Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed Galaleldin, University of Ottawa; Hanan Anis, University of Ottawa

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

new trend that hasthe potential to shift the future of education [1] through (1) digital, physical and logic tools, (2)community infrastructure and (3) the maker mindset, which is characterized as curious, playful,optimistic, persistent, resourceful and willing to take responsibility, take risks and shareinformation [2, p. 5]. These characteristics are similar to the engineering habits of mind [3]:systems thinking, creativity, optimism, collaboration, communication and attention to technicalconsiderations [4, p. 152].The maker movement also has the potential to respond to the calls for increased exposure in K-12 curriculum to sciences, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and hands-on and designexperiences in college level engineering