, and through communities of practice.Two outcomes of the systems thinking model from this work include (i) a faculty fellowship program torecognize and reward faculty development of transformational projects and (ii) self-paced learning structuresto encourage emergent ideas. This paper addresses the first steps for the following research questions:• Does a design systems thinking approach create a responsive model for a community-driven faculty development program? Does this model adapt to community needs and individual faculty career needs?• Will a design systems thinking approach support the community development of a sustainable model for faculty development that thrives outside of the funding organization?This project is ongoing
for Associate level faculty in Engineering, facilitating career advancement, fostering connections, and providing leadership development opportunities. Heidi served as the Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs and Diversity in the College of Engineering at Montana State University from 2001-2012. She also served as the Director of EMPower, the engineering minor- ity program. Heidi earned her PhD in Educational Leadership from University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2014. She studied developmental relationships in higher education and investigated the processes through which higher education leadership is fostered including mentoring, coaching, role-modeling, sponsoring, and networking.Dr. Pauline Khan, University of
currently co-PI on three NSF-funded projects in engineering and computer science education, including a Revolutionizing Engineering Departments project. She was selected as a National Academy of Educa- tion / Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow and a 2018 NSF CAREER awardee in engineering education research. Dr. Svihla studies learning in authentic, real world conditions, specifically on design learning, in which she studies engineers designing devices, scientists designing investigations, teachers designing learning experiences and students designing to learn.Ms. Madalyn Wilson-Fetrow, University of New MexicoDr. Pil Kang, University of New Mexico Sung ”Pil” Kang is an assistant professor at the University of New Mexico. His
declared their major as S&E at enrollment, were no longerenrolled in any institution three years after their initial college enrollment [2]. These numbersindicate that students lose enthusiasm or interest in S&E somewhere between high school, whenmany are interested in an S&E career, and graduation. Further, students are aware of this, asnearly half (49%) of surveyed engineering juniors report having doubts about majoring inengineering. Retaining students until graduation is recognized as a challenge by higher learninginstitutions across the US [4]. Due to the heavy focus on content, engineering in college turnsinto a “closed club” and becomes less attractive for students to persist in [3].1.2: Predictors of PersistenceSeymour and
classes.Reading the comments from the surveys was a discerning moment. I had to admit that myteaching was inadequate and provided little benefit to my students, especially in teaching coursesoutside my area of expertise. I realized that to stay relevant in my career and give value to mystudents; I had to improve. I had to learn how to be a better instructor for the sake of my studentsand career.ChangesThe SET results from my first semester of teaching motivated me to prioritize instructioneducation. I talked to some of my more experienced colleagues in the department to learn fromtheir experiences. Some of my peers had attended conferences and workshops that had helpedthem improve their teaching in the past. I also met with my department chair and
estimation for applications in target tracking and physical layer communications. Her work on target detection and tracking is funded by the Office of Naval Research. Dr. Nelson is a 2010 recipient of the NSF CAREER Award. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, and the IEEE Signal Processing, Communications, and Education Societies.Jessica RosenbergKathryn Fern´andez, George Mason UniversityJulie Shank, George Mason University Julie Shank is a PhD Candidate in the Education PhD Program at George Mason University. Ms. Shank is a former assistant dean of student life at the United States Naval Academy and retired naval officer. She also taught Ethics and Moral Reasoning at the Naval Academy while
is a phenomenological case study that is explaining how a community college student experiences an undergraduate research experience and its influence on their motivation and values, including its influence on the completion of their engineering degree as they pursue and continue a career in engineering.Dr. Richard Goldberg, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Richard Goldberg is a Teaching Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Depart- ment of Applied Physical Sciences at UNC Chapel Hill. He is developing a new integrated engineering minor and major at UNC. He is interested in integrating engineering with the liberal arts and an en- trepreneurial mindset. He teaches a variety of
