Engineering Cultures: Building the Global Engineer

我们项目的主要目标是通过学习在不同的文化和民族视角下定义和解决问题，帮助工程专业的学生成为全球工程师。另一个目标是评估和比较两种不同的学生学习方法的有效性。我们的项目通过开发和评估12个多媒体学习模块来实现这些目标，这些模块的总标题是“工程文化”。我们的第一个目标是完成八个原型模块的最终版本，并开发四个额外的模块。每个模块包括3-5节多媒体CD课(每节45-60分钟)、一小时的工程文化多媒体入门、随附的阅读器、供学生和教师使用的用户手册、供教师使用的测验和考试问题样本以及一个支持材料的网络数据库，其中包括对不同国家/地区的工程师的采访。我们的第二个目标是在24-30名内容专家的协助下评估每个模块的智力内容。我们的最终目标是评估和比较两所学校的学生在整个学期的多媒体版和课堂版的工程文化中的学习。多媒体模块的演示版本将在工程教育会议上传播给工程教育工作者，并通过ASEE即将开展的关于传播最佳教育做法的国家项目进行传播。我们期待Prentice Hall成为成品的全国和国际经销商。

The main goal of our project is to help engineering students become global engineers by learning to define and solve problems in the context of differing cultural and national perspectives. Another goal has been to evaluate and compare the effectiveness of two different approaches to student learning. Our project accomplishes these goals by developing and evaluating twelve multimedia-learning modules under the general title, "Engineering Cultures." Our first objective has been to complete final versions of eight prototype modules and develop four additional modules. Each module includes 3-5 multimedia lessons (45-60 minutes each) on CDs, a one-hour multimedia Introduction to Engineering Cultures, an accompanying reader, a user's manual for students and instructors, sample quiz and exam questions for instructors, and a web database of supporting materials, including interviews with engineers from different countries. Our second objective is to evaluate the intellectual content of each module with the assistance of 24-30 content experts. Our final objective is to evaluate and compare student learning in semester-length multimedia and classroom versions of Engineering Cultures at each of two schools. Demo versions of the multimedia modules will be disseminated to engineering educators at engineering education conferences and via an upcoming ASEE national project on dissemination of best education practices. We expect Prentice Hall to serve as national and international distributor for the finished products.