The European engineering educators podcast from SEFI brings you key insights into the minds of university researchers and practitioners who have built international reputations in the field of engineering education with knowledge and advice to share. Find out from Europe's largest network of engineering educators how engineering is evolving to address the challenges of the modern world, and develop your expertise.
Your hosts are Professor Neil Cooke (University of Birmingham) and Dr Natalie Wint (University College London).
We want to bring the frontiers of engineering education to you, regardless of your speciality, in an easy to digest format- you don't have to be an education researcher to benefit. You might be an academic teaching engineering or a related subject, an engineer who wants to keep up with the latest insights, some other professional in education, or even a student!
Based in Brussels, SEFI is the European society for engineering education, a non-profit organisation active since 1973, and Europe's largest network of engineering educators. Our mission is to improve engineering education and its image in society.
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The European engineering educators podcast from SEFI brings you key insights into the minds of university researchers and practitioners who have built international reputations in the field of engineering education with knowledge and advice to share. Find out from Europe's largest network of engineering educators how engineering is evolving to address the challenges of the modern world, and develop your expertise.
Your hosts are Professor Neil Cooke (University of Birmingham) and Dr Natalie Wint (University College London).
We want to bring the frontiers of engineering education to you, regardless of your speciality, in an easy to digest format- you don't have to be an education researcher to benefit. You might be an academic teaching engineering or a related subject, an engineer who wants to keep up with the latest insights, some other professional in education, or even a student!
Based in Brussels, SEFI is the European society for engineering education, a non-profit organisation active since 1973, and Europe's largest network of engineering educators. Our mission is to improve engineering education and its image in society.
Join our network www.sefi.be
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Listen to the podcast with subtitles in your own language on youtube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgbdO3TmP943SOB9BDGRrffTG6tShZSXz
Written and produced by Neil Cooke and Natalie Wint.
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This is our first episode which takes the new format which we will be released at intervals along with our normal longer length shows. In these episodes we will be bringing you up to date with some of the latest work within engineering education by speaking with authors of recent publications.
For our first episode of this I am speaking with Madeline Polmear from Kings College London, who featured in our very first season of the podcast.
And we are going to talk about a paper published in the Journal of Engineering Education entitled Exploring engagement narratives among self-identified Hispanic women's experiences in engineering counterspaces which Madeline co-authored with Elizabeth Volpe, Idalis Villanueva Alarcón and Denise Simmons.
For the full paper, follow this link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jee.20630
Timestamps
0.00 Welcome and introduction
0.27 Introduction to the episode an publication
1.22 The research team
3.08 Summary of the work
4.30 The research gap
5.58 The research questions
6.35 Theoretical underpinnings
10.15 Methodology; Data Collection and analysis
12.21 The findings
15.32 Implications for engineering education practice
17.12 Implications for engineering education research
19.10 Goodbyes
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We can't really talk about engineering education without talking about engineering students. But in this episode we talk to them! We attempt to bridge the gap between engineering educators and students by directly asking them what they think. In so doing, we welcome Katrijn Vandenborne (current President of BEST) and Nadica Koloska (co-ordinator for the Educational Involvement Department) from the Board of European Students of Technology (BEST).
Join Dr. Natalie Wint (University College London) and Prof. Neil Cooke (University of Birmingham) to learn about the ways in which students are contributing their their own engineering education, and what we can learn from them.
Timestamps
0.00 Welcome and introduction to episode
0.29 Podcast Intro
0.46 Experiences with students collaboration from Natalie and Neil
2.47 Intrduction to Katrijn and Nadica
6.30 The history of BEST
8.04 The relationship with SEFI
10.48 Managing student turnover
12.11 Professional development courses
14.55 Career support
16.20 Symposium on Education
19.02 The Education Involvement Department
20.58 Stakeholders
28.35 Topics of interest within BEST: professional skills, the responsible engineer, assessment and AI
39.45 What should educators remove from engineering programmes?
43.00 Diversifying membership and the student voice
47.19 The benefits of being part of BEST
53.02 What's next?
56.33 How do students get involved in BEST?
59.06 Key Takeaways from Katrijn and Nadica
1.01.48 Key takeaways from Natalie and Neil
Key Resources
https://www.best.eu.org/index.jsp
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Welcome to the highlights episode for season 6! We have reached the end of season 6 and 3+ years of podcasting.
Neil and Natalie would like to thank all listeners and guests for their continued support in making the podcast a valuable source of information regarding contemporary topics in engineering education.
