and Learning (SOTL)—that has salient implications for ENED research and practice beyond thestudy’s context. We are aware of other frameworks that delineate between SOTL and discipline-basedresearch educational based on the degree of methodological rigor (e.g., Streveler et al., 2007), but weconsider that distinction to establish barriers to entry that are antithetical to the goal of onboardingengineering faculty to ENED research. Our ENED research programming includes: 1 1. ENED research incubator – Weekly meetings where EETI leadership helps faculty translate their ENED research project ideas into opportunities for grant proposals and
Paper ID #29123Extending Faculty Development through a Sustainable Community of Prac-ticeSarah Hoyt, Arizona State University Sarah Hoyt is currently the Education Project Manager for the NSF-funded JTFD Engineering faculty development program. Her educational background includes two Master’s degrees from Grand Canyon University in Curriculum and Instruction and Education Administration. Her areas of interest are in student inclusion programs and creating faculty development that ultimately boost engagement and per- formance in students from lower SES backgrounds. Prior to her role as project manager, Sarah worked as
distributed. 2. A workshop for faculty in the College of Engineering (COE) that was conducted during every departments’ regular faculty meetings. 3. Discussion sessions were conducted with faculty who taught project-based courses. 4. Informal lunch sessions to encourage sharing of effective strategies were proposed.Each component of this approach is described in greater detail below.1. Resource (‘One Pager’)An important part of the initiative was the creation of a detailed resource which containedinformation in the form of organized steps on how to make a traditional classroom moreinclusive. The authors initially planned on creating a one-page resource but quickly realized thedifficulty in this task due to the volume of information that
Paper ID #34459Lessons Learned: College Student Surveys as a Professional DevelopmentToolDr. Dick Apronti, Angelo State University Dick Apronti is an assistant professor at Angelo State University. He teaches transportation engineering courses, engineering graphics, and plane surveying. His research interests are in transportation safety and planning. Dick Apronti also has interests in projects that improve access to higher education and college retention for minorities and under-represented groups. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021Lessons
from themes ofprofessional engineering issues and utilize these perspectives to build frames as ways of seeingand understanding a situation. The course was project and discussion based with biweeklyreflections and course readings. The primary pedagogical element utilized collaborative learningsessions based on a flipped-classroom model, where students would read unique articles to gainnew perspectives, come prepared to in-class sessions to share their perspectives, and engage inproblem framing of a complex situation. Therefore, the course centered around these interactive,discussion-based, collaborative learning sessions to promote engagement and active learning.Course Design Considerations and Lessons Learned The lessons learned are
years’experience. Studies such as the ones briefly reviewed here bear further analysis in developing aframework and further qualitative inquiry.Faculty research and teaching offer excellent opportunities to infuse or hone entrepreneurialmindset (EM) (Mckenna, A et al., 2018). EM competencies result in effective research andteaching as well as career effectiveness. For example, proposal development benefits from anEM. New course development benefits from an EM. Therefore, entrepreneurial mindset is anantecedent to faculty productivity. This project identifies factors that impact EM and therefore,faculty productivity. Exploring how faculty mentoring influences faculty productivity includesidentifying which EM competencies are promoted through
by a shared program or curriculum. Thischaracteristic of the model was motivated in part by the fact that STEM instructors often find itchallenging to translate general teaching advice and strategies to discipline-specific contexts. Wehypothesized that grouping instructors by discipline would facilitate “translation.” The model isalso consistent with recommendations for professional learning communities to includeparticipants with common concerns or needs [1], [4].Groups and ParticipantsAs part of the project studied in this paper, SIMPLE teaching development groups were formedin six STEM departments at a single large, research-focused institution. Group members wereinterviewed yearly to learn about the structure and functioning of their
switching between tasks(parallel task completion). Although the nature of a faculty position does not always allow one to choosebetween serial or parallel task completion, there is often a great deal of autonomy if one can become moreintentional about how one works. On the timescale of months, the FDC can help plan out the balancebetween intrinsic and extrinsic activities. Spending too much time only completing either intrinsic orextrinsic tasks can be a warning sign. As faculty developers, we can suggest using the canvas withorganizational tools (e.g., Slack, Trello, or other project management software), that can track andsequence actions. On the timescale of years and decades, a faculty member will likely change theirbehavior patterns and even
