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Brown, Aaron; Bauer, Michael – Athens Journal of Education, 2021
Engineers provide essential services to society, solving pressing challenges through technological inventiveness. Students new to engineering often cite the lure of creative problem solving as attracting them to the discipline. However, traditional engineering curricula typically focus on a narrow application of fundamentals for solving…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Service Learning, Community Development, Sustainable Development
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Boer, Perien Joniell; Asino, Tutaleni I. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2018
The development of technological solutions often consists of a small group of experts selecting the type of technology and how it is to be used, regardless of the culture of the user. This practice excludes practitioners from the decision-making process, and can lead to frustrations and an unsustainable community of practice. This paper addresses…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Cultural Influences, Appropriate Technology, Best Practices