detection and estimation for applications in target tracking and physical layer communications. Her work on target detection and tracking is funded by the Office of Naval Research. Dr. Nelson is a 2010 recipient of the NSF CAREER Award. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, and the IEEE Signal Processing, Communications, and Education Societies.Dr. Yutao Zhong, George Mason UniversityDr. Mark Huntington Snyder, George Mason UniversityProf. Elizabeth L. White, George Mason University Dr. Elizabeth White is an associate chair and associate professor of Computer Science and a member of the C4I center at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA. She has a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of
. She attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for graduate study, earning an MS and PhD in Electrical Engineering in 2001 and 2005, respectively. Dr. Nelson’s research focus is in statistical signal processing, specifically detection and estimation for applications in target tracking and physical layer communications. Her work on target detection and tracking is funded by the Office of Naval Research. Dr. Nelson is a 2010 recipient of the NSF CAREER Award. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, and the IEEE Signal Processing, Communications, and Education Societies. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020
, service, and career advancement) and provideholistic faculty support in areas such as time management, work-life topics, and well-being [1].From the context of the CTL, the intentional alignment of programs, in which the relationshipsbetween goals and activities of different faculty development programs are considered, helps toidentify strategic approaches to advancing the CTL’s goals. At the same time, from the contextof faculty members, participating in exercises that encourage the consideration of an issue fromboth big picture and granular perspectives and the connections between the factors that impactthe issue can help foster reflection and make visible the role of faculty members in the issue.The objectives of this paper are to 1) present a
. She received her Ph.D. in Engineering Education at Utah State University with a research focus on the ethical and career aspects of mentoring of science and engineering graduate students and hidden curriculum in engineering. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Lessons learned about fostering curricular changeIntroductionDespite the numerous calls for institutional change to engineering curriculum, the wayengineering has been taught has not changed significantly over the last century [1], [2]. Tocounter this, the National Science Foundation put out a call for proposals to design and enactnew approaches to engineering education focused on organizational and cultural change
Teaching assistants play a vital role in the teaching mission of higher education institutionslike the College of Engineering at UW Madison. They are often the first point of contact a studentmay have with their instructional team and the most familiar role model for an undergraduatestudent questioning a career in the course subject field or academia in general. Not only are TAsvital to the student experience, but they are also potential future faculty, after earning an advanceddegree, it will be expected that they know how to teach. The mission of NEO is to prepare TAs for the charge of teaching, through giving them theskills and tools to teach and engage students, developing their identity as a teacher and skills toadvocate for themselves
instructors’ adaptability as a central factor ineffective teaching and learning, particularly in K-12 (e.g., [8, 11, 13]).In higher education, career change, academic achievement, engagement, and life satisfactionhave all been examined through the lens of adaptability. However, many of these studies haveexplored undergraduate students’ adaptability [12, 14-16]. In regard to instructors’ adaptability, astudy by Holliman et al., [17] examined university lecturers’ perceived autonomy support (jobresource), adaptability, organizational commitment (feeling towards employer/institution), andpsychological wellbeing. The authors found that perceived autonomy support was positivelyassociated with lecturers’ adaptability, organizational commitment, and
their effort. More recently, Dillon et al. described the intercollegiate coaching modelemployed by the KEEN Faculty Development workshops [7].Motivation and BackgroundIn seeking an institutional grant from the Kern Family Foundation in 2014, the TagliatelaCollege of Engineering at the University of New Haven embraced the value of its studentshaving an EM. Most of our graduates pursue careers in industry and the core faculty team thatled the institutional grant firmly believed that an EM would give students a competitive edge inthe job market in the near term, and make them creative go-to leaders within their companies as they progressed in their careers. Broadly embracing EML in all of our
