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Technological Literacy for Undergraduate Students

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Krupczak, Hope College; Lauren Aprill

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AC 2011-1197: DEVELOPMENT OF ENGINEERING LABORATORY PROJECTSFOR GENERAL EDUCATION ENGINEERING COURSESJohn Krupczak, Hope College Professor of Engineering, Hope College, Holland, MI 49423Lauren Aprill Page 22.493.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Development of Engineering Laboratory Projects for General Education Engineering CoursesAbstractA group of laboratory projects is being developed for use in either general education engineeringcourses to improve technological literacy or in introduction to engineering courses. The projectseach focus on the construction of a working

Conference Session

Aspects of Engineering Literacy and Community and Industry Engagement

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Catherine Garner, West Virginia University; Karen E Rambo-Hernandez, West Virginia University ; Afrin Naz, West Virginia University Inst. of Tech.; Mingyu Lu, West Virginia University Institute of Technology

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Paper ID #19768Improving High School Math Teachers’ Confidence and Skills in Assessmentof Engineering Project-Based LearningCatherine Garner, West Virginia University Catherine Garner is a graduate student pursuing a Master of Arts in Educational Psychology with an emphasis in Program Evaluation and Research at West Virginia University and a doctoral degree in Ed- ucation. She is a former mathematics and physics teacher who is now interested in research involving mathematics instruction.Dr. Karen E Rambo-Hernandez, West Virginia University Karen E. Rambo-Hernandez is an assistant professor of educational psychology in

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joakim Sigurd Wren, Linköping University, Sweden

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Diversity

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Paper ID #23641Work in Progress: Projects in Engineering Education – Cross-fertilizationBetween Communication and Situated LearningDr. Joakim Sigurd Wren, Linkoping University, Sweden Joakim Wren is an Associate Professor in Applied Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics at Link¨oping University, Sweden. His interest is on education and research in Engineering Thermodynamics and En- ergy engineering. He has a long experience in development and management of engineering programs and implementation of teaching methods facilitating active learning. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018

Conference Session

New Approaches and Applications to Enhance Technological Literacy - Part II

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kelsey Joy Rodgers, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Krishna Madhavan, Purdue University, West Lafayette; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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moreaware of the field of nanotechnology and its potential impact on their academics, careers, andlives. This research team is a part of the NSF-funded Network for ComputationalNanotechnology (NCN) and is conducting this research on NCN’s initiatives to introduce morestudents to nanotechnology. Through this study we hope to better understand what first-yearengineering (FYE) students learned about nanotechnology through their involvement in ananotechnology-based design project. Twenty-eight teams’ executive summaries werequalitatively analyzed to understand what students discussed in their final descriptions of theirdesign solutions. It was found that teams had difficulty understanding the nanoscale anddifferentiating it from the micro and atomic

Conference Session

Aspects of Engineering Literacy and Community and Industry Engagement

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mike Thomas Pitcher, University of Texas, El Paso; Pedro Arturo Espinoza, University of Texas, El Paso; Oscar Antonio Perez, University of Texas at El Paso; Hugo Gomez, University of Texas, El Paso; Randy Hazael Anaya, University of Texas, El Paso; Hector Erick Lugo Nevarez, University of Texas at El Paso; Peter Golding P.E., University of Texas at El Paso; Erik Lopez; Deena Mustin, UTEP Academic Technologies ; Robin Munoz, Academic Technologies; Jackeline Munoz; Sarah Huizar, UTEP Academic Technologies Learning Environments; Crystal Fernandez-Pena, Carnegie Mellon University; Celena Arreola; Tetyana Zhyvotovska, University of Texas at El Paso

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pedagogically. Currently he works in one of the most technically outstanding buildings in the region where he provides support to students, faculty, and staff in implementing technology inside and outside the classroom, researching new engineering education strategies as well as the technologies to support the 21st century classroom (online and face to face). He also has assisted both the campus as well as the local community in developing technology programs that highlight student skills development in ways that engage and attract individuals towards STEAM and STEM fields by showcasing how those skills impact the current project in real-world ways that people can understand and be involved in. As part of a university that

Conference Session

Innovations in Promoting Technological Literacy I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dan G. Dimitriu, San Antonio College; Simona Dana Dimitriu, Pat Neff Middle School - Northside Independent School District (NISD); Thomas Gadsden Jr., Our Lady of the Lake University

