documenting our experience integrating a series ofactivities into existing bioengineering courses.We first considered how to effectively integrate this topic into capstone given constraints such astime, other curriculum requirements, and student expectations for a focus on their own projects.We chose an approach that involved an introductory lecture on disability, accessibility, and UDfrom a local expert, follow-up individual reflection, and a team-based assignment that requiredstudents to apply UD concepts to their capstone projects. Based on the success and feedbackfrom seniors regarding the module, we next added a UD module to an Introduction toBioengineering Problem Solving course. Our multi-faceted approach included an overviewlesson, student
outcomes.This paper will explore successful engineering and design pedagogy case studies, taken from courseworkand curricula at Ohio State University and at Columbus College of Art & Design. These stories andchallenges will be explained to highlight what can emerge from creating curricula around open-endeddesign pedagogy, which serves to mimic real world, often ‘wicked’ scenarios. By describing engineeringand design programs doing similar pedagogical activities, the authors will reflect on their own classroomexperiences, discuss lessons learned, and propose a framework that instructors can call upon to encouragestudents to embrace ambiguity, thus becoming more agile and resilient in the future.Each author has taught the case study courses for
experience also asks the freshmen to consider diverse perspectives as theydesign for the targeted populations. The paper describes the project implementation and presentsresults from student reflections and from a survey. Lessons learned and recommendations forbest practices are also presented.Freshmen Year Context and ObjectivesDuring the 2010-2011 academic year the department of Mechanical Engineering at CaliforniaPolytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly) began a process of redesigning thefreshmen year experience for its incoming Mechanical Engineering students. At Cal Polystudents enter the university with a declared major and begin taking major courses their firstquarter. The department is large, with 180-240 incoming freshmen
deliver content, concepts andskills in light of their reflective knowledge of students' means of understanding and learning thematerial. With JTF web-enabled engagement and feedback pedagogy instructors' attitudes andapproaches to teaching shift toward student-centered learning with resultant change in classroompractice to make instruction more effective. This was evidenced by improvements in studentperformance. The process of shifting beliefs and practice of eight collaborating faculty employedan implementation strategy that utilized a faculty change model and an organizational model ofcharacteristics of sustainable innovation. As such, the research question addressed in this paperis, "What is the effect of JTF engagement and feedback pedagogy
-child dyads, they found that the pairsengaged in problem scoping more frequently than any of the other design activities (i.e., in 30%of the coded segments). They defined problem scoping as “understand the boundaries of theproblem” (p. 6) and operationalized this to look for instances of participants identifyingconstraints or clarifying design goals.In another study, Watkins and her colleagues [8] offer rich insights into the problem scopingbehavior exhibited by fourth graders engaged in design as part of a classroom activity. Watkinsand her colleagues analyzed video-recordings of the fourth graders’ conversations and designwork using a framework based on Donald Schön’s theory of Reflective Practice [22] andValkenburg and Dorst’s [23
practitioners haveshown interest in evidenced-based methods of developing student engineers, such asproject-based learning, experiential learning, peer to peer learning, and game-based learning. Thispaper describes an engineering education program that emphasizes technical, professional,creative design skills in our 3rd and 4th year student engineers. This program is continuouslyimproving. Faculty and staff meet each semester to reflect on the prior semester, address studentfeedback, and make specific changes to improve. Learning science tips are weaved into thedynamic program. Motives are pure, but execution can have some challenges. This program’sphilosophy allows faculty to try, get feedback, and pivot. Faculty exemplify iterative design andthe
of engineers in Australia.The course was developed and analysed using an action learning approach. The mainresearch question was “Can extra teaching and learning activities be developed that willsimulate workplace learning?” The students continually assessed and reflected upon theircurrent competencies, skills and abilities, and planed for the future attainment of specificcompetencies which they identified as important to their future careers. Various evaluationmethods, including surveys before and after the course, were used to evaluate the actionlearning intervention. It was found that the assessment developed for the course was one ofthe most important factors, not only in driving student learning, as is widely accepted, butalso in
