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Models of community engagement practices

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tiago R. Forin, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Community Engagement Division

Paper ID #9369A Personal Account on Implementing Reflective PracticesMr. Tiago R Forin, Purdue University, West Lafayette Tiago Forin is a PhD student in Purdue University’s School of Engineering Education. He is an active researcher in cross disciplinary practices in Dr. Robin Adams’ XRoads Research Group. He is also in charge of developing assessments for Purdue’s Global Engineering Program. His background is in Civil and Environmental Engineering where he received a BS from Florida State University and a MS from Purdue University

Conference Session

Socio-cultural Elements of Learning through Service

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Antonette T. Cummings P.E., Purdue University; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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student reflections and course evaluations. In addition, it describes how thesefindings can inform this program specifically, as well as other courses and programs using aservice-learning pedagogy, especially those that engage in design.IntroductionThe past several years have seen a dramatic increase in community engagement activities inengineering education, as evidenced by the record breaking creation of the CommunityEngagement Division of ASEE. However, as the number of community engagement effortsincrease, it is important to understand the impact of community engagement experiences toinform best practices and to ensure that the efforts are positively benefitting all of thestakeholders. Although our program, EPICS, is a well-established

Conference Session

Impact of Community Engagement on Students

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura M. Patterson, University of British Columbia

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invaluable to other not-for-profit organizations to solve theirchallenges. In fact, it is an engineer’s obligation “to serve humanity” and share their skills“without reservation for the public good.”1Service learning has been implemented as a pedagogical strategy in technical communicationclasses for engineering students. In the context of first-year engineering curriculum, servicelearning is a useful pedagogical strategy that integrates community engagement with classroomactivities and critical reflection in order to engage students in their obligations as global citizensearly on in their education. In particular, the experiential aspect of service learning engagesthese new students in the complexity and uncertainty of real-world problems they will

Conference Session

Models of community engagement practices

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aimee S. Navickis-Brasch, University of Idaho, Moscow; Anne Liu Kern, University of Idaho, CDA; Fritz Fiedler, University of Idaho, Moscow; Jillian Rae Cadwell, University of Idaho; Laura Laumatia, Coeur d'Alene Tribe; Kathy C. Haynie, Haynie Research and Evaluation; Christine Meyer, Coeur d’Alene Tribe Department of Education

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conducting summer camps at places of tribal significance. This provides tribal youthwith an opportunity to learn about the relevance of STEM in their community by engaging themin the development of engineering solutions to local environmental problems.This case study focuses on the first half of the grant, specifically the curriculum development andimplementation for the first-year summer camp, and the post-camp reflections. The followingobjectives guided this study, specifically to describe: 1) how the CBPR methodology is appliedto develop and implement a culturally relevant STEM curriculum that emphasizes engineering,2) the impact of the summer camp experience on student's knowledge and attitudes about STEMcontent, and 3) how the CBPR methodology

Conference Session

Socio-cultural Elements of Learning through Service

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jon A. Leydens, Colorado School of Mines; Juan C. Lucena, Colorado School of Mines; Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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instructors and students, reviews of course documents,contextualization within the literature on design, and our own reflections on lived experiencesworking with design students. In diverse institutional and course settings, each of the authorshas over 10 years of experience working with engineering design students.II. Engineering design strategiesIn each of the design types above, assuming community engagement contexts, what criteriaare in—and not in—the (implicit or explicit) decision matrices students typically are taught touse when weighing different design alternatives? That is, how does each regard“optimization”—what is being optimized, why, and for whose benefit? What does eachapproach to design emphasize, de-emphasize, and altogether omit?A

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Impact of Community Engagement on Communities

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carlos German Montoya Rodriguez, Ohio State University; Mariantonieta Gutierrez Soto, The Ohio State University; Roger Dzwonczyk, The Ohio State University; John A Merrill, Ohio State University; Howard L. Greene, Ohio State University; Miriam Cater, Ohio State University

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highlighted the importance of engineering service-learning experiences to learntechnical and professional skills in comparison with traditional course-based classes and how itvaries in terms of academic year and gender. It was concluded that service-learning has a highimpact on their ability to learn technical skills and suggest service-learning as an effectivepedagogical tool. Similarly, Dukhan et al.3 studied the effect of service-learning experiences as apedagogy technique to increase social awareness in engineering students. The students wereevaluated using reflective questions that focused on the impact that their projects had on society.Through this study, the authors concluded that through reflective thinking, the humanitarianaspect of the

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Impact of Community Engagement on Students

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hoda Baytiyeh, American University of Beirut (Beirut)

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Community Engagement Division

% Table 1: Participants’ DemographicsEarthquake Hazard Awareness among ParticipantsBased on participants’ responses, engineering students in Lebanon possess satisfactory level ofearthquake risk awareness. Table 2 illustrates such knowledge regarding the seismic riskinvolved. According to the majority (83%) of participants, the school system in Lebanon has notcontributed to their knowledge and awareness regarding earthquakes. Such fact reflects adeficiency of school programs in Lebanon in covering and highlighting the risk of earthquakes.The lack of such necessary education has direct contribution to the existing seismic vulnerabilityof the Lebanese communities to seismic hazards. Also, it was shown that television did not helpstudents in

Conference Session

Models of community engagement practices

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrea Mazzurco, Purdue University; Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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may also travel abroad todeliver a designed product or solution.3 The projects undertaken by engineering students in thesecourses and programs are highly influenced by the context in which they are situated. Further,the success or failure of these projects relies in part on whether or not engineers substitute thetypical technical rationality approach to problem solving for one in which they continuouslyconduct a “reflective conversation with the situation” (p. 76).4However, engineering students and educators often lack the training and the support to approachthe sociocultural aspects of their design work5, and many projects fail, doing more harm thangood to partnering communities. Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Canada is one of the

