stories are created during class. Recent work also includes theoption of making short videos featuring individual and paired student short, stories.Conversational Storytelling Engagement Concerns This section outlines the relationship between ambiguity in conversationalstorytelling and engagement for successful new creation through four concerns. Areview of student work, and both student and founder self-reports suggested specificroadblocks, referred to as concerns. We provide the concerns, and offer the results withaction guidelines for structuring and supporting change by showing reaction to theprocess. The following four examples, uncovered from exploring conversationalstorytelling and an SBL approach in multiple offerings of one class
Manager)Lisa Mcnair Lisa DuPree McNair is a Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech and Director of the Center for Educational Networks and Impacts (CENI) at ICAT. Her work focuses on building networks between the university and multiple community sectors and supporting evidence-based outreach in science, engineering, arts, and design. She translated a decade of interdisciplinary initiatives into VT’s Innovations Pathway Minor, and has directed 11 PhD dissertations, served on 17 PhD committees, and funded and mentored 6 post-graduate scholars (5 PhD, 1 MFA). Her funded NSF projects include revolutionizing the culture of the VT ECE department, identifying practices in intentionally inclusive Maker spaces
agedparticipants and the impact FLL has on participant’s perceptions of pursuing higher education inthe field of engineering.In the competitive workplace of the world today, it is imperative to have more competentengineering graduates from our Institutions of Higher Ed. The current approach taken for gettingyoung students excited about engineering is not effective enough. Young students are asked“What do you want to be when you grow up?” but often do not know much about their options—not until high school or college are jobs discussed with detail. What if kids could experiencefirsthand what a career-field might entail, even before middle school? By practicing skills ofteamwork, open ended problem solving and critical thinking in a fun and
beenconducted to determine the effectiveness of this program. The evaluation consists of studentsurveys, focus groups, and individual student and instructor interviews. This evaluation providesboth qualitative and quantitative analysis of the impact of the learning community onundergraduate students. Quantitative results from the evaluation show that all students arebenefiting (i.e. retention rate, GPA, etc.) from participation in the first-year experience program,regardless of major. Interestingly, qualitative results show students are identifying the benefitsof the first-year program on their academic success except for those enrolled in the engineeringprogram. Student interviews with engineering students reflect a perceived negative impact on
dedicatedmakerspaces and did not treat multiple makerspaces within an institution as distributedmakerspace.Physical location and layout of makerspaces can impact the use of the space especially onuniversity and college campuses [21], [25], [26]. Access to makerspaces can depend on wherethe space is located, such as community-based organization versus a university campus. Somemakerspaces have an open-access policy for the communities they serve, while others require amonetary fee for equipment use [18]. The majority of the university population has access tolibraries, but not all have access to engineering halls or labs [18], [25], [26]. On university andcollege campuses, use of a space could be determined by university status (student, faculty, staffor alumni
meet the new challenges created by emerging technologies in every nation. Educationalinstitutions are looking for ways to reach students when faced with increased competitions,shifting demographics, and delivering education to isolated areas. One way this problem hasbeen tackled is through communications technologies as a mean to enhance flexible delivery andstudent learning on-line. As Internet has become a way of life, web-based educational coursemanagement systems have become popular.WebCT, BlackBoard, and ANGEL are among few popular learning web-based tools. These toolsenable faculty to post documents and files, securely post grades, track students’ activities,interact with their students through e-mail and instant messaging. In addition
Paper ID #16178How Does a Flipped Classroom Impact Classroom Climate?Dr. Stephanie Butler Velegol, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Stephanie Butler Velegol has been teaching Environmental Engineering courses in the Civil Engineering Department at Penn State for 7 years. She has pioneered the use of Flipped classes to increase active lean- ing in the classroom. In addition she has worked with dozen on undergraduate students on a sustainable process using the seeds of the Moringa tree to produce clean water in developing communities around the world.Dr. Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University
investigated one or twounique steel lateral force resisting systems (LFRS) consisting of either: special moment frame(SMF), special concentric braced frame (SCBF), and/or buckling restrained braced frame(BRBF). Students completed design calculations per the American Institute of Steel Constructionsteel building and seismic codes, visualized their final design using AutoCAD software,constructed and tested the LFRS specimen. Finally, students compared test results to predictionsdetermined via code equations.These new projects offer a novel approach for engaging students in the process of learning steeldesign where they practice the technical structural design and analysis competencies whilerefining visual/written/oral communication, project management