benefits, and environmental sustainability.In response to these complex and interrelated challenges, The Sustainability and SocialEntrepreneurship (SSEF), a collaborative effort between the University of Waterloo in Canadaand Harvey Mudd College in the United States, launched its inaugural iteration in the summer of2023. The SSEF aims to foster innovative, human-centered, and sustainable urban designsolutions through interdisciplinary international collaboration. The SSEF reflects anunderstanding of the multifaceted nature of urban problems and seeks to bring together diverseperspectives and expertise to address these issues.The program was structured as a multi-week, multi-institutional pilot that brought together nineexceptional third-year
qualitative means, including surveys, focus groups, interviews,open-ended individual discussion, journaling, reflective essays, and the like.The GCOs are especially relevant to engineering education and practice because modernengineering is a globalized profession. Exposing engineering students to new situations, culturalcontexts, customs and communication practices, and ways of living and doing businesscontributes to their preparation as professionals and their development as people. For instance,GCO 1(a) ("students demonstrate knowledge of interconnectedness/interdependence of political,environmental, social, and economic systems on a global scale and in historical context")arguably targets the essence of engineering practice in a globalized world
paper shares the methodology and findings of a workshop onconflict management that was piloted in three interdisciplinary engineering design courses thatinclude first through fourth-year students. The workshop was designed to collect real-timestudent reflection data through Mentimeter, an instructional technology designed to promoteclass engagement.Background: Emerging literature from Industrial and Organizational (I/O) Psychology hashighlighted the importance of effective conflict management on team performance. Teachingstudents how to effectively manage conflict and establish inclusive, psychologically safe teamenvironments are essential skills for effectively working on teams in preparation for theworkplace, as emphasized by ABET and
Collaborative Autoethnography: Examining Professional Formation and Workplace Sustainability in Discipline-based Engineering Education ResearchAbstractIn this paper, we explore challenges faced by early-career researchers in developing andsustaining a robust discipline-based research enterprise and strategies to overcome thosechallenges. We use collaborative autoethnography methods of self-reflection and shareddiscourse to navigate a conversation between a mid-career engineering education researcher andher postdoctoral researcher. The paper weaves our stories to explore experiences in the culture ofengineering education related to professional formation and research sustainability. In narratingour
and their science courses maylimit students’ ability to transfer knowledge to other disciplines, leading to inert learning, and theinability to see the relevance of scientific principles to the practices of engineering design. One instance of science and design integration in undergraduate education comes fromEtkina and colleagues [30] who used the ISLE (Investigative Science Learning Environment)curriculum [31] - a curriculum that actively engages students in scientific practices. Etkina andcolleagues [30] found that students who experienced design activities as part of the ISLE labswere more able to reflect on assumptions in procedures, communicated better, and were able toengage with new tasks in more “scientifically productive ways
].In education, identity influences whether people feel they belong in a program and what theybelieve they can achieve. Identity has been shown to influence what goals are pursued and thelevel and type of effort put towards those goals [13]. Research also shows that identity and fit areimportant factors affecting persistence in STEM fields [9]. When people perceive a fit betweenthemselves and their fields, they persist longer in those fields [19] - [21]. Hence, identity is adetermining factor in one pursuing, persisting, and persevering in engineering [12], [22].The development of identity is a social process. People’s thoughts and behaviors are shapedthrough relationships and reflected appraisals with others [6], [18], [23]. Identities are
mechanicalengineering course on Dynamics of Machines to (1) give students access to real-world learningexperiences and (2) explore and identify the ways in which an interdisciplinary design projectthat combines key components of EM, STEAM and bio-inspiration impacts students’ learning.The results include initial findings from a thematic analysis of the data collected usingphotovoice reflections. Adopted from the relevant studies in the literature in the context of EMcurricular activities, photovoice reflections combine pictorial and textual data and constitute aportion of the project’s conclusion section submitted by students. The paper then discusses futuresteps on the use of interdisciplinary design projects which provide real-world experientiallearning
in engineering practices?Educational Intervention and Study Context Data for this study were collected as a part of a funded research project that seeks tounderstand how rural elementary classroom teachers learn engineering content and practicesthrough professional learning experiences and how a subset of them take those experiences intotheir classroom. Over the course of three years, teachers from rural school districts serving theepistemic practices of engineering [4] through participation in classroom engineering activities,reflecting on them using both their “student hat” (as a learner) and “teachers hat” (as a teacher)[32], and through learning the specific engineering units they will teach. In this case, we use theYouth
