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TELPhE Division Technical Session 1: Expanding Technological and Engineering Literacies

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John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin

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the junior Institution of Engineers for coordinating the obser- vations of the British Astronomical Association and Radio Society of Great Britain of Sputniks 1 and 2. He is author of Engineering Education. Research and Development in Curriculum and Instruction which received an outstanding research publication award from the Division for the Professions of the American Educational Research Association. He is also author of The Assessment of Learning in Engineering Edu- cation: Practice and Policy; The Human Side of Engineering, and Empowering Professional Teaching in Engineering American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 The Concepts of

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TELPhE Division Technical Session 1: Expanding Technological and Engineering Literacies

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Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel; James Righter, The Citadel; Nathan John Washuta P.E., The Citadel; Kevin Skenes, The Citadel

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fits all” answer to a robust requirement at a small school that produced fewer than 60engineers annually. In 2014, a survey from the Association of American Colleges andUniversities (AACU) highlighted several learning outcomes that employers and college studentsdeemed important [1]. In 2015-2016, a review of the institution’s general education outcomesand several faculty surveys revealed that the general education curriculum needed updating. Inthe fall of 2019, the institution began a new General Education program, replacing the CoreCurriculum. The faculty voted for new General Education outcomes to match the AACUlearning outcomes and selected a Strand Model General Education program, now required of allstudents regardless of major.The new

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TELPhE Division Technical Session 1: Expanding Technological and Engineering Literacies

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Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin

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. Such experiential transfer is likely differentthan knowledge transfer across disciplinary domains and may be enhanced by supporting thedevelopment of goal-based concepts. Furthermore, although this characteristic is oftendecomposed into discrete educational outcomes such as teamwork or communication, definingand assessing outcomes necessarily emphasizes skill within a domain rather than synthesis acrossdomains. Thus outcomes-based assessment may be counter-productive to developing soughtafter characteristics of graduates.Introduction and BackgroundThis paper examines one of the foundations of modern engineering education, defining andmeasuring educational outcomes, through the lens of philosophy, or “truth estimation” [1]. Thegoal of this

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TELPhE Division Technical Session 1: Expanding Technological and Engineering Literacies

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John Krupczak Jr, Hope College; A. Mehran Shahhosseini, Indiana State University; Darin R. Stephenson, Hope College

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technological systems and the products of the engineering disciplines. Systems thinking isconceptual and doesn't rely on higher-level mathematics knowledge explicitly. It is one of themost accessible aspects of engineering for non-engineers. Non-engineers can learn the basics ofhow things work.Definition of Systems ThinkingThe applicability of systems thinking across many different fields has led to many variations ofdefinitions of system thinking (some representative examples include [1-5]). While sharing anessential emphasis on the foundational importance of identifying elements and relationshipsbetween those elements, varying definitions reflect the vocabulary and priorities of differentdisciplines. Recent comprehensive definitions aimed at

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TELPhE Division Technical Session 1: Expanding Technological and Engineering Literacies

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Neelam Prabhu Gaunkar, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Sara Kaye Jones; Mani Mina, Iowa State University of Science and Technology

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instructors and students view the students’ classroom roles and howrecognizing and synthesizing these roles can eventually lead to a collaborative learningenvironment.Introduction/MotivationEngineering courses are typically structured to be systematic, content-heavy, and based on finedetails and concepts. While such a course structure is thought necessary for most courses, it hasbeen observed that students tend to gravitate towards rote learning and perhaps mostlyremembering just enough to succeed in the exams [1]. There are two ways to counteract thisproblem. The first approach is to reduce the course content and focus on essential and importantconcepts in more detail, with repeated activities around the reduced number of topics [2]. Thesecond

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John W. Blake P.E., Austin Peay State University

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in courses; this paper will report on progress to dateand lay out plans for future work.IntroductionTechnological and engineering literacy (TEL) has been recognized as a critical need [1-3], andmuch work has gone into efforts to define and teach these subjects [4-9]. While much of thiseffort at colleges and universities has been focused on non-majors, people graduating fromengineering and engineering technology degree programs cannot just be assumed to have thisliteracy. TEL needs to be incorporated in the engineering curriculum as well [10-14].Classes for majors focus on specific subjects in engineering and technology. The material mustbe covered, and students are to be evaluated based on their ability to demonstrate the use of thespecified

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katie Estridge Schneider, Colorado School of Mines; Amy Charlotte Martin P.E., Colorado School of Mines; Terri S. Hogue, Colorado School of Mines

