Conference Session

Developing Technological Literacy in Students

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Justin Lee Clough, University of Southern California; Patricia Chaffey, University of Southern California; Gautam Salhotra, University of Southern California; Colin G. Cess, University of Southern California; Rey Pocius, University of Southern California; Katie Mills, University of Southern California

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

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