Join Dr. Natalie Wint (University College London) and Professor Neil Cooke (University of Birmingham) for this episode in which they summarise the recent interviews.
00.00 - Introduction
00.38 - Welcome, podcast updates, the future of the podcast
03.50 - Robyn Mae Paul and Kari Zacharias on the Iron Ring
12.00 - Siara Isaac and Joelyn de Lima on the 3T Play Project for Transversal Skills
18.58 - Kurt Coppens on feedback literacy
24.36 - Mariana Velho on public engagement and outreach
29.29 - Call for guests, and ideas on topics and guests
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Attracting students to study engineering, and helping society understand what engineers do, are ongoing challenges within engineering education.
In this episode we spoke to Mariana Velho, Communication, Education and Outreach Manager for CERN openlab. Mariana draws upon her background in psychology, education and outreach, to manage various communication projects and campaigns, and manage stakeholder relationships.
Join Dr. Natalie Wint (University College London) and Dr. Neil Cooke (University of Birmingham) to learn about the use of science communication and outreach in encouraging students to study engineering.
Timestamps
0.00 Welcome and introduction to episode
0.23 Podcast Intro
0.48 Experiences with science communication and outreach from Natalie and Neil
3.20 Introduction to Mariana
6.47 The importance of science communication
7.28 ATLAS Experiment and CERN
8.44 The role of psychology in science communication
11.46 CERN
14.44 CERN openlab
16.47 Mariana's role within CERN
19.28 Developing the scientists and engineers of tomorrow
21.22 The Summer Placement
27.36 Science communication skills
31.32 Educational resources
37.11 Microsoft Dreamspace and spatial skills
43.24 Engineering in the future
48.11 What's next?
51.54 Key Takeaways from Mariana
53.20 Key takeaways from Natalie and Neil
Key Resources
https://marianadantasvelho.com/
https://openlab.cern/about/collaborate-us
https://atlas.cern/Resources/Colouring-Books
https://dreamspace.microsoft.com/en-us/dreamspace/ireland
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Feedback is a somewhat perennial topic within higher education (HE), with increasing emphasis on students as independent learners who should engage as active participants to fulfil the role of a self-regulated learner.
In this episode we speak to Dr. Kurt Coppens who works within the ETHER (Engineering Technology Education Research) research group, at the Faculty of Engineering Technology, KU Leuven, Belgium and whose PhD focused on the feedback literacy of engineering students.
Join Dr. Natalie Wint (University College London) and Dr. Neil Cooke (University of Birmingham) to learn about the role of feedback literacy in engineering education!
Timestamps
0.00 Welcome and introduction to episode
0.16 Podcast Intro
0.42 Experiences with feedback literacy from Natalie and Neil
4.11 Introduction to Kurt
7.05 ETHER at KU Leuven
7.58 What do we mean by feedback literacy?
9.13 What is involved in feedback literacy?
11.41 What does good feedback literacy look like?
13.28 Research developments in areas of feedback literacy
17.52 The research gap
20.07 PhD aims
21.40 Study design
28.22 Findings of the first study (Feedback Oreintation Scale)
30.10 Findings from the reflective logs
33.22 Changes in feedback literacy during first year
39.28 Changes during a degree
41.04 Improving feedback literacy
43.10 Capacity building of educators
46.15 Generalisability of findings
47.27 The future of research in this area
49.10 Key Takeaways from Kurt
50.29 Key takeaways from Natalie and Neil
Further Reading
Kurt’s work
Kurt’s Thesis can be found by following the link below: https://kuleuven.limo.libis.be/discovery/search?query=any,contains,LIRIAS4154722&tab=LIRIAS&search_scope=lirias_profile&vid=32KUL_KUL:Lirias&offset=0
Coppens, K., Van den Broeck, L., Winstone, N., & Langie, G. (2023). Capturing student feedback literacy using reflective logs. European Journal of Engineering Education, 48(4), 653–666. https://doi.org/10.1080/03043797.2023.2185501
Coppens, K., Van den Broeck, L., Winstone, N., & Langie, G. (2024). A mixed method approach to exploring feedback literacy through student self-reflection. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 50(2), 173–186. https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2024.2373792
Other Key Resources
https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2018.1463354
https://doi.org/10.2224/sbp.2002.30.8.821.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206310373145
https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2019.1667955
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10459-019-09905-5
https://doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2023.2263838
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There continues to be a growing focus on the need for engineering students to develop transversal skills. There are a number of barriers which can stifle efforts in teaching such skills and approaches increasingly focus on developing engineering educators’ ability to integrate a diverse set of skills with technical knowledge.
