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Collofello, Jim; Fox, Derek; Jamieson, Leah H.; Johnson, Bart M.; Loughman, Joshua; Morgan, Jim; Oakes, William C.; Schoepf, Jared; Smith, Crystal – Advances in Engineering Education, 2021
The EPICS Program was created in 1995 with the dual purposes of improving engineering education and addressing compelling needs within our communities. The model broke with many traditional academic traditions, involving students in multidisciplinary teams of students from first-year to fourth years for multiple semesters or even years on projects…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Service Learning, Higher Education, Undergraduate Students
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Adams, Robin S.; Brightman, Andrew O.; DeBoer, Jennifer; Jamieson, Leah H.; Oakes, William C.; Riley, Donna M.; Rudin, Paige – Advances in Engineering Education, 2021
Purdue University's commitments as a public land grant institution that purposefully integrates education, research, and service has enabled the university to develop as a site of innovation and impact at scale, making strategic investments and taking bold risks that produce benefits within wider social, political, and economic systems. We present…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Access to Education, Organizational Culture, Institutional Mission
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Kelley, Todd R. – Technology and Engineering Teacher, 2016
Precious moments in life for an educator are taking time to reflect upon his or her teaching practices to evaluate effectiveness and overall impact. Often this reflection is a weekly if not a daily process for educators using a reflective practitioner model (SchÖn, 1983). For professors, many universities have opportunities for tenured faculty to…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Sabbatical Leaves, Reflective Teaching, Educational Innovation
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Summers, Sarah E.; Chenette, Heather C. S.; Ingram, Ella L.; McCormack, Jay P.; Cunningham, Patrick J. – InSight: A Journal of Scholarly Teaching, 2016
Reflection is a high-impact practice in education. This paper explores the premise, approach, and outcomes of a learning community centered on scholarly engagement with the literature of reflection. Using the reflection model operationalized by a national consortium, we developed, implemented, and assessed reflection activities designed to create…
Descriptors: Reflection, Interdisciplinary Approach, Teaching Methods, Educational Practices
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Dyehouse, Melissa; Bennett, Deborah; Harbor, Jon; Childress, Amy; Dark, Melissa – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2009
Logic models are based on linear relationships between program resources, activities, and outcomes, and have been used widely to support both program development and evaluation. While useful in describing some programs, the linear nature of the logic model makes it difficult to capture the complex relationships within larger, multifaceted…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Systems Approach, Models, Comparative Analysis