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Engineering Cultures Online 2.0

consists of multimedia modules that

explore what it means to be an

engineer in different countries. These

interesting modules include essential

contents from the highly popular

course that Gary Downey and Juan

Lucena developed at Virginia Tech and

Colorado School of Mines.

Viewing one or more of these modules

can help you take the first step towardthe achievement of global competency.

Downey, Lucena, and colleagues

define global competency as "having

the knowledge, ability, and

predisposition to work effectively with

people who define problems differently

than you do" ("The Globally

Competent Engineer,"Journal of

Engineering Education).

Each country-based module

addresses four questions:

1. How did the nation state

emerge and what has counted

as 'progress' or 'advancement'?

2. How have engineers

emerged, what has it meant to

be an engineer, and what sorts

of knowledge have engineers

valued?

3. What counts as a typical

career trajectory, including

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education and worklife?

4. What trends are emerging in

response to the new emphasis

on industrial competitiveness?

Virginia Tech awarded Engineering

Cultures Online its prestigious

XCaliber Award for innovative

scholarship in teaching with

technology.

Learning Objectives

Develop global competency

by preparing yourself to work in a

world of different perspectives

Learn how what it means to

be an engineering varies from

country to country

Gain concrete strategies for

understanding cultural differences

on the job and engaging in shared

problem solving with engineers

from different countries

Wo should participate

Engineers planning to work in

another country

Engineers working on

international projects

Engineers working with

colleagues in other countries

Beta Statement

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Version 2 is a beta version of

Engineering Cultures Online.

Positive assessments from hundreds

of undergraduate student users and

many continuing education users have

persuaded us to make this material

available to you in its current format.

The scholarly findings and

interpretations in Version 2 are in the

process of undergoing peer review,

which may lead to revisions in the

scripts and outlines used to produce

these presentations. Note also that

some of the historical interpretations

offered here include contestable

interpretations of the available

evidence. We invite discussion and

welcome learning of any errors or

misrepresentations in the collection

and presentation of evidence, whichwe will then report as errata. Version 3

modules will be updated and, where

appropriate, expanded to take account

of peer assessments. We are finding

the world of multimedia presentation to

be a new world indeed, mixing the

informality of oral presentation with the

formality of written publication.

Credits For more information about the course content,

contact Gary Downey (downeyg@vt.edu) or Juan

Lucena (jlucena@mines.edu).

References Gary Lee Downey, Juan C. Lucena, Barbara

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Moskal, Thomas Bigley, Chris Hays, Brent

Jesiek, Liam Kelly, Jane Lehr, Jonson Miller, Amy

Nichols-Belo, Sharon Ruff, and Rosamond

Parkhurst The Globally Competent Engineer:

Working Effectively with People Who Define

Problems Differently,Journal of Engineering

Education95(April 2006).Online Copy,PDF

download

Downey, Gary Lee, 2008, "The Engineering

Cultures Syllabus as Formation Narrative:

Conceptualizing and Scaling Up Problem

Definition in Engineering Education,"University

of St. Thomas Law Journal(special issue on the

formation of ethical professional identities;

forthcoming).

Cite this workResearchers should cite this work as follows:

Gary Downey; Juan Lucena (2008),

"Engineering Cultures Online 2.0,"

https://globalhub.org/resources/11.

BibTex|EndNote

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