In this episode we speak to Siara Isaac and Joelyn de Lima, part of the 3T Play project (funded by the Lego Foundation) team from Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), who focused on the use of tangible objects and playfulness to support the learning process and support skills development.
Join Dr. Natalie Wint (University College London) and Dr. Neil Cooke (University of Birmingham) to learn about the approaches to embedding trasversal skills within engineering education!
Timestamps
0.00 Welcome and introduction to episode
0.22 Podcast Intro
0.48 Experiences with transversal skills from Natalie and Neil
3.18 Introduction to Siara and Joelyn and the wider 3T Play project team
5.15 The start of the 3T Play project at EPFL
7.22 What are transversal skills?
9.31 The significance of transversal skills and why they should be explicitly taught
11:18 The views of instructors and barriers to teaching transversal skills
16:48 The Trident Model: Knowing, Experiencing and Learning from Experience
22:47 The role of tangible objects
24:40 Applying the model to a skill
29:42 Flexibility to change interventions to suit the audience
34:12 Conditions which help students to develop transversal skills through experiential learning
39:16 Process level feedback
41:56 Developing the handbook as a resource
47:35 What types and level of students are these activities approriate for?
50:50 The layout of the book and the chapters
56:50 The impact of the project
59:34 Key Takeaways from Siara and Joelyn
1:02:23 Key takeaways from Natalie and Neil
Further Reading
The link to the open access resource can be found here
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Welcome to the first episode of season 6 of the podcast!
The Archimedean Oath, first developed in 1990 and inspired by the Hippocratic Oath, was promoted as a reflection tool during SEFI 2024. Historically, the oath was read and signed at the end of master’s level study and allowed engineers to emphasise their commitment to their institution and global responsibility. Taking an oath was viewed as supporting graduates in making ethical decisions within professional practice. However, societal and environmental needs have since changed, this triggering moves to update both the form and scope of the oath. Similarly, in Canada, the Iron Ring or Ritual of the Calling of an Engineering is a ceremony which engineering graduates traditionally take part in.
In this episode we spoke to Robyn Mae Paul from the University of Calgary and Kari Zacharias from the University of Manitoba who are part of the group ‘Retool the Ring’, whose work focuses on advocating for changes to the ceremony.
Join Dr. Natalie Wint (University College London) and Dr. Neil Cooke (University of Birmingham) to learn about the iron ring!
Timestamps
0.00 Welcome and introduction to episode
0.58 Podcast Intro
1.20 Experiences with CBL from Natalie and Neil
3.17 Introduction to Robyn and Kari
9.13 Introduction to the Iron Ring
12.12 What is involved in the ceremony
17.45 The obligation
19.47 What are the benefits of the ritual?
22.53 The start of Retool the Ring
32.23 Retool the Ring Activities
40.42 The Iron Ring as establishing, challenging and maintaining boundaries
49.02 The use of exclusionary values and langaguge
56.47 Proposed changes
1:02:26 End of the Iron Ring?
1:05:47 Reactions to the work done by Retool the Ring
1:09: 50 What is next for Retool the Ring
1:13:42 Key takeaways from Natalie and Neil
Further Reading
The following links will take you to publications authored by members of the Retool the Ring group.
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/education/articles/10.3389/feduc.2023.1177035/full
https://ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/PCEEA/article/view/17100
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We have reached the end of the fifth season!
Neil and Natalie would like to thank all listeners and guests for their continued support in making the podcast a valuable source of information regarding contemporary topics in engineering education.
Join Dr. Natalie Wint (University College London) and Dr. Neil Cooke (University of Birmingham) for this episode in which they summarise the recent interviews.
00.00 - Introduction
00.34 - Welcome and call for new guests
02.07 -Inês Direito and Jan Van Maele on diversity, equity and inclusion (Ep. 1)
08.10 Sasha Nikolic, Scott Daniel and Rezwanul Haque from the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE) on AI (Ep. 2)
13.39 Ann-Kristin Winkens on systems resilience in the context of engineering education (Ep. 3)
18.04 Thies Johannsen on transdisciplinary education within engineering (Ep. 4)
26.05 Esther Matemba & Lelanie Smith on Engineering Education in the Afrrican context (Ep. 5)
31.29 Jorge Membrillo-Hernández on Challenge Based Learning (Ep. 6)
36.25 Upcoming plans
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Engineering education is home to many different learning approaches including problem, project, and challenge-based learning, as well as studio learning. At the same time, technological advances mean that there is an increasing focus on virtual learning, and collaboration across geographical contexts. The wide variety of approaches at our disposable necessitates choices to be made regarding what, and how, ideas will be incorporated, and indeed at what scale.
