College. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 WIP: Virtual Writing Group Participation: Surprises & Unintended Outcomes Dr. Lisa B. Bosman, Dr. Erin McCave, Dr. Molly Goldstein, and Dr. Kelli ChelbergIntroduction & BackgroundThis work-in-progress paper emerged from the shared experience of participation in a VirtualWriting Group (VWG) composed of early career engineering education researchers (EER) in avariety of positions at different institutions. In general, this particular group of EERs had limitedresources and access to a peer community at their respective institutions, therefore, the VWGwas formed with the intention to spur EER scholarly activity
changeeffort, along with two co-peers. The change effort focused on developing realistic designchallenges for core courses, increasing use of rubrics and attention to professional skills inassessment, and teaching technical writing in ways that align to research-based approaches.Data collection and analysisWe collected multiple kinds of data to document faculty participation. We recorded andtranscribed multiple faculty meetings, including professional development workshops, retreats,and industry advisory board meetings, observed faculty teaching, and gathered field notes andreflective accounts. To supplement these naturalistic data, we invited faculty to be interviewedusing semi-structured questions, resulting in seven audio-recorded interviews that
own reviews, which violates the college level governance documents’ specification thatfaculty will not be responsible for initiating the review of their teaching. In addition, eachdepartment chair brought their own expertise and approach to the process of review. While thiscan allow for each chair to tailor the approach to the individual faculty member under review, itdoes not ensure that the evaluation addresses the criteria required to write a robust letter insupport of the faculty’s teaching to be included in a successful dossier for promotion and tenure.Because of a lack of standard procedures, the department chair benefits from a peer review ofteaching program in several ways, including eliminating uncertainty around who is
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by stress patterning; (2) low-cost, crack-tolerant, advanced metallization for solar cell durability; (3) thin film processing and nanoscale surface corrugation for enhanced light trapping for pho- tovoltaic devices; and (4) microsphere-based manufacturable coatings for radiative cooling. He has close to 70 publications in peer-reviewed journals and over 200 invited/contributed papers at academic insti- tutions, national laboratories, and conferences. He received a UNM Junior Faculty Research Excellence Award in 2005 and an NSF Career Award in 2001. He is a recipient of STC.UNM Innovation Award consecutively from 2009 to 2018, and he was elected as the 2018 STC.UNM Innovation Fellow. Dr. Han holds 17 UNM
faculty mentorship and career outcomes, includingnumber of peer-reviewed articles, number of conference presentations, salary, and jobsatisfaction? Previous studies on mentoring faculty have largely focused on medical fields (Levinsonet al., 1991; Palepu et al., 1998; Reid et al., 2012). Our study extends the literature by focusingon faculty working across a wider range of fields, including engineering, science, health, andsocial sciences, as well as across different academic institutions, by analyzing nationallyrepresentative data from the National Science Foundation Early Career Doctorates Survey(ECDS). Research findings demonstrate whether the likelihood of having a formal/informalmentor differs across faculty subgroups, and identify
% Lack of infrastructure 15% Concerns about the review process 13% Difficulty finding collaborators 5% Percentage of total responses Other factors 8% Figure 1. Factors preventing MSI faculty securing NSF CISE funding (n=104).When respondents spoke about time issues, their concerns centered around time needed to (a)cover their heavy teaching loads, (b) pursue research funding opportunities, (c) write proposals,and (d) conduct the research. A couple of responses alluded to poor timing of submissiondeadlines. Lack of time due to heavy teaching loads was the most frequently mentioned
iterative reflection, shared learning and Figure 1. Structure of workshop activities discussion. a. Reflective Activity on Participants’ Own College Experience At the beginning of the workshop, we asked the participants to take several minutes to write a reflection of their own educational experience. The goal in this exercise was two-fold: 1) to allow instructors to remember their own experiences or difficulties in maneuvering the educational system and 2) to recognize that their experience may be dramatically different than their current students. Reflection has been used in educational settings for decades as a way to solidify information, but reflection on the part of the instructors is less common. There are
Morehouse College. Dr. Gosha’s research interestsinclude conversational agents, social media data analytics, computer science education, broadening par-ticipation in computing and culturally relevant computing. More specifically, Gosha’s passion lies in hisresearch in virtual mentoring where he has several peer-reviewed research publications. Gosha’s Cultur-ally Relevant Computing Lab is comprised of approximately 10 top undergraduate researchers each yearfrom Morehouse College, Spelman College and Clark Atlanta University. The lab investigates researchproblems centered on creating innovative computing technologies to solve cultural problems and issues.To date, Dr. Gosha has accrued over $20 million dollars in sponsored research funding and over 60
may be associated with tenure promotion aspectssuch as grant writing, publication demands, travel, or establishing collaborative efforts acrossacademia. Additional factors are based on personal experiences, attitudes, and perceptions thatlimit awareness of the value and need to engage in responsive forms of mentorship.II. PROPOSED WORKTherefore, having a greater impact on undergraduate student success demands for engineeringfaculty members to engage in [quality] mentorship roles rather than advising roles. In this study,the authors have developed a mentorship model which allows faculty members to establish aconsistent rapport to become an instrumental and psychosocial support to shape student outcomes.The proposed model identifies four key
engineering educator might be expected to possess. This has profoundimplications for the design of future courses for beginning teachers of engineering and alliedsubjects.(b) Findings related to becoming a professional engineering educatorOne of us (John) was much affected by the fact that much of the discussion seemed to focus onthe personal problems of the teacher, in particular the teaching versus research conflict. Itseemed there were no lines of accountability and that everything was governed by a strongmotivation to write papers to be published in internationally peer reviewed journals. He alsonoted a similarity with the problems faced by the beginning schoolteacher and considered thatthe workshop should have begun with a discussion of
participant shared that his drive to be successful in this environment, through increasing hispublication record, created strife within his lab and led to a misunderstanding among his peers: It was kind of reported to the supervisor that I was not helpful, or I was pushy, and I was demanding papers . . . if I did not have that pressure, I would not have run into the trouble with my colleagues and my supervisor. So, I feel they're interconnected. They [colleagues] may not have understood that I was driven to write papers because of the requirement from faculty hiring committees.This individual believed his career goals and relationships with his peers were at cross-purposes,which resulted in a competitive
, consistency of contracts and recognizes valuable contributions • Employ an open loop evaluation system that allows ongoing tracking, [12] analysis, communication and synthesis and communication of findings for continuous improvement of the faculty and the institution • Require more equitable scrutiny and evaluation among various faculty [13] groups to communicate the need for quality irrespective of faculty status •Allow time for active learning for adjunct faculty including reflection, [12] writing and self-improvement audits College Communication • Integrate the use of two way communication platforms and powerful [4] technological tools into processes to help build rapport