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c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018Evaluation of Research Experience for Teachers (RET) Program Effectiveness asSTEM Professional DevelopmentAbstractThe Colorado School of Mines (CSM) hosts a National Science Foundation funded ResearchExperience for Teachers (RET) program that focuses on STEM content surrounding the water-energy nexus (WE2NG: Water-Energy Nexus for the Next Generation). The objectives of thisprogram are to: 1) impact teacher participants by increasing their knowledge of the water-energynexus and by expanding their perspectives on science, engineering and research, 2) to indirectlyimpact K-12 student’s learning, motivation and engagement by increasing teacher passion andawareness and by providing mentors for

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Neelam Prabhu Gaunkar, Iowa State University; Mani Mina, Iowa State University

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universityeducation and hopefully develop some professional identity as students. In this work, students’reflections about learning and critical evaluation of systems will be evaluated. Variations in thetexture of the students’ reflection over the course of the semester will be described.IntroductionDeveloping a sense of purpose, belonging, and a personal identity are all parts of anundergraduate student’s college experience [1]. In fact, under many circumstances, students formlifelong connections and with the right teams, many important technological and socialdevelopments occur right through one’s college years. An integral contributing factor behindthese is the environment and the team of learners with whom the student can think, grow, andlearn. More

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin

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purpose of a university and determinewhich functions should be maintained, which modified, and which further developed.Additionally the framework suggests possible alternatives for re-envisioning both curriculumand the partnerships universities need to pursue to adapt to the affordances and challengesposed by information technology.IntroductionIt is widely held that universities serve multiple functions in society. The relative weight ofthe purposes of a university education wax and wane over time as society changes. In 1851publication of Newman’s [1] reflections on the aims of a university education emphasizedthat cultivation of the mind was most important with civic and economic benefits accruedindirectly. Improvement of the individual was the

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Neelam Prabhu Gaunkar, Iowa State University; Mani Mina, Iowa State University

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focused on developing aconceptual understanding of electromagnetism “with connected concepts and practical approachand applications that student can relate to”. The second approach represents a moreelectromagnetic literacy approach. By analysing and contrasting these perspectives we try to findappropriate mergers of learning techniques that would be valuable for all students seeking todevelop a strong fundamental understanding of electromagnetism.IntroductionElectromagnetism (EM) courses are historically considered to be one of the most challengingcourses in the electrical engineering curriculum [1-14]. Some students feel the course ischallenging due to a large disconnect between abstract concepts and real-life/engineeringexperiences [2-4

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Soheil Fatehiboroujeni, University of California, Merced

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. Drawing from the works of Israel Scheffler, we stress why addressing thephilosophy of engineering is a rational necessity for the discipline of engineering education andwhy in lack of systematic training, emergence of epistemically incoherent or dogmatic attitudes ispossible.IntroductionEpistemology or theory of knowledge, in broad sense of the term, is the study of components,conditions and sources of knowledge 1 . It is the task of engineering epistemology as an activeresearch area to ask what constitutes engineering knowledge and to give an account ofengineering as a unique field 2 . From an educational point of view, developing a meaningfulunderstanding of engineering knowledge is essential to synergistically make explicit (1) theengineering

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Neelam Prabhu Gaunkar, Iowa State University; Mani Mina, Iowa State University

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engineeringclassrooms: Possible ways to design classes for student’s knowledge retentionMotivationAn individual’s learning method is often subject to personal inquisitiveness, initiative andinspiration from instructors or other mentors together with persistent hard work. Since it is noteasy to cater to either inquisitiveness or student initiative in conventional classrooms, the role ofthe instructor becomes critical in moulding a student’s learning method [1]. Meanwhile, instructorsface the challenge of juggling many hats at the same time. They are required to deliver content,monitor students’ progress and assess periodically. In such busy environments, arguably, manyinstructors cannot afford spending time on facilitating aspects of inspiration nor can

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tylesha D. Drayton, The Ohio State University

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thedevelopment of novel research questions. The questions will inform future research that willcontribute to the body of knowledge available on the role of makerspaces in engineeringeducation.backgroundThe concept of the Maker Movement was developed by Dale Dougherty, the founder and CEOof Maker Media in 2005 [1]. Along with the publication of Make: magazine, Dougherty initiatedthe Maker Faire event to support the movement he popularized. Many individuals have providedvarious definitions for the social phenomena known as the Maker Movement, but Martin’sdefinition is selected for this body of work because of its universal nature. “The MakerMovement represents a growing movement of hobbyists, tinkerers, engineers, hackers, andartists committed to

