Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Technical Session 3: Technology in Biomedical Engineering Education

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine E. King, University of California, Irvine; Yanfen Li, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Roza Vaez Ghaemi, University of British Columbia, Vancouver; Alexis Ortiz-Rosario, The Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

learning techniques [8, 9], provide mentoring to supportinstructors [10], facilitate pedagogical identity development [11], and foster collaborations forexternal funding mechanisms [12]. To best enable participation and facilitation of professionaldevelopment, professional organizations have found that virtual communities of practice requireorganizational support for the technical infrastructure that the participants utilize to facilitateinteractions [13]. Prior research on the use of these virtual communities of practice [13 - 15] hasfound that organizers must facilitate the virtual environment by providing management supportand asynchronous interactions to facilitate the use of the virtual community, as well as activitiesthat promote