entrepreneurial, multi-disciplinary productdevelopment projects from the first year, students not only become multi-functional, self-directed and team-oriented, but better understand the context of the latter courses in theircurricula. The program emphasizes higher-order skill development, including: problem and taskidentification in ill-defined problems; decision making under uncertainty and lack ofinformation; integrating, connecting, and reflecting on diverse areas of knowledge; and writtenand oral communication. We also evaluate our progress based on several related sources ofqualitative and quantitative assessment information. The paper concludes by exploring the majorissues and lessons learned in program implementation.Overview of collaborative
the most part, this is not the population that graduateeducation in the United States has served historically. Yet it is increasingly the population upon which business,industry, education, government, and our health care systems depend for expertise and leadership.” 10Recommendation 2: New Model Development and Vision to Supportthe Mission and Purpose of the Creative Engineering Profession in Industry.The second direction for new model development reflects upon the need to address the specific aims ofprofessionally oriented graduate education to support the mission and purpose of the engineering profession inindustry and to support what engineering leaders are responsible for doing in creative professional practice. Mostof the nation’s
at a Field of Engineering 12:30-1:15pm Lunch 1:15-2:00pm EiE Unit Lesson 3—Scientific Data Informs Engineering Design 2:00-2:45pm EiE Unit Lesson 4—Engineering Design Challenge 2:45-3:15pm Overview of EiE Teacher Guide and Online Educator Resources; Time for Participants to Review Teacher Guide and Plan 3:15-3:30pm Wrap-Up, Reflection, Post-Workshop SurveyWe begin each workshop by reviewing the goals for participants, asking them if they have anygoals they would like to add, and then giving an overview of the day’s agenda. Becauseengineering and technology are new subjects for many, if not most, elementary school teachers,we always begin our workshops with two hand
Both Sides of the Equation: Learner and TeacherAbstractAn engineering professor decided to retake a first-semester calculus course under thetutelage of the chair of mathematics at Boise State University. While completing thecourse with 37 other students, she had in-depth experiences as a student of a calculusclass as well as an experienced educator with a strong background on STEM retention.During the course, she recorded her observations and experiences in the classroom. Themath professor also shared reflections on his teaching, observations of his students, andperspectives on the influence of her presence in his class.The two professors’ reflections enabled us to identify a set of student assumptions andlearning
will report%"#"! " # $ "%higher levels of learning outcomes. Therefore we hypothesize:H2: Those students who actively seek out advice and problem-solving help from their peers will reporthigher learning on a range of learning outcomes than those who do not.Yet, within a student group, there may be variations in confidence and intellectual maturity. For example,junior students are likely to believe in the certainty of knowledge and omniscience of authority, whereasmore senior students have learned to recognize the contextual nature of knowledge and to gather and useappropriate evidence to support their judgments, as well to question their judgments in the light of theavailable evidence [15]. This variation reflects, for example, empirically
Group Week Module F Humans in Space Both GroupCourse DesignAeroverse was offered as a for-credit, pass/fail course that focused on introductory fundamentaltopics and therefore had no pre-requisite requirement. As such, students were expected to attendevery class and submit assignments for grades. The assignments included pre-readings beforeevery class, a pre-reading quiz, a pre-class reflection, an in-lab worksheet, a post-class quiz, and apost-class reflection. The post-class reflection recorded how enjoyable students found the class andhow confident they were that the class allowed them to meet certain learning objectives. The latterresults were compared to the pre-class reflection that
organizational change at the graduate level within one university’s College ofEngineering (COE). As members of this center strive to make equity-focused changes within theCOE, we must ensure our thinking considers the decentralized nature of graduate educationwithin the institution. Moreover, we must also grapple with faculty resistance to change,regardless of reason. The purpose of this work-in-progress research study is to report on thedevelopment of a reflection instrument that can be used to assist change leaders in determiningtheir unit’s readiness for change. In particular, we will report on instrument development,piloting results, and the current instrument iteration. We leverage the Competing Values CultureFramework (CVCF) to better understand
approaches to • Student reflections community-engaged research • New programs and curricula • Disseminate community-engaged STEM • Research products graduate traineeship model. • Publications and conference presentations • Trainees publish papers with authors from • Collaborative grant proposals multiple disciplines; • Student placement statistics • New transdisciplinary collaborations. • Community of diversity recruitment • Trainees articulate and analyze the advocates
