. Therefore, conveying engineering ideas, a topic that is already complex, exponentially increasedin difficulty. It took a major sense of empathy to grasp the challenge that Brazilian students were havingfully. To communicate in your non-native language all day with fluent speakers is draining, compoundedby the stress of meeting project deadlines; students must take a step back and reflect upon the struggles ofothers. Additionally, the Brazilian mentor was another interesting dynamic that must be navigated. Theywere the head point of communication for all case studies and relayed sensitive information about theCPFL’s internal struggles. Navigating these foreign relationships effectively determined the group’ssuccess. Being able to synthesize
Paper ID #44083Exploring and Expanding Support for International Students in Engineering:Faculty Reflections Beyond Academic BoundariesAnimesh Paul, University of Georgia Animesh, originally from Tripura, India, brings a diverse and liberal background, shaped by his military upbringing, to his role as a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Georgia’s Engineering Education and Transformative Practices program. Holding a bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Electrical Engineering from KIIT University, he currently conducts research under Dr. Racheida Lewis, focusing on equity and inclusion within engineering education
has been a prominent means to develop a global skillset [1].Since 2019, Penn State University’s College of Engineering has offered a three-week summerstudy abroad program to develop global competencies through a technical communication coursepaired with a cultural course in a Como, Italy. In 2023, the faculty employed innovations to bothprepare participants for their sojourn while enhancing the potential to foster global competencies.An asynchronous, remote pre-departure course primed students before departure. They wereintroduced to the language and culture of the region, including using tools/ assignments such asrecording dialogues, and reflections, engaging with natives through a digital cultural exchangeplatform, and creating individual
employedparticipant interviews to identify the components of the “Como, Italy Technical Presentation andCross-Cultural Engagement” faculty-led study abroad program that were most relevant todeveloping global competencies in engineering students. In addition, the factors that helped andhindered the acquisition of this skillset were explored utilizing Critical Incident Technique(CIT).Local student interactions, an academic preparation and culture class, free time/personalexploration, guided excursions, and reflection were found to be significant as both programcomponents and helping factors in the development of global competencies. Cultural immersion,interactions with locals, and faculty encouragement were important as program components butnot explicitly
theprocess of listening, learning and reflecting to develop knowledge, skills, attitudes andcommitments to engage across diverse groups in open, effective and socially responsible ways.Accordingly, this project adopts the three student learning outcomes for the UD International andIntercultural Leadership Certificate which identify that students will be able to 1. Explain how issues of social justice, power and privilege are shaped in a variety of contexts. 2. Use language and knowledge of other cultures effectively and appropriately to communicate, connect and build relationships with people in other cultural communities. 3. Express respect and thoughtful engagement with people across cultures.These outcomes focus on the
training, and partner development. These business achievements are reflected in his academic activities through the designing of lectures and mobility programs with practical implementation perspectives. Ishizaki has been actively presenting and publishing his academic achievements at international conferences in the Asia Pacific region and North America such as APAIE, WERA, and NAFSA. He earned a Master of Business Administration majoring in international business at the University of Southern California in the United States of America, and a Bachelor in Law at Hitotsubashi University in Japan.Dr. Maria Anityasari, Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology - ITS Maria Anityasari is the Director of ITS Global Engagement
these students toattain multiple objectives by gaining international experience while simultaneously honing theirprofessional skills. This study aims to understand the experiences of engineering studentsparticipating in a summer ten-week long faculty-led internship abroad program in Ireland. Weanalyzed reflection papers from four students who completed the internship program andanalyzed their experiences. Preliminary findings reveal that internships abroad enhance students’adaptability, a crucial skill in the global engineering profession. Participants gained insights intonavigating international workplaces, understanding diverse work dynamics, and developingskills like workplace etiquette and cross-cultural teamwork. The study emphasizes
trajectories, student motivation, and learning. Sreyoshi has been recognized as a Fellow at the Academy for Teaching Excellence at Virginia Tech (VTGrATE) and a Fellow at the Global Perspectives Program (GPP) and was inducted to the Yale Bouchet Honor Society during her time at Virginia Tech. She has also been honored as an Engaged Ad- vocate in 2022 and an Emerging Leader in Technology (New ELiTE) in 2021 by the Society of Women Engineers. Views expressed in this paper are the author’s own, and do not necessarily reflect those of organizations she is associated with. Learn more about Sreyoshi’s impact - www.ThatStatsGirl.comDr. Racheida S. Lewis, University of Georgia Dr. Racheida S. Lewis, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor
, the stretching of the hands through awindow on a cold morning is used to gauge the weather condition. African educators who wantto enact CSP should consider observations of their students of paramount importance. Thisemphasis is rooted in cultural (i.e., African) perspectives and aligns with the paradigmaticapproach of CSP, promoting observation as a way of knowing. 11. Reflects on Teaching Practices The ability of teachers to self-reflect on teaching practices is an essential component of the CSPframework [13]. By reflecting on their instructional practices, teachers examine their actionswithin the classroom and the underlying philosophies and beliefs that power their decisions andactions. This critical reflection can then improve
course viaZoom, called “ACTIVA tu Speaking (AtuS).” The USGA students spoke Spanish whileMexicanUG students spoke English. The students jointly chose two projects, performednecessary research, and designed prototypes to meet the design needs of their respectivecommunities. This course was not originally conducted as an engineering educationresearch project; thus, this is a retrospective summary. Using a promotional video thatthe USGA students produced about the course and the course reflection paragraph thateach USGA student wrote, we performed a word frequency analysis. Based on the wordfrequency analysis, we conclude that the students’ identification as engineers increased,students connected their academic engineering to real-world problems
engagement, and academic integrity as Assistant Dean since 2014. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Preparing for Student Success in Global Competency and AwarenessEngineering student global awareness is qualitatively and quantitatively assessed in anengineering-specific preparation course through the undergraduate global engagement office at alarge land-grant university. This course was designed to introduce students to globalcompetencies, reflective practice, and foreign language for non-English speaking destinations.Data captured from several semesters indicates a positive trend of student satisfaction andincreased competencies. This data is corroborated by identifying important connections
a number of reasons, including ensuring that academic terminology and workshopmaterials were relevant and well adapted to the local institutional context. Further, it helpedbuild capacity and expertise through authentic partnership and knowledge sharing. There wasalso parity in leadership and contribution for running the workshop exercises. Finally, agileapproaches–like on-the-fly changes to facilitation activities in response to the energy andexperiences of the faculty participants in the room, as well as post-mortem reflections at theend of each day–help the team pivot exercises.Secondly, the workshop was designed exclusively using active learning strategies. A pitfall ofworkshops on active learning strategy is that the pedagogical
make use of Hofstede's dimensions, which in an original studyyielded four dimensions of culture that distinguish countries from each other [9]:Individualism, which is the capacity to belong to a group and to work collectively.Power distance reflects the relationship between dependence and the degree to whichgroups can accept an unequal distribution of power. Uncertainty avoidance considershow individuals cope with uncertainty. And masculinity assesses the emotional rolesamong members of society and estimates how much a society is driven by competitionand success [20]. However, through new research in 23 countries, Hofstede added afifth dimension called long-term orientation that reflects the encouragement of futurereward-oriented activities
set ofsix-piece chicken nuggets they can produce within 15-minutes. The points serve as a metric forthe overall productivity of the country and world during the game. The game is played twicewithin a 65-minute class session. The first game does not have any tariffs imposed and thusrepresents a liberalized trade environment. The game is then run a second time under a scenarioin which one country has invaded another country and in response multiple countries haveimposed import tariffs on each other. Students also spend five-minutes reflecting on what theylearned about international trade. While the specific results change each time new student teamsplay the game, the general results that a) there are winners and losers from tariffs and b
(InternationalProfessional Engineering Educator Registered) title was achieved through the project“Pedagogical training of engineering educators—EnTER" (created in 2018). This wasachieved with the support of the only professional regulatory body that overseesengineering teaching professionals, the International Standard Classification ofOccupations (ISCO), with code 2311 (ISCO Code 08) as “Higher education teachingprofessional: Engineering educator" [4–6]. Thus, this article will show how the reviewedprograms are structured, and will provide a proposal for engineering that seeks to reflect,innovate, and rethink its teaching practices. Some research shows that engineering teachingpractices closely linked to the concept of traditional science are recognized, but in