, critical thinking and reflection, identity development,and embracing many ways of knowing and being. Learning experiences provided scaffolding forstudents to identify and prioritize the impacts they hope to make in the world; explore paths formaking these impacts possible; and begin to share these experiences, values, and ambitions withvarious audiences. The course asked students to engage with questions such as: As individualsand engineers, how should we pose ethical questions and prepare to advocate for the values thatwe hold dear? How might we start to understand and react to larger global problems, causes,challenges, and opportunities that surround us? Who am I and what is my place in the world?The course was a new, experimental
Institutional Transformation grant-funded project ”What Counts as Success? Recognizing and Rewarding Women Faculty’s Differential Contributions in a Comprehensive Liberal Arts University” (2016-2021).Dr. Jodi O’Brien, Seattle University Jodi O’Brien is Professor of Sociology at Seattle University and Director of SU ADVANCE, a National Science Foundation-funded program for the advancement of women and minoritized faculty. Her work focuses on everyday discrimination, and transgressive identities and communities. Her books include The Production of Reality; Social Prisms: Reflections on Everyday Myths and Paradoxes; and Everyday Inequalities. Her recent articles include, Stained-Glass Ceilings: Religion, Leadership, and the
demonstrates thecompetency and also if the pass/fail bar has been set appropriately.The course syllabus for ENCN470 states: “Much of a professional engineer’s work relies less onthe “technical” skills and knowledge developed at university and more on the “professional”competencies in which that technical knowledge is applied. This is reflected in the CompetencyProfiles developed by IPENZ for graduate engineers; it includes the following items: Investigation and Research Risk Management Teamwork Communication The Engineer and Society”The IPENZ Competency Profiles map well with some of the ABET Criterion 3 a – k StudentOutcomes as well as with the ASCE 2nd Edition Body of Knowledge (BOK) outcomes withrespect to professional
or set of individuals collecting, handling, and analyzingdata14. Qualitative research acknowledges the role of the researcher as a filter: data arecollected, organized, and interpreted, and an attempt to reduce bias is unnecessary15.Qualitative researchers must confront the subjective nature of the researcher in connectionwith the process of research. Given that IPA acknowledges that this bias cannot be removedfrom any stage of the study, bias is a topic that cannot be ignored or delayed as it has animpact on validity throughout the research process. Therefore, reflecting upon anddocumenting the position of each researcher and how he or she approaches the data is anintegral part of the interpretive paradigm16 and of IPA9
(3) determined which individual criteria in our rubric werenot reflected within the frameworks. We evaluated the draft criteria against three establishedsustainability frameworks: the ENVISIONTM infrastructure rating system, the STAUNCH©higher education sustainability assessment, and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Asexpected, the evaluation revealed significant overlaps across the three frameworks and our set ofcriteria but also indicated a few key gaps that were addressed in a future version of the draftrubric [12].The third step completed for substantive construct validation was to seek feedback from expertsacross varying engineering disciplines. We sought a ranking of how important each of ourcriteria was in the eyes of a
opportunity has emerged in building brand new liberalarts, science, and engineering programs at Fulbright University Vietnam, a new institution inVietnam. Founding faculty members have engaged in a “co-design year” to prototype and iterateall aspects of this new university together with students and staff. In this paper, we reflect on theco-design year and present the main considerations that have driven the design of theundergraduate program.IntroductionThere has been increasing awareness to “re-engineer” engineering education as society grappleswith increasingly complex, ill-structured, and adaptive problems, such as water scarcity, globalpandemics, climate change, poverty, and the loss of biodiversity, which technology alone cannotsolve. These
- ter Polytechnic Institute (92) and his PhD from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (98). He has pub- lished two books, ”Fundamentals of Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics” and ”Interpreting Diffuse Reflectance and Transmittance.” He has also published papers on effective use of simulation in engineer- ing, teaching design and engineering economics, and assessment of student learning. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Building Toys for Children by Applying Entrepreneurial-Minded Learning and Universal Design PrinciplesAbstractIncorporating entrepreneurial-minded learning (EML) into engineering curricula has been anincreasingly popular educational practice over