toengage students in the practices of front-end design [4] supporting students throughout each lesson todevelop a strong understanding of stakeholder need while exploring the ill-structured, real-world issue ofwater conservation. Another central purpose of the curriculum was to help students draw connectionsbetween and leverage science, engineering, and social or community knowledge. The curriculumsupported students to explore this problem locally, understanding water conservation issues andchallenges in their own communities, to allow students to leverage funds of knowledge [12], [13] andtheir local expertise as they engaged in the process of front-end design. The summative assessment at theend of our series of lessons is an extended reflection
website of the Confederation Bridge (http://confederationbridge.com/en)2, aWikipedia article on the Confederation Bridge(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederation_Bridge)3 and a personal website for theConfederation Bridge (http://www.tourcanada.com/cbridge.htm)4. Students were asked toassess the accuracy, authority, bias, audience level, and currency of each of the web sites.Students were then asked reflection questions, to help them transfer the critical thinking skillsused in this exercise to their assignments and everyday life.Selected learning objectives for this station, as stated in the handout, were to: • Reflect on the quality of habitually used online resources; • Use the criteria of accuracy, authority, bias, audience, and
, social constructions and hierarchies, historical background, andsocioeconomic status among other social constructs. As Anzaldúa explored her ownupbringing and lived reality, she deconstructed those spaces she inhabited where she faceddiscrimination and ambiguity to imagine and (re)shape a third space where new realitiescould exist [16]. Through a process of self-reflexivity, Anzaldúa explains, Nepantla becomesa (re)imagined space rather than a dichotomy of worlds [16]. Anzaldúa claims that Nepantlasoften emerge through writing – the writing that comes from deep and critical reflection thateventually leads to a process that catalyzes transformation.Nepantla is also a way to explore the world through lived experience and engage indecolonial
specific goals were twofold: a) to providea reflective perspective on participants' institutional experiences related to gender, equality, androles within the School of Engineering, and b) to shed light on the challenges and barriersencountered in institutional life. Data was collected using the LEGO® Serious Play®methodology as an innovative and dialogic facilitation method. Twenty students and professorsparticipated. A phenomenological and qualitative analysis was conducted on the workshoprecordings to discern emerging perspectives. The results of the initial pilot workshops highlightthe significance that gender equality holds for both students and faculty within the realm ofuniversity education, as it is seen as the heart of institutional life
to comprehensively assess students'knowledge and attitudes about sustainability in engineering design, we employed three distinctmethods: self-developed questions and assignments. The survey, initiated with a statementsecuring participants' consent, focused on demographic details before delving into six open-ended questions gauging perspectives on sustainability, life cycle assessment (LCA), andsustainable design. Furthermore, the LCA reflection assignment served as a valuable component, providingdirect evidence of students' understanding of the significance of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) inengineering designs. The thorough assessment of assignments focused on aspects such as theproduct's lifespan and its broader impacts, encompassing
real-world problem analysis into science-relatedsubjects using case study approaches. These approaches engage students with practicalissues, fostering sophisticated thinking, promoting reflection, integrating, applying priorknowledge, and developing self-management learning skills. In our university's ConstructionEngineering program, introducing case studies addressing real-world problems in thesisprojects in the first semester of 2017 significantly improved the graduation rate, rising from10% in 2016 to 25.9% by 2022. These enhancements across various performance metricsdemonstrate the efficacy of this methodology. This research employs a non-experimentalmixed-methods approach, utilizing surveys and interviews as primary data collection
promising nature of job shadowing techniques and the familiarity of jobshadowing as an experiential learning technique makes it a good candidate for introducing studentsto academic careers.The National Society for Experiential Education has established eight guidelines for allexperiential learning activities [2]. These guidelines are as follows: 1. All participants shall be clear on the intentions and educational outcomes of the experience. 2. All participants shall be prepared and plan to follow program intentions. 3. The program shall be authentic to the real-world scenario. 4. Participants shall reflect on their experience in order to create a learning experience. 5. Orientation and training shall be provided to give context about
