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sustainability. For example, Outcome 4 requires students tobe able to “consider… global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts.” VillanovaUniversity was awarded a grant to pilot the EOP framework. To integrate the EOP framework asrapidly as possible a faculty workshop was developed. This workshop has been delivered twiceto cohorts of eight faculty each during five half-day sessions. These faculty have addressedtwenty outcomes and assessed seven. At the time of writing, EOP outcomes have been includedand assessed in three courses: two required undergraduate courses and one graduate level course.Assignments, group projects, and exam questions were used to assess the achievement ofselected EOP outcomes.This paper will present an introduction to
methodologies, community engagement projects, evaluation tools and technology, and gender issues in STEM education. https://orcid.org/0000- 0002-0383-0179Ruben Bustamante-Encina Ruben Bustamante-Encina is an academic secretary and professor at the Faculty of Engineering at the Universidad Andres Bello in Santiago, Chile. Ruben holds the degrees of Survey and Civil Industrial Engineer and an MBA. For the last ten years, his experience has focused on educational management, leading careers in industrial, logistics and mining area, and community engagement projects. In addition, he has contributed as a peer evaluator in accreditation processes in higher education institutions.Marcela Silva (M. Ed) Marcela Silva is the
their classmates. The second setof questions referred to their feelings during the first 45 minutes of the exam, beforehaving the coffee break. Did they feel anxious? Did they have problems concentratingon the test? Did their minds go blank? Did they experience a mental block reading thequestions? And if so, explain.The third set of questions inquired about their feelings during the coffee break. Thesequestions were related to how useful it was to mingle with classmates in the middle ofthe exam, and if they were able to help their peers, and how. The fourth set of questionsreferred to the time of the exam after coming back from the coffee break. The questionsinquired about their feelings after returning from the coffee break, if they were
enabling data collectionduring co-curricular experiences rather than at the end of the academic year, eliciting studentskill acquisition reflection on both individual and team levels, and triangulating studentresponses within teams as a way to combine students’ assessment of self with peers, leading to amore shared understanding of professional skills gained.Data Collection and AnalysisStep 1 – Practice: The final research stage of research data collection and analysis explores thebrevity and quality of results. Data collection in survey research often takes on qualitative andquantitative forms, though with the emergence of educational technologies more visual andnatural forms of data collection are also becoming possible. Surveys such as the PDS
Models, then they were coded asGraphical/Virtual Models.Mathematical ModelsThere were a few keywords that easily led to Mathematical Models being coded, including math,equation, formula, and “calculat” for calculating, calculation, calculate/d, etc. If students wroteprocess or data model, these were also coded as identifying Mathematical Models. There were afew keywords that were coded as Mathematical Models, if the students’ responses were notalready coded as Computational Models. These included algorithm and data. In order for data tobe coded as a Mathematical Model, the students’ responses also could not include graph, plot, ortable. Also, if students wrote about a flow chart in their survey response and did not write aboutgraphing
Publication Source Figure 2: Publication source for all papers in the literature reviewData AnalysisThe literature review followed the methodology outlined in Borrego et al. [10]. We accumulateda number of articles in an initial database search of the journals and conferences. Once apreliminary set of 892 articles was found, we performed secondary and tertiary rounds of inclusionand exclusion as we read through the articles and determined if they addressed our researchquestion. The decided inclusion and exclusion criteria are listed below. 1. The paper was published between 2000 and 2021. 2. The paper was a peer-reviewed conference or journal paper. 3. The publisher was a prominent engineering education venue. 4
discussed the various organs. In addition, we prepared a “freshman lab-report guidelines” document and led a discussion regarding the parts of a lab report. The studentsfollowed this document to prepare their lab reports. STEM Activity 1 was intended to give thestudents a hands-on scientific experience, an introduction to technical writing, and anopportunity to get to know the project team members. In the year 2 chemistry course, we held apanel discussion on STEM for STEM Activity 2 (one meeting). Four members of the projectteam comprised the panel, and each panelist described their pathway to STEM. Their pathwaysto and reasons for pursuing STEM were quite diverse, as was the composition of the panel (75%female). Students had the opportunity to ask