career pathways, and (3) design as central to educa- tional and global change. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Faculty perceptions of and approaches for fostering engineering student motivation at Hispanic Serving InstitutionsAbstractThis research paper examines faculty perceptions of and approaches towards fostering students’motivation to learn engineering at Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs). By aligning learningexperiences with what motivates Hispanic or Latinx students, the resulting higher studentmotivation could increase the sense of belonging for underrepresented populations inengineering, ultimately improving student retention
area 3 Industry experience / career development 2 Discipline based Research skills 1The identified competencies in the eight papers listed in Table 1 are consolidated by frequencyof appearance, tabulating the number of times each competence appears in the models proposedby the authors. The most frequent is the competence associated the pedagogy while the leastfrequent are associated with research and teamwork. In addition, these competencies can begrouped into three categories: pedagogical, generic and discipline based, as shown in Table 2.The first category, pedagogical, is the most representative, followed by
in environmental engineering and received her Ph.D. in Engineering Education at Utah State University with a research focus on the ethical and career aspects of mentoring of science and engineering graduate students and hidden curriculum in engineering.Dr. Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego Susan M. Lord received a B.S. from Cornell University in Materials Science and Electrical Engineering (EE) and the M.S. and Ph.D. in EE from Stanford University. She is currently Professor and Chair of Integrated Engineering at the University of San Diego. Her research focuses on the study and promotion of diversity in engineering including student pathways and inclusive teaching. She is Co-Director of the National
-building aspect of the program: “The opportunity to start building a network with colleagues at the same career stage was invaluable, as well as receiving feedback and interacting with more experience teachers and educators.” “I think the best part is the community and connections that the program helps create. I know know 20+ other 'first timers' that I can bounce ideas and questions off of.” “My favorite thing about it is the supportive environment. Starting out in a professorial job can be very stressful and you can feel isolated sometimes. Program staff do an amazing job in making things feel ok.”Continued contact over time with a community-building emphasis is as an effective strategy
coaching program [6]. Others have studied ways that coaching might improve instructionalpractices, as summarized in Table 1.Table 1. Summary of prior work on instructional coaching. Author Year Discipline Coaching Context Development Goals Skinner and Welch [7] 1996 All Instructional development Evidence Based Practices McLeod and Steinert 2009 Medical Faculty Instructional development Evidence Based Practices [8] Pembridge [9] 2017 Engineering Video annotation Evidence Based Practices Sherick [10] 2018 Engineering Career Development Promotion to Professor Hamilton et al
are associatedwith external entities, the institutional itself, department, and the individuals who are part of thechange (Table 1). Table 1. Factors that affect decision making in academic institutions (Adapted from [3], [4] External Institutional Departmental Individual Markets College mission Faculty Personal experiences Governments Resources Discipline Educational background Accreditation Governance Student characteristics Career stage Institution type Culture Professional development Institution cultureThese factors establish norms that
pages serve are engineering educators andfaculty members, similar to us, the authors of this paper. We are international engineeringeducators in the United States, who are in the early phases of our careers, and identify as womenof color. As universities switched to the online format during the Spring 2020 semester, we, likemany of our colleagues, had to adapt to new and unusual circumstances as well as makesignificant adjustments to our professional and personal lives. At the onset of the pandemic, wecreated a support group to share our experiences as we navigated these unprecedentedcircumstances. Through the course of the months following the sudden shift in learningenvironments, we continued to reflect and record our personal challenges of
as project manager, Sarah worked as the SEI Coordinator for a local high school and has also developed an inclusion program for Migrant and Immigrant students that utilized co-teaching and active learning as keystones of the program. She began her educational career as a high school teacher, teaching courses in English, math, and science.Dr. Lindy Hamilton Mayled, Arizona State University Lindy Hamilton Mayled is the Director of Instructional Effectiveness for the Fulton Schools of Engineer- ing at Arizona State University. She has a PhD in Psychology of Learning, Education, and Technology from Grand Canyon University. Her research and areas of interest are in improving educational outcomes for STEM students
