics in STEM education, the synthesis and characterization of nanoscale optical materials, and
methods.Figure 1. Instructors participating in the soda straw (top-left), mechatronics (top-right), balloon dropactivity (bottom-left and bottom-right).2.2 Developing the First-Year Course and Integrating Spiral Curriculum After an introduction to experiences in first-year course activities and projects, the focus wasturned to developing an implementation plan for the first offering of the first-year course at KLETechnological University in the fall 2015 semester. This included mapping activities from the workshopto course objectives and desired outcomes of the course as well as developing a week-by-weekorganization of course materials. Adopted components from the workshop included soda straw towers,balloon drops, mechatronics, ethics, and
the USA. To add to theconfusion, there is not consistency across the UK, as again the separation of governance inEngland and Scotland has led to different systems. During a 2015 Fulbright Visiting ScholarExchange, the author had the opportunity to teach at an English University and visit threecolleges in Scotland. Figure 1 shows the general flow of the four-year curriculum which led tothe awarding of degrees of Bachelors in Engineering (BEng) and Masters in Engineering (MEng)at an English university.5 This plan appears to be fairly typical of engineering programs inEngland. However, Figure 2 displays one example of a four-year program at a Scottishuniversity. It should be noted, that while this program lasts four years, like the English
world of ever-increasing global collaboration and commerce. In an effort to provide students with globaleducation opportunities, our university has developed and enhanced a Faculty Led EducationAbroad Program (FLEAP). The FLEAP program provides students an opportunity to participatein short-term study abroad programs where they are taught curriculum within an internationalsetting. These programs have proven to be an excellent example of engaged learning and providestudents with a global perspective that is unparalleled in any classroom. This paper will presentlearning and global awareness gains. The data presented are from a survey that was conducted onall the students who participated in the ENGR2012 FLEAP and have travelled to Germany aspart
learning strategies in particular. It is a follow up to previous work by the author,on viable strategies to improve the classroom environment of engineering colleges in theArab Gulf Region. At the start, the paper provides an overview of relevant benchmarks ofengineering education in the Region. Then, relates author’s preliminary findings onteaching/learning practices in engineering colleges of the Region, sheds light on the pros andcons of the lecture format, and examines the literature on meanings and substance ofdifferent active learning protocols focusing on cooperative engagement strategies. Thepaper, also, sheds light on: theoretical roots, research support, current practices, andsuggestions for redesigning classes, if need be, to stimulate
class engineers for the Americas. He is actively involved in the International Division of the American Society for Engineering Education and in the Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institution (LACCEI) as Vice-President for Finance.Dr. Uladzislau Ivashyn, Pennsylvania State University Uladzislau Ivashyn is an Instructor in Engineering at Pennsylvania State University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016Developing a learning module to enhance motivation and self-efficacy ofstudents participating in multinational design projectsThe rapid developments in communications along with the global integration of resources aroundthe world are making the creation of global
Paper ID #14856Evaluating Study Abroad Programs: A Follow-Up Effort to Determine Com-parative Value and Importance in Engineering and Non-Engineering Pro-gramsHolt Zaugg PhD, Brigham Young University Holt Zaugg is the Assessment Librarian at the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University. His research interests focus on assessments and evaluations that improve student learning and integrate library services with other faculty courses.Dr. Gregg Morris Warnick, Brigham Young University Gregg M. Warnick is the Director of the Weidman Center for Global Leadership and Associate Teaching Professor of Engineering
the community and if applicable, community NGOpartner. However, while the online resources assist students in gaining an understanding of the local context,they are not able to directly interact with the community. With over 7,000 participants in Australia andNew Zealand alone this would be too much of a burden on the community partner. In order to simulatethis interaction EWB hosts a student discussion forum on the EWB Challenge website where studentscan post any questions regarding the design projects and local context. These questions are answered byEWB with consultation with the community partner, thus allowing students an avenue to interact withand explore the local context.Course Integration One area where the implementation
school programs where the cultural sensitivity is integrated into thedisciplinary content. Consideration of the successful foreign expertise will definitely be ofhigh practical value for both countries. Theoretical background together with the modernpractical approaches can bring the possibilities together and lead to the creation of jointcourses that will be of great demand in global intercultural platform and attract new studentsfor participation.AcknowledgementThe research was funded by Russian Foundation for Humanities grant, project #15-16-16003Bibliography1. James A. Banks Cultural Diversity and Education Foundations, Curriculum and Teaching Fourth Edition(2001)2. “Global Awareness – An Integrated Worldview”,UDEMY, https://blog.udemy.com
participants. She served as one of thefounding faculty of Coconino Community College, building an academic organization from the groundup, including development of institutional policy, organizational structure, curriculum and assessment,and establishing community and institutional relationships. She served as co-chair, editor, and contribut-ing author of the self study for accreditation by the Higher Learning Commission.Dr. Kathy Wigal holds a Doctorate in Educational Leadership (Ed.D), a Masters in Business Administra-tion (MBA), and a Masters in Community College Education (M.Ed) from Northern Arizona University.She has taught both graduate and undergraduate courses in educational administration and educationalpedagogy, as well as courses in
, Palestine and Libya.Dr. Nazmi Abdel-Salam Almasri, The Islamic University of Gaza - Palestine Nazmi Al-Masri is an associate professor of TEFL and curriculum development. Since he obtained his PhD from Manchester University, UK, in 1994, he has been working at the English Language Department, the Islamic University of Gaza- Palestine. He teaches Technology in TEFL, ELT Methodology, ELT Research Methods and ESp courses.He participated in building the English language curriculum and textbooks used in Palestinian schools and currently participating in four EU funded projects.Ms. Anna Rolinska, University of Glasgow Anna Rolinska has 15 years of experience in teaching English as a Foreign Language. For the last 6 years she
international and intercultural contexts withengineers who define problems differently from themselves1, 2, 3. To meet those workforcedemands and needs, Virginia Tech offers a program which integrates an on-campus, semester-long experience with a two week international experience in a course for first year engineeringstudents. This study focuses on understanding the range of learning experiences from theperspectives of enrolled students that occurred during the two week international module.Throughout the two weeks students traveled through Italy, Switzerland, Germany, and Franceengaging in local culture and customs during visits with engineering businesses and universities.These visits, intentionally selected by the program faculty director to align
environments.”“To this end, we call on engineering educators, engineering administrators, and engineeringpolicy leaders to take deliberate and immediate steps to integrate global education into theengineering curriculum to impact all students, recognizing global competency as one of thehighest priorities for their graduates.”6.2 Looking Back Ten YearsAlthough the Newport Declaration received some publicity (it was published, for example, in theASEE Prism magazine), the impression of the authors is that it did not get a lot of attention.Nevertheless, by at least some measures, the response of engineering programs has beensignificant. According to the Institute of International Education, study abroad participation byengineering students has more than