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Exploration of Broad Issues and Promotion of Engineering and Technological Literacy

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Dan G. Dimitriu, San Antonio College

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.● Because families wonder why the students spend a large amount of their free time at theMESA Center, Family Night was implemented to share some of the projects in a fun, engagingand interactive environment. This is an excellent opportunity to expand the reach of ourtechnology literacy efforts outside of our school environment. On average 15 to 30 familiesparticipate in this event.● Core4STEM Program [9] is a three-day celebration of education and career opportunities in“STEM” organized by the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Since its inception, tenyears ago, its mission is to stimulate students’ interest in the sciences and lead them todiscoveries about their own potential in these areas and provides immersion in the excitement,surprise

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Developing Technological Literacy in Students

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Elizabeth Milonas, NYC College of Technology - City University of New York

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dilemma andpossible solutions [27]. Likewise, Jones [28] believes that to bring awareness to key ethicalissues, these issues should be discussed in every computer course throughout the curriculum.Jones[28] suggests that it is important that students learn the technical aspects of the computertopic and the ethical issues related to that topic. Like Quinn [26], Jones [28] suggests the use ofethics-related projects tailored to the computer topic covered. Chowdhury [29] also agrees withQuinn [26], Metcalf et al. [27], and Jones [28], and suggests embedding ethical and moral issuesthroughout the computer curriculum. Chowdhury [29] recommends the use of role-play, drama,simulation, educational games, debates, discussions, projects, group work and other

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Technological Literacy

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Marjan Eggermont, University of Calgary

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Paper ID #28845Small Teaching via Bloom’sDr. Marjan Eggermont, University of Calgary Dr. Marjan Eggermont is a Teaching Professor and faculty member at the University of Calgary in the Mechanical and Manufacturing department of the Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary. She co-founded and designs ZQ, an online journal to provide a platform to showcase the nexus of science and design using case studies, news, and articles. As an instructor, she was one of the recipients of The Allan Blizzard Award, a Canadian national teaching award for collaborative projects that improve student learning in 2004. In 2005

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Developing Technological Literacy in Students

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Johanna Kristiina Naukkarinen, Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT; Hanna Niemelä, Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT

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Paper ID #29876Understanding better young people’s views on technology in FinlandDr. Johanna Kristiina Naukkarinen, Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT Johanna Naukkarinen received her M.Sc. degree in chemical engineering from Helsinki University of Technology in 2001, her D.Sc. (Tech) degree in knowledge management from Tampere University of Technology in 2015, and her professional teacher qualification from Tampere University of Applied sci- ences in 2013. She is currently working as a post-doctoral researcher and project manager with the School of Energy Systems at Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology

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Exploration of Broad Issues and Promotion of Engineering and Technological Literacy

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John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin

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Studies [6].The 1957 Circular did not prescribe what a liberal curriculum should be but suggested fiveways in which the curriculum could be liberalised. These were(1) The inclusion of additional subjects.(2) Broadening the treatment of technical and scientific subjects.(3) Increase use of the college library, of seminars, of discussion groups, directed studyperiods, and projects; and in general the fostering of the tutorial relationship betweenteaching staff on the lines of that used in universities.(4) The encouragement of corporate life in colleges, and the development of extra-curricularactivities.(5) The establishment of contacts with institutions abroad.The Circular stated that “the mere addition of extra subjects will not by itself

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Technological Literacy

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R. Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin

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degreeprograms seek to develop. Much of our conversation in engineering education is about how toget our students to develop the expertise to manage works in this domain through projects,design, etc. These types of problems are increasingly amenable to AI solutions.Working in the complex domain relies on different mental rules than the simple and complexdomains. The reason for this is that problems or systems which can be characterized as complexexhibit behaviors not shared by simple and complicated system. While not an exhaustive list,complex systems exhibit the following characteristics:• Emergence: Out of the interactions between the individual elements in the systems behavior emerges at the level of the system as a whole. Such higher order

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Developing Technological Literacy in Students

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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

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al. describe ProfessionalDevelopment (PD) sessions aimed at providing teachers ways to incorporate engineering and CSconcepts into non-technical courses 13 . When teachers blend technology with traditional subjectssuch as math and language arts, students find creative and novel ways to utilize engineering andcomputer science. Through teacher surveys, Hamner et al. found that PD sessions improvedteacher confidence in implementing robotics and programming projects into theirclassrooms.Cortina and Trahan describe a five-day workshop aimed at providing teachers ways to incorporateCS into their classrooms without having to make major changes to their curricula. For example, amath teacher could use a short computer program to display a geometric

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Developing Technological Literacy in Students

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Neelam Prabhu Gaunkar, Iowa State University; Mani Mina, Iowa State University of Science and Technology

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lectures, homework, projects, and laboratory activities. However, inevery engineering discipline the curriculum is growing, and there seems to be so much thatneeds to be covered. Classes are packed with material and assignments and do notnecessarily have the creative overlap to promote synergy of the material and understanding.Our research question is whether student autonomy (even if it is partial for selected parts of theclass) and engagement of inquiry-based approach would be more beneficial for students andwould help facilitate the journey of an engaged student with a connected knowledge base.Would an inquiry-based approach, with providing students’ autonomy to create their connectedknowledge and an ability to create their story and path of

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Exploration of Broad Issues and Promotion of Engineering and Technological Literacy

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Joseph F. Camean P.E., U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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very proud to show them, letting first-hand experiencebuild enthusiasm for a career path enabling an independent and prosperous adult life. Observingbig and small engineering works raises interest, e.g., seeing the awesome scale of a 1,000 MWpower generator or watching a pipefitter annealing copper tubing by heating it to a glow andrapidly quenching in cold water. Hard copper magically becoming malleably soft. Today’s bestanalog are the robotics-mechatronics programs, which provide a limited bandwidth that ought tobe much broader. With appropriate planning and supervision, middle and high school agestudents holding interest in engineering need to experience more than science projects, and seereal things being made.Although the most significant

Conference Session

Exploration of Broad Issues and Promotion of Engineering and Technological Literacy

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Carl O. Hilgarth

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papers. In light of the fact that we are living in an increasingly created world, weshould begin to see these literacies as social processes in the sense that they are pushing societyforward through unknown waters to arrive at some destination, hence the need to transform theseliteracies beyond a pedagogy to a broader understanding within the technical community andwithin a technologically oriented society.References1. Chenea, Paul F., Engineering management challenges, Engineering management International, Volume 1, Issue 1, 1981, Pages 7-11, ISSN 0167-5419, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/016754198190003X.2. International Technology Education Association, Technology for All Americans Project