In this forum, Dr. Abraham discussed the role of creativity in STEM. The output of creativity in STEM disciplines changes our world in ways that are expansive, profound and irreversible. Yet creative thinking in scientific contexts is surprisingly understudied and underappreciated. This talk explores what we know about creative problem solving, and the surprising interactions [Read More]
04/29/2021
Dr. Sochacka discusses educating empathic engineers at the Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville
Dr. Sochacka was invited to discuss opportunities and challenges associated with teaching empathic engineers to faculty members at the Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville (SIUE). She presented to SIUE’s STEM Center and College of Engineering. In her presentation, Dr. Sochacka described key lessons she has learned over the past 8-years of studying empathy in engineering. [Read More]
04/27/2021
Drs. Sochacka and Walther team up with engineering education researchers from Virginia Tech to develop a framework for data sharing in engineering education research
Engineering education research has typically focused on researchers collecting new data, resulting in hundreds of data sets that have significant and as yet untapped potential to be analyzed beyond the focus of the original study. Given the significant public investment in these data sets, data sharing or secondary analysis has a transformative potential to produce [Read More]
04/27/2021
Dr. Sochacka presents at UGA’s Ask Me Anything Seminar Series
The COVID-19 pandemic had a sudden and significant impact on almost all aspects of daily life in the United States. In higher education, instructors and students had limited time to adapt to online learning while observing stay-at-home orders and coping with high levels of psychological and, in some cases, financial stress. To help navigate this [Read More]
04/27/2021
Dr. Sochacka presents keynote address at the UMKC STEM+KC Deconstructed Conference
On November 19, 2020, Dr. Nicola Sochacka presented the keynote address at the Integrating STEM + KC deconstructed, virtual conference. This NSF-funded event was designed to promote the region’s networked improvement community (NIC) initiative that focuses on increasing postsecondary STEM completion rates in the KC region. In her presentation, Dr. Sochacka described the principles and [Read More]
04/21/2021
Drs. Sochacka and Walther present at North Carolina A&T Lunch and Learn
Drs. Sochacka and Walther were recently invited to discuss the ProQual Institute for Research Methods at a virtual Lunch and Learn on Monday, April 19, 2021, at North Carolina A&T State University. The Lunch and Learn series is part of the NSF-funded ACE Implementation Project: Data Science and Analytics (DSA) Advancing STEM Education. This project [Read More]
04/21/2021
Update: Deadline for JCHE Special Issue on “Online Labs and Virtual Experimentation in Higher Education” extended
The Journal of Computing in Higher Education (JCHE) extends the deadline for the special issue on online laboratories and virtual experimentation. Authors are invited to submit original research papers through the journal’s online system until June 15th, 2021. EETI member, Dominik May, serves as guest editor for this issue. For further details reach out to [Read More]
04/20/2021
Dominik May serves as Guest Editor for Springer Volume on “Learning with Technologies and Technologies in Learning”
Modern instructional technologies such as online learning, cross reality, artificial intelligence, simulations, and online laboratories have become increasingly important for educational settings on all levels. This tendency is only reinforced by the growing digitalization, personalization, and internationalization of education. The COVID-19 crisis has only accelerated and strengthened these efforts. It is likely that even after [Read More]
04/19/2021
Dr. May gave an invited presentation at the Research Colloquium of University of Applied Sciences Stuttgart
As part of a one-day research colloquium dedicated to digitalization in education at the University of Applied Sciences Stuttgart on March 24th, 2021, Dr. May gave an overview of research activities and results in the field of online laboratories and virtual experimentation in engineering education. During his talk, Dr. May discussed the necessity to understand [Read More]
04/19/2021
EETI members invited to present at the Institute of Biological Engineering 2021 Annual Conference
On Friday, April 9th, 2021, EETI members and affiliates participated in a research panel session of the Institute of Biological Engineering 2021 Annual Conference, which was hosted this year at the University of Georgia. The panel was dedicated to the topic “Educating Biological Engineering Students” and organized by Drs Maxine Jonas (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) [Read More]