"Strengthening the Collaboration and Partnership between US and African Engineering Programs by Working Closely with the African Engineering Deans Council (AEDC)

全球各国，无论是发达国家还是发展中国家，都认识到拥有一支训练有素的科学和工程劳动力对经济成功至关重要。为了成功地应对全球挑战，迫切需要工程教育和适当的教学法，包括实践经验，并以全球视角、专业知识和“成功故事”为基础。“移动工作室技术与教学法”是工程教育领域的一项创新，它有可能彻底改变发展中国家和发达国家经济落后地区的工程项目中实践工程的教学方式。移动工作室项目（最初由美国国家科学基金会资助）开发了教学方法和支持硬件和软件，提供类似于标准实验室设备（示波器，函数发生器，电源等）的功能，通常与高度仪器化的实验室相关。PIs将于2015年9月27日至28日在埃塞俄比亚首都亚的斯亚贝巴召开“加强美国与非洲工程项目合作与伙伴关系峰会”。将在新课程中采用移动工作室项目教学法的应用程序将在峰会上进行介绍和讨论。首脑会议的主要目标是：(a)在撒哈拉以南非洲地区拥有工程专业的大学之间建立合作；(2)为与美国大学工程专业的长期合作和伙伴关系奠定基础。首脑会议的效力将由两个小组进行评价。内部（现场）小组将负责当地即时数据收集、现场访谈和首脑会议活动评估。数据将转发给外部评价小组进行审查、验证和分析。外部评估小组将负责评估方法的设计、所有工具的准备、数据分析和报告的准备（包括变更建议）。

Countries around the globe, whether developed or developing, recognize that having a well trained workforce in science and engineering is critical for economic success. To successfully address global challenges there is a serious need for engineering education and appropriate pedagogy that includes hands-on experience and that is based on global perspectives, expertise and "success-stories". One innovation in engineering education that has the potential to completely transform the way hands-on engineering is taught in engineering programs in the developing world and in areas that are economically disadvantaged in the developed world is the "Mobile Studio Technology and Pedagogy". The Mobile Studio Project (originally funded by NSF) has developed pedagogy and supporting hardware and software that provides functionality similar to that of standard laboratory equipment (oscilloscope, function generator, power supplies, among others) typically associated with a highly instrumented laboratory.The PIs are convening a "Summit to Strengthen Collaboration and Partnership between the US and African Engineering Programs" to be held in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia on September 27-28, 2015. Applications that will employ the Mobile Studio Project pedagogy in new curricula will be presented and discussed at the Summit. The main objectives of the Summit are to: (a) ) establish collaborations between universities with engineering programs in Sub-Saharan Africa; and (2) lay the foundation for long term collaborations and partnerships with US universities with engineering programs. The effectiveness of the Summit will be evaluated by two teams. The internal (on-site) team will be responsible for local, immediate data collection, on-site interviews and assessment of Summit activities. The data will be forwarded to the external evaluation team for review, verification and analysis. The external evaluation team will be responsible for the design of the evaluation methodology, preparation of all instruments, data analysis, and report preparation including recommendations for change.