Teaching and Learning Forum (Global Version) Tenth Session:USA Engineering Education and Developing Trends
Maintaining an engineering curriculum to be leading, and not following, is critical to educating our students. With today’s fast paced global technology development, it is becoming increasing challenging to do so. An engineering curriculum is already jam-packed with foundational knowledge in mathematics, sciences and discipline specific topics. A place for the new technology needs to be found and quickly incorporated into the curriculum. Industry can also desire students to have immediately applicable technical skills versus more fundamental background. Hence, a curriculum is being pulled in multiple directions and presents challenges to decide what topics to include and what to sacrifice. In this rapidly changing environment, an agile and adaptable curriculum is required. However, university systems tend to be methodical and do not excel in quick action, hindering rapid adaptation efforts. The seminar will explore curriculum and the evolutionary process in American engineering education to attempt to prepare students for their 21st century careers. A curriculum updating process to balance the conflicting education desires will be discussed. Education delivery methods are also evolving rapidly, with new opportunities beyond the traditional classroom lecture model. The “Flipped-Classroom” concept combines the best of in-person and remote delivery. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed both students and faculty worldwide to electronic delivery perhaps setting the stage for more usage. The Flipped Classroom could be particularly beneficial when introducing students to technical discussions in a second language, such as English, in preparation for the global workforce. This open discussion of the needs, challenges and opportunities currently facing engineering educators will hopefully provide ideas for the future development.
504 Chen Ruiqiu Building
2024-03-26
12:00
~ 13:00