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Tracking Graduate Attributesthrough Projects
NCDEAS Conference – November 2014
Nancy Nelson – Conestoga ITALElectronic Systems Engineering
N. Nelson – NCDEAS Conference – November 2014
ENGINEERING
KNOWLEDGE
Communication Interpersonal & Professional
Skills
TeamworkSolving
Open-ended Problems
EngineeringEducation
Atman, et. al. Enabling Engineering Student Success: The Final Report for the Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education 2010
ENGINEERING PRACTICE
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Individual & Team
Work
Life-longLearning
KnowledgeBase
ProblemAnalysis
Impact on Society
Profess’n-alism
Communic’nSkills
Investigat’n Design
Economics & Project
Mgmt
Ethics & Equality
Tools
Graduate Attributes
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Our Experience
N. Nelson – NCDEAS Conference – November 2014
N. Nelson – NCDEAS Conference – November 2014
Significant Content
Complex
Open Ended
Explorative
ProjectBased
Learning(PBL)
Buck Institute of Education, “Project Design Rubric”, Project Based Learning
ENGINEERING
KNOWLEDGE
ENGINEERING PRACTICE
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3 Map to Graduate Attributes
1 Validate Project
2 Map to Curriculum
4 Track Graduate Attributes
Continuous Improvement Process …
N. Nelson – NCDEAS Conference – November 2014
1 Validate Project
N. Nelson – NCDEAS Conference – November 2014
2• Map to Curriculum
N. Nelson – NCDEAS Conference – November 2014
3 Map to Graduate Attributes
N. Nelson – NCDEAS Conference – November 2014
4 Track Graduate Attributes
N. Nelson – NCDEAS Conference – November 2014
4 Track Graduate Attributes
N. Nelson – NCDEAS Conference – November 2014
4 Track Graduate Attributes
N. Nelson – NCDEAS Conference – November 2014
5• Next Step – Reports
individual student
cohort
specific graduate attribute
N. Nelson – NCDEAS Conference – November 2014
ENGINEERING
KNOWLEDGE
Communication Interpersonal & Professional
Skills
TeamworkSolving
Open-ended Problems
Achieving Graduate Attributes through Projects ENGINEERIN
G PRACTICE