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin

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given in exhibit 1 shows. These were not dissimilar to those found amonghigh school students in the U.K by G. Jones in 1963 (items 28 and 29). But in the U.K. theengineering profession was more bothered by D. G. Hutchings (item 27) who reported thatstudents entering engineering studies from schools were less able, as measured by universityentrance results, than those entering science studies.It seems that findings such as these influenced policy making in the U.K. The ‘poor’ image ofengineering bothered both educationalists and industrialists. The professional institutions heldmany meetings on the topic, and there was little doubt that concern for the image of theengineering profession contributed to the creation of the Council of Engineering

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Technological and Engineering Literacy-Philosophy of Engineering (TELPhe) Division Technical Session 3 / Perspectives on Advances in Promoting Technological Literacy

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Rachel Shannon, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Mani Mina, Iowa State University of Science and Technology

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 role‌‌of‌‌social‌‌justice‌‌and‌‌the‌‌danger‌‌of‌‌ignoring‌‌it‌‌in‌‌our‌‌daily‌‌lives‌‌and‌‌designs.‌  ‌ ‌Introduction‌  ‌For‌‌the‌‌last‌‌several‌‌decades‌‌it‌‌seems‌‌that‌‌the‌‌main‌‌focus‌‌in‌‌education‌‌has‌‌been‌‌almost‌‌exclusively‌‌ on‌‌STEM‌‌initiatives.‌‌Particularly‌‌in‌‌the‌‌U.S.,‌‌STEM‌‌initiatives‌‌from‌‌institutional‌‌organizations‌‌ to‌‌government‌‌agencies‌‌have‌‌pushed‌‌the‌‌narrative‌‌that‌‌receiving‌‌STEM‌‌education‌‌is‌‌critical‌‌to‌‌ inform‌‌and‌‌prepare‌‌future‌‌generations‌‌to‌‌be‌‌more‌‌competitive‌‌in‌‌a‌‌globalized‌‌world‌‌[1].‌‌In‌‌this‌‌ sense,‌‌STEM‌‌education‌‌is‌‌touted‌‌as‌‌a‌‌cure-all‌‌to‌‌prepare‌‌citizens‌‌for‌‌the‌‌21st‌‌century,‌‌and‌‌we‌‌as‌‌ educators‌‌“ate‌‌this‌‌up”‌‌without‌‌as‌‌much‌‌as‌‌a‌‌critique.‌‌The‌‌current‌‌model‌‌of‌‌STEM‌‌education‌‌ narrowly‌‌focuses‌‌on‌‌science‌‌as‌‌both‌‌non

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TELPhE Division Technical Session 2: The Broadening Face of Engineering Education

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Mousumi Roy P.E., University of Connecticut

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in the emergence ofinterdisciplinarity across and beyond engineering fields.From a pedagogical perspective, two distinct types of interdisciplinary approaches are identified:1) Bolstering of existing fields with infusion of technological knowledge and 2) Evolution ofhybrid fields combining two or more existing fields. Inclusion of emerging technologies in theera of Industry 4.0 such as artificial intelligence (AI), Internet-of-Things (IoT), and Robotics willalso be discussed. Examples such as smart cities, smart manufacturing, and innovations in themedical & health sectors will be used to demonstrate pedagogical approaches. The engineeringeducational curriculum of the third decade of the 21st century is proposed to be as follows: 1

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TELPhE Division Technical Session 2: The Broadening Face of Engineering Education

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Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder

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pandemic.IntroductionKindness perhaps seems like an overly simplistic response to the weighty issues of highereducation that became exacerbated and exposed concurrent with a global pandemic. Highereducation overlays life, which has always included the sickness and death of family and friends.There was already a growing awareness and perhaps incidence of mental health issues amongstudents [1-8], likely exacerbated during the COVID pandemic [9-10]. And 2020 also revealed toa greater extent long-standing issues and trauma associated with racism and poverty [11]. Until2020, many faculty, staff, and administrators in higher education had the privilege and goodfortune to personally avoid many of these challenges. But the pandemic touched us all. Highereducation institutions

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Technological and Engineering Literacy-Philosophy of Engineering (TELPhe) Division Technical Session 3 / Perspectives on Advances in Promoting Technological Literacy

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Jayanta Kumar Banerjee, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus

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during the undergraduate years. In order to achieve it, only academiccounselling is not enough; it needs a more intimate ‘mentoring’ for both incoming Freshmen andoutgoing Senior undergraduates. During the present crisis of COVID-19 and in the post-COVID-19scenario thereafter in engineering education, when online instructions are rapidly replacing in-presencelectures at the undergraduate level, mastery learning is even more important in order to avoidprofessional limitations, and in the long run of lifelong learning, professional obsolescence.Key words: concentration, COVID-19, online instructions and lab experiments, academic counselling vs.mentoring.IntroductionIn one of the Indian epics, Mahabharata [1], the master archer, Drona, was teaching

