Conference Session

Ethics, Mindfulness, and Reform During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Shahrima Maharubin, Texas Tech University; Shamsul Arefeen, Texas Tech University; Ryan C. Campbell, Texas Tech University; Roman Taraban, Texas Tech University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

values. This can be facilitated by the course unbundling optionscreated by online teaching/learning repositories, as various learning tracks can be designed.Universities can employ competency-based programs on a large scale (e.g., four courses inmachine learning, six courses in creative writing) for students who require the necessary skills.The hybrid model has the potential to make education affordable to a large group of students.Note, however, that teaching hybrid courses requires hardware/technology not found in allclassrooms and creates considerable burden and overhead for instructors.Path 3: Full Online ModelMany high school students directly go to work at minimum wage and never get the opportunityto attain a residential college as they

Conference Session

Sociotechnical Thinking I: Classroom Experiences, Identity, and Theory

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jonathan Seth Krones, Boston College; Jenna A. Tonn, Boston College; Russell C. Powell, Boston College

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

(albeit with considerable coordination of topics, as will bediscussed in section 6). For the second half of the semester, lectures transitioned into a series ofintegrated engineering case studies that engaged material from both disciplines as well as criticaltools from reflection. Lab activities were similarly organized with the first half-semesterhands-on applications of basic engineering principles and the second half an integrated,seven-week human-centered design project focused on issues of access and accessibility on theBC campus. Reflection utilized BC’s innovative small group Purposeful Ongoing Discussion(POD) model of near-peer mentors guiding students through various reflective practices tograpple with the ethical and moral dimensions of