Foundation or theNational Effective Teaching Institute.Objectives The objective of this study was to measure the proficiency of faculty members to leadteaming initiatives. To determine proficiency, a web-based survey was developed. The intent ofthe survey was to assess faculty members’ attitudes, usage and comfort level regarding the use ofteams in the engineering classroom.Methodology To examine faculty members’ views regarding teams in the engineering classroom, aquestionnaire was developed and posted on the web site of the University of Nebraska-LincolnCollege of Engineering. Questions on the survey were designed to obtain data on demographics,team usage and faculty attitudes toward teams. The questionnaire consisted of 49
Senior Capstone: A Handbook from anecdotal inputs and experience. The guideline,currently a “beta” version (Appendix A), was developed using the outline described by Watkins5.The guideline is meant to serve as an FA specific document that parallels and supports apreviously developed capstone student handbook.Following development of the handbook draft, the document was reviewed by the ECUengineering faculty including experienced and inexperienced capstone FAs. Feedback includeda request for examples of how to address situations that occur during FA/team interactions. Inresponse, ‘Practical Experience’ vignettes were added to the guidebook. These vignettes providesummary descriptions of events that describe intervention leading to modifications
Maryland, Penn State and the State University of New York (SUNY).On the web, SUNY Teaching, Learning and Technology is at < http://cms.suny.edu/ >.Experiences from the Virtual ClassroomI present these distance learning faculty happenings based mostly upon my own personalexperience and partly based upon the experiences of my peers. (5)My initial distance learning courses were developed and presented for the University ofPhoenix (UOP) Online campus in 1997. These were courses addressing businessapplications of information technology. Later courses in Operating Systems, Statisticsand Computer Programming were prepared and delivered for UOP and RochesterInstitute of Technology.After a rigorous interview process, I was invited to attend a new
average and overall success was rated between average and very successful.Career Development Workshop Twenty-six women attended the daylong workshop emphasizing careerdevelopment for female faculty members. Topics included time management, goalsetting, negotiation, tenure, and succeeding in academia. Activities includedpresentations, breakout sessions, and self-reflection. Feedback from the workshop wasoverwhelmingly positive. Junior faculty freely asked senior faculty for advice onpromotion/tenure and sought insight into informal campus policies. On the evaluationform, one senior faculty member commented that she appreciated the "opportunity toexchange knowledge with colleagues." Several assistant professors expressed concernsabout the
provide data, scholarly references, andsimulated problems for cognitive workshops. In those workspaces, student investigators willwork side by side with faculty. Together they will learn to create, evaluate, improve, and applyknowledge. Students will learn to be experts and faculty will sharpen their expertise.Learning Technique Number 2 - Problem Based LearningDutch comments that “the mainstay of traditional teaching is the lecture / listen ritual”.5 Problembased learning, also known as problem solving learning, is as well an old fashion alternative thathelps students develop critical skills needed today such as the ability: to think critically, analyze and solve complex, real world problems; to find, evaluate, and use
, engineering, and health-related areas employ ahigh percentage of part-time faculty due to the value of such practitioners in the classroom24. The“real world” experience that these individuals bring to the classroom is a valuable tool19. Thereliance on part-time faculty in departments such as English and Mathematics are due in largepart to increasing enrollments and also to replace full-time teachers in these core subjects whoprefer to teach upper level or graduate courses16.The use of part-time faculty is justified by economic and educational constraint. The reasons foremploying part-time faculty are logical. Part-time faculty have become an indispensable force inhigher education25. Administrators have developed practices that separate part-time from
student would have at leastone courses every semester with S-L. The related goals of the project so far have been to recruitenough faculty to integrate S-L into at least one of their courses, to develop partnerships withcommunity groups to generate meaningful projects matching with the courses, to recruit andretain underrepresented groups in engineering, to assess the impacts of the program on faculty,students, community, and the institution. This paper addresses the impacts on faculty.SLICE defines service-learning as a hands-on learning approach in which students achieveacademic objectives in a credit-bearing course by meeting real community needs. In engineeringthe students become better professionals and better citizens while the community