example were conductedin-person (before the Covid-19 pandemic), the process can be adapted to online environmentsusing tools (such as Jamboard, Kumu, MURAL, InVision, and Stormboard) andvideoconferencing platforms that provide small group interactions.During the lightning talk, the audience will be invited to consider how systems thinking andsystems mapping might be useful tools in their work and contexts to engage stakeholders andcollect information, or for other purposes. The author invites conversations to share ideas anddiscuss questions about potential applications and implementation.AcknowledgmentsThis project is supported by a Pott College Innovation seed award at the University of SouthernIndiana (USI). This research is conducted under
on Undergraduate Research (CUR) Faculty Mentoring Award in Mathematics and Computer Science.Dr. Ann C. Gates, University of Texas at El Paso Dr. Ann Quiroz Gates is the Vice Provost of Faculty Affairs at the University of Texas at El Paso. She holds the AT&T Distinguished Professorship and served as the Chair of the Computer Science Depart- ment (2005-2008 and 2012-2020) and Associate VP of Research and Sponsored Projects (2008-2012). Gates is the Executive Director of the Computing Alliance for Hispanic-Serving Institutions (CAHSI), an NSF National INCLUDES Alliance promoting the importance of inclusion and equity in advancing innovation and discovery. She also directs the NSF-funded CyberShARE Center
doctoral experience, and the adoption of evidence-based teaching strategies.Dr. Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University Dr. Sarah Zappe is Research Professor and Director of Assessment and Instructional Support in the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education at Penn State. She holds a doctoral degree in educational psychology emphasizing applied measurement and testing. In her position, Sarah is responsible for developing instructional support programs for faculty, providing evaluation support for educational proposals and projects, and working with faculty to publish educational research. Her research interests primarily involve creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship education.Dr. Thomas
c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Designing a Streamlined Workshop for STEM-H Faculty Engaged in the Scholarship of Teaching and LearningIntroductionAcross the disciplines encompassed by STEM and Health Sciences (STEM-H), there has beengrowing interest among these disciplinary faculty towards learning more about how to conducteducation research within their disciplines. In a recent national effort, NSF has called for“Building Capacity for Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) EducationResearch” via its program solicitation 20-521. Projects are supported that build STEM-H facultycapacity to carry out high quality STEM education research that will enhance the nation’s
developers.Faculty Development as Interdisciplinary Work In the work of faculty development, faculty developers bring their own disciplinarybackgrounds to their roles, collaborate across disciplines, and operate at disciplinary borderswithin institution-wide and discipline-specific academic units [1]. In this project, facultydevelopment is framed as interdisciplinary work where faculty developers work to integratemultiple perspectives towards creating educational solutions and supporting faculty and graduatestudents in the development of their teaching and learning practice. Within theseinterdisciplinary interactions, challenges and conflict may arise because academic disciplineshave different ways of seeing problems and different methods for problem
de San Buenaventura de Cali). Six years in the direction of the Industrial Engineering pro- gram of the University of San Buenaventura, leading the processes of curriculum management, qualified registration, national and international accreditation - ABET. Nine years of experience in areas of in- vestment projects and data analysis for decision making in higher education institutions. Six years as university professor in the areas of economic engineering and financial analysis ˜Ing. Dayana Alexandra Ordonez Bachelor in Industrial Engineering form Universidad Icesi. She is currently a research assistant and a student in the MSc. In Engineering program and provides administrative support to the
Delaware Shawna Vican is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice at the University of Delaware. She received her Ph.D. in Sociology from Harvard University. An organizational sociologist, Dr. Vican in- vestigates the adoption and implementation of new employment practices and corporate social behaviors. Across her research, Dr. Vican explores how organizational policies and practices, managerial behavior, and workplace culture shape individual career outcomes as well as broader patterns of labor market in- equality. Her current research includes a qualitative study of corporate diversity management strategies and a series of mixed-methods projects on diversity in the academic workforce.Dr. Robin
