Work in progress - The process of evaluating the impact of an international experience on students' global engineering skills

This paper describes the pedagogy, including the related international experience, being employed in the College of Engineering at a Research I university that is designed to develop competencies associated with a global engineer. In addition, the assessment methodology that has been developed to de...

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Main Authors: Amelink, C. T., Sanderlin, N., Tront, E., Tront, J. G.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
assessment
Cities and towns
Conferences
cultural competencies
Cultural differences
Educational institutions
Engineering profession
Engineering students
global engineer
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Summary:This paper describes the pedagogy, including the related international experience, being employed in the College of Engineering at a Research I university that is designed to develop competencies associated with a global engineer. In addition, the assessment methodology that has been developed to determine the extent to which students are developing the skills needed for engineering in a global context and their perceptions of a global engineer as a result of this comprehensive experience is discussed.
ISSN:0190-5848
2377-634X
DOI:10.1109/FIE.2011.6142834