The need to abruptly transition to virtual instruction due to the global pandemic caused by COVID-19 has shaken the US educational system to its core. Virtual instruction has become the most recent example of inequality underrepresented students face due to the digital divide, economic disparities, and increased mortality rates from COVID-19 in their communities. Recognizing [Read More]
05/26/2020
Resilience in Engineering Education
EETI is researching resilience in engineering education and the factors involved with student performance in challenging engineering courses. This study focuses on developing methods to improve the success of undergraduate students in their courses and post-graduation. Moreover, the research will help inform faculty on the professional skills most vital in engineering fields. Full Article [Read More]
05/18/2020
EETI Releases Second RAPID Interim Brief
Earlier this semester, EETI released our first interim brief describing preliminary findings from our NSF RAPID project to understand faculty, staff, and student experiences with the COVID-19 crisis and offer guidance moving forward. Today we are releasing our second interim brief, based on 29 new stories (April 20 – May 13) from faculty, staff, and [Read More]
05/08/2020
EETI Facilitated ASEE Free Webinar: A Novel Approach to Study and Adapt to the Real-time Impacts of COVID-19 on Engineering Education
On May 19 at 1 PM, ET EETI members Nicola Sochacka, John Morelock, Racheida Lewis, and Joachim Walther discuss their research into the ways COVID-19 has impacted faculty, staff, and students at the University of Georgia. This webinar focuses on the lessons learned from this crises to better understand the most important factors in teaching engineering, [Read More]
05/07/2020
Dr. Cheryl Gomillion’s NSF Engineering Education Project on Advancing Diversity in Research Labs Featured on UGA Today
Dr. Cheryl Gommillion discuses her research into the microcultures present in diverse lab groups with UGA Today. She delves into her recruitment process and how she has foster a unique lab environment for her students. The full article and more details on Dr. Gommillion’s research linked below. Full Article on UGA Today NSF ECR-EHR Core [Read More]
05/05/2020
Congratulations to Dr. Hunsu on his recent NSF award on secondary math and science teachers
EETI is pleased to congratulate Dr. Nathaniel Hunsu on his recent NSF grant, entitled “Recruiting, Preparing and Inducting Secondary Mathematics and Science Teachers in Northeast Georgia.” The goal of this project is to prepare and ensure the success of highly qualified secondary mathematics and science teachers in high-need school districts, which are important national and [Read More]
04/24/2020
EETI Undergraduate Researchers Featured as Lead Authors of National Conference Paper
EETI congratulates Hindolo Kamanda and Davis Wilson for being lead authors of a paper accepted for publication at the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) 2020 Annual Conference. The paper is part of the prestigious Educational Research and Methods Division and presents an extraordinary achievement, especially for researchers at the undergraduate level. In the context [Read More]
04/24/2020
EETI releases first RAPID interim brief
As part of EETI’s NSF RAPID project to understand faculty, staff, and student experiences with the COVID-19 crisis and offer guidance moving forward, we developed and released our first interim brief to offer guidance to the College based on our first wave of data collection. During the first 10 days of this project, we collected [Read More]
04/08/2020
EETI Awarded Grant for Rapid Response Research (RAPID) for Investigating Real-Time Policy-Responses in Times of Crisis
In times of crisis, new challenges arise due to sudden disruptions. Fighting the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, university campuses currently face the suspension of campus activities. College instructors and students alike are adapting to the current situation and transitioning completely to remote instruction. Under unprecedented circumstances and stresses, the nations higher education system has [Read More]
03/16/2020
Forum: Dr. Logan Fiorella: Generative Strategies For Fostering Active Learning
We all want to make learning active, but it is not always clear how. In this talk, Dr. Fiorella from UGA’s College of Education will distinguish between behavioral activity (what students do) and cognitive activity (what students think). He will argue active teaching should focus on supporting productive cognitive activity rather than behavioral activity per [Read More]