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The Multiple Institution Database for Investigating Engineering Longitudinal Development (MIDFIELD) is expanding to include 113 institutions and is being redesigned and archived to be more accessible to researchers. This special session will describe how researchers can better use or gain access to MIDFIELD. At the conclusion of the session participants should be able to: describe MIDFIELD including...
Engineers and information technology professionals often work in international settings or teams, as well as across diverse cultures in today's global economy. Ever expanding globalized society has required updates in organizational procedures and practices, especially for engineering and information technology organizations, to keep up with increasingly competitive and technology-oriented markets...
This paper aims to measure students' level of interest in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and the main focus is on students in grades 9 to 12. Essentially, the goal is to understand the factors behind students' choice of STEM or non-STEM academic tracks. Public and private school students in STEM and non-STEM academic programs participated...
This paper outlines and discusses the use of Foucauldian Discourse Analysis (FDA), a qualitative approach to investigating discourse. FDA offers a theoretical method which reveals, from the discourse, the various power structures affecting engineering students in their first year. This method has been unexplored in the STEM educational research field, but has been used successfully in psychology,...
This paper presents the relationship between STEM+ education and the design thinking process. The paper include a complete case study about the Innovation Hub "a STEM+ lab setup in UAE in partnership with Albayt Mitwahid Association and Google". It also presents the STEM+ solutions proposed by Edutech to be implemented inside the lab.
The demand for skills in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) is consistently high worldwide. However, the number of female students studying these subjects at higher education level has been consistently under represented, especially in engineering. In this paper, we share some insights into the reasons why some female engineering students in Malaysia and Kazakhstan have chosen...
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) aims to engage undergraduate students in making contributions to the community as well as create and facilitate educational and leadership opportunities. Undergraduate students are encouraged to utilize their engineering knowledge and technology knowhow innovatively in projects contributing to the society. We collaborate with School of Business...
Peer Led Team Learning (PLTL) is a nationally recognized curriculum enhancement strategy adopted in various forms by over 150 universities and colleges across the United States. Consistent with the outcomes and the vision of ABET Engineering Criteria 2000 and the National Academy of Engineering Engineer 2020, PLTL prepares students to work in teams; apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering...
In the age of technical and cut throat competitiveness, traditional mentoring system does not suffice the requisites of an engineering graduate. Thus, a new strategical mentoring process has been discussed which not only provides expertise in disciplinary field but also inculcates in students cognitive and lifelong learning skills. Various types of mentoring have been characterized which includes...
At the Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences (BRSU), Germany, students of engineering sciences are trained in thinking and acting like an engineer right from the start - by creating a Rube Goldberg machine in an introductory project, organized with SCRUM techniques
Motivation is a critical factor in the academic performance, especially in the EHEA context, where the active learning must be promoted. In the case of engineering education, it is particularly necessary to care the student motivation by several reasons. The difficulty of engineering degrees can hinder the motivation of students and it can affect the high levels of absenteeism and dropping out. Thus,...
This paper describes an interdisciplinary undergraduate research program in STEM fields intended to motivate female students to graduate with STEM degrees. The goal of the dual-role approach is to provide unique mentorship from distinguished technical leaders to female students while the students simultaneously pursue STEM research as a team. The students receive mentorship from distinguished female...
One of MIT Lincoln Laboratory's strategic directions is science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) outreach. The Laboratory aims to develop STEM programs that couple traditional academic classroom lectures with experiential hands-on activities. The opportunity for students to build and test engineering components based on theory that they have been taught is a very effective formula...
The department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) is one of four departments in the College of Engineering at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), Sultanate of Oman. The department admits around 25% to 30% of engineering students every semester. Specialization selection is based on students' discretion and academic acation selection is its inception, ECE accommodated the largest share of students...
This paper aims to explore the impact of lecture capture technology on lecturers and teaching at an Australian university. The data was collected from lecturers in engineering, management, and nursing disciplines. Results of the survey and interviews indicated conformity with previous studies on the importance of teachers' value beliefs in their effort to integrate educational technology in teaching...
This workshop is meant for all lecturers and researchers of the conference, to experience the benefits of improvisation for themselves or for their students. In educating the inventors of our future, it is important to address creativity as a condition for innovation in Engineering courses of study. Part of the creative potential lies in the ability of divergent thinking. This looking for not yet...
Developing engineers for a changing world presents a greater need for students to understand simulations. Understanding mathematical models and simulations are skills that all engineers need for industry and research, but many engineering students lack a conceptual understanding of how to develop them. This workshop facilitates conversations about the future of engineering education with an emphasis...
The AsTeRICS Academy is an ongoing project of the University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien which focuses on development and application of novel educational strategies in the sectors of electronic engineering and information technologies, targeting very heterogeneous groups of learners in an international context. The applied methods include hands-on workshops and practical design challenges...
The purpose of this study is to clarify the differences of educational objectives between national technical colleges and national institutes of technology. This was achieved by using the text mining method. We collected text data from the educational objectives of all technical colleges and all institutes of technology websites. Words that appeared most frequently in the text data were listed for...
The recent nationwide audit of graduate programmes offered at public universities by the Malaysian Qualification Agency (MQA) has, in a way, opened up a can of wriggly worms! Albeit the admittedly onerous process of gathering and compiling the evidence in preparation for the audit, a substantial number of issues, either previously overlooked or unforeseen, has been ascertained. One of these in UTHM...
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