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Conducting Rigorous Research in Engineering: Creating a Community of Practice

Conducting Rigorous Research in Engineering: Creating a Community of Practice. Who’s here? Why are we here? What will happen?. Who’s here?. Faculty funded by two NSF projects: Conducting Rigorous Research in Engineering Education (NSF DUE-0341127)

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Conducting Rigorous Research in Engineering: Creating a Community of Practice

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  1. Conducting Rigorous Research in Engineering: Creating a Community of Practice Who’s here? Why are we here? What will happen?

  2. Who’s here? • Faculty funded by two NSF projects: • Conducting Rigorous Research in Engineering Education (NSF DUE-0341127) • Strengthening HBCU Engineering Education Research Capacity (NSF HRDF-041194)

  3. Who’s here? • Presenters and evaluators representing • American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) • American Educational Research Association (AERA) • Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education (POD)

  4. Why are we here? • Workshop objectives • List and briefly describe important principles about how students learn and especially how students learn engineering • List and briefly describe common methods used in education research • Read and interpret education research articles to inform an engineering education • Conduct informal or formal education research at your respective campuses

  5. What will happen? See 5-day agenda for the topics • Part I - Day 1 (today): focus on frameworks • Part II - Days 2-5: Follow the research process • (1) explain and model a topic, and then • (2) practice and assess your work with that topic.

  6. What will happen? • Workshop format • The central focus is YOUR evolving research question and plan • The sessions are designed to facilitate your learning, creativity, and a sense of community • Interactive and makes use of our collective knowledge • Reflective – time for solitary and group processing • Tools for reflection and feedback • Journals (private) • Posters (public)

  7. Communities for Practice (CoP) • What is a Community of Practice? • Per Wenger et al., CoPs involve: • A DOMAIN (body of knowledge) • A COMMUNITY (relationships between people) • A PRACTICE (shared frameworks about doing things)

  8. Resources • Your workshop binder • Handouts and articles distributed during the workshop • Online resources • Reference books that may be checked out overnight • Your thinking as documented in your journal and on your poster • YOUR FELLOW PARTICIPANTS

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