to just have thissharing of ideas. I learned what everyone’s doing that they see is best, and it’s great to have thatcommunication, and to have that sharing of knowledge. And I think that even if we have themodules all designed, having just a gathering or a sharing of those practices from time to timewould be very useful.”Barriers That Impacted Adoption of the Instructional ModulesAs mentioned above, the participants varied in terms of how many and how much of the modulesthat the participants had utilized in their course. When asked about the modules that they felt weremost difficult to implement, participants’ comments aligned with several themes that emerged inthe coding process. Table 2 identifies the primary emergent themes relating to
University. He teaches in the areas of introductory materials engineering, polymers and composites, and capstone design. His research interests include faculty development, evaluating con- ceptual knowledge change, misconceptions, and technologies to promote conceptual change. He has co-developed a Materials Concept Inventory and a Chemistry Concept Inventory for assessing conceptual knowledge and change for introductory materials science and chemistry classes. He is currently conduct- ing research on a large scale NSF faculty development project. His team is studying how workshops on strategies of engagement and feedback with support from internet tools and resources affect faculty be- liefs, classroom practice, and
professional development. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 A Gateway Course Redesign Working Group ModelAbstractAs is described in this Evidence-Based Practice Paper, a grant-supported team in the College ofEngineering and Computer Science at Syracuse University provides professional developmentopportunities for our engineering and computer science faculty that focus on improving thequality of instruction. The team seeks to provide an engaging engineering educationalexperience for our undergraduates to improve both our retention and graduation rates, thuskeeping these students in the engineering pipeline. One of the major goals of the team is to helpfaculty implement best practices, in the
formal hypotheses [11]. Conducting research as a team of social scientistsand practitioners creates regular opportunities to practice abduction. We discuss initialimpressions before analysis, share research results, discuss potential interpretations, and dialogueabout what initial impressions and theories still fit. In particular, the practitioners help the teammaintain closeness to theories of change, and the social scientists help the team probe for wheretheory does not fit the data. Collaboration on interpretation introduces validity checks, as theteam must work towards agreement on the best-fitting descriptions or explanations, andcreativity to arrange and re-arrange ideas and interpretations through the writing process,resulting, hopefully
members by leveraging careerand motivation management practices established by organizational behavior researchers. Thatcan nurture a symbiotic relationship between faculty development and institution building. This paper presents a framework called CCAARR (Choosing, Conditioning, Assessing,Allocating, Realizing, and Recognizing) for nurturing such a symbiotic relationship betweenfaculty development and institution building (Figure 1). Its use can help in identifying potentialleaders among college faculty members to successfully carry out institution building activities.Faculty development activity and institution building activities, in that sense, support each otheror have a “symbiotic relationship” between them. The framework is derived
professional practice as well as exploring students’ conceptions of diversity and its importance within engineering fields.Ms. Allyson Jo Ironside, Oregon State University Ally Ironside is a recent graduate from LeTourneau University where she studied Water Resources in Civil Engineering. She is currently fusing her technical background with her passion for education in pursuing a doctoral degree in Civil Engineering while conducting research in Engineering Education at Oregon State University. Her research interests include the adoption of teaching best practices in engineering and the personal epistemology development students.Dr. Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University Shane Brown is an associate professor and
practice of design and the resulting impact of engineering designs on society.The CoursesCourse InstructorsAs discussed earlier, the endeavor of teaching engineering as a sociotechnical discipline whileintegrating issues such as race, justice, and -isms can be a daunting task for instructors, and weare no exceptions. As the background and positionality of the instructor is critical tounderstanding the risks and rewards associated with these courses, this section briefly describeseach of the instructors who have taught or are currently teaching the course.J. A. Mejia self-identifies as Mexican American and his research investigates the funds ofknowledge of Latinx adolescents. He grew up in a binational setting where the majority of thepopulation
Elena Truyol, Ph.D., is full professor and researcher of the Universidad Andr´es Bello (UNAB). She graduated as physics teacher (for middle and high school), physics (M.Sc.) and Ph.D. in Physics at Universidad Nacional de C´ordoba, Argentina. In 2013 she obtained a three-year postdoctoral position at the Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil. Her focus is set on educational research, physics education, problem-solving, design of instructional material and teacher training. She teaches undergraduate courses related to environmental management, energy and fundamentals of industrial processes at the School of Engineering, UNAB. She currently is coordinating the Educational and Academic Innovation Unit at the School of
in program opportunities or events. (Check all that apply)”. Table 4 represents theareas that participants could select in the survey. These items were directly related to the collegelevel faculty development initiatives implemented starting in 2008 and over the period of the sixyears surveyed.Table 4. COE faculty development survey areas of impact and effectiveness of programs Promotion and tenure ( progression advancement) • Promotion and tenure information (progression/advancement) • Preparing / planning a path for reappointment • Preparing / planning a path for promotion Scholarly Opportunities • Seeking cross-disciplinary collaborations • Preparing for sabbatical Funding and Research Development • Looking for research
] reinforce the challengesregarding the increased competition in research funding as well as the changing fabric of theacademic identity at the Associate Faculty rank, requiring for increased collaboration. Oncefaculty achieve tenure they face a different set of pressures, including questions about identity,impact, leadership, and legacy [2]. Kiernan Mathews highlighted that The Collaborative onAcademic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE), based at Harvard Graduate School ofEducation, finds that the experienced associate professor (at that rank for more than 5 years) isless satisfied with his or her institution and department than is the recently tenured associateprofessor [4]. The COACHE report, as well as other references [1],[2],[3],[4
as ERP). During her studies in the United States she worked a research assistant at the Center for Innovation on Healthcare Logistics CIHL, her work for CIHL focused on assessing the impact of GS1 standards adoption in the healthcare supply chain. Her research interests are related to the modeling of technology adoption and in particular HIT. She also works in the adaptation of existing manufacturing and logistics models and structures to the healthcare supply chain with a specific focus on medical supplies. She is part of the IE Department at Universidad Icesi since 1998. She has over ten years experience as a teacher and served as Director of the Undergraduate Program in Industrial Engineering (2003-2007