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Facilitating Conditions for Engineering Faculty Technology Adoption

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Location

Minneapolis, MN

Publication Date

August 23, 2022

Start Date

June 26, 2022

End Date

June 29, 2022

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Page Count

7

DOI

10.18260/1-2--41942

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https://peer.asee.org/41942

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288

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Michelle Jarvie-Eggart Michigan Technological University

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Michelle Jarvie-Eggart, PhD, PE, ENV SP, is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Fundamentals at Michigan Technological University. Dr. Jarvie-Eggart's research interests include technology adoption of engineering faculty and students, especially the adoption of programming languages, as well as online teaching.

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Alfred Owusu-Ansah Michigan Technological University

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Shari Stockero

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Shari L. Stockero is a Professor of Mathematics Education at Michigan Technological University.

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Abstract

As essential facilitators in the process of the formation of future engineers, engineering faculty determine which technologies students learn and adopt during their engineering studies. Faculty members’ ability to accept new and relevant engineering technologies (such as programming languages, software, and instruments) and adopt them in their curriculum directly affects the relevance of engineering graduates’ technical skills. Additionally, by adopting and teaching new and relevant technologies, engineering faculty model life-long technology adoption to their students. This paper summarizes the preliminary results of an NSF project funded through the Directorate for Engineering, Engineering Education and Centers. A main goal of the project is developing an understanding of the factors that support or inhibit engineering faculty technology acceptance. This paper focuses on a portion of the results related to facilitating conditions that support technology adoption that emerged from the qualitative analysis of interview transcripts from engineering faculty at a Midwestern, USA, technologically-focused university. The accompanying poster session will present these findings, as well as provide a deeper understanding of the data related to one facilitating condition – Peers and Mentors.

Jarvie-Eggart, M., & Owusu-Ansah, A., & Stockero, S. (2022, August), Facilitating Conditions for Engineering Faculty Technology Adoption Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. 10.18260/1-2--41942

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