Introduction
Four
engineering education coalitions
will
be hosting Share the Future IV, a conference designed to provide engineering educators
access to innovative concepts and initiatives in engineering education. The conference
will be held in Tempe, Arizona, near the campus of Arizona State University, on
16–18 March 2003. Deadline:
1 November 2002
Notification: 1 December 2002 More
information about Share the Future IV can be found at
http://www.foundationcoalition.org/events/conferences/share_the_future_iv.html. Workshop
Format
The
focus of the conference will be about twenty-five interactive, two-hour workshops
that allow participants to explore an innovative concept, topic, idea, project,
etc., in engineering education. The program committee is soliciting proposals
for offering one or more of these workshops at the conference. Each workshop will
provide an opportunity for participants to explore in depth a particular topic,
innovation, project, etc., in engineering education. Each workshop should have
clear learning objectives for the participants and substantial activities for
the participants. One of the questions raised about workshops as a means for professional
development is "What is the effect of a workshop over the longer term?"
The conference will provide a follow-up instrument to be sent to participants
about six months after the conference. Workshop presenters will be expected to
contribute questions or other items to the follow-up instrument. The follow-up
instrument will be used in addition to end-of-workshop surveys. To give you some
idea of previous workshops, here are sample titles of workshops offered at the
Share the Future III Conference, which was held in March 2002 at the University
of Florida in Gainesville. - Course
Evaluation for Measuring Learning Objectives
- Reality-based
E-learning Activities
- Curriculum
Integration: How and Why
- Comprehensive
Assessment of Design Projects
- Instructional
Technologies in the Classroom
- Course
Objectives and Classroom Assessment
- Effective
Teaching with Technology
- Building
a Freshman Engineering Program
- Designing
Innovative Classrooms
- Developing
a Fluid Mechanics Classroom
- Facilitating
Change in First-year Engineering Instruction
- Active
Classroom Learning with Media
- Concept
Inventories for Engineering Sciences
- A
Unified Approach to Engineering Science
- Writing
Stronger Engineering Education Proposals
Workshop
Proposal Submission
Workshop proposals should be submitted to Jeff
Froyd (phone 979.845.7574) by 1 Nov 2002.
Each proposal should include - Workshop
title
- Names
of workshop presenters
- Abstract
(approximately 300 words)
- Statement
of learning objectives
- Proposal
to contribute to the follow-up instrument for assessing longer term impact of
the conference
Questions
about travel support can also be addressed to Jeff
Froyd. Proposals
will be reviewed by the program committee and presenters will be notified of the
decision on their proposals by 1 Dec 2002.
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