Paper ID #21182Is There a Connection Between Classroom Practices and Attitudes TowardsStudent-Centered Learning in Engineering?Lydia Ross, Arizona State University Lydia Ross is a doctoral candidate and graduate research assistant at Arizona State University. She is a third year student in the Educational Policy and Evaluation program. Her research interests focus on higher education equity and access, particularly within STEM.Dr. Eugene Judson, Arizona State University Eugene Judson is an Associate Professor of for the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University. He also serves as an Extension Services
learning (TEL) initiativewithin the CoE. Wendt Commons’ TLS team identified specific goals and outcomes in theareas of faculty engagement, knowledge transfer, and improving the quality of teaching andlearning services in the CoE, namely: ● Increase faculty engagement by providing valued and high quality services ● Facilitate knowledge transfer of best practices and support peer to peer interaction ● Support application of sound pedagogical practices informed by engineering education research ● Foster a community of practice around exceptional and innovative approaches to teaching and learning by helping faculty to build connections, both internally and externally ● Adopt evidence-based quality measures to guide course design
Stephen Krause. Her research interests in STEM education include faculty development, best classroom practices, and improving undergraduate engineering student retention through understanding what makes students leave engineering. She will be pursuing her PhD in Materials Science and Engineering starting in 2016 at the University of California Berkeley.Prof. James A. Middleton, Arizona State University James A. Middleton is Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Director of the Center for Research on Education in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology at Arizona State Univer- sity. For the last three years he also held the Elmhurst Energy Chair in STEM education at the University of Birmingham
. Page 12.1447.7As a first step toward establishing best practices for delivering engineering design andcontent through professional development, engineers and technology teacher educatorsfrom each of the technology teacher education (TTE) partner institutions conceptualized,developed, and delivered a series of workshops. While the format and specific contentvaried across the five professional development sites, a balance between theoreticalcontent and activity-based experiences has been maintained. At the conclusion of eachworkshop, participating high school teachers completed similar surveys, which weredesigned to facilitate analysis and reflection. Building on lessons learned during theinitial year of the Center (2005), the TTE institutions
with “troubleshooting, research anddevelopment, invention and innovation, and experimentation in problem solving,” andstandard 11 with “applying the design process.” In the forward to the standards, WilliamWulf noted, “It is not enough that the standards are published. To have an impact, theymust influence what happens in every K-12 classroom in America.” Technology education shares engineering education’s desire to emphasize open-ended problem solving and the design process. For example, Standard 8 delineates designsteps very similar to those introduced to engineering students. In order to recognize theattributes of design, students in grades 9-12 should learn that the design process includes: • defining a problem, • brainstorming
’ research and practice, which informs howthey teach a project management course for experienced, practicing engineers as part of theMaster of Engineering Management (MEM) program [1] at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.This paper significantly updates and expands upon a paper presented to the ASEE EngineeringManagement Division at the ASEE 2016 Conference [2]. Key features of the subject program follow: Students • All students are practicing engineers, working full-time, as they pursue their graduate studies. All entering students must have at least two years of professional practice. At present, students average about eight years of preceding professional experience, with some having
facilities•Evaluation of effluent treatment optionsCost Reduction•Refinery scheduling – development of dynamic model•Improved nitrogen generation facilities for purge gasHuman Resources•Skill pool management in an ageing workforceNew Product Development•Business case and preliminary design for a new pilot-plant facility•Critical review of the new product development systemProcess Development Page 13.513.13•Practical implementation of SPC 12•Technology Transfer – the role of Co-Development between research andmanufacturingand some Project deliverables have meaningful impacts
. Journal of Developmental Education, 23(2), 2-4, 6, 8. 10. Boylan, H. R. (2002). What Works: Research-Based Best Practices in Developmental Education. Boone, NC: National Center for Developmental Education. 11. Engel, C E (1991) Not Just a Method But a Way of Learning, in Boud D and Feletti, G (ends) The Challenge of Problem Based Learning. London: Kogan Page. 12. Magill, S. L., & Herden, R. P. (1998, October). Using educational outcomes and student portfolios to steer management education. Journal of Management Education, 22 (5), 567-90. 13. Keefe, J. W. (1991). Learning style: Cognitive and thinking skills. Reston, VA: National Association of Secondary School Principals. 14. Keefe, J. W
