, where each question has answers lettered (i.e., A, B, C, D)and the quiz taker reads their results based on these (i.e., “If you answered mostly As, you…). Inaddition to careful wording, we saw this format as a means to mitigate the sense of being ranked.We wanted to invite members of the organization to comfortably place themselves on thetrajectory toward becoming community engaged, not reject it as out of reach. Thus, to also offeropportunities to learn and grow, we linked the categories (e.g., mostly Bs) to descriptions andideas; for example: “Your program is characterized as for the community. The role of the community is consultant. There may be an advisory board that the organization selected or identified out of
Paper ID #34231Engagement in Practice: Lessons From a Large Engagement Program Dur-ing aPandemicDr. William ”Bill” C. Oakes, Purdue University at West Lafayette William (Bill) Oakes is a 150th Anniversary Professor, the Director of the EPICS Program and one of the founding faculty members of the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. He has held courtesy appointments in Mechanical, Environmental and Ecological Engineering as well as Curriculum and Instruction in the College of Education. He is a registered professional engineer and on the NSPE board for Professional Engineers in Higher Education. He has been
, technology, engineering, andmath (STEM) professionals is vital to strengthening the growing demand for engineers. Previousstudies about raising interest in STEM majors focused on (a) the number of undergraduatestudents who decide on a major prior to attending college, (b) common misconceptions regardingthe STEM field, and (c) the effectiveness of pedagogical techniques to increase curiosity.However, during the COVID-19 pandemic, pedagogical techniques to introduce K-12 students tothe STEM fields must be adjusted. This paper investigates the effectiveness of variousmethods to engage and interact with K-12 students interested in STEM during the COVID-19 learning environment and discusses key conclusions from a pilot 90-minute virtual modulefor K-12
developing support materials to increase its effectivenessand impact.References[1] T. Stanton, D. Giles, and N. Cruz, Service-learning: a movement's pioneers reflect on its origins, practice, andfuture. Joessey-Bass, 1999.[2] J. Eyler and D. E. Giles, Where’s the learning in service-learning? Jossey-Bass, 1999.[3] P. A. Leidig and W. C. Oakes, “Model for project-based community engagement,” Manuscript submitted forpublication, 2021.[4] C. B. Zoltowski, and W. C. Oakes, “Learning by Doing: Reflections of the EPICS Program”, Special Issue:University Engineering Programs That Impact Communities: Critical Analyses and Reflection, InternationalJournal for Service-Learning in Engineering, 2014, pp. 1-32.
Paper ID #33242Engagement in Practice: Performing STEM Outreach During a PandemicDr. Bob Schaffer, Mission College Dr. Bob Schaffer is the department chair (and professor in) the Engineering Department at Mission College (Santa Clara, CA). He is also a lecturer at Santa Clara University where he teaches a variety of classes in the General and Electrical Engineering departments. His classes include Introduction to Engineering, Introduction to Computing for Engineers, Programming and Problem-Solving in MATLAB, STEM Outreach in the Community, and Digital Signal Processing. American
Paper ID #34647Leveling the Playing Field: A Virtual Summer Camp for Women of ColorDr. Whitney Gaskins, University of Cincinnati Dr. Gaskins is the Assistant Dean of Inclusive Excellence and Community Engagement in the University of Cincinnati College of Engineering and Applied Science, the only African-American female currently teaching in the faculty of the College of Engineering. Whitney earned her Bachelor of Science in Biomed- ical Engineering, her Masters of Business Administration in Quantitative Analysis and her Doctorate of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering/Engineering Education. In her role as Assistant Dean
learningenhances undergraduate students’ global sociotechnical competency, especially as it relates totheir ability to define and solve problems with people from diverse disciplinary backgrounds andlife experiences. Situated learning refers to how students learn under different a) configurationsof social relations (e.g., graduate/undergraduate; expert/non-expert; US/non-US students, etc.);b) pedagogical strategies for engineering problem definition and solution (e.g., remote vs.in-person; in-class vs. in-field); and c) different geographical contexts (e.g., in the US vs. inColombia) affect faculty and student learning. Global sociotechnical competency refers to havingthe knowledge, skills, and attitudes to define and solve engineering problems as socio
., Amnesty International); and 4) NGOssupporting larger social movements such as those against international trades regimes (e.g.,Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International – FLO) [4]. This paper focuses mostly inNGOs that work in community development through technology development and capacitybuilding (Group 2) in which most engineering teams participate, while recognizing thatengineers also participate in the three other types of NGOs.2.2 The Emergence of Engineering To Help (ETH) InitiativesAlso beginning in the late 1980s, engineering education reforms attempted to a) emphasizedesign education after three decades of dominance by the engineering sciences [5]–[7], b)increase international education for engineers in light of post-Cold War
Paper ID #32477Collaboration Through Participation: Rethinking Scale Conceptualizationand Development in STEM Education ResearchDr. Cijy Elizabeth Sunny, Baylor University Dr. Cijy Elizabeth Sunny is a PD Research Associate in the Department of Information Systems and Business Analytics, Hankamer School of Business at Baylor University. She is a research methodologist and psychometrician who has applied her skills in quantitative and mixed methods research methodology in the substantive areas of STEM education research, medical education, and more recently in engineering education. Additionally, she has been an educator
Paper ID #34365Development and Delivery of an Interactive Renewable Energy Program forUnder-Represented Minority High School Students in PhiladelphiaDr. Pritpal ”Pali” Singh, Villanova University Dr. Pritpal Singh is Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Villanova University. He re- ceived a BSc in Physics from the University of Birmingham, UK in 1978, and Masters and Ph.D. degrees in Applied Sciences/Electrical Engineering from the University of Delaware in 1981 and 1984, respec- tively. Dr. Singh teaches courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels in the areas of semiconductor microelectronics, renewable