the SEI Coordinator for a local high school and has also developed an inclusion program for Migrant and Immigrant students that utilized co-teaching and active learning as keystones of the program. She began her educational career as a high school teacher, teaching courses in English, math, and science.Dr. Lindy Hamilton Mayled, Arizona State University Lindy Hamilton Mayled is the Director of Instructional Effectiveness for the Fulton Schools of Engineer- ing at Arizona State University. She has a PhD in Psychology of Learning, Education, and Technology and her research and areas of interest are in improving educational outcomes for STEM students through the integration of active learning and technology-enabled
Education / Spencer Post- doctoral Fellow and a 2018 NSF CAREER awardee in engineering education research. Dr. Svihla studies learning in authentic, real world conditions; this includes a two-strand research program focused on (1) authentic assessment, often aided by interactive technology, and (2) design learning, in which she studies engineers designing devices, scientists designing investigations, teachers designing learning experiences and students designing to learn.Dr. Pil Kang, University of New Mexico Sung ”Pil” Kang is an assistant professor at the University of New Mexico. His academic interests include change management, change model validation, and mindset evolution. He may be reached at pilkang@unm.edu
way compared to teaching in-person.Participants noted the need to practice empathy with their students and themselves, the effect thatexternal factors (such as administrative support) had on their acceptance of technologies, and thelessons learned on how their instruction has changed as a result of online instruction.IntroductionThe experience of adapting to new technologies is universal. However, we often are willing tomake these changes in order to adapt to our professional careers, or more specifically, theteaching landscape. The experiences faced when confronted with a global pandemic andcontinuing education are shared phenomena teachers, students, and even parental figures arecontinuing to navigate. The shift to exclusively online
insights into how the pandemic affected faculty members from amental and emotional perspective [4]. A total of 1122 faculty members responded to the surveyfrom four-year and two-year universities. The analysis of the data highlights that the majority offaculty members are experiencing elevated levels of frustration, anxiety, and stress, as they arestruggling with increased workloads and a deterioration of work-life balance. This is especiallytrue for female faculty members. The survey also highlights that more than two-thirds of allfaculty members are discouraged enough to consider retiring or changing careers and leavinghigher education, with tenured faculty members even more likely to retire than others. Facultymembers faced a multitude of
, 470 (2009).[14] National Effective Teaching Institutes, viewed on February 3, 2020,https://www.asee.org/education-careers/continuing-education/courses-and-workshops/neti.[15] NSF DUE #1317540[16] Katie D. Cadwell, Michelle M. Blum, Julie M. Hasenwinkel, Carol Stokes-Cawley. “AGateway Course Redesign Working Group.” Proceedings of the American Society forEngineering Education 2018 Annual Conference and Exposition, Salt Lake City, UT, 2018.
graduate students and early career scholars to broaden their expertise andskills to conduct rigorous research on STEM [4], and 3) a research institute with year-longtraining of two cohorts of 20 Quantitative Research Methods (QRM) Scholars [5]; these scholarswere PhD students with research foci on issues of access and equity of underrepresentedpopulations in STEM within either K-12 or postsecondary settings.In response to faculty interest expressed on our campus for how to best conduct STEM-Heducation research, we developed a brief, focused introductory workshop series designed forSTEM-H faculty and professionals. These disciplinary STEM-H researchers sought not only tobetter understand and evaluate their teaching practices to benefit students
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project. She was selected as a National Academy of Education / Spencer Post- doctoral Fellow and a 2018 NSF CAREER awardee in engineering education research. Dr. Svihla studies learning in authentic, real world conditions; this includes a two-strand research program focused on (1) authentic assessment, often aided by interactive technology, and (2) design learning, in which she studies engineers designing devices, scientists designing investigations, teachers designing learning experiences and students designing to learn.Ms. Madalyn Wilson-Fetrow, University of New MexicoDr. Yan Chen, University of New Mexico Yan Chen is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Departments of Chemical AND Biological Engineering at the University