An ethical and compliant research ecosystem is essential for progress in STEM research. Educators play a crucial role in fostering this environment by raising students' awareness of critical topics, such as research and publication ethics, as outlined in their curriculum. Cultivating an ethical culture among all stakeholders at higher education…

This reflective inquiry reports on the experiences of a working group at Arizona State University (ASU) that, over the course of four months, built, integrated, and iterated artificial intelligence (AI) solutions into their daily work as research administrators. During this process, the group focused on creating AI solutions for the complex,…

Interviewer reflexivity is essential in social sciences to enhance the integrity of research studies because it builds trustful relationships, facilitates a nuanced understanding of phenomena, and captures both the individual and social dimensions of the human being. Although Finlay's (2003) five lenses of interviewer reflexivity--strategic,…

The following article addresses a conundrum: What if child assent in research were a fully informed, standalone process that empowered all children to discuss meaningfully, negotiate, and decide how and what the research experience would look like? Past research and practices suggest that child assent, when children (youths to 17-year-olds who…

This brief highlights design considerations for cost studies of child care and early education (CCEE) workforce development strategies. Cost studies can offer valuable information to CCEE practitioners, decision-makers, and researchers to help them understand how resources have been allocated in existing strategies. Cost studies can also be…

In this qualitative inquiry, we explored teachers' experiences and sensemaking processes with digital mathematical task design (or tool-based math problem posing) in their natural form and context. A purposive sample of math teachers from three schools attended teacher workshops where they designed applied math problems using an architecture…

Instructional designers need project management skills when managing instructional design projects (Liu et al., 2002). Based on a 2018 study, project management knowledge was found in over 40% of job postings and is recognized as a competency needed for career preparedness (Klein & Kelly, 2018; Larson & Lockee, 2009). It is unknown how…

Involvement of users in the design process is generally viewed favourably, both within academia and industry. Their involvement can be seen as a strategy for designers to clarify their design task and reduce uncertainties in the design process. Simultaneously, there is a lack of understanding about the impact that user involvement has on students…

Many design frameworks introduced to novices are not compatible with the behaviours and habits of mind of expert designers. This creates a barrier to effective practice, especially when novice designers tackle ill-defined, wicked problems. The W-model is a pedagogical framework that provides a prescriptive design model for novices, enabling them…

Generating creative ideas is critical in the design process. Currently, massive amounts of design data are existing and effective use of data can stimulate inspiration. However, there has been relatively little research on large-scale design image materials and creative knowledge mining. Here we report a creative idea generation method based on…

In this paper we explain how to build a very sensitive force table using 3D-printed parts. The key component of this apparatus is a simple sensitive pulley that, together with the other components, can be printed in one day (one hour per pulley, 17 hours for a complete three-pulleys table) at the cost of 160 g of plastic filament. This force table…

Advances in technology have increased the opportunities for designers to personalise instruction based on student actions. We conducted semi-structured interviews with an international sample of educational professionals including researchers, teachers and designers, and reviewed interdisciplinary literature on personalisation to propose a…

We argue for a virtue epistemological approach to the demarcation problem, for we think that such an approach makes sense from the perspective of an ameliorative epistemology. We argue that sustained and consistent pseudoscientific beliefs and attitudes call for an explanation in terms of underlying epistemic vices, and that remedying them calls…

This article looks at the projections on the current state of the world's post-secondary education and a prediction of what will need to be addressed and in place by 2030, in order to prepare for a significant rise in student enrollment. UNESCO presented governments and higher education institutions with a call to action to implement policies and…

In industrial design education, the curriculum should be structured to facilitate and advance student learning. The purpose of this work is to enhance the education by introducing mobile lectures and imbedded innovative approach to Bournemouth University (BU) Education, which will be employed by the lecturer in the years to come.