chemistry classes. He is currently conducting research on an NSF faculty development program based on evidence-based teaching practices. The overall goal is to develop dis- ciplinary communities of practice across the college of engineering. The approach is being promoted through semester-long faculty workshops and then through a semester of supported implementation of faculty classroom innovations. Changes in faculty beliefs and classroom practice should positively im- pact student performance and retention. He was a coauthor for the best paper award at the FIE convention in 2009 and the best paper award in the Journal of Engineering Education in 2013.Dr. Casey Jane Ankeny, Arizona State University Casey J. Ankeny, Ph.D
Paper ID #25491The University’s Role in Professional Development for Computer-Aided En-gineeringMs. Emily Nutwell, Ohio State University Emily Nutwell is pursuing her PhD at Ohio State in Engineering Education where her research inter- ests focus on workforce development, adult learning, and distance education. She is also the Education Manager at the Ohio State SIMCenter, the Simulation Innovation, and Modeling Research center, which supports educational initiatives to promote simulation and modeling. She has several years of experience in industry as a CAE analyst focusing on vehicle crash modeling and topology
to North Jersey under the Workforce Innovation for Regional Economic Development (WIRED) initiative.Peter Schmitt, Schmitt & Associates, LLC Peter Schmitt has extensive experience in both academia and industry. He started out with a study of physics at the University of Wuerzburg, Germany. He did his Ph.D. at DESY (Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron) in Hamburg and work at CERN (Geneva) as a postdoctoral research assistant for Harvard University. Peter Schmitt went into industry starting as project manager for the development or car phones at AEG in Ulm. In 1995 he moved to the United States to work for BASF in various IT positions, among them Director of Infrastructure in the U.S. and Project Leader for SAP
academic interest in leadership de- velopment in academic contexts. She holds a M.A. in Education from Michigan State University and an M.A. in English from The Ohio State University.Mrs. Astri Briliyanti Astri is a graduate student in the Department of Community Sustainability, Michigan State University. She previously worked as a researcher and urban planner consultant in Indonesia, helping the government with the creation of spatial and development plan, as well as policy analysis and program evaluation. She is interested in program evaluation, sustainable tourism planning, and urban design. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Partners in Professional
Concept Inventory and a Chemistry Concept Inventory for assessing conceptual knowledge and change for introductory materials science and chemistry classes. He is currently conduct- ing research on a large scale NSF faculty development project. His team is studying how workshops on strategies of engagement and feedback with support from internet tools and resources affect faculty be- liefs, classroom practice, and development of disciplinary communities of practice and associated student achievement. He was a coauthor for the best paper award in the Journal of Engineering Education in 2013 and this year has received the Michael Ashby Outstanding Materials Educator Award from the Materials Division of ASEE.Dr. Keith D
Engineering at Arizona State University. He teaches in the areas of introductory materials engineering, polymers and composites, and capstone design. His research interests include evaluating conceptual knowledge, mis- conceptions and technologies to promote conceptual change. He has co-developed a Materials Concept Inventory and a Chemistry Concept Inventory for assessing conceptual knowledge and change for intro- ductory materials science and chemistry classes. He is currently conducting research on NSF projects in two areas. One is studying how strategies of engagement and feedback with support from internet tools and resources affect conceptual change and associated impact on students’ attitude, achievement, and per
sufficient condition for an engineeringteacher. A good research scholar can be a good researcher, but he may not be a good teacher.Neither regulatory bodies nor the engineering colleges’ leadership requires teachers having anyexposure to theory and practices of education domain. This impacts performance of faculty andoverall college education, and perhaps results in mushrooming of private tuition classes that haveshort term focus and examination orientation. It is estimated that the overall private tuitionmarket’s annual turnover is double than the budget for education in the ongoing five year plan.All this is resulting in stooping down of the estimated employability of graduate engineers toonly 25% 3.Meantime the global demands from engineering