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by 2010 [4].The problem presented by these new facts is not new but has becoame more pressing with thedevelopment of a global economy. So, how do we help the teachers find new ideas and newmethods that will attract and excite students to learn difficult subjects such as Math and Science?How do we empower them to take initiative and develop new projects and lesson plans that willhelp students accept and overcome the modern world’s technical challenges?In the 1950s, a famous French mathematician, Hadamard [5], found a massive disconnectbetween how we teach math and science and how mathematicians and scientists actually work.He concluded that what the intellectual tools mathematicians and scientistsy used to accomplishtheir work was more

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alyson Grace Eggleston, The Citadel; Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

industry. However, traditional, humanities-based writing courses are often the soleformal writing preparation provided for engineering students. While the humanities offercourses that mandate expository, argumentative, and analytical writing, engineering studentsoften overlook similar reasoning styles between engineering and the humanities due to the starkdifference in content discussed. Additionally, technical writing within engineering, whichincludes published research, reports, presentations, among other knowledge products, isproduced and organized according to differing conventions than those followed in thehumanities. This paper discusses the design and implementation of a Technical Writing andCommunication course, anchored in Project-based

Conference Session

New Approaches and Applications to Enhance Technological Literacy - Part II

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thalia Anagnos, San Jose State University; Becky Carroll, Inverness Research, Inc.; Shannon Weiss, David Heil & Associates, Inc.; David R. Heil, David Heil & Associates, Inc.

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Paper ID #6419Public Works for Public Learning: A Case StudyDr. Thalia Anagnos, San Jose State University Thalia Anagnos is a professor in the General Engineering Department at San Jose State University where she has taught since 1984. Her research interests are in structural engineering, earthquake loss estimation and risk analysis, engineering education, and informal education. On this project she is helping to develop materials aimed at K-12 that complement the exhibits.Becky Carroll, Inverness Research, Inc. Becky Carroll has worked for Inverness Research since 1990. Her work has involved studies of K-12

Conference Session

Technological Literacy for Undergraduate Students

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Randy Libros, Community College of Philadelphia

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

is designed to promote technological literacy byintroducing students to basic scientific principles in Biology, Chemistry and Physics, showinghow these principles are applied in areas such as biotechnology and nanotechnology, andexploring societal issues related to these technologies. An intended outcome of the course is thatstudents will be able to apply this framework to a technology not explicitly covered in the class.Assessment of this outcome is based upon student performance on a final project, where they areasked to do just that.Technological literacy has been defined as “an understanding of the nature and history oftechnology, a basic-hands-on capability related to technology, and an ability to think criticallyabout technological

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Wayne Freeman P.E., U.S. Coast Guard Academy; J. Alex Birdwell, Northwestern University; Emma Tevaarwerk, Northwestern University; Ken Gentry, Northwestern University; Ordel Brown, Northwestern University

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process prior to their capstoneexperience. Over the years, the one course grew to two courses- spreading components of thedesign process over two quarters, and giving the students more responsibility in the second.The courses have a 50-minute lecture and two 80-minute studio sessions weekly. Studentsregister a lecture and a studio section. The studio sections consist of up to 16 students andinclude two instructors: one engineering and one communication faculty. Additionally, studentsform groups of four and are paired with an external client who poses the problem statement.For the first course, there is one project per studio section. For the second course, the majorityof the sections have up to four projects- one for each four-student team.These

Conference Session

Engineering Literacy: Champions of Engineering in General Education

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian P Kirkmeyer, Miami University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

amounts required or at the price points of the past havechallenged these companies significantly. In addition, newer technologies like 3D printing andadvanced computer methods have begun to change the game for creating and distributing music.Both of these topics and others continue to allow the instructor to relate the music-related issuesto the bigger picture of engineering and technology in general society.In response to both the growing interest in the course among high-ability students and the needsof the host university, an Honors section was created and approved. This new offering enhancesthe experience of these students by requiring the completion of a guitar design project. Startingwith basic guitar parts, student teams must identify