In this episode we speak to Jorge Membrillo-Hernández from the Technological University of Monterrey. Jorge has a wealth of experience in using a variety of teaching and assessment methods in many different contexts. Jorge incorporates challenge-based learning (CBL) at a programme level, with challenges drawn from both local and global partners. He is particularly interested in socially oriented interdisciplinary STEM education, and COIL (collaborative on-line learning classroom). He has over 100 publications with over 2000 citations and an h-index of 26) and is probably the most published author focusing on CBL within engineering!
Join Dr. Natalie Wint (University College London) and Dr. Neil Cooke (University of Birmingham) to learn about an institution wide approach to CBL in a Mexican context.
Timestamps
0.00 Welcome and introduction to episode
0.21 Podcast Intro
0.47 Experiences with CBL from Natalie and Neil
2.46 Introduction to Jorge
5.51 Introduction to Technological University of Monterrey
6.52 Tech21 Educational model
8.41 CBL within Tech21
12.00 The role of the educator within CBL
15.15 An example of a challenge and the interdiscplinary education team
22.56 The involvement of partner organisations
26.55 Fostering industrial relationship
28.31 Planning a challenge that supports student development
32.35 COIL - Collaborative online international learning
35.14 Student resistance to CBL
41.44 Challenges associated with implementing CBL
47.00 The future of CBL and research into CBL
51.20 Final advice from Jorge
55.27 Key takeaways from Natalie and Neil
Further Reading
You can find out more about Jorge and via his institutional home page
https://research.tec.mx/vivo-tec/display/PID_289299
His publications can also be found through ResearchGate
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jorge-Membrillo-Hernandez
and Google Scholar
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=BpZtoj8AAAAJ&hl=es
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The isolation felt by engineering educators who are passionate about teaching and learning, but who reside in technically focused engineering departments, is widely reported. The case is no different in Africa, where few institutions recognise educational research as a valid research focus in engineering, this resulting in lack of capacity for engineering education research (EER) and meaning that African educational innovations are not well represented in the literature. Although educators within Africa may make use of research findings from elsewhere, or receive support from those in different geographical locations, the contextual nature of education research means there is a need for supportive national and regional communities.
In this episode we speak to Lelanie Smith, a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and IT at the University of Pretoria and Dr. Esther Matemba, an independent Engineering education researcher, consultant, and a sessional academic at Curtin University, Australia. Together, the two co-lead the Engineering Education Research Network for Africa (EERN-Africa).
Join Dr. Natalie Wint (University College London) and Dr. Neil Cooke (University of Birmingham) to learn about the rewards and challenges involved in setting up an Engineering Education network.
Timestamps
0.00 Welcome and introduction to episode
0.40 Podcast Intro
1.02 Experiences with networks and communities from Natalie and Neil
2.23 Introduction to Lelanie
6.37 Introduction to Esther
9.50 Introduction to engineering education in the African context and contextual characteristics
17.36 Objectives and operation of the network
27.58 The network as a community of practice (CoP)
36.27 PhD and Masters programme
41.41 The role of funding in development of the network
48.08 Future opportunties for engineering education in Afria
50.55 Becoming involved in the network
51.55 Final advice
59.37 Key takeaways from Natalie and Neil
Further Reading
A paper about EERN-Africa as a Community of Practice
DOI: 10.1080/22054952.2023.2233340
An introduction to EERN-Africa posted on the REEN website
https://reen.co/introducing-the-engineering-education-research-network-africa-eern-africa/
A podcast episode on which Esther features
A link to the network LinkedIn page
To find out more about the Master’s and PhD programme visit
https://intra-africa-cb4ee.co.za/index
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As the problems that society faces become more complex there is increasing emphasis on the need for engineers to work across disciplines, with a focus on taking interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches to engineering education. However, there can be a lack of clarity about how such terms are conceptualised within the engineering classroom, this resulting in a lack of concrete teaching interventions. In this episode we speak to Thies Johannsen, a research assistant from TU Berlin who works at the intersection between Social Sciences, Humanities, and STEM disciplines. Thies draws upon his education in Law, Social Sciences, and Politics, and Philosophy, as well as experience in policy making, advising political bodies and consulting for corporate associations and businesses.