professional scrutiny and critiqueThe overlap between these two lists is considerable. A couple of important features on the NRClist are 1) the importance and role of theory and 2) the line of reasoning. Together, they provideexcellent guidance for planning, conducting, and reporting engineering education research.The overriding question facing the AREE developers and researchers (Norman Fortenberry, KarlSmith, Alisha Waller, Ann McKenna, Susan Donohue, Beth Cady, and Wendy Knapp) was,what can be done to help build the knowledge, skills, and habits of mind to conduct high-qualityengineering education research?AREE’s mission was to provide access to resources and to engage the engineering educationresearch community in a consensus-seeking conversation
area of STEM recruiting. For example, FIRST reports that55% of their alumni will major in science or engineering as opposed to 28% of a matched controlgroup.8 BEST reports that 58% of participants are likely to pursue STEM careers.7 Thus, bothBEST and FIRST are very good indicators of the impact that programs using robotics as aplatform to develop middle school and high school students’ interest in STEM careers can have.Based on this, the Electronics and Telecom Engineering Technology (EET/TET) programs atTexas A&M University began looking at robotic programs as a recruiting and outreach toolabout two years ago. However, while large-scale programs such as BEST and FIRST wereinitially considered, they were found not to be optimal based on
might not have been introduced to or encouraged to use the makerspace. Thesestudents are exposed to skills and technology that one would not normally experience (wood andmetal working, laser cutting, 3D printing, optics, electronics and painting), allowing students topursue interests and develop knowledge and marketable skills. The experience also provides ameans to develop other key skills including team-work, creativity, and problem-solving throughinterest-driven and peer-supported projects. Upon completion, the students share their work withthe larger university community through a capstone demonstration, exhibition, or performance,acting as a way to broaden the impact of the project and increase engagement with themakerspace. Figure 1 is an
contribute to students viewing themselves asengineers prior to graduating and entering the workforce. At the same time, several factors havebeen known to discourage students from pursuing or continuing to study engineering. Thesefactors, which include cultural and socioeconomic background, race, gender, and sexualorientation, can affect a student’s sense of community and belonging in engineering and otherSTEM fields. In this paper, we discuss the pivotal moments, significant relationships, and socialinteractions that participants used to anchor their engineering identities. These anchors serve asfoundational reference points on which engineering identity is iteratively built and assessed. Ourfindings offer valuable insights into the commencement of
thancurrent business.5.2 Reasons for becoming involvedIn this section we describe faculty and student motivations for becoming involved in thecommunity-based capstone projects. Three main topics emerged: both faculty and students wereattracted to the “real-world” projects that will have immediate impact on the community; facultysaw these projects as a recruiting tool; and students personally believed that engineering shouldengage in service to others. Notably, we found that students engage in the community-basedprojects felt more fulfilled when engaging engineering service work. We also discuss reasonsbehind the community partners support of the project.5.2.1 Recruitment toolFaculty and administration at the college mentioned benefits to the
Jensen, Ph.D. (she/her) is an assistant professor in biomedical engineering and engineering edu- cation research at the University of Michigan. Her research interests include student mental health and wellness, engineering student career pathways, and engagement of engineering faculty in engineering education research.Dr. Lisa Benson, Clemson University Lisa Benson is a Professor of Engineering and Science Education at Clemson University, and the past editor of the Journal of Engineering Education. Her research focuses on the interactions between student motivation and their learning experiences. Her projects include studies of student perceptions, beliefs and attitudes towards becoming engineers and scientists, and
Thinking has made an impactin the form of STEM Integration. “STEM Thinking can lead teachers to become STEMintegrators who can teach students how to apply STEM subject matter in a variety of “real-world” inquiry-based learning activities” (Reeve, 2015). Wang, Moore, Roehrig & Park (2011)explain it differently, “STEM integration is a curricular approach that combines the concepts ofSTEM in an interdisciplinary teaching approach.” The impact of this STEM Integrationmovement is somewhat controversial because there is no clear definition of the method.However, STEM educators agree that the goal of integration is to increase STEM literacy,develop 21st century competencies, perpetuate STEM workforce readiness, generate studentinterest and engagement
