Join us on Tuesday, April 27 for a discussion with Centers and Institutes on how centers are supporting educators during the pandemic and via a mostly virtual environment. NSEC is pleased to host short presentations from three centers/institutes followed by discussions with the community on the many ways that you have been supporting your campuses during [Read More]
03/24/2021
Forum: College-Wide Discussion – What will the “new normal” look like?
In this forum, multiple members of EETI discussed new skills that they have gained during the pandemic, the most positive and frustrating parts of their jobs over the last year, and important questions as the University transitions back to “normal” instruction. Later, there was discussion on what the members were excited to carry and change [Read More]
03/23/2021
Forum: Promoting Skillful Learning with Patrick Cunningham
In this workshop, run by Patrick Cunningham, we examined metacognition, our awareness and regulation of our thinking, and its role in becoming more skillful learners. This was a practice-focused experience, aimed at how we can leverage our understanding of metacognition to engage students more deeply with course content and encourage their development as more self-aware [Read More]
03/14/2021
EETI Spring 2021 Forum #2 – Engineering Education Open Showcase
In this forum, multiple members of EETI presented novel instructional and assessment changes they have implemented over the past year. Drs. Eliza Banu, Robert Baffour, and Grace Pokoo-Aikins discussed test blueprints and how they applied them to their classes. Dr. Ben Fahrman spoke on how he experimented with his curriculum by redesigning exams and [Read More]
03/05/2021
Drs. Lewis and Sochacka present at the Purdue ENED Research Seminar Series
This seminar was held on February 18, 2021 at 3:30PM, ET. In it, we described two studies conducted by researchers at the University of Georgia (UGA) that examined how faculty, staff, and students experienced the COVID-19 crisis. Both studies used a novel, mixed methods research approach called SenseMaker. SenseMaker is an action-oriented and participatory approach [Read More]
03/05/2021
Seminar Series | Women in (Engineering) COVID: The Impact of COVID on Women Engineers
On March 5 at 3PM, ET, EETI member, Dr. Racheida Lewis, and Dr. Trine Fletcher will focus on the struggles of women in engineering during the COVID-19 crisis compared to their male counterparts and at the intersection of race. This seminar will highlight the challenges women in the United States face when they step into [Read More]
02/04/2021
Forum: Presenting Data Collected on TA Roles and Responsibilities Through the College’s TA Pedagogy Course
In this forum, EETI’s John Morelock will present internal data he has collected about TA roles and responsibilities over the past two years in his role as the instructor of the College’s TA pedagogy course. He will discuss interesting trends the data reveal about how TAs are leveraged across the College, how faculty expectations about [Read More]
02/04/2021
Kyle Johnsen Awarded EETI Augmented, Remote, and Virtual Experimentation Grant
As the global pandemic continues, the need for augmented and virtual reality in education grows. This technology is proving to not only benefit students but educators as well. Remote learning has become necessary to stay healthy, but standard methods of remote learning have their limitations, especially when it comes to STEM education. EETI continues to [Read More]
12/01/2020
Forum: Promoting Skillful Learning with Patrick Cunningham
In this workshop, run by Patrick Cunningham, we examined metacognition, our awareness and regulation of our thinking, and its role in becoming more skillful learners. This was a practice-focused experience, aimed at how we can leverage our understanding of metacognition to engage students more deeply with course content and encourage their development as more self-aware [Read More]
11/18/2020
Dominik May Serves as Guest Editor for JCHE Special Issue on “Online Labs and Virtual Experimentation in Higher Education”
In these unprecedented times, shifting to online learning has been vital for institutions around the world. Though there has been previous experimentation with virtual courses, the global pandemic has made online classrooms/laboratories essential in order to curb the spread of COVID-19. Remote learning in STEM education has been achieved through the emergence of digitally augmented, [Read More]