Innovation Through Propagation: Determining an Engineering Education Research Agenda

由NSF的教育和学习研究（真实的）计划资助，这个探索性研究的早期概念赠款将制定一个国家研究议程。 这项研究的最终目标是通过在整个工程教育中传播记录在案的创新来增加学习，多样性和更有效地利用技术。该项目将解决四个主要问题：（1）迄今为止，由于有记录的创新，取得了哪些成就？(2)这些创新在多大程度上得到推广？(3)还需要做些什么？&（4）如何最好地宣传未来的工作？为了解决这些问题，研究人员将采用一些互动的策略，涉及工程教育研究人员和管理人员。首先，他们将召集一个专家规划委员会，以确定工程教育的个人，他们将被邀请参加一项德尔菲研究，旨在确定未来十年的关键问题和需求。三个写作小组，每个小组讨论一个关键领域（课堂内外的学习，管道和多样性，以及技术），将准备白色文件，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发表。接下来，一批受邀参与者将于2015年初秋举行为期三天的研讨会，以解决问题（3）和（4）。 最终报告草案将在提交最终报告前30天内供工程和工程教育界提出意见。

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.