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The Arrows In Our Backs: Lessons Learned Trying To Change The Engineering Curriculum, Steven Villachica, Anthony Marker, Donald Plumlee, Linda Huglin, Amy Chegash

Linda Huglin

Published research has provided a robust set of documented tools and techniques for transforming individual engineering courses in ways that use evidence-based instructional practices. Many engineering faculty are already aware of these practices and would like to use them. However, they still face significant implementation barriers. The E2R2P effort addresses the question: How can successes in engineering education research translate into widespread instructional practice?

This poster session will describe hard-won lessons the E2R2P team has learned as it begins its third year attempting such curricular change.

Lesson 1: “Wonder workshops” and visible course redesigns don’t produce curricular change.

Lesson 2: …

Webinar: The Game-Based Curriculum: Directing Learning With Quests, Badges, Achievements, & Truly Personalized Learning, Chris Haskell

Chris Haskell

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Where The Wild Things Are: Navigating The Advantages And Challenges Of Teaching With Wikipedia, Adrianne Wadewitz

Adrianne Wadewitz

In this assignment, students in upper-division Adolescent Literature and Children’s Literature classes contributed to Wikipedia articles about the books and authors covered in the courses. Drawing on the pedagogical scholarship that demonstrates the benefits of collaborative writing and the importance of learning a “community of practice”, the assignment asked students to edit live Wikipedia articles along with pseudonymous editors from around the world and learn the expectations of the online encyclopedia’s writing community. Over the semester, the students developed in-depth research skills, basic wiki editing skills, complex summarizing skills, and an appreciation for the constructed nature of knowledge. The students …