INSTILLING ENGINEERING STUDENTS WITH SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: TECHNOLOGICAL STEWARDSHIP

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherina V. Tarnai-Lokhorst
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Students ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Innovative Design ◽  
The Public ◽  
Ethical Implications ◽  
Video Recordings ◽  
Term Paper

Stewards of the implementation of technology in society, engineers regularly balance innovative design with their primary mandate: protection of the public interest. As technological stewardship achieves higher priorities within the requirements of engineering education, students must learn to acknowledge their obligation to society by deeply reflecting on the ethical implications of engineering design. Mech410T– Engineering in Society: Technological Stewardship is a new, fully-online course that guides students through a comprehensive assessment of this obligation using case study analyses, small group discussions, and team-based, project-based learning. The module activities consist of assigned readings; video recordings of the topic overview and a series of interviews with key partners within the engineering community, including practitioners, stakeholders and regulators; module quizzes; discussion posts; and a term paper, researched and written as a team.  

Shaping Digital Democracy in the United States

2014 ◽  
pp. 213-231
Author(s):  
Rachel Baarda ◽  
Rocci Luppicini
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
Participatory Democracy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Social Networking Site ◽  
Ethical Challenges ◽  
The Public ◽  
Ethical Implications ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
The Public Sphere

Ethical challenges that technology poses to the different spheres of society are a core focus within the field of technoethics. Over the last few years, scholars have begun to explore the ethical implications of new digital technologies and social media, particularly in the realms of society and politics. A qualitative case study was conducted on Barack Obama's campaign social networking site, my.barackobama.com, in order to investigate the ways in which the website uses or misuses digital technology to create a healthy participatory democracy. For an analysis of ethical and non-ethical ways to promote participatory democracy online, the study included theoretical perspectives such as the role of the public sphere in a participatory democracy and the effects of political marketing on the public sphere. The case study included a content analysis of the website and interviews with members of groups on the site. The study's results are explored in this chapter.

Development and Content of Socio-Technological Instructional Modules

1980 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-148
Author(s):  
Thomas T. Liao
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Technological Problem ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Support Materials ◽  
Student Reading ◽  
Visual Materials

This paper reports on an NSF-supported project to develop Socio-Technological Instructional Modules for use with college students. Each module or case study focuses on a particular national socio-technological problem of current and future importance. The modules were field-tested with freshmen engineering students as well as nonengineering undergraduates and continuing education students in technology and society courses. To satisfy these audiences, each module consists of a Student Reading which provides basic background information for all students. The Instructors' Guide, besides providing suggestions for using support materials such as audio-visual materials and computer programs, contains engineering or technical extensions and sociological extensions.

scholarly journals Teaching Societal Leadership Through Design: Case Study of a Cohort-Based Social Innovation Engineering Leadership Program

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert Huynh ◽  
Mike Klassen
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
Complex Projects ◽  
Design Case Study ◽  
Student Team

 Abstract – Engineering students are well equipped with a technical background to become agents of social change. This paper highlights a co-curricular social innovation program that aims to foster that potential through team-based project-based learning. Key teaching methods are described, such as how students establish a vision, scope complex projects, effectively build teams, and leverage failure and iteration for learning. The program faces challenges maintaining student engagement and getting them to fully embrace learning through failure, but has had significant success in fostering self-reflection. It has also been successful in creating a structure whereby personal and leadership learning happen alongside design and project-oriented learning. There is opportunity for the teaching methods and structure of this program to be applied to other contexts in an effort to improve student team learning outcomes and find ways to integrate leadership learning into core technical and design courses.

scholarly journals Students’ perceptions of the project based on the potential of their region: A Project-based learning implementation

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 295
Author(s):  
Syahril Syahril ◽  
Rahmat Azis Nabawi ◽  
Dian Safitri
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Method ◽  
Interpersonal Skills ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Skills Acquisition ◽  
Ability To Work ◽  
Management Communication ◽  
Method Approach

