Rigorous Research in Engineering Education: Creating a Community of Practice

这组研究人员在另一个奖项（DUE-0341127）下成功举办了一个关于工程教育严格研究的研讨会，但由于资金限制，参与的教师人数有限。为了利用这种影响，研讨会组织者正在以两种方式扩展他们的方法。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”，这些研究人员在校园内充当变革推动者。这些团队包括以前讲习班的“校友”，他们能够成功地开始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教师组成，并由一名具有学习科学专业知识的教师加入。工程师和有学问的科学家的结合促进了这些学科之间的合作。每个团队将在各自的校园组织两次后续活动。第二种方法是在三个地点提供的缩短版讲习班。这些课程为期1.5天，课程从一个晚上开始，持续一整天。选定的场地需要支付房间租金，AV和广告费用，并保证至少40名工程教师参加研讨会。

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.