teamwork, communication, data analysis and problem solving [16].Additionally, a recent review of international literature identifying skills needed by graduate andfuture engineers found teamwork and communication skills to be among the top five mostemphasized skills [17]. Despite the body of evidence that should inspire engineering and other STEM faculty toincorporate collaborative activities in their courses, lasting changes in teaching practice havebeen slow to take place [2], [18]. Fairweather [2] noted that faculty perceive curricular changewill take valuable time away from research activities critical to promotion and tenure. This is notnecessarily the case, as barriers to change for STEM faculty have been researched and
Paper ID #25927Pedagogical Ninjas: Using an Additive Innovation Cycle for Faculty Devel-opment of Teaching-focused FacultyHadi Ali, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus Hadi Ali is a doctoral student in Engineering Education Systems and Design at Arizona State University.Dr. Jennifer M. Bekki, Arizona State University Jennifer M. Bekki is an Associate Professor in The Polytechnic School within the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. Her research interests include topics related to engineering stu- dent persistence, STEM graduate students (particularly women), online learning, educational
fit with the pedagogical principles of active learning.In the critical time just before graduation, capstone courses provide engineering students withan opportunity to apply the analytical and technical knowledge learned throughout theundergraduate curriculum in the context of the actual practice of engineering [7]. In a survey of444 ABET-accredited engineering institutions, capstone courses were typically one or two-semesters long, ran parallel class and project requirements, used extensive team-based activities,and culminated in a final project that often originated from industry or faculty research [8]. Thisdesign process offers a distinct learning opportunity for students by providing structuredoccasions to collaborate with each other
acrossa curriculum, there exists an opportunity to engage instructional engineering faculty ineducational reform and broadening participation efforts. However, research is limited on theeffectiveness of different faculty development models for these faculty. Through the analysis ofsurvey data, the findings suggest that the workshop series described in this paper provided avenue for community building among participants and exposure to new techniques and ideas.Overall, this paper makes visible the experiences of these instructional faculty. Specifically, thefindings describe how the workshop supported instructional faculty to take strides towardsimproving the learning experiences of their students. The results have the potential to inform