practices.Students’ learning experiences, including benefits, challenges, and lessons learned are discussedin the paper, presenting different points of view from different disciplines.Relevance of multidisciplinary teaching for student career goals and value for their professionaldevelopment are discussed in the paper. The authors provide suggestions for improvements andadvice to instructors and peers for improving multidisciplinary learning experiences at thecollege level.IntroductionMultidisciplinary collaborations are important for several reasons. First, it improves learningand student engagement. As stated by Drake and Reid, after reviewing numerous studies,“interdisciplinary approaches can lead to increased student engagement and motivation
the historical focus on individual problem solving, it is traditionally expected that everyteam member strives toward excellence in all skills involved in the project, such as writing, oralpresentation, and analysis. However, in the collaborative problem-solving paradigm, there is ageneral understanding that students can contribute to projects in a way that is more tailored totheir skills and interests. By promoting this approach, a culture of collaboration, innovation andinclusion in engineering education and the profession is fostered. This shift in focus should alsoinclude flexible teaching and evaluation methods that recognize that different students learndifferently [14].A Theory of Change for an Engineering DepartmentThe NSF
with my time until the very end. I felt as though I started early enough but towards the end, I started to become rushed which is unpleasant when you want to do your best in the creation of this design. I would change the amount of work and the kind of work I will do in the session I work. At first, I was just doing the fun stuff like coming up with ideas and working on rough prototypes which left all the harder report writing for the end. In the future I would like to more evenly balance these two aspects of many projects.”4.2 Flexing the creativity muscleFor reasons such as the open-ended nature of this project as well as sufficiently structured stepsinvolved in the
characteristics that they believe are representative of anengineering educator. This adoption and emulation of attitudes, behaviors and practices – in allforms of linguistic and symbolic units – serve the purpose of being recognized as engineeringeducators by peers, mentors, professors, and those who are part of the world of engineering [38,39]. Thus, we posit that current discourses and practices of doctoral engineering students in theclassroom, as they engage in teaching, are a representation of the current culture of engineering.That is, doctoral engineering students enact overt and subtle behaviors learned and adopted inengineering spaces throughout their undergraduate and doctoral programs such as a sense ofsuperiority in their ability to solve
reference lists can be another way to discover other researchers from diverse backgrounds.AuditingAuditing citations at several points in the research process is important, especially as citationsoften change in the editing and peer review process. The UMD research guide to citation justicelinks to a basic spreadsheet template that can be used for in depth auditing [23]. Keeping trackof citation composition using a spreadsheet allows the audit to be in-depth and thorough,although it can be time consuming. Codes have also been developed to analyze the gender andethnic makeup of a bibliography and can provide an overview audit in a fraction of the time. It isimportant to keep in mind, however, that these codes are far from precise and are based
master’s was in engineer- ing education at UNESCO chair on Engineering Education at the University of Tehran. I pursue Human adaptation to technology and modeling human behavior(with machine learning and cognitive research). My background is in Industrial Engineering (B.Sc. at the Sharif University of Technology and ”Gold medal” of Industrial Engineering Olympiad (Iran-2021- the highest-level prize in Iran)). Now I am work- ing as a researcher in the Erasmus project, which is funded by European Unions (1M $ European Union & 7 Iranian Universities) which focus on TEL and students as well as professors’ adoption of technol- ogy(modern Education technology). Moreover, I cooperated with Dr. Taheri to write the ”R
project were committed to creating products that were not only effective but also socially responsible as well as economic for purchase having quick economic and investment paybacks.- 5: An ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives. Each MVP was developed by a team of three or four electrical and computer engineering students. The teams worked together to ensure that all aspects of the product, from design to construction, were integrated and aligned with their overall goals. Team members knew that they would be peer reviewed by one another based on the contribution
