Conference Session

Governance, Diplomacy, and International Comparisons in Engineering Education

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Daniel B. Oerther, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

campus-wide system afterthe fifteenth week of the course. The course format includes modified mastery learning,and students were required to complete a variety of instruments to demonstrate mastery,including multi-choice vocabulary quizzes, true/false statements from the online, requiredlectures, and true/false statements from the required readings. Students whodemonstrated full mastery before the deadlines stated in the syllabus received a grade of‘C’ for the course. A buffet of optional assessments were used to assign grades tostudents above a “C”. These optional assessments included the performance of portionsof policy analysis on case studies, and reporting the results using the Pechu Kucha format(i.e., available online at: https

Conference Session

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

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Thomas A. De Pree, University of New Mexico; Sarah Appelhans, University at Albany-SUNY; Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Melissa Shuey, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

waysof approaching these questions, this mode of inquiry and intervention is at the heart ofengineering studies, as demonstrated above.Situating Engineering EducationWe began formulating our problem statement after attending a series of online webinars hostedby EdTech companies like Chegg and Course Hero. These companies had become synonymouswith cheating among certain university faculty, particularly instructors who taught the samecourse year after year using the exact same syllabus and course content, as students wereapparently able to circulate course materials using these platforms. During one such webinar, theundergraduate research assistant in our research team, Melissa Shuey, took account of atriggering display of professors venting about

Conference Session

Social Justice: Pedagogy, Curricular Reform, and Activism

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Gabriel Medina-Kim, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

approaches to equity. Titled “Power, Equity,and Praxis in Computing,” the course plan is discussed and assessed through three facets: thecourse’s purpose, its content, and its (intended) learning environment. The purpose of the courseis to make space for undergraduate computing students to explore how systems of power arecoproduced with computing so that students can practice making social justice-centeredtransformations as critical participants of their field. The content of the course plan is organizedthrough modules that overview opportunities and considerations for intervention in computing.The learning environment is discussed through commitments to queer and critical racepedagogies, interdisciplinarity, and mixed methods in which teacher

Conference Session

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

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Alexis Powe Nordin, Mississippi State University; Amy K. Barton, Mississippi State University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

-lenses/ [Accessed Jan. 5, 2021].[15] M. Bouville, “On using ethical theories to teach engineering ethics,” Science and Engineering Ethics, vol. 14, March 2008. [Online]. Available: doi: 10.1007/s11948-007- 9034-5. [Accessed Jan. 7, 2021].[16] J. A. Bargh and Y. Schul, “On the cognitive benefits of teaching,” Journal of Educational Psychology, vol. 72, Oct. 1980. [Online] Available: doi: https://doi.org/10.1037/0022- 0663.72.5.593. [Accessed Jan. 7, 2021].[17] R. Tedlow, Class Lecture, Topic: “Say no to normalization.” Apple University course. Undated.[18] G. P. Zachary, “The ethics of dissent in the workplace,” IEEE Spectrum, reprinted jobs.ieee.org, Jan. 31, 2020. [Online]. Available: https

Conference Session

Sociotechnical Thinking I: Classroom Experiences, Identity, and Theory

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

engineeringtopics and skills. Bucciarelli, Drew, and colleagues have developed example modules of thistype. One explores the historical development of the engineering of cantilever beam failure, alesson that brings together the history and philosophy of science with static mechanics. Eachmodule is problem-based and benefits from collaborative instruction. The LSE model has alsobeen suggested as a “transformative solution” to the persistent problem of low enrollment ofwomen in STEM majors and careers [10]. Although some courses and online modules in theLSE mold exist, the broader curriculum remains, according to the authors, a “sociotechnicalimaginary” useful for demonstrating to conventional engineering educators that real integrationwith the humanities is

Conference Session

Teamwork: Priming, Empathy, and Metacognition

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Andrea L. Schuman, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; David Gray, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Desen Sevi Özkan, Tufts University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

individual and team-level patterns that would help us address the following researchquestion: How can critique as a pedagogical strategy promote metacognition of learning andtransdisciplinarity?Setting. This study was performed at a mid-Atlantic research university in an interdisciplinaryproject-based course that encourages creative thinking and productive critiques. The class metonline during Fall semester 2020, using Zoom and other apps to meet and collaborate with peersand invited guests from the community and businesses.The course description in the syllabus states: This course is designed to lead students through the process of creative inquiry, design, and collaboration to explore the nexus of the arts, science, and design. Through