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TELPhE Division Technical Session 2: The Broadening Face of Engineering Education

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Katherine Robert, University of Denver

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framework that centers Black women’s voices and shiftshow the lack of racial and gender diversity in engineering is perceived. I found that the film had a tremendousimpact on women and girls of color by providing visible role models in STEM professions.KeywordsEngineering education, diversity, Hidden Figures, arts-based research methods, new materialism, culturallyresponsive methodologiesIntroductionDespite decades of efforts, racial and gender diversity remains elusive for engineering education and the professions[1]. Researchers in engineering education call for innovative methodologies [2], [3] to examine the complicatedhistorical and cultural entanglements related to increasing diversity in engineering education, which includesresearch method

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TELPhE Division Technical Session 2: The Broadening Face of Engineering Education

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Corey T. Schimpf, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York (CoE)

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and employment in professional fields, most of the public’sexperience with the ideas, ethos, and practices of a professional field may come from either directinteraction with professionals or through popular media depictions. The influence of popular mediadepictions likewise affects public understanding and perceptions of engineering and engineers [1],[2]. While there are many forms of popular media that may affect public understanding orperceptions, videogames stand out for several reasons. First, videogames affect or engage thosemembers of the general public who play them through multiple avenues. Two predominant modesof engagement games provide are gameplay, how a player interacts with a game, and narrative,the story or storytelling the

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Technological and Engineering Literacy-Philosophy of Engineering (TELPhe) Division Technical Session 3 / Perspectives on Advances in Promoting Technological Literacy

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Sayyad Zahid Qamar, Sultan Qaboos University; Ramanathan Arunachalam, Sultan Qaboos University; Sayyad Basim Qamar, Texas A&M University

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is perhaps the ability to solveproblems of technical, financial, interpersonal, and other types [1]. Many of these real-worldengineering problems are ill-structured and complex, containing multiple conflicting goals, andrestricted by both engineering and non-engineering constraints. That is why the first skill forengineering graduates that ABET lists in its Criterion 3. Student Outcomes [2] is “an ability toidentify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles ofengineering, science, and mathematics.”Reaching optimum solutions for practical engineering problems requires a systematic approachbased on evaluation, interpretation, and creative decision making. Mature level of criticalthinking (CT) skills are crucial

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TELPhE Division Technical Session 2: The Broadening Face of Engineering Education

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Y. Curtis Wang, California State University, Los Angeles; Jim Kuo, California State University, Los Angeles; He Shen, California State University, Los Angeles; David E. Raymond, California State University, Los Angeles; Mathias J. Brieu, California State University, Los Angeles

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education. Thisredesign demonstrates that a mastery-based course structure is consistent with our updated modeland TPS principles. In this redesign, a continuous and iterative process was employed to ensurecontinuous improvement, and it follows a closed loop pattern of diagnosis, analysis, design,implementation, and evaluation (diagnosis).I. IntroductionThe factory model for education is based on Taylorism and principles of ‘scientific management’[1]. This factory management system was developed in the late 19th century and emphasized ontop-down management and power, and standardization and simplification of tasks in order tomaximize efficiency [2], shown in Figure 1. Parts and materials enter an assembly line andundergo numerous processes applied

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Curriculum Development in Technological Literacy

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Jayanta K. Banerjee, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus

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and act globally’. The transitionfrom STEM to STEAM can have that global impact by leveraging the arts as a way to communicate andconnect globally.Key words: Art, aesthetics, design in engineering, expressive and sensory qualities, form.IntroductionAesthetics as a subject of formal study in higher education was first emphasized by John Dewey for theUS schools. Dewey referred to art as an experience between the artist, the work of art and its observer[1]. Each time an observer looks at Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, a new Mona Lisa is born. Art is acontinuum from the germination of an idea to the culmination of a complex creation in its supremeform. Aesthetics is a common thread in this process which is essentially a process of the

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Developing Technological Literacy in Students

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Johanna Kristiina Naukkarinen, Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT; Hanna Niemelä, Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT

