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Training program in teaching for Engineering for the Americas (EftA)

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Portland, Oregon

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June 23, 2024

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June 23, 2024

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July 12, 2024

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International Division (INTL) Technical Session: Assessment and Accreditation, Globalization without Travel

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International Division (INTL)

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Diversity

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Assistant Director of “The Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions” (LACCEI). Computer Engineer UNET (2002, Venezuela). Master of Computer Science, University of the Andes (2008, Venezuela). PhD in Computer Science from the National University of La Plata (2014, Argentina). Invited Professor and Researcher Universidad Nacional de Chilecito (2014-2023, Argentina). Ex professor UNET (2003-2015). The research areas are framed in Digital Libraries / Institutional Repositories / Open Science, Compilers and Interpreters, Natural Language Processing:
*. Orcid: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0176-6625
*. Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com.ar/citations?user=kUQ1boMAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
*. ENTER (EngineeriNg educaTors pEdagogical tRaining): 2311001032

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Maria M. Larrondo-Petrie Florida Atlantic University Orcid 16x16 orcid.org/0000-0003-2354-4986

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Dr. Larrondo Petrie has a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering and is a Professor in the College of Engineering and Computer Science of Florida Atlantic University. She is the Executive Director of LACCEI (Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions, Titular Member of the Pan-American Academy of Engineering, Director of the OAS Center of Excellence of Engineering for the Americas. In IEEE, she is a member of the IEEE Standards Association and is in the Standards Development Working Groups of several standards related to online laboratories, learning environments, and privacy, security and governance of data related to learning systems. In ASEE she serves in the ASEE International Activities Committee and is Secretary/Treasurer of the ASEE International Division. She is an internationally registered Professional Engineering Educator (iPEER), ranked at level 5: Engineering Education Researcher, out of 6 levels. According to Google Scholar, her h-index is 25, i10-index is 59, and she has over 1900 citations.

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Jusmeidy Zambrano

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Laura Eugenia Eugenia Romero Robles Tecnologico de MOnterrey

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Abstract

Being a professor-engineer in engineering courses is common in universities in Latin America and the Caribbean, so it is likely that pedagogical practices are not the subject of reflection since the activity, in most cases, would focus on the contents. Therefore, in this article, we review various pedagogical training proposals for engineers and anticipate a teacher training program endorsed by LACCEI, an organization focused on collaboration, education, practice, research, and innovation in Engineering and Technology-. The issue of training is a priority; for example, recently, the recognition of the iPEER (International Professional Engineering Educator Registered) title was achieved through the project “Pedagogical training of engineering educators—EnTER" (created in 2018). This was achieved with the support of the only professional regulatory body that oversees engineering teaching professionals, the International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO), with code 2311 (ISCO Code 08) as “Higher education teaching professional: Engineering educator" [4–6]. Thus, this article will show how the reviewed programs are structured and will provide a proposal for engineering that seeks to reflect, innovate, and rethink its teaching practices. Some research shows that in engineering teaching practices closely linked to the concept of traditional science are recognized, but that in most cases they do not incorporate into their practices how the contents taught are related to social, environmental, and explicitly human social issues [7–9]. This training program will provide teachers with the necessary tools to think about teaching in their curricular spaces in this time of complexity. The importance of specific training for the best performance of engineering professionals in teaching is recognized.

Texier, J., & Larrondo-Petrie, M. M., & Zambrano, J., & Romero Robles, L. E. E. (2024, June), Training program in teaching for Engineering for the Americas (EftA) Paper presented at 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, Oregon. https://peer.asee.org/48170

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