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Join Dr. Natalie Wint (University College London) and Dr. Neil Cooke (University of Birmingham) to learn about transdisciplinary engineering education.
Timestamps
0.00 Welcome and introduction to episode
0.25 Podcast Intro
0.50 Experiences in resilience from Natalie and Neil
2.52 Introduction to Thies
7.22 TU Berlin
9.46 Why is transdisciplinary becoming more important in engineering education? Understanding disciplinary routes
11.03 Specialisation, research output and impact, and innovation
14.14 Defining transdisciplinary
17.05 Modes of knowledge
25.34 An example of transdisciplinary work within engineering
29.43 Skills and competencies involved
33.02 Transdisciplinary in the engineering classroom
36.11 Classroom exercises
42.32 Assessment
44.58 Challenges associated with transdisciplinary education
48.03 Final advice
50.27 Key takeaways from Natalie and Neil
Further Reading
Handbook of Transdisciplinary Learning which features Thies’ chapter entitled Cooperative Education
https://www.tu.berlin/en/vp-sl/transdisciplinary-learning/handbook-transdisciplinary-learning
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Discussion around the need for engineers to navigate increasingly complex and uncertain challenges (e.g., climate change, digitalisation) features heavily within engineering education research and leads to questions pertaining to the abilities of engineering graduates. Despite this, little is known about the way in which engineering programmes support students in coping with such uncertainty and complexity (also referred to as resilience).
In this episode we spoke to Dr. Ann-Kristin Winkens, a postdoctoral researcher in the Gender and Diversity in Engineering Research Group (GDI) at RWTH Aachen in Germany. Ann-Kristin draws upon her prior education in environmental engineering when researching areas of systems resilience and competencies needed when designing resilient systems.
shownotes: https://www.sefi.be/2024/11/18/podcast-season-5-episode-3-european-engineering-educators-is-online/
Join Dr. Natalie Wint (University College London) and Dr. Neil Cooke (University of Birmingham) to learn about resilient systems.
Timestamps
0.00 Welcome and introduction to episode
0.32 Podcast Intro
0.53 Experiences in resilience from Natalie and Neil
2.03 Introduction to Ann-Kristin
4.28 Defining resilience
6.36 The systematic literature review into how engineering education research addresses resilience
9.56 The importance of systems resilience
12.46 The competencies involved
15.41 Are the competenices involved addressed in engineering programmes?
19.45 Commonly addressed competencies
21.36 Key recommendations for addressing competencies in engineering programmes
22.46 How is systems resilience addressed in accreditation criteria?
27.51 Embedding systems resilience in engineering programmes
33.19 Course level learning outcomes and assessment of learning outcomes
36.47 The future of engineering education research into resilient systems
39.18 Final advice
40.32 Key takeaways from Natalie and Neil
Further Reading
https://www.sefi.be/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/SEFI-Annual-Conference-2021-Blended-Learning-in-Engineering-Education.pdf.
http://ww.cdio.org/knowledge-library/documents/vuca-and-resilience-engineering-education-%E2%80%93-lessons-learned.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03043797.2023.2179913.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03043797.2023.2171852.
https://arrow.tudublin.ie/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1005&context=sefi2023_respap.
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Since the start of 2023, Chat GPT, and the use of generative AI (Gen-AI) more generally, has been the topic of much discussion, advice and debate within engineering education worldwide. Despite a proliferation of guidance, awareness raising and information, there has been little empirical evidence pertaining to the impact of Gen-AI on integrity of assessment and risk of plagiarism, something which has led to confusion and duplication of work.
In this episode we speak to Sasha Nikolic (University of Wollongong), Scott Daniel (University of Technology, Sydney), and Rezwanul Haque (University of the Sunshine Coast) from the Australasian Artificial Intelligence in Engineering Education Centre (AAIEEC) Special Interest Group of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE), who, along with other Australian engineering educators, came together to answer questions about how ChatGPT and other Gen-AI tools may affect engineering education assessment methods, and how it might be used to facilitate learning.
Join Dr. Natalie Wint (University College London) and Dr. Neil Cooke (University of Birmingham) to learn AI in the context of assessment in engineering education.