Conference Session

Aspects of Engineering Literacy and Community and Industry Engagement

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lina Trigg, William Mason High School; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

activities that maintain the going concerns of their workplaces, which areuniversities. Engineering research is of course a form of engineering work, but itsaccountabilities are clearly different from the work practices of engineering professionals outsideof academia who are involved in realizing engineering projects” (Stevens & Johri & O’Connor,2013, 132). In this paper, the gap will be focused the on how students are taught to solvecomplex problems and how professionals solve complex problems in industry. This gap isexplored by interviewing engineering professionals on the tools and techniques they use in theirdaily work to solve complex problems.The academia-industry gap is caused by a disconnect between industry expectations and

Conference Session

Objectives, Assessment, and Methods for Teaching Technological Literacy

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven R. Walk, Old Dominion University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

timing of literacy requirements. Still otherwise promisingtechnologies never reach a significant substitution level, and need not be considered, after all, ina literacy criteria study. The establishment of criteria for assessing technological literacy then,now, and in the future, could significantly be better targeted and more effective if trajectories ofdiffusing technologies and their applications were available.New techniques in forecasting technology change have given fresh perspectives on acceptancecriteria and adoption rates of new technology. Quantitative technology forecasting studies haveproven reliable in projecting technological and social change using relatively simple models suchas logistic growth and substitution patterns

Conference Session

Promoting Engineering and Technological Literacy

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jonathan Grunert, Virginia Tech; Stephanie G. Adams, Virginia Tech

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.3 Though not anexhaustive comprehension, engineering literacy develops citizens through their participation in aculture and society that depends on engineering projects. Engineering literate persons functionfully within such a society, participating in engineering projects not only insofar as engineeringtraining is required, but also in recognition of the broader social impact of those projects. In previous work in engineering literacy, we identified four major factors as significant inself-assessments of engineering literacy: Basic knowledge of engineers and engineering, Impactsof engineering on human life, Thinking and acting like an engineer, and Basic skills in the use oftechnology.4 We used these factors to develop a survey that

Conference Session

Exploration of Broad Issues and Promotion of Engineering and Technological Literacy

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Dan G. Dimitriu, San Antonio College

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.● Because families wonder why the students spend a large amount of their free time at theMESA Center, Family Night was implemented to share some of the projects in a fun, engagingand interactive environment. This is an excellent opportunity to expand the reach of ourtechnology literacy efforts outside of our school environment. On average 15 to 30 familiesparticipate in this event.● Core4STEM Program [9] is a three-day celebration of education and career opportunities in“STEM” organized by the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Since its inception, tenyears ago, its mission is to stimulate students’ interest in the sciences and lead them todiscoveries about their own potential in these areas and provides immersion in the excitement,surprise

Conference Session

Engineering Literacy: Champions of Engineering in General Education

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Flath, Macalester College; Diane P Michelfelder, Macalester College

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Diversity

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notable exceptions,including Smith College’s “Engineering for Everyone” course, Wellesley’s “Making aDifference Through Engineering” and Hope College’s “Science and Technology in EverydayLife” (see the “Engineering-Enhanced Liberal Education Project” on the ASEE website foradditional detail), courses focused on engineering and the engineered world and accessible to awide array of undergraduate students are not widespread in the liberal arts college environment.There are many reasons for this, ranging from lack of faculty expertise, tools, and design spacesto philosophically-related suspicions that engineering is a theoretically impoverished and/or “tooprofessional” field of study, as well as the idea that the everyday technological world as a

Conference Session

Engineering and Technological Literacy: Past and Future

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven R. Walk, Old Dominion University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

MethodologyQuantitative technology forecasting is the process of projecting in time the intersection of socialneeds and technological capabilities using quantitative methods. In QTF, technology is definedas any human creation that provides a compelling advantage to sustain or improve that creation,such as materials, methods, or systems that displace, support, amplify, or enable human activity.By this broad definition, technologies include not only the usual hardware and software we allrecognize such as computers, automobiles, telecommunications systems, etc., but also suchdevelopments as accounting, law, learning systems, etc. It has been shown that rates of newtechnology adoption and rates of change in technology performance take on characteristicpatterns in

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Neelam Prabhu Gaunkar, Iowa State University; Mani Mina, Iowa State University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

literacy courses. We do have few students who take it from collegeof design to satisfy their technology requirements and other colleges, but the numbers are not high.Most of the students are from different engineering programs. They take this class for technicalrequirements of their program. The class is most popular for students in Computer Engineering.It is designed for students who are interested in electromagnetism (EM) but are not necessarilyinspired by calculus-based version. While the students see and discuss the relevant mathematicaltools and concepts, they are not required to show the mastery on that, unless they decide to havetheir final project in area that require calculus depth. The course is focused on concepts,applications, the

