Conference Session

Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED): Models, Methods & Frameworks for Experiential Learning

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olga Pierrakos, Wake Forest University

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Diversity

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED)

alternatives, prototype, test, and refine solutions. Engineering DBL emphasizes creative thinking, constraints analysis, user considerations, and technical feasibility through projects like designing medical devices, sustainable buildings, or consumer products with specific performance requirements (Gomez et al., 2011; Strobel et al., 2013). This approach naturally incorporates experiential learning cycles as students move through phases of concept development, testing, reflection, and refinement.• Case-Based Learning (CBL) - Case-based learning uses carefully selected real or simulated engineering scenarios that document successes, failures, ethical dilemmas, or complex decisions (Lavi and Martin, 2023; Vivas and Allada, 2006

Conference Session

Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED) Poster Session

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert B Bass, Portland State University

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED)

align with engineering education and several ABET SOs, and hence the ABET-like terminology within the category questions.Since the adoption of the modern “1-7” Criteria 3 SOs, some engineering educators havedeveloped assessment methods based on internship experiences, mapping internship evaluationsto specific SOs. The Criteria 3 SOs are, in brief: (1) problem solving; (2) engineering design, (3)effective communication, (4) ethical responsibilities, (5) teamwork, (6) experimentation, datainterpretation and engineering judgment, and (7) the ability to acquire and apply newknowledge. An example is Ozis, et al, who mapped internship assessments to six of the sevennew SOs: (1-5) and (7) [14]. Their results demonstrate the impact that internships

Conference Session

Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED): Models, Methods & Frameworks for Experiential Learning

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sophia Vicente, Elizabethtown College; Sara A. Atwood, Elizabethtown College; Rebecca Holcombe

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Diversity

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED)

used a mixed methods research or design-based research approach,and two papers were literature reviews. Furthermore, research frameworks utilized by researchpapers focused on coops or cooperative education included: 1. Engineering identity 2. Motivation theory 3. Self-efficacy 4. Mental HealthFinding 2: Learning and Skill Development The second major finding from our review is that there were many descriptive andresearch papers focused on learning, most of which focused on students’ learning and skilldevelopment of professional skills. The most common professional skills discussed included:communication, leadership, engineering ethics, time management, and general workplaceknowledge. In contrast, there was only one

Conference Session

Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED): Assessment, Curriculum & Instructional Design

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karina Ivette Vielma, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Robin Lynn Nelson, University of Texas at San Antonio; JoAnn Browning P.E., The University of Texas at San Antonio

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED)

students is key toproviding a positive experience for REU students.Effective communication was also important when students had multiple mentors. The structureof the NHERI REU Program contains a network of mentors. A student can have anywhere fromtwo (2) to four (4) mentors supporting their summer research goals. Sharing information tosupport students across this mentor network is also important. As another REU studenthighlighted, “My mentors were very good at communicating. I think it was vital for me to haveboth a faculty mentor and graduate mentor because they understood each other, and helpedexplain everything to me as well.”Demonstrated authentic care. Nel Noddings (YEAR) presents how the ethic of care isactionable. Faculty mentors displayed

Conference Session

Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED): Developing Professional and Career Readiness

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cody Mann, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Darcie Christensen, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Andrew Lillesve, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Luke John Nyberg

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED)

integral part of the program's focus on maximizingstudent success as they define it.Tutoring & Mentoring Students in Professionalism & DesignProfessionalism and Design are the primary curricular zones where facilitators perform theirmentoring duties. Professionalism, as used by IRE, is a broad term for nearly all social aspects ofprofessional life and includes ethical, anthropological, leadership, well-being, learning, andpersonal and professional development instruction. The Design zone includes instruction increativity, application of technical learning, the design process, teamwork, communication, andmanaging interpersonal conflict.This tutoring and mentoring role for facilitators is similar to apprenticeship models in other fieldswhere