Timestamps
0.00 Welcome and introduction to episode
0.33 Podcast Intro
0.54 Experiences in AI from Natalie and Neil
3.02 Introduction to Scott, Sacha and Rez
4.34 Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE)
6.54 The work and priorities of the Australasian Artificial Intelligence in Engineering Education Centre (AAIEEC) SIG
10.50 Key terms in AI
14.08 Introduction to the study into use of AI in engineering assessment
16.58 The research methodology and process involved
20.44 The main implications of the research studies
29.19 Developments in AI and the second study
40.39 Limitations of LLMs
49.16 Developing AI literacy
58.11 The role of evaluative judgement and changing assessment methods
1:01:32 Reactions to the work from academics
1:05:55 Final advice
1:08: 22 Key takeaways from Natalie and Neil
1:14:49 Bonus Easter Egg!
Further Reading
For more information about the Australasian Artificial Intelligence in Engineering Education Centre (AAIEEC) Special Interest Group visit:
Papers
https://doi.org/10.1080/03043797.2023.2213169
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03043797.2023.2213169
https://doi.org/10.1080/22054952.2024.2372154
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/22054952.2024.2372154
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Terms such as inclusion, diversity, equity, and equality, have long featured in discussions relating to engineering education, and are often used interchangeably. Their meaning both evolve over time and vary significantly across context. Such changes and variation have implications for the areas in which efforts towards DEI, are focused, as well as to learn from good practice and monitor progress.
In this episode we speak to Dr. Inês Direito, an Assistant Researcher at the Centre for Mechanical Technology and Automation, University of Aveiro (Portugal) and Dr Jan Van Maele, Professor in Language and Communication at the Faculty of Engineering Technology at KU Leuven (Flanders, Belgium). Our two guests bring together their complimentary expertise (Inês in Psychology and in researching student experience and mental health, and Jan in teaching languages in a context in which language policies have created obstacles to creating cultural diversity) to discuss their work exploring how the engineering education community believe DEI related terms are understood and implemented in their own institution and in other contexts around the globe.
Join Dr. Natalie Wint (University College London) and Dr. Neil Cooke (University of Birmingham) to learn DEI in the context of Engineering Education worldwide.
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Timestamps
0.00 Welcome and introduction to episode
0.35 Podcast Intro
0.54 Experiences in DEI from Natalie and Neil
3.09 Inês' Background
7.35 Jan's Background
13.20 The start of a collaboration
17.02 Changes in the SIG and defining key terms
21.09 The changing nature of DEI work
24.37 The SEFI 2023 DEI SIG workshop
27.00 Homero Murzi (North-American and a Latin-American perspective)
34.14 Karin Wolff, President of SASEE (South African perspective)
44.47 Xinrui XU (Chinese perspective)
49.14 Final advice
51.18 Key takeaways from Natalie and Neil
Email Jan (jan.vanmaele@kuleuven.be) and Inês (ines.direito@ua.pt) to share your perspectives as part of this project.
Further Reading
To watch the video from which these clips were taken, visit:
https://play.chalmers.se/media/DEI_Video_ver_3/0_2p6ns0g5
For the paper about the SEFI 2023 workshop mentioned see:
https://arrow.tudublin.ie/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1004&context=sefi2023_wkshp
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Hope you are having a great Summer ...
We originally conceived the podcast as a project which would run for two years with monthly episodes.
As we approach its second anniversary, Neil and Natalie would like to thank everyone listeners and guests for their support in making it into a valuable source of information about the SEFI community and contemporary topics in engineering education.
In this episode we summarise the recent interviews and our future plans for the show.
00.00 - Introduction
00.45 - Listening insights -popular and least popular
03.35 - Thanks
04.55- Sarah Jayne Hitt on Ethics toolkit (Ep1) - role of liberal arts and the toolkit.
09.15 - Roger Hadgraft on Disruption (Ep2) - Doblins framework and synthesis problems
13.30 - Diana Martin on Intercultural ethics (Ep3) - Values and western dominance
20.30 - Tim Drysdale on Remote laboratories (Ep4) - AI and Digital/Humanism
25.40 - Plans
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Welcome back to the fourth episode of this fourth season of the SEFI podcast!
In this first episode we talk to Professor Tim Drysdale, Chair of Technology Enhanced Science Education in the School of Engineering at the University of Edinburgh. Tim is responsible for developing an entirely new approach to online laboratories to support non-traditional online practical work activities across multiple campuses.