achievingcommunity engagement long-term goals. To use TOC, the long-term change needs to beidentified and the conditions necessary to achieve the change should be established. The TOCapproach has been used in a wide range of CBR projects, including those focused on healthpromotion and environmental sustainability. However, the difficulty of measuring intangibleoutcomes and the power dynamics between university and community partners can make theevaluation of community engagement challenging (Stoecker et al., 2010).An effective community-university partnership positively impacts students and CBR projectquality. Students involved in CBR engage in active learning. They engage in some activity thatforces them to reflect and think about what they are doing
1. Alsodiscussed is the pedagogical background required for designing realistic engineering problems.Finally, an example project for sophomore-level electrical and computer engineers is explained indetail, with the author’s own experiences in assigning this project explored. The project is anopen-ended problem with multiple solution options. Students have scaffold-ed experiences withinthe course to guide them towards several possible techniques. Students follow a fullproblem-solving structure through defining their problem, exploring options, planning a method,implementing said method, and then reflecting upon the success of their design.IntroductionThe first of the seven ABET outcomes is stated as “an ability to identify, formulate, and
responsibilities ofengineers to the public and environment [6]. Both domains are reflected in the accreditationcriteria for engineering programs in the United States [3]. Accreditation can be a significantexternal influence in shaping engineering ethics instruction [7] [8]. However, there are multiplefactors that can affect an educator’s decision to teach ethics in the context of engineering. Thesefactors can be personal, such as their intrinsic motivation and professional background [9].Within the academic environment, factors such as course type and discipline can affect facultymembers’ views of engineering ethics education [10] [11].CultureThe study of culture is rooted in anthropology, sociology, and social psychology [12]. Comingfrom different
overarchingthemes identified across all responses include a struggle to keep track of responsibilities in manyareas (typically classes, research, and personal needs), transitioning from student life toadulthood or feeling “stuck” between student life and adulthood, problematic cultures of stress indepartments or in engineering as a field, and a need to dissociate/disconnect from academicresponsibilities in order to feel relaxed (referencing anything from time with friends to alcohol).These trends were additionally examined by stress level (low/moderate/high). Results indicatethat graduate students with low levels of stress tend to practice self-reflection and disconnectionfrom their academic responsibilities to relax, while students with higher stress
, and to take action against the oppressiveelements of reality” [12, p. 38]. Expanding on Freire’s idea of conscientização, Mejia et al. [13]explain that one develops critical consciousness when they understand theories of change, takeaction, and engage in reflection that aims to liberate oppressed groups. Therefore, we argue thatit is critical for engineering education to promote critical consciousness and “change aspects ofboth the forces and the relations of knowledge production” [6, p. 22] within engineering. Oneaspect hindering such life-affirming critical consciousness development is the promotion ofneutrality and technicality as cultural norms of the discipline [14]. Engineering educationperpetuates the unsubstantiated claim that
in the School of Engineering since 2005. His research interests include control systems, MEMS, engineering education, stochastic processes, and additive manufacturing. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Microfinance in an Engineering Economics CourseMicrofinance involves the making of small loans to borrowers who otherwise would not haveaccess to credit, to help them build successful businesses. Many borrowers are women. In Fall2022, students in EGR 461 Engineering Management and Economy at Oral Roberts Universitywere introduced to microfinance through several background assignments, selecting andfinancing a loan through Kiva and writing a reflection paper.Microfinance was
change isneeded, making this change, and then reorienting the change into one’s life [13], [14]. Much ofthis learning is done by self-reflection of the content, process, or context where schemareorientation is required and can lead to a better understanding of diverse perspectives and newideals. By promoting self-reflection and transformative learning, individuals can find themselveswith broader perspectives and open themselves to the promotion of systemic changes. Similarly,transformative learning may also take place through a collaborative or team-oriented processsuch as proposal review panels, particularly where senior reviewers are able to reorientexpectations in younger reviewers [11].Using a lens of transformative learning theory, this