issues associated with it. Students must redesign the part while preserving functionality to be suitable for both mass-production CNC machining and another manufacturing method dictated by the instructor (such as casting). It must be tested for failure at a specified load via finite element analysis and then simulated for safe, error-free production in Fusion 360 with a limit on maximum total machining time. Afterward, the student will write a short report including a cost analysis of before and after the redesign.This example would integrate CAD, CAE, and CAM into a single project. As a result, thestudent would need to consider multiple objectives during design: purpose, external loading, andmanufacturing
teaching is primarily in team-based engineering courses, and her research fo- cuses on equity in communication and collaboration as well as in group design decision making (judg- ment) under uncertainty. She is especially interested in how power relationships and rhetorical strate- gies affect group judgment in engineering design; one goal of this work is to to understand factors that inhibit full participation of students who identify with historically marginalized groups and investigate evidence-based strategies for mitigating these inequities. In addition, she is interested in technology and how specific affordances can change the ways we collaborate, learn, read, and write. Teaching engineer- ing communication
and breaking down professional silos and isolation in healthcare communitieshas led to the use of virtual communities of practice among other professions, such as ineducation and scientific research.Similar to healthcare professionals, education professionals have also experienced barriersassociated with professional silos and isolation. In particular, faculty at research-intensiveuniversities can hold alternative titles and roles within the institution, which can lead to differentperceptions among their faculty peers and students [7]. For instance, faculty on the tenure trackwith a higher research and lower teaching focused role will have the title “Professor”, whereasthose who have a more teaching focused role can be given the title
be included,conducted by the instructor, to examine how the technology sector is developing mechanismsand procedures to avoid these types of failures – specifically by building diversity and inclusioninto the engineering design process. Student engagement and feedback will be enhancedthrough the use of online discussion forums (which can be asynchronous) in which students arerequired to comment on particular case studies and engage with their peers as they analyze thecauses of failure.Specific reading assignments for the DIV learning module include excerpts from "TheAlignment Problem" by Brian Christian (12), "Technically Wrong" by Sara Wachter-Boettcher(13), and “Race after Technology” by Ruha Benjamin (14). These are critically acclaimed
. Womenwith children are less likely than men with children, or women and men without children, to beoffered tenure-track positions or to be promoted (Bird & Rhoton, 2021; Cech & Blair-Lory,2019; Gregor et al., 2021; Williams & Ceci, 2012; Ysseldyk et al., 2019). To combat thesepotential career consequences, some women report choosing to hide their families from theirworkplace due to fear their work will be devalued (Hill et al., 2014, Thébaud & Taylor, 2021).These realities suggest that motherhood is in opposition to professional legitimacy in academia(Hill et al., 2014; Thébaud & Taylor, 2021). Nevertheless, research shows that women withchildren are as productive as their childless peers (Ecklund & Lincoln, 2011). In fact
University, Mankato Dr. Darcie Christensen is a probationary Assistant Professor in the Department of Integrated Engineering at Minnesota State University Mankato. She teaches for Iron Range Engineering, which is located at the Minnesota North Campus in Virginia, MN. Dr. Christensen received her Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Utah State University in the Summer of 2021. The title of her Dissertation is ”A Mixed-Method Approach to Explore Student Needs for Peer Mentoring in a College of Engineering.” Darcie holds a Master of Engineering degree in Environmental Engineering (2019) and Bachelor of Science degree in Biological Engineering (2017), both from Utah State University. She is passionate about student success
, respectively. She also completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Hospital for Special Surgery. She has over twenty years of research experience in the field of lower-extremity biomechanics, and has 23 peer-reviewed journal publications and over 60 conference proceedings. She has taught as an instructor, adjunct professor, and guest lecturer in five major universities, including Columbia University, Sacred Heart University, and New York Medical College. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Paper ID #34405Lt. Col. Margaret Nowicki, United States Military
learning environment. Perhaps initially studentscould not imagine how complex engineering problems would be solved in an onlineenvironment, without the personal, face-to-face contact with their peers and the instructor. Also,while students had the same writing assignments in the online environment, presentations werecanceled. This could be a reason that students felt this learning outcome might suffer. Asfaculty became more accustomed to the online learning environment and available tools,presentations were required in subsequent semesters.After students experienced the online learning environment, more students felt they would atleast do the same in meeting all the objectives than worse. However, teamwork skills and solvingcomplex engineering