Conference Session

New Approaches and Applications to Enhance Technological Literacy - Part II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William R Loendorf, Eastern Washington University; Terence L Geyer, Eastern Washington University; Donald C. Richter, Eastern Washington University

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Astronautical Engineering from The Ohio State University, M.S. and Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of Arkansas. He holds a Professional Engineer certification and worked as an Engineer and Engineering Manger in industry for 20 years before teaching. His interests include project management, robotics /automation and air pollution dispersion modeling. Page 23.1335.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Using Scale Models to Promote Technological LiteracyAbstractThe use of technologies by humans is nothing new. In actuality, humans have utilizedtechnologies of

Conference Session

Engineering Literacy: Champions of Engineering in General Education

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert M. Briber, University of Maryland, College Park; Romel D Gomez P.E., University of Maryland, College Park

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start of the programand growing to 400-500 students across seven courses after three years. The courses werecapped at 80 students per course and often had a waiting list indicating unmet demand fromstudents. Faculty engagement was engendered through “teaching exchange” meetings threetimes per semester to discuss issues with running group projects, student teaming, peerevaluation and other topics of mutual interest. Assessment of student performance was discussedbut proved difficult due to the breadth of the courses in the project spanning engineering, physics,entomology, atmospheric science, agricultural science and geology. This was revisited when theI-Series courses were developed (see Tables 1 and 2).The model of the Marquee courses was

Conference Session

TELPhE Division Technical Session 2: The Broadening Face of Engineering Education

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Mousumi Roy P.E., University of Connecticut

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across programs betweendifferent engineering disciplines.Multidisciplinary, Interdisciplinarity and Transdisciplinary:As noted in Figure 1, multidisciplinarity is not a new phenomenon while interdisciplinarity is agrowing trend. However, there is a lack of consensus in the literature as to the definition of‘‘interdisciplinarity’’. Stokols et al. [5] provided distinct definitions describing the levels ofunion among different disciplines such as interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, cross disciplinary,and transdisciplinary science. In a multidisciplinary project, participants work independentlyusing their own discipline-specific knowledge to address a common problem. Relatedly, amultidisciplinary individual has knowledge in two or more academic

Conference Session

Objectives, Assessment, and Methods for Teaching Technological Literacy

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Scott Bartholomew; Geoff Wright, Brigham Young University; Ron Terry, Brigham Young University

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related to technology for learners in the 21st century. Sadly, thesestandards have been widely underused. In an associated study to this project, the PI’s surveyedall 50 state’s technological literacy standards. Only 30% of the states cited the STL and ITEEA’sstandards within their technology curriculum standards. Often times the ITEEA standards do notcorrelate, line-up, or relate to the specific state standards for education.6 Hence the impetus ofthis study: to enlarge technology education pre-service teacher understanding of curriculumdevelopment and content by having them develop STL centered curriculum.MethodologyIn a graduate class at Brigham Young University (BYU) in the spring of 2010, six students andtwo professors explored how the

Conference Session

Communication Across the Divisions II: Communication and Transdisciplinary Pedagogies

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey J. Evans, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Amy S. Van Epps, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michael Thomas Smith; Sorin Adam Matei, Purdue University Polytechnic Institute; Esteban Garcia

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be made more truthful and productive. He is the leader of the NSF funded project KredibleNet, whose goal is to set the agenda for computational social science analysis of authorship, leadership, trust and credibility in knowledge markets. He has published papers and developed software that aim to make this into a reality. Among the tools he has created are: KredibleNet: kredible.net Visible Effort: veffort.us Alterpode: alterpode.net Visible Past: visiblepast.net Ubimark: ubimark.com/inDr. Esteban Garcia Page 26.127.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tylesha D. Drayton, The Ohio State University

