Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Pedagogy II - Best Teaching Practices

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Taylor Tucker, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Esmee Vernooij, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Catherine LaBore, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ; Ava R. Wolf, Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning; Cheelan Bo-Linn, Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning, University of Illinois; Robert Thomas Baird; Nattasit Dancholvichit, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Leon Liebenberg, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

) learning objectives were met, and how. In doing so, studentswere engaging with competency development, creating a framework within which they couldorganize understanding of their emerging competency over time. Further, connecting programlearning goals and general education (or ABET) requirements provides a framework forinterdisciplinary collaboration and allows administrators to streamline institutional assessment(e.g. ABET accreditation visits) using evidence collected in department-based ePortfolios.If students are not aware of their developing competency, many opportunities for learning,personal development, and professional identity development may be lost [28]. Conversely,taking an approach where students can explore, and are made explicitly