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that multiple viewpoints and different talents contribute to the work in the field.Career choices in postmodern societyIn postmodern society, the rapid technological change, evolving new technologies,digitalization, and automatization are fundamentally changing the labor market [1, 2]. In thedigital era, the importance of lifelong learning, upskilling, reskilling, and acquisition of newcompetences is emphasized [2]. Postmodern society emphasizes the role of an individual: foradolescents, self-exploration, self-actualization, finding an interesting field of study,developing a satisfying career, and establishing a meaningful life are among the key factorssteering the decisions about education and occupation [3, 4, 5, 6].In the modern world

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Exploration of Broad Issues and Promotion of Engineering and Technological Literacy

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John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin

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whitepaper on the future of the Division. As part of hisstudy for the whitepaper the author responded [1] to nine comments in the Division’s fourthhandbook [2] on a previously published paper by him on “Why technological literacy and forwhom? [3]The principal axiom drawn from this analysis was that “the general aims or purposes ofprograms in engineering and technological literacy are far from clear, and in so far as they aredeclared or implicit, are a function of the audience to whom the course or program isdirected”.In order to better understand the problem a comparative study is made with an innovativecurriculum in liberal studies that took place in the UK, as they are roughly analogous. Itconfirms that any attempt to develop technological

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Dimensions of Engineering Literacy and Engineering in General Education

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yuetong Lin, Indiana State University; A. Mehran Shahhosseini, Indiana State University; M. Affan Badar, University of Sharjah & Indiana State University

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learningare collaborative learning, co-operative learning, and problem-based learning. Various studies,from using interactive, hands-on lessons and activities designed to teach research process toundergraduate engineering students 1 , to preparing manufacturing engineering students throughcompetitions, projects sponsored by industry, capstone projects, laboratory exercises or projectssimulating real-life scenarios 2 , have shown that active learning increases student performance inSTEM subjects.Critical thinking, identified by The U. S. Department of Labor as the raw material of a number ofkey workplace skills such as problem solving, decision making, organizational planning, and riskmanagement, is highly coveted by employers of engineering graduates

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Engineering Literacy: Champions of Engineering in General Education

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert M. Briber, University of Maryland, College Park; Romel D Gomez P.E., University of Maryland, College Park

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University of Maryland (UMD)was started in 2009 with the implementation of the new program beginning with the enteringfreshman class in fall 2012. The A. James Clark School of Engineering at UMD now plays asignificant role in GenEd and offers courses in a number of areas in the program, a significantdeparture from the previous general education program that had been in place for more than 25years and where the engineering college had played only a very minor role. When the Universityembarked on a redesign of the GenEd program, Provost Nariman Favardin and Associate Provostand Dean for Undergraduate Studies, Donna Hamilton recognized the need for all students to beexposed to the intellectual synthesis that occurs in applied disciplines [1-3]. As

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Engineering Literacy: Champions of Engineering in General Education

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John R. Reisel, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

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is important. Krupczak, et al.,1 discuss how the general populace needs tounderstand technology, including its creation and its impact on society. They also differentiatebetween technological literacy and engineering literacy. The American Association for theAdvancement of Science, and the National Academy of Engineering have weighed in on theimportance of everyone being literate with respect to technology and the role of engineering insociety.2,3 Klein and Balmer4 summarize some of the reasons for increasing technologicalliteracy, particularly among students majoring in the liberal arts. In the preface to itstechnological literacy standards, the International Technology Education Association points outthat while society is increasingly

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Dimensions of Engineering Literacy and Engineering in General Education

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mani Mina, Iowa State University

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criticalthinking and decision making in technological scope. In this study we had 120 students in theFreshman Engineering class and 60 students in the technological literacy class. The dataprovided is selected to show the major points and trends that are observed in the answers. Weare in the process of a more detail analysis of the data. But for this paper we are focusing themajor trends that shows the various perspectives that exists in the answers.The questions and the intention of the surveyExhibit 1 shows the questions and Exhibit 2 shows the title of the questionnaire. The questionswere chosen based on studies and discussions by officers and some of the active members ofTechnological and Engineering Literacy and Philosophy of Engineering (TELPhE

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Engineering Literacy: Champions of Engineering in General Education

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brian P Kirkmeyer, Miami University

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and intensity.2-4 A college course was created in2009 to examine how engineering design and technology developments have manifested inheavy metal’s evolution. While a complete description of the genre is excessive for this follow-up paper, a synopsis of the original paper’s1 examination of how the course accomplishes itsgoals is necessary to provide the framework for the new developments in the course.Goals and structure of the courseThe course outcomes, detailed in the original paper, are: 1. Students will describe the history of, culture of, and influences to heavy metal music. 2. Students will describe the engineering and technological developments that have enabled heavy metal music’s unique sound. 3. Students will explain how