Developing engineering students whose ability to work and make a real contribution to the development of technology can be done not only after they have graduated from college but also when they are still in college. One of the strategies is by implementing project-based learning with the project based on the potential of the student's region. This study aims to reveal students’ perceptions of learning and soft skills acquisition toward the implementation of the strategy to answer whether the project is effective to implement. This study was conducted on fifty-one Indonesian college students who took Mechanical Drawing course. It belongs to a one-shot case study with mixed-method approach. The result shows that the project based on the potential of the student’s region is effective to raise their perception of motivation, interest, real-world, very beneficial, learning more lecture and enjoyable so that they learn more actively and provide more time to study. It also develops students’ soft skills, including teamwork, project management, communication, and interpersonal skills. The results may have pedagogical implications in improving learning quality in Mechanical Drawing course by enriching project references used in implementing project-based learning. Furthermore, the project given can be a solution in developing the potential of the students’ regions.

An NGO's Efforts to Empower Ex-Convicts in Botswana

2015 ◽  
pp. 180-205
Author(s):  
Molefe Coper Joseph
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Focus Group Discussions ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Negative Stereotypes ◽  
The Public ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations

This chapter presents a case-study drawn from a qualitative study which explored how non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Botswana perceive and respond to recent global emphasis to engage men as stakeholders in gender and development so as to achieve gender equality and to empower women. This case-study was purposively selected from sixteen focus group discussions held with different organizations across the country. The chapter specifically looks at efforts by the Botswana Institute of Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Offenders (BIRRO), an NGO established by a group of rehabilitated ex-convicts to empower other ex-convicts by way of facilitating their re-integration into society. They established this NGO after realizing that the rate of reoffending is high due to negative stereotypes attached to ex-convicts. Despite facing some challenges, BIRRO is trying to counteract the disenfranchising criminal identity which members of the public attach to people who once committed a crime.

The Use and Abuse of Digital Democracy

2014 ◽  
pp. 1663-1682
Author(s):  
Rachel Baarda ◽  
Rocci Luppicini
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
Participatory Democracy ◽  
Social Networking Site ◽  
Ethical Challenges ◽  
The Public ◽  
Ethical Implications ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
The Public Sphere

The field of technoethics explores the ethical challenges that technology poses to the different spheres of society. Recently, scholars have begun to explore the ethical implications of new digital technologies and social media, particularly in the realms of society and politics. A qualitative case study was conducted on Barack Obama's campaign social networking site, mybarackobama.com, in order to investigate the ways in which the website uses or misuses digital technology to create a healthy participatory democracy. For an analysis of ethical and non-ethical ways to promote participatory democracy online, the study included theoretical perspectives such as the role of the public sphere in a participatory democracy and the effects of political marketing on the public sphere. The case study included a content analysis of the website and interviews with members of groups on the site. The study's results can be found further in the article.

scholarly journals Multidisciplinary Project Based Learning Within a Collaborative Framework: A Case Study on Urban Drone Conception

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sébastien Jacques ◽  
Sébastien Bissey ◽  
Arnaud Martin
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Systems Design ◽  
Electrical Energy ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Start Up ◽  
Human Material ◽  
Scientific Technical

Multidisciplinary project-based learning (PBL) allows multifaceted real-world problems to be resolved with solutions addressing scientific, technical, business, and social aspects. However, such a method can be very challenging in terms of project management (including planning, coordinating, and management of human, material and financial resources) and time-consuming, especially when involving several partners (academic and industrial partners). This paper provides firsthand experience of multidisciplinary PBL implemented in France in engineering education through a case study on urban drone conception. This research project has been proceeded within a collaborative framework in which 3 specialties (electrical energy systems, industrial computing, and mechanics and systems design) of a graduate school of engineering and a start-up company are jointly involved for the first time. This article discusses knowledge and skills that engineering students are expected to acquire at the end of the research project, and the methods of assessment. The designing, manufacturing, and experimental validation of the urban drone are described. The various steps in the project management, and the interactions with the students and partners (teachers and industrial partner) are particularly highlighted. Qualitative and quantitative data have been collected through questionnaires, student logbooks and reports. The results demonstrate that this experience is overwhelmingly positive since it empowers and enhances student learning.

scholarly journals Pengaruh Penggunaan Model Project Based Learning Terhadap Keterampilan Kolaborasi Mahasiswa Pendidikan IPA

