During the Pandemic. Existing course activitieswere preserved in the curriculum but modified for effective delivery in the remote learningenvironment. For example, lectures covering specific engineering design concepts weredelivered synchronously (i.e., in real-time) over Zoom, and questions or feedback were takensynchronously throughout or after the presentation, or otherwise facilitated using Zoom’s chatfunction. The presentations were often recorded so students could return to the lecture materialthroughout the quarter. Table 1 provides additional examples of existing course activities and themodifications for the remote course environment.Table 1. Existing course activities that were modified for a remote course environment. A moredetailed
tointerrogate their work through an anti-racist and social justice lensDesiring a way to engage their fellow researchers, members of the department developed aworkshop to encourage reflection on past injustices in engineering and scientific research as wellas how they might incorporate anti-racism and justice in their work. Pulling together resourceson workshop design, active learning pedagogies, and inclusive teaching principles, the workshoporganizers attempted to build a Contextualizing Your Research workshop that was engaging,effective, and appropriate for a group of researchers that included faculty, post-docs, andgraduate students.The workshop, once created, can be repeated each year for new cohorts of researchers. Post-workshop surveys help
Paper ID #38526Nuestro Impacto: An Insider Look into the Connections between Our PastExperiences and Current Teaching and Mentoring PracticesDr. Idalis Villanueva Alarc´on, University of Florida Dr. Villanueva Alarc´on is an Associate Professor in the Engineering Education Department at the Uni- versity of Florida. Her research areas of interest are hidden curriculum, multi-modal methods, mentoring, and professional development.Dr. Laura Melissa Cruz Castro, University of Florida Dr. Laura Melissa Cruz Castro is an instructional assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Education at University of Florida.Dr. John Alexander Mendoza, University of Florida John Mendoza Garcia is an Instructional Assistant