Paper ID #12171Formative Classroom Observations for New FacultyDr. Laura D Hahn, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Laura Hahn is Director of the Academy for Excellence in Engineering Education at the University of Illi- nois at Urbana-Champaign. She is also an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering. She specializes in instructional development and intercultural communica- tion.Chris Migotsky, University of Illinois Chris Migotsky is the Coordinator of Faculty Teaching Programs within the College of Engineering at the University of Illinois. He also has
thoughts well: “I also stress the importance of faculty involvement in governance of higher education institutions. Certainly AAUP supports firm and efficient leadership of higher education institutions, but only if that efficiency promotes as a major goal development and dissemination of knowledge essential to a democratic society. Page 13.541.2 …We believe in educating the citizenry to the highest level possible, a goal requiring that those with the disciplinary knowledge that is being disseminated should be involved in determining how that knowledge should be shared! We need faculty members
review, yet manyfaculty view assessment as merely an additional time-consuming task piled on top of the manythings they already have to do. Enthusiasm for outcomes assessment can be in short supply. TheAgricultural and Biosystems Engineering (ABE) Department at Iowa State has its ABET reviewin 2006. We have been working for the past two years to engage our faculty in outcomesassessment, with a fair degree of success. This paper discusses the activities we’ve used to helpfellow faculty members become active participants in learning and outcomes assessment, andhow we’ve addressed impediments to their involvement. We’ll discuss the ABE LearningCircle, faculty workshops, curriculum development, and one-on-one assistance provided tofaculty to
University of Missouri-St. Louis. Her research interests include strategic partnering, sustainable supply chains and infrastructures, and engineering education.Katie Grantham Lough, Missouri University of Science and Technology Katie Grantham Lough joined the Interdisciplinary Engineering Department of the Missouri University of Science and Technology as an Assistant Professor in January of 2006. At Missouri S&T she develops and applies risk assessment methodologies to product design principles and leads efforts in the design of a variety of products from bio-medical devices, to the sustainable technologies of fuel efficient cars and solar houses. Before joining the S&T faculty, Dr
Paper ID #11169New Faculty Experiences with Mastery GradingDr. Joseph Ranalli, Pennsylvania State Hazleton Dr. Joseph Ranalli has taught since 2012 as an Assistant Professor at Penn State Hazleton in the Alterna- tive Energy and Power Generation Engineering program. He previously earned a BS from Penn State and a PhD from Virginia Tech, both in Mechanical Engineering. Prior to his current appointment, he served as a postdoctoral research fellow at the National Energy Technology Lab in Morgantown, West Virginia. Dr. Ranalli’s current research interests include development of tools and methods for solar energy resource
research ideas, manage projects, manage students, direct student research,develop strong classes, teach effectively, advise undergraduate students, facilitatestudent success, and serve on various committees. Typically, there is littleassistance or even formal advice given as faculty endeavor to be effective andefficient in these roles.The tenure and promotion journey is not clear to many new faculty. Frequently,not only is the path unclear, but the terms change during midcourse. Sometimesthe bar is continually raised to a point that become difficult to achieve. “Mostcampuses set expectations higher than can be attained without effectivementoring” (1) (Boice 2000, p. 247). The hiring of new faculty is costly and timeconsuming. Just as colleges
exams for grading.The protocol was that the instructor checked-in each exam, and sorted them into folders based onthe exam version. The envelopes were given to another who had a few days to grade andcirculate to the other committee member.After the second midterm, a serious problem developed when the instructor found that fourexams were missing. All other exams were returned to the class, except the four “lost” examswhich had a negative effect on the attitude of the class. This was quickly developing into anembarrassing situation for everyone, especially for the two faculty members not teaching theclass, yet as it was initially reported that the exams had to been lost in one of their offices. Aftera few days of panic and frantic cleaning of the
the social structures in which they lead their professional lives. Faculty behaviors and attitudes undoubtedly have a significant impact on nontraditionalengineering students’ decisions to remain or leave. An expanding literature details the kinds ofacademic settings and experiences associated with a positive student outcome28. Teaching andadvising obviously affect a student's experience, while curricular development and revision havea less direct impact. Faculty figure as teachers, advisors, and curriculum designers in discussions of influenceson undergraduate retention30,20. Leading critics of engineering education agree that the“weeding” impact of traditional curriculum and pedagogical approaches of engineering courseshas a