, quantitative and qualitative approach to fully comprehendwhat happens holistically during the immersion experience. The goal should be not just to collectobjective data with validated psychometric instruments such as the IDI, but rather to obtain morenuanced insights into the students’ study abroad experience and processing of their sojournsabroad through qualitative analysis of student reflections. Similarly, Cohen et al [10] argue thatsolely relying on quantitative assessment may not bring to light important nuances of thecomplex experience abroad. Likewise, Streitwieser and Light [11] call for placing emphasis onindividual student perceptions and reflections. Most recently, Mu et al [12] have shown thatimportant insights can be gained when zeroing
inequality, ignoring communityquestions and concerns, or failing to consider the consequences of communities when assessingprogram success [14]. The research tested CC with 150 students in two US universities through asurvey consisting of 46 items that capture systems of oppression in civil engineering throughthree indicators (Critical Reflection: Perceived Inequality; Critical Reflection: Egalitarianism;and Critical Action: Sociopolitical Perception). The study highlighted that such an instrumentcan also be used to assess ABET SOs 2 and 4.Baideme et al. conducted an evaluation on how group learning impacted the curriculum andcourses across junior- and senior-level environmental engineering courses at 14 institutions,considering ABET SO 5 which
freely and unconditionally through stories[60], that can convey the intended messages [58], such that stakeholders can fully understand hislived experiences both at home and abroad over time [61]. The narrative inquiry approach has afluid nature and is flexible, to capture distinct and reflective narratives [59], [62] of the lived andeducational experiences [47] of Apex through various data collection methods (e.g., interviews,participant observation, and focus groups), and from that creating experiences for theengineering education community, that is tension-free, calm and relaxing storytelling [58], [63]–[65]. This way, the research team will be able to gather extensive and triangulated data whoseconstructs, themes, and interpretations [66
experiences are often facilitated by participation in short-term study-abroad programs [5].Recently, studies assessing the impact of these programs on engineering students have beencompleted. One study conducted video analysis reflections to assess the students' learningoutcomes [6]. The students in this research initially focused on communication and environmentalfactors, gradually shifting their reflection points to include cultural reflections later in the program.Students also connected their cultural observations to their engineering field.Existing frameworkCollaborative Online International Learning (COIL) is a crucial tool developed in the early 2000sto provide intercultural engagement among students [7]. This pedagogical method
, it must be prepared for, facilitated, and reflected on in particular ways and that“intercultural learning does not happen automatically”. [13] Study abroad programs, especiallyshort-term ones, need to carefully develop and plan a program that provides opportunities forenhancing global competencies. Especially knowing that immersion by itself is not sufficient forstudent learning and ensuring direct focus on cultural exchange and how intercultural learninghappens is important for the success of short-term programs.[10] Davis and Knight found thatwell-structured study abroad programs that prepare students before departure, offer support forthem to leave their comfort zone during their time abroad, and integrate their experience uponreturn help
viewing knowledge as constructed by the knower’s interactionwith surroundings such as experts, world, and texts [5].Individual experiences have been shown to reflect how people perceive and make sense of theknowledge being handed to those individuals. Individuals under authoritative governments oftenregard educators and textbooks as the primary sources of unquestionable knowledge, influencingthe shaping of their personal epistemological beliefs. The same concept applies to the culture inwhich an individual experiences. For example, when considering Youn's study in Korea, theauthor emphasizes the contrast of the cultures between the two countries in individualism-collectivism, power-distance, uncertainty-avoidance, and masculinity-femininity. Thus
training. This can be achieved throughuniversity professional development programs such as workshops, events, courses, andadditional resources that have a DEI perspective. In addition to adopting inclusive teachingpractices that reflect the basic principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion [11], [12], it isimportant to ensure clear and objective language, conventional structure, and precise words.In the STEM field, the issue of teacher development with a DEI approach can be particularlychallenging. STEM teachers often encounter additional obstacles in identifying authenticgoals, objectives, and tasks related to DEI [13], [14]. There is often a lack of consensus orunderstanding regarding the definition of DEI activities, who should participate
course facilitators (ELAs). The grading rubric for the groupproject was based on previous HCD projects implementation at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, using the following set of criteria: context, identified need, iterative process,reflection on feedback, solution, next steps, and presentation organization and skills. Thecomplete rubric is included in the Appendix A. For the second round of the project, a group peerevaluation was also developed based on feedback from the year before those students felt therewas an unequal distribution of work in some teams. The project runs from mid-October through mid-November for a total of six weeks.These dates were chosen because they fall between Chinese National Day and Fall Break for