technology; and teacher education and professional development. Due to her interest and background in teacher education, Dr. Yang designed, developed and coordinated the K-12 Online Teaching Endorsement Program at Boise State. Dr. Yang was a featured researcher of the Association for Educational Commu- nications and Technology (AECT) International Convention and the Young Researcher Award recipient from the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Recently she also received the Effective Practice Award (in online and eLearning) from the Sloan-Consortium. Page 24.1237.2 c
developmentopportunities for faculty who wanted to become engaged in online teaching or improve theircurrent offerings. Much research has been done in the last several years to highlight the bestpractices in online learning. To better benefit from this research, we launched a pilot effort tocreate a Faculty Institute for Online Teaching. The goal of this effort is to inform theunderstanding of what it means to deliver a high-quality online experience to students fromaround the globe. These best practices include organization of courses and programs within thelearning management system, designing lectures for online delivery, feedback timelines, studentto faculty engagement, and peer to peer engagement. This Institute had 30 participants enrolledin the pilot, and
AC 2008-1643: A REVIEW OF PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION,DEVELOPMENT, AND RECOGNITION OF FACULTY TEACHING IN HIGHEREDUCATION AROUND THE WORLDDirk Schaefer, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Dirk Schaefer is an Assistant Professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech Savannah, USA. His research interests are focused on the high-impact interdisciplinary area of Information Engineering for Complex Engineered Systems. Prior to joining Georgia Tech, Dr. Schaefer was a Lecturer in the School of Engineering at Durham University, UK. He has published around sixty-five papers on Computer-Aided Engineering and Design as well as Engineering Education in conference
; leadership, a strong moral compass, ethics, diversity, and culturalawareness10,11.IRE’s innovative model was designed with several goals in mind. The first was to furtherdevelop engineering education. Second, IRE looks to grow the local economy by creating newlocal business and providing current companies with highly skilled technical employees whohave significant integrated technical and professional knowledge and skills. This model has beenimplemented by offering a four-year engineering degree to high performing, local communitycollege graduates, allowing them to remain in northern Minnesota. The impact of the recruitingand retention projects will give incentive to prospective students to stay in northern Minnesota as
include serving in the U. S. Army Special Forces in Asia and in the Reagan White House as a policy special assistant. Dr. Jones research interests include adult learning in work and educational systems, social systems effects on leadership, and adult moral development. Page 12.181.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Addressing the Career and Professional Development Needs of Experienced Project ProfessionalsAbstractThis paper presents a new non-degree graduate program in technical project management (TPM)that employs innovative teaching strategies to meet the needs of
evaluation of performance by respected academic peers.These traditional values have limited use of current trends in faculty leadership in SOES-l).What is needed is a new recognition of the scholarship of engineering that contrasts and valuesfaculty’s progressive proficiency levels and progressive skill-sets of professional performance inadvancing the practice of engineering as compared to scientific research in engineering theory.IntroductionAccording to Keating, et al.1, social science models of engagement and outreach do not fitprofessional disciplines such as engineering and technology robustly. For engineering andtechnology programs, the scholarship of engagement and outreach is of necessity focused onfaculty’s interaction with industry as well
on the campus of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. The originaloffering was cohort-based and it employed a weekend format; meeting from Friday throughSunday. The cohort met three times a semester, twice in the summer semester, for a total of fivesemesters (Fall, Spring, Summer, Fall and Spring). After 22 months, all members of the initialcohort format graduated in the May 2000 graduation ceremony. Because of its non-traditionalapproach, the state’s authorization included the establishment of a different fee structure thannormal on-campus classes which resulted in a program cost that was higher than traditional on-campus equivalent programs.The Center for Professional Studies in Technology and Applied Research (ProSTAR
design work at the graduate level is minimal. However, it is ourhypothesis that these intensive hands-on types of experience may not be as critical to the types ofnon-traditional students who have significant exposure to engineering in their professionalcareers, such that these students already “know what engineering is”. (By comparison, we feelthat it is unlikely that a fully online program would be optimal for the traditional college-ageundergraduate student who lacks such exposure to engineering; such students would likely needthe benefits, supports, and interactions best provided by the traditional undergraduateexperience.) Obviously this hypothesis warrants detailed assessment and evaluation as the onlineprogram is developed.Specifically