delivery in March 2020.With the exception of the online delivery institutions, the academic community, includinginstructors, students, and staff, were forced to quickly adapt to a completely online teaching andlearning environment to which they were not accustomed. In [5], the authors presented sometechniques and strategies employed to overcome the difficulties of remote learning, such as thechallenges of engaging learners with limited or inconsistent internet access, the strategy anddecisions in using synchronous versus asynchronous delivery, and techniques to conductexperiments remotely. [6] introduces some practices of transferring the in-person activities to anonline format, including lecturing, in-lab work, office hours, exams, and project
. Instead, students aretaught rhetorical, argumentative, and analytical style writing, when technically-oriented writingis required.While focus on rhetorical positioning can result in more careful student writers, this paper callsfor a return to education that will encourage the ability to create work products that caneffectively communicate technical information to both technical and non-technical readers. TWCincludes published research, reports, as well as presentations; and all of these require structure,format, and organization that differ from the conventional writing style than is taught in thehumanities.This paper presents a Project-based Learning (PBL) approach to the design and implementationof a Technical Writing and Communication course
internet tool use affect conceptual change and impact on students’ attitude, achievement, and persistence. The other is on a large-scale NSF faculty develop- ment program and its effect on change in faculty teaching beliefs, engagement strategies, and classroom practice. Recent honors include coauthoring the ASEE Best Paper Award in the Journal of Engineering Education in 2013 and the ASEE Mike Ashby Outstanding Materials Educator Award in 2018.Prof. Keith D. Hjelmstad, Arizona State University Keith D. Hjelmstad is President’s Professor of Civil Engineering in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment at Arizona State University.Kara L. Hjelmstad, Arizona State University Kara Hjelmstad has been a
reported an increased sense of responsibility for their own learning as well as the learning of their peers (p. 12).The study reported by Tinto is important and offers a look at students’ experiences andperceptions in two types of institutions where learning communities have been especiallynurtured: community colleges and large, urban commuter campuses; however, manyother types of higher educational settings were not included in the study. For ourpurposes, we are most interested in large, research oriented land-grant universities, likeIowa State University, places where students often have difficulty becoming engaged inthe university. 4 To that end, we have been conducting an on-going assessment of ourlearning community, the results of which we
scores and other strict criteria deemed “excellent” that do not match the backgrounds,experience and potential for success of diverse students.The retention process for diverse students often starts within a long-standing, month-long ormore summer bridge experience to boost the college readiness of attendees who choose to applyto such a program (Ackermann, 1991; Freeman & Persaud, 2005; Walpole et al., 2008). Asecond retention factor again involves the awarding of scholarships. Previously, our model (andothers) specifically awarded scholarships based on community engagement as measured by“membership” within the diversity program. Those who were active in student organizations butnot scholarship awardees often expressed awkward sentiments
to engineering technology edu- cation and the whole profession through excellence in teaching, research and service to the engineering technology community. Dr. Uddin is a proponent of project-based learning and developed innovative teaching strategies to engage his students in solving real-world problems and prepare them with skills and knowledge that industry requires. Dr. Uddin is active in research and scholarship. He has been awarded grants from National Science Foundation, Tennessee Department of Transportation, Tennessee Board of Regents, DENSO and ASEE (ETD mini-grants) and several other organizations for a total of more than $2 million. His current research interest focuses on risk-based estimation in
. Figure 9shows that 84% claimed that they would likely use a module on social impacts of infrastructure,66% would possibly use a module that addresses the intersection of infrastructure and systemicracism, and 83% expressed interest in materials related to community engagement forinfrastructure projects. Participants also expressed interest (or potential interest) in the followingadditional resources that could be developed by CIT-E: the incorporation of indicators for ABETassessment purposes (81%), the development of an asynchronous online Introduction to 8Infrastructure course that students could take for credit or a certificate (77%), and a
