Dear IEEE Young Professionals,
as part of our IEEE Connecting Experts program, together with IEEE Croatia Section, we are bringing you a panel about design thinking in STEM area and project-based education through interdisciplinary teams, going beyond engineering, to prepare students for the marketplace. The technical talk entitled "Interdisciplinary Project-based Learning" is organized in collaboration with IEEE Croatia Section and is starting tomorrow, December 11 at 15:10 UTC.
as part of our IEEE Connecting Experts program, together with IEEE Croatia Section, we are bringing you a panel about design thinking in STEM area and project-based education through interdisciplinary teams, going beyond engineering, to prepare students for the marketplace. The technical talk entitled "Interdisciplinary Project-based Learning" is organized in collaboration with IEEE Croatia Section and is starting tomorrow, December 11 at 15:10 UTC.
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You can join the session here.
About the topic
In this interactive session, the development, design, and implementation of an interdisciplinary project-based learning approach at the WSU will be presented and discussed by the team who designed it and tested its performance. The project called SOAR (STEM-Oriented Alliance for Research) offers a transformative educational experience to students, merging coursework across three different academic disciplines. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) education has been challenged by industries to incorporate business and communication experiences (and vice versa) that prepare students for the workplace. Incorporating interdisciplinary project-based coursework provides experiential learning for students, a skillset that employers indicate as desirable.
The data obtained during the work on the SOAR project suggest that the collaboration in interdisciplinary project-based learning does initially produce disorientation, some trepidation, and confusion. However, ultimately these disorienting dilemmas lead to transformative learning, increased confidence, and cohesion among disciplines. The results of this paper will inform and guide engineering educators in creating interdisciplinary project-based coursework that meets the growing demands of the workplace of today and the future.
To engage in the interactive part of the session, you will need the link: www.pollev.com/jmurray180
All this project, and this Workshop, really is about is how to make students engage their full creativity potentials and make learning more interesting and, ultimately, useful and applicable in the fast-changing economy and society.
You can join the session here.
About the topic
In this interactive session, the development, design, and implementation of an interdisciplinary project-based learning approach at the WSU will be presented and discussed by the team who designed it and tested its performance. The project called SOAR (STEM-Oriented Alliance for Research) offers a transformative educational experience to students, merging coursework across three different academic disciplines. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) education has been challenged by industries to incorporate business and communication experiences (and vice versa) that prepare students for the workplace. Incorporating interdisciplinary project-based coursework provides experiential learning for students, a skillset that employers indicate as desirable.
The data obtained during the work on the SOAR project suggest that the collaboration in interdisciplinary project-based learning does initially produce disorientation, some trepidation, and confusion. However, ultimately these disorienting dilemmas lead to transformative learning, increased confidence, and cohesion among disciplines. The results of this paper will inform and guide engineering educators in creating interdisciplinary project-based coursework that meets the growing demands of the workplace of today and the future.
To engage in the interactive part of the session, you will need the link: www.pollev.com/jmurray180
All this project, and this Workshop, really is about is how to make students engage their full creativity potentials and make learning more interesting and, ultimately, useful and applicable in the fast-changing economy and society.
About the speakers
It is our pleasure to host a wonderful team of professors from the Washington State University, Everett:
- Prof. Lucrezia Cuen Paxson, Clinical Assistant Professor, Edward E. Murrow College of Communication,
- Dr. Mark Beattie, Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Clinical Assistant Professor in the School of Hospitality Business Management,
- Dr. Jacob Murray, Clinical Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator for the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,
- Dr. Soobin Seo, Assistant Professor of hospitality business management at the WSU Everett.
LinkedIn links: Lucrezia Cuen Paxson, Jacob Murray, Soobin Seo, Mark Beattie
You can check our real-time schedule of talks in the IEEE Connecting Experts Calendar and follow us and our live streams on our Facebook page or YouTube channel.
Kind regards,
Dubravko Sabolic - IEEE Croatia Section
Vinko Lesic - IEEE Region 8 Young Professionals