Attack Generation Environment (ISEAGE) test bed project. He has given over 75 presentations in the area of computer security and has testified in front of the U.S. Senate committee of the Judiciary on security issues associated with peer-to-peer networking. He has served as an ABET program evaluator representing IEEE for 10 years. He is a Fellow of IEEE and received the IEEE Educational Activities Board Major Educational Innovation Award in 2012 for his work in teaching information assurance to students of all ages.Dr. Lisa M. Larson Ph.D., Iowa State University Dr. Larson is a professor in the department of psychology. She has examined Self Determination Theory as a framework to explain how the environment impacts
. Specifically, allnew faculty participate in a ~6 weeklong initial summer training workshop run at the departmentlevel. Here, new faculty are given the opportunity to develop relationships with their facultycohort as they explore foundational teaching skills. New faculty members also completenumerous events designed to indoctrinate them into our university’s community. Beyond initialsummer training, our university maintains the Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE), whichprovides numerous faculty development opportunities throughout the academic year. The mostintensive CFE offering is the Master Teacher Program, which is a two-year program consistingof teaching-related classes and a required capstone project. To graduate, faculty members mustcomplete a
Paper ID #32874From Lack of Time to Stigma: Barriers Facing Faculty at Minority-ServingInstitutions Pursuing Federally Funded ResearchDr. Rocio C. Chavela Guerra, American Society for Engineering EducationMs. Carolyn Wilson, Southeastern Universities Research Association Carolyn Wilson is the Special Projects Manager for the Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA). Before moving into scientific contract management work, she has focused her research on the changing dynamics of the STEM workforce, as well as the postsecondary education and development of the future STEM workforce. Prior to SURA, Carolyn worked as a
participation in higher education, and the educational attainment and schooling experiences of Mexican descent youth in the mid-20th century.Dr. Valerie Martin Conley, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Valerie Martin Conley is dean of the College of Education and professor of Leadership, Research, and Foundations at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. She previously served as director of the Center for Higher Education, professor, and department chair at Ohio University. She was the PI for the NSF funded research project: Academic Career Success in Science and Engineering-Related Fields for Female Faculty at Public Two-Year Institutions. She is co-author of The Faculty Factor: Reassessing the American
Technology at University of Maryland, Baltimore County. She obtained her B.S. degree from La Universidad de Los Andes in Bogot´a, Colombia and her M.S. and Ph. D. in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic University in Blacksburg, Virginia. She has held fac- ulty positions at California State University, Fresno (CSUF), University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) and University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP). She also served as Project Coordinator of the t-STEM Initiative, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, at UMBC. She is actively en- gaged in research and program development in the areas of Engineering for Social Change, increasing the accessibility of STEM education to under-represented
a newly expanded graduate teaching assistant (GTA) training programin a computer science department. As part of an NSF-funded project that aims to transformteaching practices in highly enrolled gateway STEM courses, the computer science (CS)department at a research-focused state institution is working to integrate active learning practicesin its CS 1 (freshman level) and CS 2 (sophomore level) courses. The combined courses haveenrollments of nearly 1,000 students each semester, with lecture sections of 100-200 studentsand software lab sections of 25-30 students. Lab sections are led by GTAs, and hence GTAprofessional development plays a large role in transforming the teaching and learning approachesin these courses.The CS department at the
of Mexican descent youth in the mid-20th century, higher education student success, and faculty mentoring programs.Dr. Valerie Martin Conley, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Valerie Martin Conley is dean of the College of Education and professor of Leadership, Research, and Foundations at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. She previously served as director of the Center for Higher Education, professor, and department chair at Ohio University. She was the PI for the NSF funded research project: Academic Career Success in Science and Engineering-Related Fields for Female Faculty at Public Two-Year Institutions. She is co-author of The Faculty Factor: Reassessing the American Academy in a
