Rigorous Research in Engineering Education: Creating a Community of Practice

这个发起人团队在另一个奖项(应为0341127)下提供了一个关于工程教育严格研究的成功研讨会，但由于资金限制，参与的教职员工数量有限。为了利用这一影响，研讨会组织者正在通过两种方式扩大他们的方法。首先，他们包括由经验丰富的工程教育研究人员组成的“领导团队”，他们在校园里充当着变革的推动者。这些团队包括以前研讨会上的“校友”，他们能够开始成功的个人工程教育研究项目。该项目支持来自五所大学的三人“领导团队”。每个团队由两名工程学教员组成，另有一名具有学习科学专业知识的教员加入。工程师和学习型科学家的这种混合促进了这些学科之间的合作。每支队伍都在自己的校园里组织了两场后续活动。第二种方法是在三个地点提供的讲习班的简化版本。这是1.5天的时间--课程从一个晚上开始，持续到第二天一整天。选定的地点需要支付房间租金、音响和广告费，并保证至少40名工程学教师参加研讨会。

This team of instigators has offered a successful workshop on rigorous research on engineering education under another award (DUE-0341127) but, because of funding constraints, the number of faculty member involved is limited. In order to leverage the impact, workshop organizers are expanding their approach in two ways. First they are including "Leadership Teams" of experienced engineering education researchers who are acting as change agents on their campus. These teams include "alumni" from previous workshops who were able to begin successful individual engineering education research projects. The project supports three-person "Leadership Teams" from five universities. Each team consists of two engineering faculty, joined by a faculty member with expertise in the learning sciences. This mix of engineers and learning scientists fosters collaboration between these disciplines. Each team is organizing two follow-up activities on their own campus. The second approach is a shortened version of the workshop offered at three sites. These are 1.5 days in length - with the program starting one evening and continuing for the following full day. Selected sites need to pay for room rental, AV, and advertising costs and guarantee workshop attendance of at least 40 engineering faculty.