Innovation Through Propagation: Determining an Engineering Education Research Agenda

由美国国家科学基金会的教育和学习研究(REAL)计划资助，这一探索性研究的早期概念拨款将制定一个全国性的研究议程。这项研究的最终目标是通过在整个工程教育中传播有文件记录的创新来增加学习、多样性和更有效地使用技术。该项目将解决四个主要问题：(1)到目前为止，通过记录的创新取得了哪些成就？(2)这些创新在多大程度上得到了传播？(3)还有哪些工作要做？(4)如何最好地传播未来的工作？为了解决这些问题，研究人员将采用一系列涉及工程教育研究人员和管理人员的互动策略。首先，他们将召集一个专家规划委员会，以确定工程教育中的个人，他们将被邀请参加德尔福的一项研究，该研究旨在确定未来十年的关键问题和需求。三个写作小组，每个小组处理一个关键领域(课堂内外学习，管道和多样性，以及技术)，将准备白皮书，解决问题(1)和(2)。这些论文的版本将在2015年美国工程教育学会会议上公布。下一步，一批受邀与会者将于2015年初秋举行为期三天的讲习班，讨论问题(3)和(4)。最终报告的草稿将在提交最终报告之前30天内征求工程和工程教育界的意见。

Funded by NSF's Research on Education and Learning (REAL) program, this early concept grant for exploratory research will develop a national research agenda. The ultimate goals of this research are to increase learning, diversity, and more effective use of technology, via the propagation of documented innovations throughout engineering education. The project will address four major questions: (1) what accomplishments have been realized as a result of documented innovations to date? (2) To what extent have these innovations been propagated? (3) What remains to be done? & (4) How best can future work be propagated? To address these questions the researchers will employ a number of interactive strategies involving both engineering education researchers and administrators. First, they will convene a planning committee of experts to identify individuals from engineering education who will be invited to participate in a Delphi study designed to identify key issues and needs for the next decade. Three writing teams, each addressing a critical area (learning in and out of the classroom, pipeline and diversity, and technology), will prepare white papers addressing questions (1) and (2). Versions of these papers will be presented at the 2015 American Society for Engineering Education Conference. Next, a cadre of invited participants will meet in early fall 2015 for a three day workshop to address questions (3) and (4). A draft of the final report will be available for comment from the engineering and engineering education community for 30 days before the final report in submitted.