Join Dr. Natalie Wint (University College London) and Dr. Neil Cooke (University of Birmingham) to learn about nontraditional practical work.
shownotes:
Timestamps
0.00 Welcome and introduction to episode
0.27 Podcast Intro
0.47 Experiences in non-traditional practical work from Natalie and Neil
2.17 Tim's Background
4.28 Engineering at Edinburgh
5.43 Technology as not replacing humans: a post critical humanist approaches and less instrumentalist approaches to practical work
10.22 Different types of non-traditional practical work
13.00 The benefits of non-traditional practical work
15.04 How to select the best approach to take based on our aims and learning outcomes
18.23 Student engagement and limitations
22.10 The user experience
26.35 Use of dangerous and specialist equipment
27.39 The user interface
31.07 Challenges to implementation
33.24 Maturity of non-traditional practical work
38.16 The role of AI
40.42 Getting buy-in: evaluation of non-traditional practical work to produce an evidence base
45.13 Final advice from Tim
47.02 Key takeaways from Natalie and Neil
Further Reading
The following provides a link to work in which Tim describes different types of NTPL
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23752696.2020.1816845
The following provides a link to work whereby Tim makes use of a post-humanist lens.
For more information about student (user) experience you can refer to the following pieces of work
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/03064190221081451
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10399863
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Welcome back to the third episode of this fourth season of the SEFI podcast!
In this first episode we talk to Dr. Diana Martin, a Senior Research Fellow within the Centre for Engineering Education (CEE) at University College London (UCL). Diana applies knowledge obtained during her study of both philosophy and liberal arts in her work into the implementation of ethics, sustainability and societal aspects within engineering education, having completed her PhD project entitled “Towards a Sociotechnical Reconfiguration of Engineering and an Education for Ethics, a Critical Realist Investigation into the Patterns of Education and Accreditation of Ethics in Engineering Programmes” in July 2020.
Join Dr. Natalie Wint (University College London) and Dr. Neil Cooke (University of Birmingham) to learn about incorporating a more globalised approach to engineering ethics education.
shownotes: https://www.sefi.be/2024/06/17/podcast-season-4-episode-3-european-engineering-educators-is-online/
Timestamps
0.00 Welcome and introduction to episode
0.38 Podcast Intro
0.59 Experiences in teaching ethics to engineering students from Natalie and Neil
2.31 Diana's Background
10.18 How Diana's experiences in different global contexts inform her approach to engineering ethics education
11.38 How ethics and intercultural ethics are conceptualised
12.37 Individual and collective responsibilities (microethical vs macroethical approaches)
16.44 Relevant values within engineering ethics and value sensitive design
24.00 The power of engineers in creation of technological artefacts: Introducing participatory/community-based approaches
27.15 Variation in meanings and emphasis on values in different contexts and cultures
34.33 WEIRD populations
37.16 How do we do this in the classroom? Use of PBL to support ethics education during design
45.30 Student response to ethics education
48.23 The global state of engineering ethics education: International Handbook of Engineering Education Research Chapter
53.56 Final advice from Diana
1.01.46 Key takeaways from Natalie and Neil
Further Reading
This link is for the chapter in the International Handbook for Engineering Education Research entitled “Developing a Global and Culturally Inclusive Vision of Engineering Ethics Education and Research”
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-edit/10.4324/9781003287483-6/developing-global-culturally-inclusive-vision-engineering-ethics-education-research-diana-martin-alison-gwynne-evans-aleksandra-kazakova-qin-zhu?context=ubx&refId=302206b2-3b33-41f7-8d16-3f11278b0a09
This paper argues that mainstream value-sensitive approaches to design have been based on narrow understandings of personhood and social dynamics, which are biased toward Western Educated Industrialized Rich and Democratic cultures and contradicted by empirical evidence
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10516-023-09689-9
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Welcome back to the fourth season of the SEFI podcast!
In the second episode we talk to Professor Roger Hadgraft, Director of Educational Innovation and Research in the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS). Roger draws upon more than 30 years of experience in improving engineering educating, having been instrumental in introducing a project-based curriculum within civil engineering at Monash University and in several disciplines at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.