these episodes to be supportive of professional development. In this paper, weexamine the experience of professional shame amid faculty-student interactions. More generally,we examine the emotional significance of interactions between faculty and students and howsuch moments can affect how students cope with the experience of professional shame. Ourfindings are based on a thematic analysis that followed a broader qualitative mixed-methodinvestigation of how engineering students experience professional shame. Specifically, weanalyzed specific episodes of moments where the experience of shame was connected to facultymembers within focus group transcripts (n = 10) of engineering students (n = 38) and interviewtranscripts with engineering students
that faculty love to talk, and it’s always an ego boost to be asked for your opinion. If you are an academic (especially a woman), the following book will be the best $14.75 you ever spent: Ms. Mentor’s Impeccable Advice for Women in Academia, by Emily Toth. Here you can learn about the truths and trickeries of the academy through such chapters as the first year on the job, and slouching toward tenure. Ms. Mentor also has a monthly column at http://www.chronicle.com/jobs (click on Ms. Mentor under Career Network Library), where you can submit questions and missives involving all facets of academia.7. Make use of the resources available to you on campus. Most campuses have a center for faculty development, in which you can
Session 1675 Faculty Internship In The Telecommunications Industry Willie K. Ofosu Telecommunications Dept. Penn State Wilkes-BarreAbstractExcelling in the categories of research, teaching and service in one’s area ofspecialization ultimately results in a new faculty gaining tenure. There are manyapproaches one can take to satisfy the requirements in any one of these categories. Oneapproach is placement in industry. Industrial placement is a component of life-longlearning plan that helps to
transcriptions,and Domina Nyinawinyange for literature research. Finally, the authors are grateful to all of theresearch participants.Bibliography1 Widnall, Sheila E. “AAAS Presidential Lecture: Voices from the Pipeline.” Science 241, 1988, pp. 1740-1745.2 Seymour, E. and N. Hewitt, Talking About Leaving: Why undergraduate leave the sciences, Westview: Boulder, CO, 1997.3 Brawner, C. E., R. M. Felder, R. H. Allen, and R. Brent, “A Survey of Faculty Teaching Practices and Involvement in Faculty Development Activities,” Journal of Engineering Education, 91 (4), 2002, pp. 393-396.4 Brawner, C. E., R. M. Felder, R. Brent, T. K. Miller, and R. H. Allen, “Faculty Teaching Practices in an Engineering Education Coalition,” Proceedings of the
engineering (5 departments in total,approximately 80 full-time faculty). Throughout the development of this program, facultymembers have been surveyed annually regarding both their conception of S-L and the impact ofS-L on their teaching.Faculty attitudes toward S-L have long been identified as an area where research is needed3.Engineering faculty attitudes have been the object of only a few reports though. Bauer et al4published a study on the attitude of 34 faculty with respect to the Humanitarian Engineeringinitiative at the Colorado School of Mines: they found that in general faculty had a more positiveattitude to S-L projects than students, except with respect to career benefits. Paterson et al5reported the results of a national survey of faculty
equitable space.MethodTo gain insight into publishing choices, we began by distributing a survey to the faculty, clinicalfaculty, and instructors in the College of Engineering at our land-grant institution (Appendix A).Before sending surveys and during the development of this research, we petitioned for andreceived exempt status from our University IRB following review by the Office of ResearchAssurances.Once released, our survey had a 12% completion rate, which was 21 responses out of 176 facultyand instructors contacted. While these responses are by no means considered comprehensive norrepresentative of all engineering faculty. Figure 1 shows the demographic breakdown of therespondents by department or school within the College of Engineering
increase the number and success of women faculty in science and engineering. She is currently Assistant Provost reporting to the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs, where her responsibilities include faculty recruitment, development, and reporting. Prior to accepting her current position, Ms. Layne worked as a diversity consultant for the American Association of Engineering Societies and as director of the program on diversity in the engineering workforce at the National Academy of Engineering. She also spent a year as an AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow in the office of Senator Bob Graham. Ms. Layne has degrees in environmental and water resources engineering and science and technology studies. She spent 17