Virginia Tech (VT) in 2018. She received her bachelor’s and masters in Computer Science and Engineering. Her research is at the intersection of Engineering Ed- ucation and Computing Education Research and focuses on Cyberlearning and engagement, Curriculum development, assessment and evaluation, and experiential learning including undergraduate research. She has been teaching in active learning environments, such as project-based learning and flipped classrooms. She aims to bring in engineering education research into practice.Dr. Michelle Soledad, Ohio State University Michelle Soledad is a Lecturer in the Department of Engineering Education at The Ohio State University. She holds degrees in Electrical Engineering (BS
society through investigating community-based leMr. William Cohen, Ohio State University William Cohen is a Lecturer for the Fundamentals of Engineering program at The Ohio State University: a 2 semester course sequence for first-year engineering students focusing on programming in MATLAB, computer aided drawing in SolidWorks, and a semester long design-build-test project. William has also received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering and M.S. in Nuclear Engineering from Ohio State.Dr. James Edward Toney, Ohio State University James Toney earned the Ph.D. in physics from Carnegie Mellon University in 1998 and the B.S. in electri- cal engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1984. He is a Senior Lecturer in the
Paper ID #31581Determinants of initial training for engineering educatorsDr. Elizabeth Pluskwik, Minnesota State University, Mankato Elizabeth leads the Engineering Management and Statistics competencies at Iron Range Engineering, an ABET-accredited project-based engineering education program of Minnesota State University, Mankato. She enjoys helping student engineers develop entrepreneurial mindsets through project-based and expe- riential learning. Her research interests include improving engineering education through faculty devel- opment, game-based learning, and reflection. Elizabeth was a Certified Public
questions were based on the students’survey developed by the researchers at Georgetown and HEDS [14-15] , and modified accordingto the peculiar aspects of our university. Because many of the engineering classes at SJSUinclude laboratories, projects or other group experiences, we wanted to create our own survey toask faculty members about these experiences. The research questions of the study are: 1. What are the impressions of faculty members to the learning environments in engineering courses after the switch to remote learning in Spring 2020? 2. What was the impact of the switch online in Spring 2020 to lab classes?COVID-19 forced many universities to transition quickly to remote teaching. Since Spring 2020,there was been many articles
engineering students. The survey askedstudents to self identify their gender. This was used to identify how these factors may influenceranking of rapport supportive behaviors. Additionally, this survey asked students both theiracademic program (the discipline within engineering) and their degree progression, in order toidentify how these factors impact such rankings.Based on findings in the literature, and given the scope of this project, the authors anticipate thatthe most effective way to broaden students’ retention in engineering education is throughestablishing rapport between engineering professors and their students. Using the results of thisstudy, we can design interventions aimed at faculty member’s ability to establish positiverapport, which
perceptions of the relationship between work [13] [14]Balance and non-work obligations and demandsFinances During An individual's perceptions of his or her financial situation [15] [16]Higher Education during higher education as an undergraduate and/or graduate studentFinancial An individual's perceptions of his or her current financial [16] [17]Responsibilities situation and ability to fulfill obligationsThe scale items used in PEAS were developed specifically for this project. We examined scalesfrom existing surveys that probe academic workplace climates and rejected them based onprincipals of best practice [18] [19]. We found existing scales tended to lack sufficient validityevidence or
Michigan Pauline Bary Khan has been serving as the Director of the Program in Technical Communication since 2012. She has taught classes in technical communications to undergraduate and graduate students at the College of Engineering since 1997. She has also co-authored the book A Practical Guide to Technical Reports and Presentations for Scientists, Engineers and Students. Her research is on the topic of group culture, climate, and communication. Prior to her teaching career, Dr. Khan worked as an engineering and project manager to design man- ufacturing systems in the information technology field, to manufacture and test engine blocks for the automotive industry, and to research coatings for high-speed and high
undergraduate engineer- ing students. She is completing this project in collaboration with faculty members from educational and counseling psychology. With this work, they aim to better understand the help-seeking beliefs of under- graduate engineering students and develop interventions to improve mental health-related help-seeking. Other research interests include engineering communication and integration of process safety into a unit operations course.Dr. Joseph H. Hammer, University of Kentucky Associate Professor of Counseling PsychologyDr. Ellen L. Usher, University of Kentucky Ellen L. Usher is a professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Kentucky. She received her PhD in educational studies from