Baltimore , Maryland
June 25, 2023
June 25, 2023
June 28, 2023
Faculty Development Division (FDD)
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10.18260/1-2--44014
https://peer.asee.org/44014
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Boni Yraguen is a PhD student at Georgia Tech. Her dissertation work is in the field of combustion/thermo./fluids. She studies a novel diesel injection strategy: Ducted Fuel Injection (DFI), which is used to drastically decrease soot emissions during diesel combustion. In addition to her thesis work, Boni is passionate about engineering education. She has led and participated in various educational studies on the impact of student reflections, authentic learning assignments, ad the use of technology in the classroom. Boni hopes to pursue a career in academia with a focus on teaching and engineering education.
Carol Subiño Sullivan is the assistant director of faculty teaching and learning initiatives for the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL). In this role she supports educators through workshops, short courses, consultations, faculty learning communities and fellows groups, special events, scholarship of teaching and learning, digital resources awards and recognitions, and partnerships. In all of her efforts, her goal is to support educators in creating inclusive learning environments that support all students success. Dr. Subiño Sullivan earned her Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from Indiana University in 2012 and had taught courses in anthropology, near peer mentoring and teaching and learning in higher education at multiple institutions in the US.
This research paper will assess the impact the COVID-19 pandemic had on learning strategies implemented by engineering faculty during the purely online phase of the pandemic and following the return to in-person classes. The Covid-19 pandemic forced faculty to entirely reformat their courses such that they could be accessible in a completely online format. In this paper, the authors interrogate how this dramatic restructuring of courses has had a lasting impact on how professors think about teaching. A first objective of this study is to identify changes in the learning and assessment strategies employed by engineering faculty pre-pandemic, during-pandemic, and following the return to in-person teaching. Furthermore, this study aims to identify motivations and barriers faculty faced when choosing and implementing various learning and assessment strategies in their courses, particularly following the return to in-person classes. To meet these objectives, the authors collected data using an electronic survey that evaluated learning and assessment strategies employed by faculty, along with motivations for selecting these strategies. Forty-five faculty responded and identified 26 unique learning strategies. Fourteen learning strategies showed a greater than 40% growth in implementation between pre-pandemic and the return to in-person teaching. The top six all leveraged technology tools, and the top three leveraged the use of virtual-video platforms for delivering course content. The key motivators for faculty to maintain and improve learning strategies following the return to in-person teaching include striking a balance between effort to implement and positive impact on students, engaging students, and improving the accessibility of course content.
We intend to present this work in the traditional lecture style.
Yraguen, B. F., & Steinberg, A., & Subiño Sullivan, C., & Crawford, L. M. (2023, June), Rapid Change to Refined Teaching: Lessons Learned and Lasting Impacts the COVID-19 Pandemic Had on How We Teach Engineering Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland. 10.18260/1-2--44014
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