Combining Faculty Teamwork, Applied Learning Theory, and Information Technology: A Catalyst for Systemic Engineering Education Reform

9972758 hanyak这个项目通过让教师团队合作，重新设想他们在学习过程中的角色，解决了工程课堂所需的系统性变革，最终目标是(1)学习和整合教学设计技术，(2)将课堂转变为合作学习环境，(3)高效和有效地结合信息技术的使用。这些变革推手中的每一个都被证明在广泛的范围内是有效的教学研究。为了在学习环境中产生这种类型的变化，教师团队将借鉴教学实践、信息技术、项目评估和协作领域的现有文献和专家，这种基于教师的努力将(1)解决课程/课程设计团队从一套共享的共同设计原则工作的需求，(2)将课程设计原则应用于，开发一套不同类型的课程，(3)使用。通过教授课程来提供课程材料，(4)评估课程设计并改进这些设计，(5)通过将更大的教师团队引入团队来传播和分享工作。Bucknell的计划将集中在课程的五个主要领域——第一年的工程课程、第一学科特定课程、核心工程科学课程、组件分析课程和系统设计课程。该项目将涉及巴克内尔工程学院的六名核心教师，他们致力于围绕这一倡议的核心原则开发和教学课程。最后，巴克内尔大学的教师团队将积极招募10名内部教师和30名来自其他机构的教师，在巴克内尔大学的第三个夏天参加为期一周的两个暑期讲习班。这些针对外部团队的研讨会将为其他机构的系统性变革播下种子。每个团队将被分配一名巴克内尔导师/合作者，一个团队将在学年期间通过视频会议和电子邮件与该导师和其他巴克内尔教师定期合作。

9972758HanyakThis project addresses the systemic change needed in the engineering classroom by havingfaculty collaborate in teams to re-envision their roles in the learning process with the ultimate goal of(1) Learning and integrating instructional design techniques,(2) Transforming the classroom into a cooperative learning environment and(3) efficiently and effectively incorporating the use of information technologyEach of these change agents has been shown to be effective in a wide range of pedagogical studies.To produce this type of change in the learning environment, the faculty team will draw upon the existing literature and experts in the fields of instructional practice, information technology, program assessment and collaboration, this faculty-based effort will (1) address the need for a curriculum/course design team to work from a shared set of common design principles, (2) apply the curriculum design principles to, develop a set of courses of diverse types, (3) use the. course materials by teaching the courses, (4) evaluate the course designs and refine those designs, and (5) disseminate and share the work by bringing an ever larger group of faculty onto the team. Bucknell's initiative will focus on five primary areas of the curricula -- first-year engineering courses, the first discipline-specific courses, core engineering science courses, component analysis courses, and system design courses.The project will involve a core of six faculty members from Bucknell's College of Engineering committed to developing and teaching courses designed around the principles central to this initiative. Finally, Bucknell's faculty team will work actively to recruit 10 additional internal faculty and 30 faculty from other institutions to participate in two, one-week summer workshops during the third summer at Bucknell. These workshops for the external teams will plant the seeds for systemic change at other institutions. Each team will be assigned a Bucknell mentor/collaborator, and a team will collaborate regularly through video conferencing and email with that mentor and other Bucknell faculty during the academic year.