. theywould be able to obtain a higher score.While objective, this scale helps to better understand the state of the classroom culture. Forexample, if many students are receiving high scores in Connection, this can be an indicator ofhealthy classroom culture and shows students are actively listening to their peers. Conversely, ifstudents are receiving low confidence scores, this may indicate there is an issue with students notbeing comfortable responding and could identify room for improvement in the classroomenvironment.Two independent raters observed the introductory activities. To normalize scoring techniques,both raters scored all respondents in the first week of class and compared scoring, and thenalternated attendance.Implementing the Activity
UsefulnessPerceptions of usefulness often revealed shortcomings of online teaching in that it removedhelpful measures, such as being reminded of due dates during in-person classes. Several of theauthors noted that while cameras were an inherently useful tool for online learning, they feltuncomfortable trying to enforce their use. Malori wrote in her reflections: The feedback loop of seeing if students understand/when they’re done writing is still pretty much gone - but some students do have their cameras on, so I use them as the gauge. Otherwise I have to rely on students asking questions or for them to tell me to go back a slide.Much of the time, the authors perceived a technology to be useful if students engaged more withit. The chat
Havan, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignMs. Charlotte HathawayDr. Blake Everett Johnson, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Dr. Blake Everett Johnson is a Teaching Assistant Professor and Director of Instructional Laborato- ries in the Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign. His research interests include experimental fluid mechanics, measurement science, and engi- neering education. He oversees undergraduate laboratories in fluid mechanics and heat transfer. Pedagog- ically, Dr. Johnson employs evidence-based writing instruction, active learning, inquiry-based laboratory instruction, and initiatives that empower students to do hands-on
comparison group (26% had owned a business at some time since graduation),” [43].Distance learning (MOOCs)- Massive Open Online coursesThe idea of distance learning has been around for decades through open universities, mail orderlearning etc. But technology has changed Distance education significantly. The idea was firstcoined [44] by Downes and Siemens in 2008:” ‘connectivist’ distributed peer learning model.” [ ]MIT’s OCW and Stanford’s released recordings of their classes and in 2011 this field exploded[45].MOOCs implies open access and global. Some are free and normally , there is a video componentto instruction through online platforms and is aimed at allowing thousands to be educated.Looking at google trends we find that only in 2014 did this
of South Alabama’s School of Computing. He received his PhD in Computer Science from the Florida State University (2007), a M.S. in Computer Engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology (2002), and a B.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of Central Florida (1998). He was a prior faculty member of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Air Force Institute of Technology from 2007 to 2012. He is a retired Major in the U.S. Air Force, serving over 23 years specializing in cyber systems defense, research, and education. He has published over 65 peer-reviewed papers and journals related to computer and information security, side-channel analysis, embedded sys- tems security
engineering education is directed towards teaching empathy as askill, Astin [24] conducted a comprehensive study to understand how the college experienceaffects students and, in particular, how faculty characteristics affect the experience of students.The study included 34 measures related to faculty characteristics, including type of teachingmethods, level of altruism, values, morals, and student orientation. Astin found that high researchorientation of faculty members had negative impact on student satisfaction. He found that thestudent orientation of faculty members had a number of positive effects on academic outcomessuch as degree attainment, self-reported growth in writing skills, critical thinking abilities,analytical and problem-solving
and the Built Environment at Arizona State University. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 What do students know after Statics? Using mastery-based grading to create a student portfolioAbstractA mastery-based grading system was implemented in the courses Statics, Dynamics, and DeformableSolids to create a better assessment environment for the students and to provide more formative feedbackabout their learning. The mastery-based system is structured around course objectives that require thestudents to write an equation, draw a sketch, or some specific action for each objective for each individualproblem. The course