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Journal Article
Using an Integrated Learning Approach to Develop the Next Generation of Engineers
2022
Overview
Bringing STEM and non-STEM students together for curricular experiences is imperative as institutions look to produce graduates with competencies that allow them to respond to complex problems with an understanding of technical and human implications. Creating the next generation of engineering professionals requires innovative approaches to facilitate integrative learning. Our paper provides an overview of an institutional effort underway at Virginia Tech to create opportunities for students that are transdisciplinary in nature and are pedagogically designed for integrative learning and hands-on problem solving to encourage cross-disciplinary collaboration. Transdisciplinary communities of faculty are charged with creating these experiences by developing undergraduate minors, graduatelevel certificates, and courses that are targeted at broadening the complex problem-solving abilities of students. Each community has a faculty led stakeholder committee that is provided with institutional support and has faculty from engineering and science disciplines as well as arts, humanities, and social sciences. Our paper highlights to date the outgrowths of this collaboration and how there are new opportunities for engineers to gain experiences that move them beyond a technical focus, concentrating primarily on the Innovation Minor and the Integrated Security Minor that were developed. Results indicate that the integrative learning opportunities are providing future engineering professionals with holistic complex problem-solving skills. This innovative approach to create integrative learning opportunities for students presents an opportunity for institutions to consider how to build necessary skills without slowing time to degree. Industrial and Systems Engineers in particular can benefit from this unique opportunity to broaden their skills.
Publisher
Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE)
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