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
Sitti Saenab ◽  
Sitti Rahma Yunus ◽  
Husain Husain
Keyword(s):  
Science Education ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Survey Analysis ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Model Learning ◽  
Model Project ◽  
Inferential Analysis

This report aims to review the influence of the use of learning model learning project based on skill collaboration education students science education UNM. The research is praeksperimen research. A design study used is one- shot case study. Subjects research is a student science education that doing lecture motion and change. Research instruments used to measure skill collaboration students is the instrument non the tests which consisted of rubric and the survey. Analysis of data done through descriptive statistics and statistics inferential. Analysis deskriktif statistics show that increased skill collaboration students when dibelajarkan use the model project is based learning about 18 of 29 students able to reach the score over the level of 1. While to test inferential shows that is the kind of classroom learning project based on skill collaboration Key Words: PjBL, Skill Colobaration, Science Education

scholarly journals Alienasi Kebijakan Anggaran Provinsi Riau dalam Pencegahan dan Pengendalian Kebakaran Hutan dan Lahan

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 114-133
Author(s):  
Muhammad Ichsan Kabullah ◽  
Hendri Koeswara ◽  
Didi Rahmadi
Keyword(s):  
Forest Fire ◽  
Forest Fires ◽  
Prevention Programs ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Budget Planning ◽  
The Public ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Budget Support ◽  
Forest Fire Prevention

This article departs from the weak commitment of the Riau Province Government in handling forest fires. Law Number 23 in 2014 stated that the forestry affairs has transferred from regencies/cities to provinces. In that sense, the Riau Province Government should be followed by budget support for fire forest prevention programs. In fact, the budget policies of the Riau Province Government have not shown maximum results for forest fire prevention programs. The research method used a qualitative with case study approach. We used several data collection techniques such as in-depth interviews, observation, documentation and focus group discussions. The findings show that policymakers are alienated from their obligation to prioritize forest fire issues in budgeting. Powerlessness and meaninglessness clearly injure the trust of the public, which often feels suffering when forest fires occur. In the future, it is necessary to make various strategies, including environmental-based budget planning and increasing public participation in monitoring budget planning.

scholarly journals Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) and extension advisory service (EAS) stakeholders' prioritisation: a case study of Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh, India

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Vincent ◽  
N. Balasubramani
Keyword(s):  
Case Study Research ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Department Of Agriculture ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
The Public ◽  
Climate Change Risks ◽  
Limited Scale ◽  
Smart Agriculture ◽  
The Right

Abstract Several climate-smart agriculture (CSA) interventions are promoted by public, private and civil societies in India. However, there is a considerable variation among them. Therefore, to understand the different CSA interventions supported and prioritised by the public and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) as well as their impacts at the farmer level, a case study was undertaken in Anantapur district, as it is highly vulnerable to climate change risks due to the increase in temperature, delayed monsoon, erratic rainfall and frequent occurrence of droughts. A case study research method was followed to assess the CSA interventions promoted by Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Department of Agriculture, Accion and Adarsha. The findings showed that KVK has prioritised its extension advisory services towards the promotion of field crop (e.g. groundnut)-based CSA. The extension services of NGO-Accion was aimed at promoting horticulture, and Adarsha was prioritised promoting millet-based CSA interventions. Whereas the CSA priority of the department of agriculture was driven by the prevailing zero-budget natural farming project. However, interventions of KVK and NGOs were implemented on a limited scale. Therefore, the recommendations that emerged from the study will help the stakeholders to ensure convergence and foster synergy in implementing CSA interventions at scale. Some challenges faced during the research study were difficulties in the identification of the right stakeholders who were promoting CSA, also their technologies and services related to CSA. However, after a thorough discussion with the extension officers of Anantapur district, the stakeholders were identified and their CSA interventions were ascertained through focus group discussions and secondary data reviewed from magazines and other publications. Furthermore, the present study focused only on the CSA interventions promoted by two public sectors and two NGOs, and there is a wider scope for identifying more stakeholders, e.g. private sector, FPOs and entrepreneurs, and assessing their extent of involvement in the promotion of CSA and prioritisation.

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