Join Dr. Natalie Wint (University College London) and Dr. Neil Cooke (University of Birmingham) to learn about the different ways in which we can innovate within engineering education.
show-notes: https://www.sefi.be/2024/05/20/podcast-season-4-episode-2-european-engineering-educators-is-online/
Timestamps
0.00 Welcome and introduction to episode
0.39 Podcast Intro
0.58 Experiences with problem, project and challenge used learning from Natalie and Neil
2.37 Rogers's Background
5.21 Engineering education in Australia
8.04 Terminology: Changes to approaches to engineering education
11.50 Drivers for change
15.27 Studio based learning
19.07 Assessment of studio-based learning
22.22 Disrupting engineering education
24.28 Doblin's ten types of innovation and application of the framework in engineering education
36.58 Capacity building and buy-in
43.57 Resistance to change in engineering education
48.16 Looking to the future
56.56 Final advice from Roger
1:00:11 Key takeaways from Natalie and Neil
Resources:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03043799308923248
https://opus.lib.uts.edu.au/handle/10453/137664
https://opus.lib.uts.edu.au/handle/10453/132516
https://opus.lib.uts.edu.au/handle/10453/141604
https://opus.lib.uts.edu.au/handle/10453/138648
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-edit/10.4324/9781003287483-7/disrupting-engineering-education-euan-lindsay-roger-hadgraft-fiona-boyle-ron-ulseth
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-99-5873-3_11
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-99-5873-3_10
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-99-5873-3
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Welcome back to the fourth season of the SEFI podcast!
In this first episode we talk to Professor Sarah Jayne Hitt, who, amongst her many roles, project manages the Engineering Professors Council or EPC’s Ethics Toolkit, a resource designed to help engineering educators embed ethics in teaching.
Join Dr. Natalie Wint (University College London) and Dr. Neil Cooke (University of Birmingham) to learn about the power of crowdsourcing in capacity building in teaching engineering ethics.
Timestamps
0.00 Welcome and introduction to episode
0.16 Podcast Intro
0.35 Experiences in teaching ethics to engineering students from Natalie and Neil
2.34 Sarah's Background
5.45 The Engineering Professors Council (EPC)
7.35 The role of Liberal Arts in Engineering Education
9.52 The Joint Statement of Ethical Principles and its role in the toolkit
12.33 How the toolkit came about
14.44 What does the toolkit consist of?
16.37 The crowdsourcing process and creation of the toolkit
19.31 The role and benefits of the review process
20.11 The benefits of crowdsourcing and diversity of contributors
22.08 Navigating the Ethics Explorer and the landscape
25.55 The growth and future of the toolkit
27.04 What makes a good case study?
29.56 An example of a case study from the toolkit
33.12 Consideration for micro and macro ethics
35.00 Guidance documents
39.33 What still needs to be done?
42.22 Final advice from Sarah
44.01 Key takeaways from Natalie and Neil
Resources:
Ethics Explorer - Engineering Professors Council (epc.ac.uk)
Educating the Whole Engineer by Integrating Engineering and the Libera (taylorfrancis.com)
https://www.ijee.ie/latestissues/Vol38-3/07_ijee4189.pdf
https://raeng.org.uk/media/kr0j2ejr/rae-engineering-ethics-full-report_v7.pdf
https://serc.carleton.edu/geoethics/Decision-Making
https://epc.ac.uk/toolkit/tackling-tough-topics-in-discussion/
https://epc.ac.uk/resources/toolkit/about-toolkits/contribute-a-resource-to-one-of-our-toolkits/
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We recognize that you might not have time to listen to all the episodes, and/or would appreciate a preview or recap and so this is a special episode to bring the 3rd season of the SEFI podcast to a close.
This season focused on changes in European engineering education and engineering education research over the last few decades.
Join Neil Cooke (University of Birmingham) and Natalie Wint (University College London) as they share highlights from Season 3, featuring clips from the season's guests: Mike Murphy, José Carlos Quadrado, Bill Williams, Jacqueline El-Sayed, Kristina Edström and Xavier Fouger.
Thank you to all listeners and guests for their continued support, and please continue to like and share the show on social media channels!
Timestamps:
0.00 General introduction
0.24 Introduction to this episode
0.41 Reach of the podcast and appreciation for support
1.34 Introduction to the season theme
2.51 Mike Murphy from TU Dublin on Transformation
6.40 José Carlos Quadrado from ISEL Portugal on recognition and quality assurance
12.06 Bill Williams from IST Portugal on changes in the landscape of engineering education research
15.43 Jacqueline El-Sayed from the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) on the growth of networks and communities
18.04 Kristina Edström (Editor in Chief EJEE) from KTH Sweden on Publishing
27.16 Xavier Fouger from Dassault Systèmes France on changes in engineering practice
33.51 Information about plans for Season 4
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