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Launching a New Discipline-Specific First-Year Discovery Studio: Vision, Purpose, and Adaptation Amid Pandemic-Related Turbulence

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Conference

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

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 3: Online Learning and the Impact of COVID-19

Page Count

20

DOI

10.18260/1-2--41606

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https://peer.asee.org/41606

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560

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Anna Holcomb Georgia Institute of Technology

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Anna Holcomb is a lecturer in the School of Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE) at Georgia Tech focusing in first-year innovations, transfer student acclimation, and professional and technical communication. Operationally, she serves as Assistant Director for the School’s Undergraduate Professional Communication Program (UPCP). Anna has extensive experience conducting research within K-12 STEM education environments and brings this expertise in educational research to her instructional practice. She is currently pursuing a Doctor of Education in Higher Education Leadership and Practice at the University of North Georgia where her research focuses on the experiences of faculty outside the tenure track.

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Joy Harris

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Abstract

This Complete Evidence-Based Practice paper will present the launch of an innovative discipline-specific, first-year discovery studio within an undergraduate engineering program amid pandemic-related turbulence. This paper will outline how the originally conceptualized course was adapted for online-hybrid instruction, lessons learned executing studio-style instruction asynchronously, and best practices for first-year engineering education developed as a result of ECE Discovery Studio’s unintended multimodal launch year.

Holcomb, A., & Harris, J. (2022, August), Launching a New Discipline-Specific First-Year Discovery Studio: Vision, Purpose, and Adaptation Amid Pandemic-Related Turbulence Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. 10.18260/1-2--41606

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