Engineering Student Teams) program is a GVT programestablished in Canada. It was designed to create a realistic work experience for engineeringstudents within a virtual global team project. They were involved in active experiments whilelearning and reflecting on a new experience with a learning concept known as global competencymodules (GCMs), which is a key component of GVT that supports virtual learning andcollaboration activities globally, including intercultural competence, decision making,communication, and relationship building. The InVEST study showed that intercultural activitiesprovide a unique lens to students to exhibit intercultural sensitivities to virtual global teamprojects and can facilitate better collaboration with students from
perspective of a mentee who latertransitioned into a mentor at the admin/management level, this does not reflect a full view of astudent perspective. Instead, it highlights a unique trajectory stemming from a successfulmentorship program. Future studies could achieve a more nuanced understanding of thedynamics within mentorship programs by interviewing both mentees and mentors. Thisapproach would explore how the experiences of students/mentees influence these programs andcontribute to the reciprocal relationship often highlighted in interviews as a key aspect of thementee/mentor relationship.Only one student was interviewed, while the remaining three sites involvedadmin/management-level staff. This does not reflect a full view of the “student
-distance culture in India [12], where students do notquestion or openly disagree or complain about faculty, to a low power-distance culture in the USwhere students are expected to discuss, question and share expectations created challenges inteacher-student interactions. Also, in the US institution, expectations from students for activelearning are high, and they do not hesitate to express their displeasure.At the US institution, the program has seen a relatively high rate of turnover among non-whitenon-male new hires, which could also be reflective of the culture. The work culture and dailyroutine at the workplace is also quite different compared to India. For example, consistent withan individualistic society, faculty in the US institution
graduate study, whetherthe student’s family will be supportive of graduate study, and when the student might attendgraduate school. There was also a related query about the highest degree the student planned toobtain. Six of the queries employed a ten-point rating scale while the other two were multiple-choice questions from which one response was to be selected. Summaries of the responses ineach topic area follow.The differences between the IRAP and R2R cohorts are clearly reflected in the ratings submittedfor the queries that used ten-point scales (Table 4). The R2R group submitted higher ratings forevery query which reflects their status as upperclassmen and proximity to graduate study.While increases in means existed from pre- to post
transitions in thiscollaborative autoethnography work.3. MethodsAutoethnography (AE) can be described as a study of the self, where the self acts as a window tothe world, society, or culture. AE, where the researcher acts as both participant and researcher,oftentimes gets critiqued for being self-absorbing and mere naval-gazing. To overcome thelimitation of AE, in Collaborative Autoethnography (CAE), a team of researchers workscollectively to collect, analyze, and interpret data to “gain a meaningful understanding ofsociocultural phenomena reflected in their autobiographical data” [11, p. 24]. By allowing eachresearcher to share their narrative in a way that resonates with others, collaborativeautoethnography is regarded as a transformative process
application).The presence of both the mine and the digital tools allows for a reflectiveness within thestudent. In that they can reflect upon the teachings from a theoretical perspective and applythat to various instances and use cases within the Simulacrum. As the mine and its subsequentdigital interventions allow for an experience in which students can repeatedly come back to,as this enables active student participation and observation through experimentation. Thefollowing examples demonstrate the application of XR tools developed for education in themining industry: • ThoroughTec Simulation’s CYBERMINE: is designed to fully replicate a mining vehicle’s cabin which virtually simulates the operation of real-world, heavy-duty mining
-technicalskillssuchascommunicationandteamwork(Hotalingetal.,2012).However,mostengineeringcurricularemaintraditionally,focusingonscientificfoundations and technological achievements, also increasing emphasis on design (Hadgraft,2017).Approachingamoreholisticperspectivearoundglobe,institutessuchasOlinCollegeofEngineering(Olin),MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology(MIT),EindhovenUniversityofTechnology(TU/e),andUniversityCollegeLondon(UCL)arereformingengineeringeducationintermsofprogramre-structuring,flexiblecurriculum designing, and pedagogies innovating to reflect challenges facing engineering in modernsociety. Olinservesasanuniquestoryofintegratedacademicexperience(Olin,2017).Thecollegeproposedthatstudents should be prepared to predict, create, and manage future technologies, rather than