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innovation, makerspaces and technology-assisted learning. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Beyond the Maker Movement: A Preliminary Partial Literature Review on the Role of Makerspaces in Engineering EducationabstractMakerspaces have grown over the last few years as public awareness of the maker movement hasincreased. Makerspaces are open to the public as community design studios that cultivatecreative and technology-based projects alike. Fabrication labs and makerspaces serve ascollective organizations that help facilitate design and prototyping for individuals that may nothave access to that equipment or material outside of that physical location. In engineeringeducation, there is a vast

Conference Session

Defining and Refining Technological and Engineering Literacy

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Presentacion Rivera-Reyes, Utah State University - Engineering Education; Oenardi Lawanto, Utah State University; Raymond Edward Boyles, Technology and Engineering Education

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delivery method must accommodate students with resources. The project method,used in the late 20th century is still in use today.Stillman H. Robinson, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Illinois Industrial Universityat Urbana, believed through industrial demands that engineering required craftsmanapprenticeship. The idea of the project method was a vehicle to combine hands on training withengineering studies [12]. The project method of teaching, although fitting for Robinson, offeredone flaw in that it was time-consuming. A new system that offered organization and allotted timeto gain knowledge and skills necessary for employment would emerge. Robinson’s methodwould be altered by the Russians. The Russian system of Victor Della Vos

Conference Session

Promoting Technological Literacy

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College-Dublin

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contribute, in this case, to engineering and technological literacy. While theteacher should determine what should be learnt the traditional methods of the stage of“precision” will not achieve “romance”. Methods more akin to those used in primary(elementary) schools are better tuned for its accomplishment e.g., projects and case studies.Whitehead attributed the success of the Montessori system to the dominance of romance in theprogramme [8, p 62) but as has been shown project work and case studies and methods likedebating also require the completion of the other stages of the cycle. It is to quote EdmundHolmes “the path to realisation” [cited in 8, p 66]. It provides the initial basis for insight into thefield of human inquiry and human opinion that

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William R. Loendorf, Eastern Washington University; Jason K Durfee P.E. P.E., Eastern Washington University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

misfortunes with frequentfailures and limited success. Regrettably, most of these ancient tools and technologies were lostover time simply decomposing back into dust. Technological change has accelerated rapidly to apoint where what is new today is obsolete tomorrow. No longer are products repaired for futureuse as they were for centuries, they are simply thrown away and replaced with new models withmore features. This is especially true for technological artifacts from the past hundred or soyears. The artifacts remaining were often left in attics, basements, sheds, closets, and otheroverlooked spaces. They were hidden from sight, simply forgotten gathering dust, eventuallydiscarded, and ended up in a dump or landfill. Twelve years ago a project was

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin

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the skills of design, fabrication, testing and the use of equipment. It must aimto ensure that the producers of technology can be mastered and managed to promote socialand economic well-being” (Item 55, p 69).“An important principle which is enshrined in this report is the idea that the universalcharacter of technology necessarily constitutes a unifying mechanism and levelling forcebetween the social classes within the education system” (Item 55, p 70)Technology is seen tobe something different to science, and a separate programme is required for its development. To this end the French Ministry of Education decided to introduce a curriculum onTechnologie in which the principal teaching method would be the project (Item 54). In orderto

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mani Mina, Iowa State University

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them to engage confidently.The question is how can this reflective thinking be used in the engineering classes? Thetechnological literacy classes do not delve deeply into many concepts yet students seemed tohave better connectivity between major concepts. They also demonstrated a special passion tofollow up their learning and take actions based on advancing their knowledge in their researchand creating their projects in upper level classes. This is interesting, in particular when onethinks about how they clearly did not like the subject to begin with. With all this in mind, wedecided to see how we could bring the same concepts and use of reflective thinking into theengineering classes. There were challenges, but the effort showed successful

Conference Session

Experience in Assessing Technological Literacy

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claire L. Antaya, Arizona State University; Kristen Parrish PhD, Arizona State University; Elizabeth A Adams P.E., Chandler Gilbert Community College; Amy E. Landis, Arizona State University

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two staff, developing energy efficiency programs, and researching the technical and non-technical barriers to energy efficiency in the buildings sector. She has a background in collaborative design and integrated project delivery. She holds a BS and MS in Civil Engineering from the University of Michigan and a PhD in Civil Engineering from UC Berkeley.Elizabeth A AdamsProf. Amy E. Landis, Arizona State University Page 23.570.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Experiential Learning in the Civil Engineering Curriculum: Collaborations between