University, West Lafayette Mark Schuver is the Director for the Center for Professional Studies in Technology and Applied Re- search (ProSTAR) in the College of Technology at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. He is responsible for the administration/operations of the Center with Program Management oversight of the Rolls-Royce Master’s Degree, the Construction Management Master’s Degree and non-credit certificate programs for working professionals in the College of Technology. Prior to joining Purdue in 2002, Mark was employed by Caterpillar Inc. for 35 years with assignments in Product Design, Research and De- velopment, Supplier Management, Quality Management, Logistics Management and various leadership
management,multimedia and graphics production, and various training workshops and demonstrations of newtechnologies.The Center for Learning Technologies offers a wide variety of services related to faculty supportincluding one-on-one consultation, instructional design, course design and development,individual course management, course website development, workshops, demonstration andevaluation of tools and technologies.University of VirginiaWithin the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Virginia, the move toonline instruction at the graduate level is motivated by a desire to support more effectively theformal and informal learning needs of students. It is also motivated by a desire to increaseeducational flexibility and
impact of Web-based technology in education. Dr. Huguet’s primary areas of interest for research and practice include instructional design, Web-based design, integration of Web-based technology, and faculty adoption of emerging technologies.Tom Haley, Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteYaron Danon, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Page 15.638.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Hands-On Nuclear Engineering Education – A Blended ApproachAbstractBlended instruction has become a powerful delivery mode whose power lies in the merging oftraditional, face-to-face instruction and web-based instruction. It also
maximizing stakeholder impact. Two offices that regularly engagedwith these stakeholders were the office of Corporate and Professional Education, which overseesgraduate programs and training for corporate partners, and the Career Development Center,which manages activities related to engaging and recruiting talented WPI students.In 2017, the division of Academic and Corporate Engagement realigned departments andpersonnel to best support stakeholder needs and drive a new chapter forward of its originalvision. Under this realignment, the Corporate Partnership team was created as the externally-facing branch of the office of Corporate and Professional Education. Similarly, the EmployerRelations team was identified as the externally-facing branch of the
. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Demographic Leadership –A First of its Kind Diversity Leadership Online Course in a Tier-1 University Doctorate Degree ProgramAbstractThis first course in a professional doctorate degree program called the Doctorate of Technology(DTECH) on demographic leadership at a tier 1 university was premised on years of research,practice, and scholarship. The scholarship was conducted by asking the question “Why don’tyou like me?”“Why don’t you like me?” as a research question, is not about the author(s) individually, butabout each of us as individuals. It is about all of us. The question is really “why don’t
the people involved. In order to enhance the experience, thecompanies were in constant competition and battle for the market share majority.To better simulate the layout of a traditional company within the aerospace industry, eachcompany was broken into four different levels or tiers; employees, sector leadership, corporateleadership and shareholders.The employees of any company are the individuals who produce the products and drive thebottom line. The employees also produce all of the technical research and development behindthe innovative ideas that are then sold for profit. It is these technical and low level decisions that Page
O’Mahony, University of Washington Dr. O’Mahony is currently a Research Fellow at the University of Washington LIFE Center (Learning in Informal and Formal Environments). His research interests stem from a translation of latest neuroscience findings into practical applications in the classroom for teachers, students and parents. Pedagogical impli- cations for his research have meaningful connections to workforce learning and training in the industrial sector for adult learners. In particular, Dr. O’Mahony focuses a research strand to educational practices and principles in engineering and aerospace learning.Dr. Michael J. Prince, Bucknell University Dr. Michael Prince is a professor of chemical engineering at Bucknell