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Impact of Community Engagement on Students

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew T. Siniawski, Loyola Marymount University; Victoria Louise Graf; Shawna Leigh Draxton, WISH Charter

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Community Engagement Division

. Experiences can involve course-basedservice learning, as well as both co-curricular and extracurricular service experiences. According Page 24.1119.2to the National Service-Learning Clearinghouse, “service-learning is a teaching and learningstrategy that integrates meaningful community service with instruction and reflection to enrichthe learning experience, teach civic responsibility, and strengthen communities.”1 Althoughservice-learning programs are quite diverse in their approach, there are certain commoncharacteristics among them. According to Eyler and Giles, service-learning experiences: • Have a positive effect on student personal

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Impact of Community Engagement on Communities

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julia D Thompson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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the positive impact of the students’ presence in the community,such as having college students mentor younger community members, thereby providingcommunity members with positive role models and revealing college as a more tangible option.Bell and Carlson also discussed increasing organizational capacity by leveraging studentcapabilities not otherwise available in the organization, such as web design skills.Additionally, all of the studies mentioned that students brought new ways of looking at situationsthat were beneficial to the organization. For example, Sandy and Holland coded students’different views under “organizational and personal development,” since their views brought asense of self-reflection to the partners, allowing them to learn

Conference Session

Impact of Community Engagement on Students

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hoda Baytiyeh, American University of Beirut (Beirut); Mohamad K. Naja

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students. The survey invites students to voluntary participate while ensuring themof complete anonymity. The survey was randomly distributed and data collection ended whenreaching 25% of the targeted population 17.The survey was based on the volunteer functions inventory 18 and included three sections: thefirst section gathered demographic information about participants, the second sectioninvestigated students’ awareness of earthquake disaster and their willingness to join anearthquake volunteering program, and the third section asked participants to rate 19 items on ascale of 5 that reflect their attitudes and subjective norm toward volunteering in an earthquakerisk reduction program based on the theoretical framework (TRA). Items were designed

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Impact of Community Engagement on Communities

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lindsey A Nelson, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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achieveinstitutional recognition and gain support needed to send students abroad. The new program canuse existing in-country partnerships instead of having to develop brand-new relationships.However, the experience of the Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship programshows that the new program frequently has different educational outcomes than the existingprogram. Specifically, HESE’s experience reflects a growing concern about how students canimplement their solutions in country. While creating the International Sustainable DevelopmentProjects Clinic supported teams encountering legal obstacles, many other projects have found Page

Conference Session

Socio-cultural Elements of Learning through Service

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bowa George Tucker, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; David O. Kazmer, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Chris Swan, Tufts University; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Kurt Paterson P.E., James Madison University; Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University; Greg Rulifson P.E., University of Colorado, Boulder; Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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and McTighe (2005) identified three stages: (1) Identify desiredoutcomes and results, (2) Determine what constitutes acceptable evidence of competency in theoutcomes and results, and (3) Plan instructional strategies and learning experiences that bringstudents to these competency levels. They posit this approach will help faculty designinstruction that promotes understanding and fosters student engagement.Another important approach to curricular reform that called for improvement throughoutundergraduate education has been in service-learning pedagogy. Service-learning is a teachingmethod in which students participate in organized service activity for academic credit that meetsidentified community issues, and that reflection done by the

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Impact of Community Engagement on Students

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris Swan, Tufts University; Kurt Paterson P.E., James Madison University; Timothy Henry Hellickson, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach

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pedagogical approach, CE most strongly is connected to service-learning (S-L). ThoughFurco (2003) stated that at least two hundred different definitions of service-learning have beenpublished, the distinguishing factor of between S-L and community-service is that S-L isintentionally designed to meet learning (often academic) objectives. Other components commonin service-learning definitions include 1) the need for student reflection on the value of the effort,2) the connection and integration of the effort with the community, and 3) the attainment byparticipants of the desirable outcome of civic or social responsibility.The benefits of CE projects are well documented in the literature13, 27. A longitudinal study on

Conference Session

Models of community engagement practices

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda Vanasupa, California Polytechnic State University; Lizabeth T. Schlemer, California Polytechnic State University

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Community Engagement Division

about myself. I am learning how to reflect in such a way as to be able to learn more, understand more, and grow more. I also value the wonderful relationships I am developing by participating in SUSTAIN. [community partner] I begin to see how the change process will occur. A process that could inevitably end up transforming our school forever. I want to see that succeed. I am also learning about "change management" as a business management major. Likewise I get to meet some pretty smart people who also want to reapply their work life to all forms of life whether it be communal, agricultural, or economical. And since young adults are at the heart of that ideal life, everyone benefits, beginning from how

Conference Session

Socio-cultural Elements of Learning through Service

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kaitlin Litchfield, University of Colorado, Boulder; Amy Javernick-Will, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Cathy Leslie P.E., Engineers Without Borders - USA

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based in part upon work supported by the National Science Foundation Researchin Engineering Education program under Grant No. 1129178. Any opinions, findings, andconclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do notnecessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.References1. UNESCO. Engineering: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities for Development. France: UNESCO; 2010.2. EWB-USA. Our History [Internet]. Engineers Without Borders USA. 2013 [cited 2013 Oct 4]. Available from: http://www.ewb-usa.org/our-story/our-history3. Amadei B, Sandekian R. Model of Integrating Humanitarian Development into Engineering Education. J Prof Issues Eng Educ Pract. 2010 Apr;136:84–92.4