programs offer support with various levels of structure andcollaboration. These programs include: 1.) Peer-Assisted Learning (PAL), which providescollaboration and more structure 2.) drop-in tutoring, which incorporates a more flexibleenvironment with potential for one-on-one support, and 3.) MATHLab, which serves as a middleground between PAL and tutoring. These three programs support primarily freshman andsophomore level courses at our institution. With this participant group in mind, we have designedour programs to address student problem solving and self-direction in order to better equip firstyear students to take ownership over their own learning. Self-directed learning builds students’ability to critically reflect and effectively deepen
a six-session, Graduate Professional Developmentcourse for 20 students that covers topics in reflection through an individual development plan,networking, and strategic communications. Students participate in a one-on-one with the courseinstructor and are given assignments such as writing a lay summary of their research, developinga resumé and cover letter, and cold contacting an alumni [17]. Similarly, the Skaggs GraduateSchool of Chemical and Biological Sciences at The Scripps Research Institute offers a seven-session Effective Career Planning for PhDs course for ten to 15 participants. Students create anindividual development plan poster, present on two career options of interest, listen to a panel ofindustry professionals, and learn
freshman or capstone engineering classes that have a fairly broad scope of learningobjectives. This paper describes the design and assessment of a service-learning module in arequired junior-level course in probability and statistics for engineering students at a large publicuniversity, which typically enrolls 90-100 students. This course is ideal for service learningbecause students struggle with the material, complaining it is “too theoretical”, and can feelanonymous in a large lecture course. Yet, there are few examples of how to successfullyintegrate service-learning ideas, including reflection activities, into a high-enrollment course thattraditionally focuses heavily on quantitative fundamentals.This paper details the design, student work
Electrical and Computer Engineering at Iowa State University. He has been working on better understanding of students’ learning and aspects of tech- nological and engineering philosophy and literacy. In particular how such literacy and competency are reflected in curricular and student activities. His interests also include Design and Engineering, the human side of engineering, new ways of teaching engineering in particular Electromagnetism and other classes that are mathematically driven. His education research and activities also include reframing and finding ways to connect Product Design and Engineering Education in synergetic ways.Dr. Benjamin Ahn, Iowa State University c American Society
LearningIntroductionThis paper describes a case-based, mixed-methods study of how K-12 teachers support andscaffold student learning in a Problem-based Learning (PBL) engineering lesson. The studyexamined how K-12 engineering teachers planned to support student learning using scaffolding,how they implemented scaffolds during PBL engineering activities, and how they reflected upontheir PBL engineering lesson implementation.PBL in engineering educationEngineering practice and other design-focused fields involve solving complex problems, often incollaborative teams. Generally, these engineering problems do not have a single solution andrequire multifaceted skillsets from many domains. However, engineering students often findthemselves unprepared to manage messy
development, this research project will have implications forhigh school curriculum development, learning, and teaching methodologies.Design problems in these previous studies are ill-structured and open-ended. These kinds ofproblems have many potential solution paths stemming from an ambiguous identification of aneed. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has prepared a series ofstudies including a focus on educating engineers 14. Sheppard’s research identified reflectivejudgment as an appropriate framework for understanding the cognitive development of designthinking. “As individuals develop mature reflective judgment, their epistemological assumptionsand their ability to evaluate knowledge claims and evidence and to justify their
. Page 25.343.2IntroductionDesign based Technology Education is designed to provide students with greater levels ofautonomy, increased problem solving skills and creativity combined with the opportunity tocritically reflect on their own learning3. The importance of Design based TechnologyEducation lies in its educational goals4. These goals are designed to equip students with a setof transferable skills, which will enable them to adapt to the technological and societal needsof the future. The goals of technology education must however look past the need to preparestudents for a particular profession, and look to develop students who are technologicallyliterate1. In the Irish context, the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA)state
Session 2275 Preparing For Your Third-Year Review Kay C Dee Tulane UniversityAbstractAn intensive performance review during the third year of a tenure-track position is commonpractice at many institutions. The third-year review can be a useful opportunity for externalfeedback, as well as internal reflection, on a junior faculty member’s progress toward tenure.However, preparing for a third-year review can be intimidating or frustrating for junior faculty,especially if an institution’s guidelines for preparing review materials are very open