,individual scenario assignments, a team-based ethics simulation (previously developed andpresented at ASEE), design project reflections, discussions of ethics through the lens of the threepillars of sustainability, and an individual final paper related to an on campus sustainabilityethics scenario. In addition to providing an overview of ethics activities and assignments, thispaper will compare course-level student learning outcomes between the current and prior yearsand how content in the course affected students’ perception of engineering ethics. We expect thatby more closely integrating ethics content with the student projects, students will engage moredeeply with ethics and appreciate how engineering ethics affects everyday engineering practice
., psychic assumptions reassessment of values and self- 4 Recognition that one’s discontent and the process of reflection transformation are shared and that others have negotiated a similar change 5 Exploration of options for new roles, relationships, and actions 6 Planning of a course of action Affirming & Connecting, i.e., shifted 7 Acquisition of knowledge and skills for perspective that allows one to cope implementing one’s plan with those situations more easily in 8 Provisional trying new roles the future 9 Building competence and self-confidence in new roles
direct reflection of unfavorable perceptions and stigmas that have plagued thefield of Computing for some time as it pertains to race and ethnicity [24]. There have beeninitiatives by tech companies [27, 30], who are making efforts to address this issue aroundretention, especially with underrepresented minorities. Likewise, tech companies have begunworking closely with minority-serving institutions in efforts to provide insight on the type ofcomputational skills and programming proficiency a student (or prospective employee) mustpossess for success in these sectors [11, 22, 33]. One anecdotal and common insight from theirobservations concerns a candidate’s ability to exhibit proficient critical thinking skills to solveproblems through technical
Food - emotions - narrative mapping Entertainment Project Short reflection of personal narrative that explains 2 Project: Personal Narratives mapping Explore the physical and digital material involved in 3 Project: Medium the mapping 4 Project: Methodology Identify, frame an experience, and develop a workflow Identify tools and material needed to re-create 5 Project: Design tools & material experience 6 Project: Prototype Prototype a
contentauthored by graduate students with subject matter knowledge in Robotics. We discuss ourprocess for reviewing each chapter of the OER textbook, including readings to prompt studentthought and reflection, and how we leverage the Universal Design for Learning (UDL)Guidelines [6] for examining the chapters for learner-centeredness. We highlight the benefits ofincluding students in creating learning materials, such as how students know what works inteaching and learning and what falls short. As such, incorporating student feedback can infusematerials with learner-centered elements and provide opportunities to improve howtextbook-based OER presents information, perspectives, and ways of thinking about the subjectmatter in ways that traditional textbooks
Paper ID #36589Work-in-Progress: A Collaborative Model of Teaching andLearning for Undergraduate Innovation EducationJackson Otto (Graduate Student)Greg J Strimel (Assistant Professor, Engineering/Technology TeacherEducation) Assistant Professor, Technology Leadership & Innovation at Purdue University © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Work-in-Progress: A Collaborative Model of Teaching and Learning for Undergraduate Innovation EducationIntroduction:A student’s education today should reflect the evolving innovative nature
Bloom’s taxonomy shines light on learning outcomes that require higher-order thought processes. This promotes more meaningful learning and application of knowledgefrom the students throughout the course. [7]Another crucial aspect considered when developing Biophysics is the use of active and passivelearning techniques. Passive learning occurs when students receive information from theirlearning environment without receiving feedback from the instructor. It is influential inproducing low-order thinking skills. [5, 6, 8, 9] Examples of passive learning techniques includelectures, videos, simulations without reflection or interaction with instructor or the materialdirectly. Whereas active learning is necessary to produce higher-order thinking skills
holds theglassboard, the overhead light which illuminates both the glassboard and the instructor. There aresidelights that illuminate the glassboard and help to make the writing on the glassboard comealive. In addition, the neon markers are the writing pen of choice because they glow with thelight beamed on them. Other important components of the lightboard system include the blackdrop cloth, the black window blind to help reduce outside light from reflecting on the glassboard.The system also requires the use of the computer camera to capture the video or the use of anexternal camera such as a phone camera or an iPad camera. If using an external camera, a tripodmay be required to set up the camera. Since the speaker is a few feet away from the