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U495K·SUNDAY WORKSHOP: Engineering for One Planet: Choose Your Own Hands-On Curricular Adventure
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Sun. June 23, 2024 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM
C122, Oregon Convention Center
Session Description

Free ticketed event
Introduction to Engineering for One Planet (EOP):
The Engineering for One Planet (EOP) initiative seeks to transform engineering education to reflect the growing importance of sustainability in all engineering functions. Catalyzed by The Lemelson Foundation and VentureWell — in collaboration with hundreds of stakeholders across sectors, geographies, and lived experiences — EOP is working to ensure all future engineers will learn the fundamental skills and principles of social and environmental sustainability. The EOP Framework is a vetted menu of essential sustainability- and leadership-focused learning outcomes across nine topic areas that have been identified as necessary for preparing all graduating engineers (regardless of sub-discipline) with the skills, knowledge, understanding, and mindsets to protect and improve our planet and our lives. Currently, there are three EOP Framework companion “how to” teaching guides to support sustainability-focused content integration into engineering courses and programs. All EOP resources are available online and at no cost.

Workshop Description:
In this interactive workshop facilitated by experts in engineering education and active learning, participants will be introduced to and review the EOP Framework and companion teaching guides, as well as curricular examples of how the EOP Framework was used to create active and PBL teaching materials for engineering courses at Arizona State University (ASU). Participants will then be given a choice of hands-on activities that will lead to the creation of active learning activities that will later be compiled into a new EOP companion teaching guide for publication on the EOP website with attribution to all workshop participants.

Workshop flow:
Gallery Walk (10 min)
-ASU EOP Fellows share physical examples of active learning teaching materials
Introduction to EOP Resources: EOP Framework and Companion Teaching Guides (40)
Introduction to EOP Resources
-Review the EOP Framework using a guided active learning activity
OR
-Identify the implementation of EOP topic areas in engineering courses and discuss content modifications using the EOP Evaluation Tool
-Review three EOP Framework companion teaching guides
BREAK (15 mins)
Choose Your Own Curricular Adventure: EOP Active Learning Teaching Materials Creation (85 mins)
-Demonstration of an active learning curricular example utilizing the EOP Framework
-Team-based creation of active learning activities by implementing learning outcomes from the EOP Framework
-Share out from teams

Speakers
  1. Dr. Cynthia D. Anderson

    Cynthia (Cindy) Anderson (she/her/hers), Engineering for One Planet (EOP) Strategy Consultant with The Lemelson Foundation, is honored to be a collaborative partner on the EOP initiative since its inception, co-author of the EOP Framework and three framework companion teaching guides, and an active EOP Network Member. Cindy is the founder and CEO of Alula Consulting which specializes in innovative sustainability-focused research and curriculum projects for academic institutions, non-profits, government, and corporations. She has taught thousands of people through courses and workshops, around the world and online, in the fields of biology, sustainability, and biomimicry. Cindy holds a MS from Oregon State University, a MEd from Griffith University (Queensland, Australia), and a BSc in biology from the University of Guelph (Ontario, Canada).

  2. Ms. Allison Wolf

    As a former high school teacher, Allison Wolf incorporates her experiences into her work as Program Coordinator Senior at The Sustainability Teachers’ Academies at Arizona State University. With a passion for humanizing pedagogy, active learning, and sustainability, Allison seeks to support the work of educators at all grade levels by providing pedagogical frameworks that highlight each educator’s specific talents and knowledge base while supporting student learning. Allison provides organizational and curricular support to over 10 different programs that reach over 700 teachers and 20,000 students annually.

  3. Dr. Medha Dalal
    Arizona State University

    Medha Dalal is an assistant research professor and associate director of scholarly initiatives at the learning and teaching hub in the Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. She has a Ph.D. in Engineering Education, a master’s in computer science, and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering. Her research at the cross-roads of engineering, education, and technology seeks to transform and democratize engineering education by exploring ways of thinking, identifying effective professional development approaches, and uncovering pedagogical techniques to enhance students’ engineering curiosity, engagement, and learning. She has co-designed and delivered multiple professional development workshops for higher education as well as pre-college engineering and robotics education programs.

  4. Archana Shashidhar Mysore
    Arizona State University

    Archana Shashidhar Mysore is a Ph.D. candidate in the Biomedical Engineering program at the Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. While pursuing clinical collaborative projects during her Ph.D., she realized that a fair number of engineering interventions were developed without considering patient needs (social sustainability) leading to a huge waste of resources and reducing accessibility which sparked her interest in incorporating sustainability in engineering education and improving the skills of students in applying and assessing these concepts as engineers of tomorrow. Through her educational journey, she has mentored multiple peers in the classroom and research labs. She has presented seminars on different research tools available to understand and influence human learning and developed activities to improve student engagement in class using the EOP framework. Archana holds a BTech and MS in Biomedical Engineering. She is determined to build a career in translational research and teaching in the interdisciplinary field of human learning and education.