: The Influence of Outside Community on Academic Engagement," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 101, no. 3, pp. 512–538, 2012, doi: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2012.tb00060.x.[9] "Mapping Australian higher education 2018." https://apo.org.au/node/192826 (accessed Feb. 03, 2022).[10] S. Palmer and W. Hall, "The impact of increasing course enrolment on student evaluation of teaching in engineering education," Australasian Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 31–40, Jan. 2015, doi: 10.7158/D14-003.2015.20.1.[11] J. E. McCredden and T. Baldock, "More than one pathway to success: The effects of lecture attendance and Lectopia viewing on exam performance in large engineering classes," Engineering education
significant ethical issues because the engineer is making critical decisions based onlimited or biased information, which could lead to negative impacts and conflict. As educators,our goal is not only to train competent and creative engineers, but also to prepare citizens withtechnical training who can systematically assess the impacts of technology on local and globalpopulations, cultures and environments and appropriately implement optimal engineeringsolutions which address these considerations. Service learning activities provide a window ofopportunity for students to engage in civic duty while applying relevant engineering concepts.The College of Engineering considers service learning to be an important vehicle in theinternationalization of
writing and oral presentations throughtheir English departments. While these courses can provide useful instruction, they inevitablysuffer from certain drawbacks. First, these courses teach students one, optimal approach totechnical writing and speaking, overlooking the significant differences that exist in the ways thatengineers in various domains communicate technical information. Second, the courses seldomprovide students with adequate, targeted training (or exercises). Third, the courses do notaddress critical thinking concepts or apply critical thinking to discipline-specific issues and/orexamples.The concept of critical thinking is sorely lacking in the contemporary education of technicalcommunication. The technical communication courses
WritingSeminars coordinated by participating faculty began with the English section of the Departmentof Arts, Sciences, and Business. A seminar on community service and expressive writing washeld in conjunction with an Expository Writing Course. The workshop provided opportunitiesfor elementary students who are not actively involved in their community to engage in proactivecommunity service projects, while providing opportunities for KSU Salina writing students toactively participate in interactive community service projects followed by critical reflection andapplication in classroom activities. Each week, middle school and college students cooperativelyperformed community service, writing about their experiences in personal journals. Collegestudents
adapts existing institutionalsupport structures to offer a one-week bridge program prior to the start of their first year,implements a multi-level mentoring system that includes internal and external mentors, engagesstudents in multiple curricular and co-curricular activities including an engaged engineeringproject experience, and offers a first-year seminar focused on engineering and society.The project devotes significant resources to studying the impact of the proposedactivities. Specifically, the research seeks to answer how and to what extent the program activitiessupport retention through the end of the 2nd year of engineering study, as well as how and to whatextent the program activities impact students' self-efficacy, identity, and sense
Cincinnati. Whitney also works with the Emerging Ethnic Engineers (E3) Program. She teaches Calculus 1 during the Summer Bridge program and instructs Cooperative Calculus 1 during the school year. Continuing with her commitment to community involvement, Whitney has previously served on the Na- tional Executive Board for the National Society of Black Engineers, a student-managed organization with more than 30,000 members. She served as the Planning Chairperson for the 2013 Annual Convention and is currently an advisor for the Great Lakes Region. Dr. Gaskins the President of the Sigma Omega graduate chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. She is also a member of the Society of Women Engineers, the Women’s Alliance
diversified and well-prepared pool of future STEM faculty; and to develop programsthat will allow graduate STEM students to explore the possibility of a rewarding career at two-year institutions through meaningful and intensive mentoring relationships.In Texas, four public state universities and six community colleges have organized into twoseparate RC collaboratives with the goal of engaging graduate students who have expressedinterest in exploring academic careers at community colleges. The universities and partneringcommunity colleges have strong ties with the commitment to serve their region by providingeducational opportunities to first-generation college students. These impactful opportunitiestranslate into degree and employment attainment
Paper ID #36572Work In Progress - KEEN Faculty Impact StudyDarby Rose Riley Darby Riley is a student of engineering education at Rowan University. She has a special interest in issues of diversity and inclusion, especially as they relate to disability and accessibility of education. Her current research is focused on the adoption of pedagogy innovations by instructors, specifically the use of reflections and application of the entrepreneurial mindset. Her previous research experience includes examination of implicit bias in the classroom, and application of VR technologies to improve student engagement. Darby