management, lean systems, decision analysis, designed experimentation, and systems design and optimization. His current research interests include on the education side development of simulations and cases for active learning, and on the model- ing side supply chains and logistics management, and production systems planning and optimization, and applications in different industries. Page 23.946.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Online Teaching Best Practices: Faculty PreferencesAbstractOnline education is a strategic initiative that has been applied for
established researcher in the social sciences. It ishoped that this work will provide a holistic summary of their pathway, and to also caution andguide faculty who are contemplating either a partial or complete shift in their research paradigmto EER.KeywordsFaculty development; mentoring; research initiation; engineering formation; RIEF1. IntroductionEngineering education research (EER) is an interdisciplinary field that addresses the uniquechallenges associated with the teaching and learning of engineering, and the pathways leading toengineers' professional formation and growth [1-3]. EER integrates a wide range of qualitativeand quantitative elements from the physical sciences, social sciences, mathematics, andengineering. The scope of EER was
Paper ID #37874Work In Progress: Developing a Faculty Community ofPractice to Support a Healthy Educational EcosystemNancy Warter-Perez Nancy Warter-Perez is the chair of the Mechanical Engineering Department and a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at California State University, Los Angeles. For more than twenty-five years, Nancy has been dedicated to improving STEM education and outreach, particularly for minoritized students.Corin L. Bowen (Postdoctoral Researcher) Corin (Corey) Bowen (she/her/hers) is a postdoctoral researcher in the College of Engineering, Computer Science and Technology at
). Valerie currently teaches the first course in the ACBSS minor series, which covers the application of Python to current social science topics, as well as the use of programming in careers such as data analysis, user experience research, and econometrics.Belle Wei © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Faculty Perspectives on Developing Interdisciplinary Computing Programs: Benefits, Necessary Supports, and RecommendationAbstractGraduates of computer science programs continue to be predominantly male and White or Asian[3], and the need to diversify the workforce is well recognized [4]. To address these issues
development workshop was developed to aidfaculty in understanding the importance of Mental Wellness issues and why it is important forthe faculty in the classroom to be the ones presenting the information. Thus, the faculty of FYEPwere exposed to Seligman’s model [1] of positive psychology and the methods that would beimplemented to teach it to the students in a day-long workshop.All too often, we assume that if we are successful, we will be happy, however the science isshowing that this is not always true. To be successful, we need to have Positive Emotions,Engagement, Positive Relationships, Meaning and Achievement (PERMA) [1]. Our job asfaculty in FYE should be to help students to understand that happiness is one of many positiveemotions that can
success, as well as the schooling experiences of Mexican-descent youth in the mid-20th century.Jennifer TygretJasmine C. WhiteKinnis Gosha © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Developing Deeper Student Mentoring Relationships: Black Engineering Faculty Translating their Mentee Experiences to Students (Research)AbstractThis research paper explores how Black engineering faculty translate their mentee experiences todevelop deeper mentoring relationships with their students. While faculty mentoring is heraldedas playing a vital role in advancing the careers of faculty, promoting equity in higher education,and ultimately diversifying
different CoPs together supporting more than 150faculty across a 2-year time frame, which examines the factors that should be considered in thedesign and facilitation of CoPs, to support faculty in their integration of sustainable design andequity into engineering, (2) components of an evidence-based toolkit, currently underdevelopment, to help guide other practitioners in their adoption and assessment of CoPs forfaculty development, and (3) case studies from CoP participants capturing their first-handexperience and outcomes of being part of a CoP focused on the integration of sustainable design.The participatory evaluation approach, and the toolkit, which utilizes an emergent learningframework, together provide a roadmap for implementation and
Paper ID #37428Lesson Learned: Active Learning Coaching Program toPromote Faculty Development and Innovation in STEMCoursesGianina Morales Gianina Morales is an associate professor at the Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile. She has an M. Ed degree and is currently a Fulbright Ph.D. student at the School of Education at the University of Pittsburgh. Her research focuses on disciplinary literacy in engineering and the improvement of instructional practices to foster persistence and equity in undergraduate engineering education.Rene Alejandro Noel René Noel is an associate professor in the School of Computer Engineering